Metro United having ID Sessions

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You think losing by one goal is a crush? What then do we say about some of VDA and RU's losses? I'm sure VDA breathed a sigh of relief they didn't lose to these teams when Spirit 03s and 05s won last year.

So 0-4 for Metro this weekend?

^^^ Picture Debbie Downer saying this. LOL.

This sums MU up. Get beat all weekend and bring up games from a year ago.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Back to the question, Metro United expects different results after not making any changes?

There is a large market of clubs to choose from. Pick one and live your life.

I'd like to see a viable DA club in Metro United, gives my DD another choice for the future, but it appears from this thread that there is a communication issue at the team level from the coach and HC about trends from past results and future expectations outside of status quo so players & parents understand and aren't surprised. Maybe they are doing that, and kudos to them, but that's not the impression from this thread. Good luck to you in the Spring!

This is a DA question. Are clubs required to field a team at every age? My friend has a DD 2008 at GFR and she is claiming they are going to be doing 2008 DA next year. None of the girls parents want them to "play up". The club has told them they plan to field a 2008 team but may not be able to field a 2007 team. Are you allowed to not have a team at certain age groups? Maybe the few 2007 players can continue to play 2006?

I know the older age groups are required but I'm not sure if the younger ones are. U13 and U14 are not listed in standings so maybe they are "just for kicks" age groups. If this is the case MU would be wise to have a 2008 team and forego the 2007 one if they don't have the talent to support it. If their 2006 team is still 2006/2007 players who are getting killed and they force the 2008 girls to play 2007 than they will have a 2nd team who has yet to score a goal when March of 2011 rolls around. The 2008 GFR group has some talent but not all those girls are DA caliber at the 2008 level and none of them are ready to play DA against teams that have had an additional year of DA training and are at age.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Back to the question, Metro United expects different results after not making any changes?

There is a large market of clubs to choose from. Pick one and live your life.

I'd like to see a viable DA club in Metro United, gives my DD another choice for the future, but it appears from this thread that there is a communication issue at the team level from the coach and HC about trends from past results and future expectations outside of status quo so players & parents understand and aren't surprised. Maybe they are doing that, and kudos to them, but that's not the impression from this thread. Good luck to you in the Spring!

This is a DA question. Are clubs required to field a team at every age? My friend has a DD 2008 at GFR and she is claiming they are going to be doing 2008 DA next year. None of the girls parents want them to "play up". The club has told them they plan to field a 2008 team but may not be able to field a 2007 team. Are you allowed to not have a team at certain age groups? Maybe the few 2007 players can continue to play 2006?

I know the older age groups are required but I'm not sure if the younger ones are. U13 and U14 are not listed in standings so maybe they are "just for kicks" age groups. If this is the case MU would be wise to have a 2008 team and forego the 2007 one if they don't have the talent to support it. If their 2006 team is still 2006/2007 players who are getting killed and they force the 2008 girls to play 2007 than they will have a 2nd team who has yet to score a goal when March of 2011 rolls around. The 2008 GFR group has some talent but not all those girls are DA caliber at the 2008 level and none of them are ready to play DA against teams that have had an additional year of DA training and are at age.

Please define “DA training”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Back to the question, Metro United expects different results after not making any changes?

There is a large market of clubs to choose from. Pick one and live your life.

I'd like to see a viable DA club in Metro United, gives my DD another choice for the future, but it appears from this thread that there is a communication issue at the team level from the coach and HC about trends from past results and future expectations outside of status quo so players & parents understand and aren't surprised. Maybe they are doing that, and kudos to them, but that's not the impression from this thread. Good luck to you in the Spring!

This is a DA question. Are clubs required to field a team at every age? My friend has a DD 2008 at GFR and she is claiming they are going to be doing 2008 DA next year. None of the girls parents want them to "play up". The club has told them they plan to field a 2008 team but may not be able to field a 2007 team. Are you allowed to not have a team at certain age groups? Maybe the few 2007 players can continue to play 2006?

I know the older age groups are required but I'm not sure if the younger ones are. U13 and U14 are not listed in standings so maybe they are "just for kicks" age groups. If this is the case MU would be wise to have a 2008 team and forego the 2007 one if they don't have the talent to support it. If their 2006 team is still 2006/2007 players who are getting killed and they force the 2008 girls to play 2007 than they will have a 2nd team who has yet to score a goal when March of 2011 rolls around. The 2008 GFR group has some talent but not all those girls are DA caliber at the 2008 level and none of them are ready to play DA against teams that have had an additional year of DA training and are at age.

