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Anonymous wrote:No it's not. Suck a rookie self serving statement.

Maybe it depends on the age group. But yes it is. And people shouldn’t take it as a slight. There are good players in ECNL, but the overall talent is concentrated in DA.

Let’s take a look at this statement regarding girls. In MD: Pipeline, Mont. Rush Coyotes, and Celtic are the three best clubs. Non are GDA. Non are ECNL either. Pipeline has some girls that played PT for Spirit MD DA, but when they did not show up WSMD got crushed typically. Next best club is Bethesda ECNL. So in MD ECNL and EDP are the best, not DA.

In Northern VA: FCV DA is the best. Then Arlington DA. Close between those two clubs. But after these two it is McLean ECNL. At oldest ages BRYC ECNL is better than Loudoun and VDA ECNL or MU DA. At younger ages it is a toss up between these four clubs. So will give slight edge to DA in VA simply due to FCV and Arlington.

Not the OP but the commenter was commenting on talent not clubs. You can have very talented players mixed with a few players out of their depth who can platoon teams for wins. Conversely, you can win games by blasting the ball down the field with big and fast players, this doesn’t equal talent either. The statement that was made had to do with an evaluation of the individual soccer players in DA on average vs the others, not a record comparison of clubs, as you seem to have taken it.

Ahh... the poster with the skilled but weak and unathletic kid. In case you did not notice, soccer is a SPORT. It is not hacky-sack or dance. Speed, strength, and size ARE talent. So are skill and smarts. All five working in combination. So tired of simple minded parents that think it is only about ball skills and ball possession. There are times to posses and times to be direct. Times to use fastest kid on the team's talents and times to use the best passer, dribbler, composed, etc. Come up with a better statistic then such as: most "D1" players; most "pros"; most people that you personally think are really good based on your "expert" opinion? Please, enlighten us oh soccer guru.

Wrong! Size is not a talent but a trait. There are 4 tall kids on my sons soccer team that break our team! We have a new coach and they got placed on team B.

his is what good coaches mainly look for :
Good first touch/ kick strong right/left
Always hustling to great angles for passing / good with and without ball.
Agility/ great endurance
Player thinks as a team, we not me
You lose the ball you get it back
Constantly fighting for the ball/never letting your guard down

It’s just awful how there are some coaches who will pick a bigger player lacking these skills over someone
Who deserves to be on the team.

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Anonymous wrote:No it's not. Suck a rookie self serving statement.

Maybe it depends on the age group. But yes it is. And people shouldn’t take it as a slight. There are good players in ECNL, but the overall talent is concentrated in DA.

Let’s take a look at this statement regarding girls. In MD: Pipeline, Mont. Rush Coyotes, and Celtic are the three best clubs. Non are GDA. Non are ECNL either. Pipeline has some girls that played PT for Spirit MD DA, but when they did not show up WSMD got crushed typically. Next best club is Bethesda ECNL. So in MD ECNL and EDP are the best, not DA.

In Northern VA: FCV DA is the best. Then Arlington DA. Close between those two clubs. But after these two it is McLean ECNL. At oldest ages BRYC ECNL is better than Loudoun and VDA ECNL or MU DA. At younger ages it is a toss up between these four clubs. So will give slight edge to DA in VA simply due to FCV and Arlington.

Not the OP but the commenter was commenting on talent not clubs. You can have very talented players mixed with a few players out of their depth who can platoon teams for wins. Conversely, you can win games by blasting the ball down the field with big and fast players, this doesn’t equal talent either. The statement that was made had to do with an evaluation of the individual soccer players in DA on average vs the others, not a record comparison of clubs, as you seem to have taken it.

Ahh... the poster with the skilled but weak and unathletic kid. In case you did not notice, soccer is a SPORT. It is not hacky-sack or dance. Speed, strength, and size ARE talent. So are skill and smarts. All five working in combination. So tired of simple minded parents that think it is only about ball skills and ball possession. There are times to posses and times to be direct. Times to use fastest kid on the team's talents and times to use the best passer, dribbler, composed, etc. Come up with a better statistic then such as: most "D1" players; most "pros"; most people that you personally think are really good based on your "expert" opinion? Please, enlighten us oh soccer guru.

Wrong! Size is not a talent but a trait. There are 4 tall kids on my sons soccer team that break our team! This is what good coaches mainly look for :
Good first touch/ kick strong right/left
Always hustling to great angles for passing / good with and without ball.
Agility/ great endurance
Player thinks as a team, we not me
You lose the ball you get it back
Constantly fighting for the ball/never letting your guard down

There! You have a winning team!!!

