ECNL forcing Brave & Union Partnership

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^girls

Yes, do we know if a second round of invites was sent yesterday for the girls side?

Yes sounds like 11's and 10's

Girls or Boys - and at what time?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^girls

Yes, do we know if a second round of invites was sent yesterday for the girls side?

Yes sounds like 11's and 10's

Girls or Boys - and at what time?

Girls, no idea on time

[Anonymous]

Can we change the topic slightly to discuss the most important thing about this partnership......How about the awesome colors and uniforms?

I like them. It adds a sporty, haute couture active wear look to the local soccer fashion scene.

Remember, as the great Mark Twain once said, "Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society."

[Anonymous]

Uniforms, really? #airheadalert

[Anonymous]

The completion of the girls rosters was in no way an equal partnership and was much more political than we could have imagined.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can we change the topic slightly to discuss the most important thing about this partnership......How about the awesome colors and uniforms?

I like them. It adds a sporty, haute couture active wear look to the local soccer fashion scene.

Remember, as the great Mark Twain once said, "Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society."

Hopefully no more orange socks. Brave wears Nike and Union Adidas. FVU Capelli?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The completion of the girls rosters was in no way an equal partnership and was much more political than we could have imagined.

How so?

[Anonymous]

Heavily influenced by behind the wall negotiations and pressures by parents (mcl) Really sucky process.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Heavily influenced by behind the wall negotiations and pressures by parents (mcl) Really sucky process.

Yes this. And heavily weighted to whatever club the head coach is from, without regard to true merit or the experience and recommendations of other coaches. The teams are not going to be as strong as they could be based on the process - and I have kids on more than one team.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Heavily influenced by behind the wall negotiations and pressures by parents (mcl) Really sucky process.

Yes this. And heavily weighted to whatever club the head coach is from, without regard to true merit or the experience and recommendations of other coaches. The teams are not going to be as strong as they could be based on the process - and I have kids on more than one team.

Not true on the girls side.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Heavily influenced by behind the wall negotiations and pressures by parents (mcl) Really sucky process.

Yes this. And heavily weighted to whatever club the head coach is from, without regard to true merit or the experience and recommendations of other coaches. The teams are not going to be as strong as they could be based on the process - and I have kids on more than one team.

Not true on the girls side.

Yes it is true on the girls side.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Heavily influenced by behind the wall negotiations and pressures by parents (mcl) Really sucky process.

I no don’t think so.

I can’t speak to the 2007/2008/2009 girls but here is what we are seeing for the younger groups:

2010s — hard to know but the union team is exceptional for that age/year. Hopefully this team stays strong and starters don’t drift to other clubs.

For the 2011s girls it seemed to be entirely skills/position/player based. Quotas for each team were not part of the equation. There may be more past union players on the final list but it looks like they moved fairly far into both club’s current rosters to build this team. At least three high quality union players are going elsewhere and some of them were clear starters in this year’s team. Only one external player know to have received an offer.

Feels like 2012s were a complete selection process from scratch and very much determined at the ID sessions. Hard to make these kinds of decisions with so many available and skilled young players.

[Anonymous]

Confirmed

[Anonymous]

Behind the wall for sure. Sucky process.

[Anonymous]

Also, the second day of tryouts was a setup for failure. You did not noticed that?