Please define “DA training”

A team that has played in the DA for a year already. Most of the U14 teams will have played DA games for a year already. Is this not true? Do Arlington and FCV currently have U13 DA teams and MU does not have one?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Back to the question, Metro United expects different results after not making any changes?

There is a large market of clubs to choose from. Pick one and live your life.

I'd like to see a viable DA club in Metro United, gives my DD another choice for the future, but it appears from this thread that there is a communication issue at the team level from the coach and HC about trends from past results and future expectations outside of status quo so players & parents understand and aren't surprised. Maybe they are doing that, and kudos to them, but that's not the impression from this thread. Good luck to you in the Spring!

This is a DA question. Are clubs required to field a team at every age? My friend has a DD 2008 at GFR and she is claiming they are going to be doing 2008 DA next year. None of the girls parents want them to "play up". The club has told them they plan to field a 2008 team but may not be able to field a 2007 team. Are you allowed to not have a team at certain age groups? Maybe the few 2007 players can continue to play 2006?

I know the older age groups are required but I'm not sure if the younger ones are. U13 and U14 are not listed in standings so maybe they are "just for kicks" age groups. If this is the case MU would be wise to have a 2008 team and forego the 2007 one if they don't have the talent to support it. If their 2006 team is still 2006/2007 players who are getting killed and they force the 2008 girls to play 2007 than they will have a 2nd team who has yet to score a goal when March of 2011 rolls around. The 2008 GFR group has some talent but not all those girls are DA caliber at the 2008 level and none of them are ready to play DA against teams that have had an additional year of DA training and are at age.

Please define “DA training”

A team that has played in the DA for a year already. Most of the U14 teams will have played DA games for a year already. Is this not true? Do Arlington and FCV currently have U13 DA teams and MU does not have one?

What does that have to do with training?

[Anonymous]

To answer your question about girls DA, U13 is optional. Metro United did not field an 07 team this year. Next year they pretty much have to field an 07 and an 06 team. 08 would be optional. If they are having trouble filling their 07 and 06 rosters for next year, they will likely try to get some younger players to play up on these teams either full or part time and not have an 08 DA team next year.

I am not aware of any DA teams that skip an age group. Eg have 05 and 07 but no 06 team.

The coaches would be the best sources of accurate up to date information about their plans for next year for the younger age groups.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To answer your question about girls DA, U13 is optional. Metro United did not field an 07 team this year. Next year they pretty much have to field an 07 and an 06 team. 08 would be optional. If they are having trouble filling their 07 and 06 rosters for next year, they will likely try to get some younger players to play up on these teams either full or part time and not have an 08 DA team next year.

I am not aware of any DA teams that skip an age group. Eg have 05 and 07 but no 06 team.

The coaches would be the best sources of accurate up to date information about their plans for next year for the younger age groups.

Does anyone know why they chose to not have a 2007 team this year? GFR has multiple 2007 teams. Did the top players prefer to play in the NPL over going the DA route?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To answer your question about girls DA, U13 is optional. Metro United did not field an 07 team this year. Next year they pretty much have to field an 07 and an 06 team. 08 would be optional. If they are having trouble filling their 07 and 06 rosters for next year, they will likely try to get some younger players to play up on these teams either full or part time and not have an 08 DA team next year.

I am not aware of any DA teams that skip an age group. Eg have 05 and 07 but no 06 team.

The coaches would be the best sources of accurate up to date information about their plans for next year for the younger age groups.

Does anyone know why they chose to not have a 2007 team this year? GFR has multiple 2007 teams. Did the top players prefer to play in the NPL over going the DA route?

Correct. There were not a lot of GFR players who were interested in 2007 DA (my DD has a lot of friends at GFR at that age and I remember them talking about it.) I don't think they found enough additional outside players to create a DA level team so they did not field a team in the optional U13 group. But PP is right, they will have to field a U14 team, so for 2008 players to play 2008, they will have to find enough 2007s to fill that gap. But maybe the other partner clubs are solving that problem -- those weren't in existence last year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Back to the question, Metro United expects different results after not making any changes?

There is a large market of clubs to choose from. Pick one and live your life.

I'd like to see a viable DA club in Metro United, gives my DD another choice for the future, but it appears from this thread that there is a communication issue at the team level from the coach and HC about trends from past results and future expectations outside of status quo so players & parents understand and aren't surprised. Maybe they are doing that, and kudos to them, but that's not the impression from this thread. Good luck to you in the Spring!

This is a DA question. Are clubs required to field a team at every age? My friend has a DD 2008 at GFR and she is claiming they are going to be doing 2008 DA next year. None of the girls parents want them to "play up". The club has told them they plan to field a 2008 team but may not be able to field a 2007 team. Are you allowed to not have a team at certain age groups? Maybe the few 2007 players can continue to play 2006?