It’s just awful how there are some coaches who will pick a bigger player lacking these skills over someone
Who deserves to be on the team.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No it's not. Suck a rookie self serving statement.

Maybe it depends on the age group. But yes it is. And people shouldn’t take it as a slight. There are good players in ECNL, but the overall talent is concentrated in DA.

Let’s take a look at this statement regarding girls. In MD: Pipeline, Mont. Rush Coyotes, and Celtic are the three best clubs. Non are GDA. Non are ECNL either. Pipeline has some girls that played PT for Spirit MD DA, but when they did not show up WSMD got crushed typically. Next best club is Bethesda ECNL. So in MD ECNL and EDP are the best, not DA.

In Northern VA: FCV DA is the best. Then Arlington DA. Close between those two clubs. But after these two it is McLean ECNL. At oldest ages BRYC ECNL is better than Loudoun and VDA ECNL or MU DA. At younger ages it is a toss up between these four clubs. So will give slight edge to DA in VA simply due to FCV and Arlington.

Not the OP but the commenter was commenting on talent not clubs. You can have very talented players mixed with a few players out of their depth who can platoon teams for wins. Conversely, you can win games by blasting the ball down the field with big and fast players, this doesn’t equal talent either. The statement that was made had to do with an evaluation of the individual soccer players in DA on average vs the others, not a record comparison of clubs, as you seem to have taken it.

Ahh... the poster with the skilled but weak and unathletic kid. In case you did not notice, soccer is a SPORT. It is not hacky-sack or dance. Speed, strength, and size ARE talent. So are skill and smarts. All five working in combination. So tired of simple minded parents that think it is only about ball skills and ball possession. There are times to posses and times to be direct. Times to use fastest kid on the team's talents and times to use the best passer, dribbler, composed, etc. Come up with a better statistic then such as: most "D1" players; most "pros"; most people that you personally think are really good based on your "expert" opinion? Please, enlighten us oh soccer guru.

Spoken like a guy that thinks the top level in this country or Scotland actually plays the sport at a high level.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No it's not. Suck a rookie self serving statement.

Maybe it depends on the age group. But yes it is. And people shouldn’t take it as a slight. There are good players in ECNL, but the overall talent is concentrated in DA.

Let’s take a look at this statement regarding girls. In MD: Pipeline, Mont. Rush Coyotes, and Celtic are the three best clubs. Non are GDA. Non are ECNL either. Pipeline has some girls that played PT for Spirit MD DA, but when they did not show up WSMD got crushed typically. Next best club is Bethesda ECNL. So in MD ECNL and EDP are the best, not DA.

In Northern VA: FCV DA is the best. Then Arlington DA. Close between those two clubs. But after these two it is McLean ECNL. At oldest ages BRYC ECNL is better than Loudoun and VDA ECNL or MU DA. At younger ages it is a toss up between these four clubs. So will give slight edge to DA in VA simply due to FCV and Arlington.

Not the OP but the commenter was commenting on talent not clubs. You can have very talented players mixed with a few players out of their depth who can platoon teams for wins. Conversely, you can win games by blasting the ball down the field with big and fast players, this doesn’t equal talent either. The statement that was made had to do with an evaluation of the individual soccer players in DA on average vs the others, not a record comparison of clubs, as you seem to have taken it.

Ahh... the poster with the skilled but weak and unathletic kid. In case you did not notice, soccer is a SPORT. It is not hacky-sack or dance. Speed, strength, and size ARE talent. So are skill and smarts. All five working in combination. So tired of simple minded parents that think it is only about ball skills and ball possession. There are times to posses and times to be direct. Times to use fastest kid on the team's talents and times to use the best passer, dribbler, composed, etc. Come up with a better statistic then such as: most "D1" players; most "pros"; most people that you personally think are really good based on your "expert" opinion? Please, enlighten us oh soccer guru.

I agree with some of what you said. Technical skill is essential, but it's not enough. To succeed at the highest levels, you have to have some size and speed is king.

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Anonymous wrote:No it's not. Suck a rookie self serving statement.

Maybe it depends on the age group. But yes it is. And people shouldn’t take it as a slight. There are good players in ECNL, but the overall talent is concentrated in DA.

Let’s take a look at this statement regarding girls. In MD: Pipeline, Mont. Rush Coyotes, and Celtic are the three best clubs. Non are GDA. Non are ECNL either. Pipeline has some girls that played PT for Spirit MD DA, but when they did not show up WSMD got crushed typically. Next best club is Bethesda ECNL. So in MD ECNL and EDP are the best, not DA.

