| Navy and UConn on the U17s? |
So, an average of 1.25 / players per year --- OK. Is that "a lot"? I guess it could be --- it doesn't seem that impressive though, but then again there are probably only about 625 (approximately) spots on top 25 teams nationwide. It'd be interesting to see how that compares to other clubs in the area --- that number might be more impressive than it appears to me. |
02s that can play on the u17s on any day the coaching staff wishes ..... |
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So the answer is no. And with 11 players returning next year from the U19s, it will be interesting to see how many u17s will be moved to the composite team.
And isn't the Navy commit an 01? |
Why so negative? It will be up to BRYC where players will play, they will have a very strong team at u19 next year no matter what happens. |
| It's pretty bad that we can't praise the soccer clubs that do a good job. McLean BRYC and FCV have been doing their part to elevate woman's soccer, rather than criticize we should appreciate what they do. I can think of 30 clubs in the DMV area that wishes they could do for their players what those clubs do. |
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Northern Virginia ECNL Clubs Total Points
BRYC 139 McLean 129 Vda 91 Loudoun 56 |
Umm...they are the legacy ECNL clubs in the area. Players were drawn to those clubs to participate. Someone said it best earlier, the player should claim credit for their accomplishment. There are many area trainers and coaches who are not ECNL affiliates who do a great job. Lots of private training too. Ultimately, it's the player's innate talent, drive, and effort that gets them noticed and recruited, by the clubs you mention and colleges. The clubs have not built the players. It's quite the opposite. |
Are you serious with the last sentence? |
.. if a kid that leaves McLean at 18 to play at UNC had stayed at gunston rather than leave at 13 do you think they would be going to UNC? |
Without talented and driven players to coach it is impossible to build a program. Good programs and great coaches don’t develop or make great players, they simply reveal them. The best attribute a great coach has is an eye for potential and the ability to draw it out of the player. But make no mistake, it all comes from the player. The club is simply a collective of like minded and motivated willing participants. |
If the player didn’t leave Gunston would McLean have had as talented a team? Did McLean fundamentally change the player creating the opportunity or did the exposure that McLean offered create the opportunity? At some point UNC had to make a choice for a player and in that moment it is WHO the player fundamentally is a person and as a soccer player that makes the biggest difference. |
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They went to the club for the recruiting platform, not to "be developed." Whomever worked with that fictitious kid at Gunston up to U13 did a great job in teaching them the basic skills needed to make it at the ECNL level. The player had the talent and displayed the effort needed to be recruit-level. I think that same player would be recruited whether they were at McLean, BRYC, or FCV. |
If you are taking your kid at 13 to a club to be recruited and not developed you are a crazy person. |