SYC Parents

[Anonymous]

A SYC director told a friend of ours that they will be taking BRYC’s ECNL girls spot. Is this true or is he just making up stuff to recruit in DD’s age group?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What an incredibly ignorant exchange this has been! Regardless of whether the FTF "guy" is a SYC coach or a parent or a spy sent by SYC to another club to scout out possible players for the 06/05 Boys age groups is irrelevant because there is absolutely nothing wrong with it. The fact he claimed/admitted that's what he was doing is odd - in and of itself - because most coaches who are recruiting players are not going to advertise who they are or what they're doing hanging out at a field. This behavior smells like a parent or an inexperienced coach who does not know any better. Those coaches/directors who do recruit like this stay away from people and - unfortunately - lurk in the parking lot to press their agenda after the practice is over. "Psst, hey - I've got an offer for your kid!"

What's even more disturbing is the trash talking and club/team bashing that taken place on this thread. The petty need to denigrate a club or a specific team and suggest that any of the clubs/teams in area are somehow superior to the rest is ridiculous. There are individual teams at each club who've been successful at times but there are very few teams in the 06/05 boys age groups who have demonstrated consistently solid performance with the exception of Bethesda. And let's be clear, a good portion of the players on the Bethesda Blue teams were in the DA, so they were hand picking players to compete in select competitions in order to rack up wins. Even in the DA space, Arlington and DC United's 06 & 05 DA's were not consistently successful.

My final observation is the "behind the keyboard" bravery displayed by certain posters is disturbing. Real issues are surfacing when your anger about youth soccer manifests in cowardly, verbal attacks on people, teams and clubs. Act like an adult! Be grown up enough to say who you are so that people in the real world have clear insight into what a horrible person you really are and how you really think. Better yet, walk away from the key board and the field cause ain't no one in this group the parent of the next Messi. If you think you are, you're even more delusional and out of touch with reality..

No one said there was anything wrong with it. The only "negative" (and the reason that this thread was created) is that SYC has a well-known practice of offering players spots on a certain team and then moving them. Is that practice a bad thing? Probably not. But for every player moved up, someone has to go down or out. Letting parents know that SYC is still looking for players in these age groups is just a way for them to be informed that, whatever the coaches and directors are saying (and that what they are saying is not known), rosters are NOT settled.

As far as recruiting, if a DC United scout showed up at a practice and said they were looking for kids (or a specific kid), I don't think anyone would find that odd. That's the hoped-for progression, right?

But SYC. is. not. DC. United. Maybe that's how SYC views itself, but it's pretty amusing to everyone else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A SYC director told a friend of ours that they will be taking BRYC’s ECNL girls spot. Is this true or is he just making up stuff to recruit in DD’s age group?

Making stuff up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A SYC director told a friend of ours that they will be taking BRYC’s ECNL girls spot. Is this true or is he just making up stuff to recruit in DD’s age group?

Which one was it?

[Anonymous]

SYC only recently obtained the reputation of promising players spots on certain teams and moving them. Veteran SYC families are growing frustrated with the roster changes.

[Anonymous]

Sure, it was after the big takeover last year. But nonetheless, at the moment, it's well-deserved.

[Anonymous]

SYC does seem to move kids around a lot. This is anecdotal, but my kid’s team played the same SYC team last fall 3 times within a short time period: 1x during the regular season and in 2 tournaments. The players on the team were different each time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:SYC only recently obtained the reputation of promising players spots on certain teams and moving them. Veteran SYC families are growing frustrated with the roster changes.

SYC maybe by name but those running SYC and the main coaches have been practicing this for many years. It was the case the at LMVSC. We left before they moved on to SYC but didn't expect anything different.

If veteran syc families are getting frustrated why do they stick around?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pretty sure I didn't imagine the SYC coach sauntering through the parking lot, walking up to the sideline at practice, and asking about 05s and 06s who might be interested in switching That's cute that you're in denial.

Hey, if someone wants to go to SYC, well, I feel bad for them and the garbage coaching they're going to get...but hey, power to them.

But for the parents...be careful with accepting those offers.

Who’s this Lula?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Name your club, otherwise you're just creating rumors to create discontent.

LMVSC, who else?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wasn’t one of the agreements with the DMV United alliance was no poaching of players?

lol, this is the dumbest post.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A SYC director told a friend of ours that they will be taking BRYC’s ECNL girls spot. Is this true or is he just making up stuff to recruit in DD’s age group?

hahahahahaha, this is even dumber than other posts on this thread. ECNL doesn’t go around swapping clubs. The only way this could happen is by merging clubs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A SYC director told a friend of ours that they will be taking BRYC’s ECNL girls spot. Is this true or is he just making up stuff to recruit in DD’s age group?

hahahahahaha, this is even dumber than other posts on this thread. ECNL doesn’t go around swapping clubs. The only way this could happen is by merging clubs.

Maybe they gave up on ECNL and are now applying for the MLS league and Girls DA since the first is now taking spots. That's why they are recruiting, they want to be able to compete in their new league. SYC director just made a mistake on the name of the league.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A SYC director told a friend of ours that they will be taking BRYC’s ECNL girls spot. Is this true or is he just making up stuff to recruit in DD’s age group?

hahahahahaha, this is even dumber than other posts on this thread. ECNL doesn’t go around swapping clubs. The only way this could happen is by merging clubs.

Maybe they gave up on ECNL and are now applying for the MLS league and Girls DA since the first is now taking spots. That's why they are recruiting, they want to be able to compete in their new league. SYC director just made a mistake on the name of the league.

They seem like a logical applicant on the boys side, as do a few others.

[Anonymous]

I'm not sure why this is even a thread. The SYC crew are great recruiters. They were great recruiters at LMVSC and are doing the exact same thing at now. This has been rehashed 100 times on these boards, but benefits are lots of teams (some good, some ok, some bad) and the downside is less attention is paid to players on lower teams and their rosters are sometimes too large. Recruiting is part of the youth soccer world. You will not be rid of it anytime soon. There's enough clubs in the area that you can choose if that works for you. The coach your child will work with is more important than a freaking logo on a jersey.