In Northern VA: FCV DA is the best. Then Arlington DA. Close between those two clubs. But after these two it is McLean ECNL. At oldest ages BRYC ECNL is better than Loudoun and VDA ECNL or MU DA. At younger ages it is a toss up between these four clubs. So will give slight edge to DA in VA simply due to FCV and Arlington.

Not the OP but the commenter was commenting on talent not clubs. You can have very talented players mixed with a few players out of their depth who can platoon teams for wins. Conversely, you can win games by blasting the ball down the field with big and fast players, this doesn’t equal talent either. The statement that was made had to do with an evaluation of the individual soccer players in DA on average vs the others, not a record comparison of clubs, as you seem to have taken it.

Ahh... the poster with the skilled but weak and unathletic kid. In case you did not notice, soccer is a SPORT. It is not hacky-sack or dance. Speed, strength, and size ARE talent. So are skill and smarts. All five working in combination. So tired of simple minded parents that think it is only about ball skills and ball possession. There are times to posses and times to be direct. Times to use fastest kid on the team's talents and times to use the best passer, dribbler, composed, etc. Come up with a better statistic then such as: most "D1" players; most "pros"; most people that you personally think are really good based on your "expert" opinion? Please, enlighten us oh soccer guru.

Spoken like a guy that thinks the top level in this country or Scotland actually plays the sport at a high level.

“Top level in this country”? Are you talking women or men? Tell me your theory on why the USWNT is the dominant soccer force in the world and the USMNT can’t even qualify for the WC? Here’s a hint, it has everything to do with athletic talent. If you don’t grasp this you simply have never played sports at an elite level. Scotland ... what are you even talking about fool?

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Anonymous wrote:No it's not. Suck a rookie self serving statement.

Maybe it depends on the age group. But yes it is. And people shouldn’t take it as a slight. There are good players in ECNL, but the overall talent is concentrated in DA.

Let’s take a look at this statement regarding girls. In MD: Pipeline, Mont. Rush Coyotes, and Celtic are the three best clubs. Non are GDA. Non are ECNL either. Pipeline has some girls that played PT for Spirit MD DA, but when they did not show up WSMD got crushed typically. Next best club is Bethesda ECNL. So in MD ECNL and EDP are the best, not DA.

In Northern VA: FCV DA is the best. Then Arlington DA. Close between those two clubs. But after these two it is McLean ECNL. At oldest ages BRYC ECNL is better than Loudoun and VDA ECNL or MU DA. At younger ages it is a toss up between these four clubs. So will give slight edge to DA in VA simply due to FCV and Arlington.

Not the OP but the commenter was commenting on talent not clubs. You can have very talented players mixed with a few players out of their depth who can platoon teams for wins. Conversely, you can win games by blasting the ball down the field with big and fast players, this doesn’t equal talent either. The statement that was made had to do with an evaluation of the individual soccer players in DA on average vs the others, not a record comparison of clubs, as you seem to have taken it.

Ahh... the poster with the skilled but weak and unathletic kid. In case you did not notice, soccer is a SPORT. It is not hacky-sack or dance. Speed, strength, and size ARE talent. So are skill and smarts. All five working in combination. So tired of simple minded parents that think it is only about ball skills and ball possession. There are times to posses and times to be direct. Times to use fastest kid on the team's talents and times to use the best passer, dribbler, composed, etc. Come up with a better statistic then such as: most "D1" players; most "pros"; most people that you personally think are really good based on your "expert" opinion? Please, enlighten us oh soccer guru.

Spoken like a guy that thinks the top level in this country or Scotland actually plays the sport at a high level.

“Top level in this country”? Are you talking women or men? Tell me your theory on why the USWNT is the dominant soccer force in the world and the USMNT can’t even qualify for the WC? Here’s a hint, it has everything to do with athletic talent. If you don’t grasp this you simply have never played sports at an elite level. Scotland ... what are you even talking about fool?

speed, agility, it's called talent. If you're in this country or Scotland, what does it matter to you pp?

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Anonymous wrote:No it's not. Suck a rookie self serving statement.

Maybe it depends on the age group. But yes it is. And people shouldn’t take it as a slight. There are good players in ECNL, but the overall talent is concentrated in DA.

