s/o: Different play styles between clubs: ASA, McL, Alex, Loudoun

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Arlington plays with Brazilian style flair? Really?

I take it that’s sarcasm. God, I hope it is. A bunch of white Peles. Ha.

Arlington has a very high percentage of central/south american kids on most of its top teams.

JFC. yes, such brazilian flair. OMG

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Arlington plays with Brazilian style flair? Really?

I take it that’s sarcasm. God, I hope it is. A bunch of white Peles. Ha.

Arlington has a very high percentage of central/south american kids on most of its top teams.

JFC. yes, such brazilian flair. OMG

Falling to the ground constantly and crying 'foul' like Neymar

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Arlington plays with Brazilian style flair? Really?

I take it that’s sarcasm. God, I hope it is. A bunch of white Peles. Ha.

Arlington has a very high percentage of central/south american kids on most of its top teams.

JFC. yes, such brazilian flair. OMG

I said nothing about Brazilian flair. I was responding to the "white" comment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Loudoun: beautiful intricate tiki-taka style, they routinely put together 20+ pass sequence and tend to pick smaller technical kids;
Arlington: lots of Brazilian style flair with razzle dazzle moves, but unathletic and poorly organized defensively;
Alexandria, defensive power house with fast direct counter attacks and a requisite target man, they tend to avoid pattern play and short passes;
McLean: crosses and long distance shots all day, the coaches always have a great game plan and tend to prefer gritty players from rough neighborhoods.

This is great

[Anonymous]

RantingSoccerDad wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This topic came up in the ASA ECNL/Red team movement thread. Thought it was worthy of its own discussion.

Especially for the younger levels, what does each club emphasize in player development?

I'll start: ASA seems to focus on individual ball handling skills and game IQ (player positioning, spreading the field), passing. They are not very physical and there is no emphasis on shooting/kicking (U9).

Are we talking about Arundel? Because that certainly doesn't sound like the Arlington I know.

Alexandria used to be so possession-oriented that they had a blog giving the passing stats for each U9 game. They were awesome.

But in general -- yeah, so many teams in one club, so if you're talking about the second team in an age group, let alone the fourth or fifth, whatever style the TD or DOC is trying to instill is less and less likely to be what you actually see. Tough to get everyone on the same page.

ASA is also Arlington. Arlington has ECNL.

ASA Alexandria has MSLnext.

[Anonymous]

RantingSoccerDad wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This topic came up in the ASA ECNL/Red team movement thread. Thought it was worthy of its own discussion.

Especially for the younger levels, what does each club emphasize in player development?

I'll start: ASA seems to focus on individual ball handling skills and game IQ (player positioning, spreading the field), passing. They are not very physical and there is no emphasis on shooting/kicking (U9).

Are we talking about Arundel? Because that certainly doesn't sound like the Arlington I know.

Alexandria used to be so possession-oriented that they had a blog giving the passing stats for each U9 game. They were awesome.

But in general -- yeah, so many teams in one club, so if you're talking about the second team in an age group, let alone the fourth or fifth, whatever style the TD or DOC is trying to instill is less and less likely to be what you actually see. Tough to get everyone on the same page.

This is a good description of Arlington these days. I think they've made a big effort to change the philosophy on the last 3-4 years. It started with the academy teams and now the younger teams and red teams are starting to play the same way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Loudoun: beautiful intricate tiki-taka style, they routinely put together 20+ pass sequence and tend to pick smaller technical kids;
Arlington: lots of Brazilian style flair with razzle dazzle moves, but unathletic and poorly organized defensively;
Alexandria, defensive power house with fast direct counter attacks and a requisite target man, they tend to avoid pattern play and short passes;
McLean: crosses and long distance shots all day, the coaches always have a great game plan and tend to prefer gritty players from rough neighborhoods.

This is great

It’s a great joke.

Loudoun: bring in the tallest, biggest, and if possible richest kids on the roster. Boot the ball up and send your thoughts and prayers
Arlington: depending on the players it’ll be either overly technical or outright physical
Alexandria: possession
McLean: win by civil or criminal. Whichever methods guarantee the job done

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

RantingSoccerDad wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This topic came up in the ASA ECNL/Red team movement thread. Thought it was worthy of its own discussion.

Especially for the younger levels, what does each club emphasize in player development?

I'll start: ASA seems to focus on individual ball handling skills and game IQ (player positioning, spreading the field), passing. They are not very physical and there is no emphasis on shooting/kicking (U9).

Are we talking about Arundel? Because that certainly doesn't sound like the Arlington I know.

Alexandria used to be so possession-oriented that they had a blog giving the passing stats for each U9 game. They were awesome.

But in general -- yeah, so many teams in one club, so if you're talking about the second team in an age group, let alone the fourth or fifth, whatever style the TD or DOC is trying to instill is less and less likely to be what you actually see. Tough to get everyone on the same page.

This is a good description of Arlington these days. I think they've made a big effort to change the philosophy on the last 3-4 years. It started with the academy teams and now the younger teams and red teams are starting to play the same way.

I have not seen a change in top young boys teams at Arlington. They need their academy coaches to run the whole show at the club. There clearly remains a big difference in selection and style between academy and U9-11 players. Could be totally different on the girls side. I have no idea.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

RantingSoccerDad wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This topic came up in the ASA ECNL/Red team movement thread. Thought it was worthy of its own discussion.

Especially for the younger levels, what does each club emphasize in player development?

I'll start: ASA seems to focus on individual ball handling skills and game IQ (player positioning, spreading the field), passing. They are not very physical and there is no emphasis on shooting/kicking (U9).

Are we talking about Arundel? Because that certainly doesn't sound like the Arlington I know.

Alexandria used to be so possession-oriented that they had a blog giving the passing stats for each U9 game. They were awesome.

But in general -- yeah, so many teams in one club, so if you're talking about the second team in an age group, let alone the fourth or fifth, whatever style the TD or DOC is trying to instill is less and less likely to be what you actually see. Tough to get everyone on the same page.

This is a good description of Arlington these days. I think they've made a big effort to change the philosophy on the last 3-4 years. It started with the academy teams and now the younger teams and red teams are starting to play the same way.

I have not seen a change in top young boys teams at Arlington. They need their academy coaches to run the whole show at the club. There clearly remains a big difference in selection and style between academy and U9-11 players. Could be totally different on the girls side. I have no idea.

Do you think it might be because at the older ages, most players are recruited in? So at the younger ages, it’s just a numbers game and they’re hoping that a few of the fastest and biggest kids can fit into the older teams? The more I learn, the more it seems the younger ages really just don’t matter at a club except to the families in those age groups. Other than the money they bring in of course.

[Anonymous]

RantingSoccerDad wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This topic came up in the ASA ECNL/Red team movement thread. Thought it was worthy of its own discussion.

Especially for the younger levels, what does each club emphasize in player development?

I'll start: ASA seems to focus on individual ball handling skills and game IQ (player positioning, spreading the field), passing. They are not very physical and there is no emphasis on shooting/kicking (U9).

Are we talking about Arundel? Because that certainly doesn't sound like the Arlington I know.

Alexandria used to be so possession-oriented that they had a blog giving the passing stats for each U9 game. They were awesome.

But in general -- yeah, so many teams in one club, so if you're talking about the second team in an age group, let alone the fourth or fifth, whatever style the TD or DOC is trying to instill is less and less likely to be what you actually see. Tough to get everyone on the same page.

I was referring to Arlington girls.