I know the older age groups are required but I'm not sure if the younger ones are. U13 and U14 are not listed in standings so maybe they are "just for kicks" age groups. If this is the case MU would be wise to have a 2008 team and forego the 2007 one if they don't have the talent to support it. If their 2006 team is still 2006/2007 players who are getting killed and they force the 2008 girls to play 2007 than they will have a 2nd team who has yet to score a goal when March of 2011 rolls around. The 2008 GFR group has some talent but not all those girls are DA caliber at the 2008 level and none of them are ready to play DA against teams that have had an additional year of DA training and are at age.

Please define “DA training”

A team that has played in the DA for a year already. Most of the U14 teams will have played DA games for a year already. Is this not true? Do Arlington and FCV currently have U13 DA teams and MU does not have one?

No 2008 team has had "an additional year of DA training" by your own definition.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Back to the question, Metro United expects different results after not making any changes?

There is a large market of clubs to choose from. Pick one and live your life.

I'd like to see a viable DA club in Metro United, gives my DD another choice for the future, but it appears from this thread that there is a communication issue at the team level from the coach and HC about trends from past results and future expectations outside of status quo so players & parents understand and aren't surprised. Maybe they are doing that, and kudos to them, but that's not the impression from this thread. Good luck to you in the Spring!

This is a DA question. Are clubs required to field a team at every age? My friend has a DD 2008 at GFR and she is claiming they are going to be doing 2008 DA next year. None of the girls parents want them to "play up". The club has told them they plan to field a 2008 team but may not be able to field a 2007 team. Are you allowed to not have a team at certain age groups? Maybe the few 2007 players can continue to play 2006?

I know the older age groups are required but I'm not sure if the younger ones are. U13 and U14 are not listed in standings so maybe they are "just for kicks" age groups. If this is the case MU would be wise to have a 2008 team and forego the 2007 one if they don't have the talent to support it. If their 2006 team is still 2006/2007 players who are getting killed and they force the 2008 girls to play 2007 than they will have a 2nd team who has yet to score a goal when March of 2011 rolls around. The 2008 GFR group has some talent but not all those girls are DA caliber at the 2008 level and none of them are ready to play DA against teams that have had an additional year of DA training and are at age.

Please define “DA training”

A team that has played in the DA for a year already. Most of the U14 teams will have played DA games for a year already. Is this not true? Do Arlington and FCV currently have U13 DA teams and MU does not have one?

No 2008 team has had "an additional year of DA training" by your own definition.

Not the PP but I think what they were saying is that none of the GFR 08 girls are ready to play against 07 DA teams next year that have already been training together and playing in the DA for a year.

[Anonymous]

Metro United will have U15 (06), U14 (07) and U13(08) teams next year. They are the only local DA club with some 07 and 08 players getting U14 DA experience as a starting point for seeding these teams. They have 3 partner clubs to draw from, they only need 2-3 from each to build a core. Based on tryouts and younger players now training weekly with MU, getting numbers will not be an issue to fill out these teams.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Back to the question, Metro United expects different results after not making any changes?

There is a large market of clubs to choose from. Pick one and live your life.

I'd like to see a viable DA club in Metro United, gives my DD another choice for the future, but it appears from this thread that there is a communication issue at the team level from the coach and HC about trends from past results and future expectations outside of status quo so players & parents understand and aren't surprised. Maybe they are doing that, and kudos to them, but that's not the impression from this thread. Good luck to you in the Spring!

This is a DA question. Are clubs required to field a team at every age? My friend has a DD 2008 at GFR and she is claiming they are going to be doing 2008 DA next year. None of the girls parents want them to "play up". The club has told them they plan to field a 2008 team but may not be able to field a 2007 team. Are you allowed to not have a team at certain age groups? Maybe the few 2007 players can continue to play 2006?

I know the older age groups are required but I'm not sure if the younger ones are. U13 and U14 are not listed in standings so maybe they are "just for kicks" age groups. If this is the case MU would be wise to have a 2008 team and forego the 2007 one if they don't have the talent to support it. If their 2006 team is still 2006/2007 players who are getting killed and they force the 2008 girls to play 2007 than they will have a 2nd team who has yet to score a goal when March of 2011 rolls around. The 2008 GFR group has some talent but not all those girls are DA caliber at the 2008 level and none of them are ready to play DA against teams that have had an additional year of DA training and are at age.

Please define “DA training”

A team that has played in the DA for a year already. Most of the U14 teams will have played DA games for a year already. Is this not true? Do Arlington and FCV currently have U13 DA teams and MU does not have one?