Let’s take a look at this statement regarding girls. In MD: Pipeline, Mont. Rush Coyotes, and Celtic are the three best clubs. Non are GDA. Non are ECNL either. Pipeline has some girls that played PT for Spirit MD DA, but when they did not show up WSMD got crushed typically. Next best club is Bethesda ECNL. So in MD ECNL and EDP are the best, not DA.

In Northern VA: FCV DA is the best. Then Arlington DA. Close between those two clubs. But after these two it is McLean ECNL. At oldest ages BRYC ECNL is better than Loudoun and VDA ECNL or MU DA. At younger ages it is a toss up between these four clubs. So will give slight edge to DA in VA simply due to FCV and Arlington.

Not the OP but the commenter was commenting on talent not clubs. You can have very talented players mixed with a few players out of their depth who can platoon teams for wins. Conversely, you can win games by blasting the ball down the field with big and fast players, this doesn’t equal talent either. The statement that was made had to do with an evaluation of the individual soccer players in DA on average vs the others, not a record comparison of clubs, as you seem to have taken it.

Ahh... the poster with the skilled but weak and unathletic kid. In case you did not notice, soccer is a SPORT. It is not hacky-sack or dance. Speed, strength, and size ARE talent. So are skill and smarts. All five working in combination. So tired of simple minded parents that think it is only about ball skills and ball possession. There are times to posses and times to be direct. Times to use fastest kid on the team's talents and times to use the best passer, dribbler, composed, etc. Come up with a better statistic then such as: most "D1" players; most "pros"; most people that you personally think are really good based on your "expert" opinion? Please, enlighten us oh soccer guru.

Spoken like a guy that thinks the top level in this country or Scotland actually plays the sport at a high level.

“Top level in this country”? Are you talking women or men? Tell me your theory on why the USWNT is the dominant soccer force in the world and the USMNT can’t even qualify for the WC? Here’s a hint, it has everything to do with athletic talent. If you don’t grasp this you simply have never played sports at an elite level. Scotland ... what are you even talking about fool?

No - that has everything to do with most of the rest of the world's female population not playing soccer.

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Anonymous wrote:No it's not. Suck a rookie self serving statement.

Maybe it depends on the age group. But yes it is. And people shouldn’t take it as a slight. There are good players in ECNL, but the overall talent is concentrated in DA.

Let’s take a look at this statement regarding girls. In MD: Pipeline, Mont. Rush Coyotes, and Celtic are the three best clubs. Non are GDA. Non are ECNL either. Pipeline has some girls that played PT for Spirit MD DA, but when they did not show up WSMD got crushed typically. Next best club is Bethesda ECNL. So in MD ECNL and EDP are the best, not DA.

In Northern VA: FCV DA is the best. Then Arlington DA. Close between those two clubs. But after these two it is McLean ECNL. At oldest ages BRYC ECNL is better than Loudoun and VDA ECNL or MU DA. At younger ages it is a toss up between these four clubs. So will give slight edge to DA in VA simply due to FCV and Arlington.

Not the OP but the commenter was commenting on talent not clubs. You can have very talented players mixed with a few players out of their depth who can platoon teams for wins. Conversely, you can win games by blasting the ball down the field with big and fast players, this doesn’t equal talent either. The statement that was made had to do with an evaluation of the individual soccer players in DA on average vs the others, not a record comparison of clubs, as you seem to have taken it.

Ahh... the poster with the skilled but weak and unathletic kid. In case you did not notice, soccer is a SPORT. It is not hacky-sack or dance. Speed, strength, and size ARE talent. So are skill and smarts. All five working in combination. So tired of simple minded parents that think it is only about ball skills and ball possession. There are times to posses and times to be direct. Times to use fastest kid on the team's talents and times to use the best passer, dribbler, composed, etc. Come up with a better statistic then such as: most "D1" players; most "pros"; most people that you personally think are really good based on your "expert" opinion? Please, enlighten us oh soccer guru.

Spoken like a guy that thinks the top level in this country or Scotland actually plays the sport at a high level.

“Top level in this country”? Are you talking women or men? Tell me your theory on why the USWNT is the dominant soccer force in the world and the USMNT can’t even qualify for the WC? Here’s a hint, it has everything to do with athletic talent. If you don’t grasp this you simply have never played sports at an elite level. Scotland ... what are you even talking about fool?

No - that has everything to do with most of the rest of the world's female population not playing soccer.

LOL. New poster here but have you ever heard of Marta? The best female soccer player in the world is not even from the US. Don't bother watching soccer on TV for the next 2 months. You won't get it.