No 2008 team has had "an additional year of DA training" by your own definition.

Not the PP but I think what they were saying is that none of the GFR 08 girls are ready to play against 07 DA teams next year that have already been training together and playing in the DA for a year.

And based on several posts, GFR 08 girls don't want to play 07. They want to play with and against 08s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Back to the question, Metro United expects different results after not making any changes?

There is a large market of clubs to choose from. Pick one and live your life.

I'd like to see a viable DA club in Metro United, gives my DD another choice for the future, but it appears from this thread that there is a communication issue at the team level from the coach and HC about trends from past results and future expectations outside of status quo so players & parents understand and aren't surprised. Maybe they are doing that, and kudos to them, but that's not the impression from this thread. Good luck to you in the Spring!

This is a DA question. Are clubs required to field a team at every age? My friend has a DD 2008 at GFR and she is claiming they are going to be doing 2008 DA next year. None of the girls parents want them to "play up". The club has told them they plan to field a 2008 team but may not be able to field a 2007 team. Are you allowed to not have a team at certain age groups? Maybe the few 2007 players can continue to play 2006?

I know the older age groups are required but I'm not sure if the younger ones are. U13 and U14 are not listed in standings so maybe they are "just for kicks" age groups. If this is the case MU would be wise to have a 2008 team and forego the 2007 one if they don't have the talent to support it. If their 2006 team is still 2006/2007 players who are getting killed and they force the 2008 girls to play 2007 than they will have a 2nd team who has yet to score a goal when March of 2011 rolls around. The 2008 GFR group has some talent but not all those girls are DA caliber at the 2008 level and none of them are ready to play DA against teams that have had an additional year of DA training and are at age.

Please define “DA training”

A team that has played in the DA for a year already. Most of the U14 teams will have played DA games for a year already. Is this not true? Do Arlington and FCV currently have U13 DA teams and MU does not have one?

No 2008 team has had "an additional year of DA training" by your own definition.

Not the PP but I think what they were saying is that none of the GFR 08 girls are ready to play against 07 DA teams next year that have already been training together and playing in the DA for a year.

And based on several posts, GFR 08 girls don't want to play 07. They want to play with and against 08s.

Why would they need to? Metro will have no shortage of 07s. More likely it will be tough to just make the 08 team.

[Anonymous]

What about 06? Who is going to leave their team that is DA or even ECNL?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Back to the question, Metro United expects different results after not making any changes?

There is a large market of clubs to choose from. Pick one and live your life.

I'd like to see a viable DA club in Metro United, gives my DD another choice for the future, but it appears from this thread that there is a communication issue at the team level from the coach and HC about trends from past results and future expectations outside of status quo so players & parents understand and aren't surprised. Maybe they are doing that, and kudos to them, but that's not the impression from this thread. Good luck to you in the Spring!

This is a DA question. Are clubs required to field a team at every age? My friend has a DD 2008 at GFR and she is claiming they are going to be doing 2008 DA next year. None of the girls parents want them to "play up". The club has told them they plan to field a 2008 team but may not be able to field a 2007 team. Are you allowed to not have a team at certain age groups? Maybe the few 2007 players can continue to play 2006?

I know the older age groups are required but I'm not sure if the younger ones are. U13 and U14 are not listed in standings so maybe they are "just for kicks" age groups. If this is the case MU would be wise to have a 2008 team and forego the 2007 one if they don't have the talent to support it. If their 2006 team is still 2006/2007 players who are getting killed and they force the 2008 girls to play 2007 than they will have a 2nd team who has yet to score a goal when March of 2011 rolls around. The 2008 GFR group has some talent but not all those girls are DA caliber at the 2008 level and none of them are ready to play DA against teams that have had an additional year of DA training and are at age.

Please define “DA training”

A team that has played in the DA for a year already. Most of the U14 teams will have played DA games for a year already. Is this not true? Do Arlington and FCV currently have U13 DA teams and MU does not have one?

No 2008 team has had "an additional year of DA training" by your own definition.

Not the PP but I think what they were saying is that none of the GFR 08 girls are ready to play against 07 DA teams next year that have already been training together and playing in the DA for a year.

And based on several posts, GFR 08 girls don't want to play 07. They want to play with and against 08s.

Why would they need to? Metro will have no shortage of 07s. More likely it will be tough to just make the 08 team.

I hope so. With the partnerships and time to build, if they have done well with that, you are right. The reason people are asking is because this year, they couldn't field an 07 or an appropriate 06 team. I hope too they have no shortage of 06s so that that team becomes a competitive group that will be tough to just make the 06 team.