[Anonymous]

I am noticing as kids hit teens that size means something. Not just height but size in terms of strength. If you do not have size either height or broad shoulders then the kids just get pushed off ball. The smaller/slight kids almost need to be three times as good to overcome a strong big kid. The game becomes so much more physical with each year.

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Anonymous wrote:I am noticing as kids hit teens that size means something. Not just height but size in terms of strength. If you do not have size either height or broad shoulders then the kids just get pushed off ball. The smaller/slight kids almost need to be three times as good to overcome a strong big kid. The game becomes so much more physical with each year.

Yes, you are correct and are very observant. It matters a lot. Posters that say it doesn’t are kidding themselves.

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Anonymous wrote:No it's not. Suck a rookie self serving statement.

Maybe it depends on the age group. But yes it is. And people shouldn’t take it as a slight. There are good players in ECNL, but the overall talent is concentrated in DA.

Let’s take a look at this statement regarding girls. In MD: Pipeline, Mont. Rush Coyotes, and Celtic are the three best clubs. Non are GDA. Non are ECNL either. Pipeline has some girls that played PT for Spirit MD DA, but when they did not show up WSMD got crushed typically. Next best club is Bethesda ECNL. So in MD ECNL and EDP are the best, not DA.

In Northern VA: FCV DA is the best. Then Arlington DA. Close between those two clubs. But after these two it is McLean ECNL. At oldest ages BRYC ECNL is better than Loudoun and VDA ECNL or MU DA. At younger ages it is a toss up between these four clubs. So will give slight edge to DA in VA simply due to FCV and Arlington.

Not the OP but the commenter was commenting on talent not clubs. You can have very talented players mixed with a few players out of their depth who can platoon teams for wins. Conversely, you can win games by blasting the ball down the field with big and fast players, this doesn’t equal talent either. The statement that was made had to do with an evaluation of the individual soccer players in DA on average vs the others, not a record comparison of clubs, as you seem to have taken it.

Ahh... the poster with the skilled but weak and unathletic kid. In case you did not notice, soccer is a SPORT. It is not hacky-sack or dance. Speed, strength, and size ARE talent. So are skill and smarts. All five working in combination. So tired of simple minded parents that think it is only about ball skills and ball possession. There are times to posses and times to be direct. Times to use fastest kid on the team's talents and times to use the best passer, dribbler, composed, etc. Come up with a better statistic then such as: most "D1" players; most "pros"; most people that you personally think are really good based on your "expert" opinion? Please, enlighten us oh soccer guru.

Spoken like a guy that thinks the top level in this country or Scotland actually plays the sport at a high level.

“Top level in this country”? Are you talking women or men? Tell me your theory on why the USWNT is the dominant soccer force in the world and the USMNT can’t even qualify for the WC? Here’s a hint, it has everything to do with athletic talent. If you don’t grasp this you simply have never played sports at an elite level. Scotland ... what are you even talking about fool?

Women's dominance is fading and doing so quickly exactly because too much emphasis on athleticism and not true soccer players. Soccer IQ is where we are the furthest behind the rest of the world in the men's game and now that the rest of the world is paying attention to the women's game same results will happen and happen sooner than most will expect.

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Living in the Past wrote:

LOL. New poster here but have you ever heard of Marta? The best female soccer player in the world is not even from the US. Don't bother watching soccer on TV for the next 2 months. You won't get it.

The best player in the world is named Ada

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Anonymous wrote:No it's not. Suck a rookie self serving statement.

Maybe it depends on the age group. But yes it is. And people shouldn’t take it as a slight. There are good players in ECNL, but the overall talent is concentrated in DA.

Let’s take a look at this statement regarding girls. In MD: Pipeline, Mont. Rush Coyotes, and Celtic are the three best clubs. Non are GDA. Non are ECNL either. Pipeline has some girls that played PT for Spirit MD DA, but when they did not show up WSMD got crushed typically. Next best club is Bethesda ECNL. So in MD ECNL and EDP are the best, not DA.

In Northern VA: FCV DA is the best. Then Arlington DA. Close between those two clubs. But after these two it is McLean ECNL. At oldest ages BRYC ECNL is better than Loudoun and VDA ECNL or MU DA. At younger ages it is a toss up between these four clubs. So will give slight edge to DA in VA simply due to FCV and Arlington.

Not the OP but the commenter was commenting on talent not clubs. You can have very talented players mixed with a few players out of their depth who can platoon teams for wins. Conversely, you can win games by blasting the ball down the field with big and fast players, this doesn’t equal talent either. The statement that was made had to do with an evaluation of the individual soccer players in DA on average vs the others, not a record comparison of clubs, as you seem to have taken it.

Ahh... the poster with the skilled but weak and unathletic kid. In case you did not notice, soccer is a SPORT. It is not hacky-sack or dance. Speed, strength, and size ARE talent. So are skill and smarts. All five working in combination. So tired of simple minded parents that think it is only about ball skills and ball possession. There are times to posses and times to be direct. Times to use fastest kid on the team's talents and times to use the best passer, dribbler, composed, etc. Come up with a better statistic then such as: most "D1" players; most "pros"; most people that you personally think are really good based on your "expert" opinion? Please, enlighten us oh soccer guru.

Spoken like a guy that thinks the top level in this country or Scotland actually plays the sport at a high level.

“Top level in this country”? Are you talking women or men? Tell me your theory on why the USWNT is the dominant soccer force in the world and the USMNT can’t even qualify for the WC? Here’s a hint, it has everything to do with athletic talent. If you don’t grasp this you simply have never played sports at an elite level. Scotland ... what are you even talking about fool?

Women's dominance is fading and doing so quickly exactly because too much emphasis on athleticism and not true soccer players. Soccer IQ is where we are the furthest behind the rest of the world in the men's game and now that the rest of the world is paying attention to the women's game same results will happen and happen sooner than most will expect.

I guess we’ll see how much USWNT dominance is fading this summer. True, that world is catching up, which is great for the sport, but don’t be obtuse. Saying USWNT are not “true soccer players” just reveals your anti-American bias and ignorance. Soccer IQ is important and is a basic necessity. At higher levels of sport, they all have this IQ and what separates is speed, quickness, strength, and sometimes size (situational). Just ask Mbappe and Pogba at the last WC, or did you not watch? Ronaldo’s pretty damn athletic too as are Messi (quickness and strength), Neymar (quickness and speed), Hazard and Sala (speed with ball), van Dijk (size and strength), etc. Again, soccer is an athletic sport and is not chess or golf or math or piano. Athleticism matters tremendously. Anyhow, I have made my final points. No use continuing to argue with a brick wall.

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Anonymous wrote:No it's not. Suck a rookie self serving statement.

Maybe it depends on the age group. But yes it is. And people shouldn’t take it as a slight. There are good players in ECNL, but the overall talent is concentrated in DA.

Let’s take a look at this statement regarding girls. In MD: Pipeline, Mont. Rush Coyotes, and Celtic are the three best clubs. Non are GDA. Non are ECNL either. Pipeline has some girls that played PT for Spirit MD DA, but when they did not show up WSMD got crushed typically. Next best club is Bethesda ECNL. So in MD ECNL and EDP are the best, not DA.

In Northern VA: FCV DA is the best. Then Arlington DA. Close between those two clubs. But after these two it is McLean ECNL. At oldest ages BRYC ECNL is better than Loudoun and VDA ECNL or MU DA. At younger ages it is a toss up between these four clubs. So will give slight edge to DA in VA simply due to FCV and Arlington.

Not the OP but the commenter was commenting on talent not clubs. You can have very talented players mixed with a few players out of their depth who can platoon teams for wins. Conversely, you can win games by blasting the ball down the field with big and fast players, this doesn’t equal talent either. The statement that was made had to do with an evaluation of the individual soccer players in DA on average vs the others, not a record comparison of clubs, as you seem to have taken it.

Ahh... the poster with the skilled but weak and unathletic kid. In case you did not notice, soccer is a SPORT. It is not hacky-sack or dance. Speed, strength, and size ARE talent. So are skill and smarts. All five working in combination. So tired of simple minded parents that think it is only about ball skills and ball possession. There are times to posses and times to be direct. Times to use fastest kid on the team's talents and times to use the best passer, dribbler, composed, etc. Come up with a better statistic then such as: most "D1" players; most "pros"; most people that you personally think are really good based on your "expert" opinion? Please, enlighten us oh soccer guru.

Spoken like a guy that thinks the top level in this country or Scotland actually plays the sport at a high level.

“Top level in this country”? Are you talking women or men? Tell me your theory on why the USWNT is the dominant soccer force in the world and the USMNT can’t even qualify for the WC? Here’s a hint, it has everything to do with athletic talent. If you don’t grasp this you simply have never played sports at an elite level. Scotland ... what are you even talking about fool?

Women's dominance is fading and doing so quickly exactly because too much emphasis on athleticism and not true soccer players. Soccer IQ is where we are the furthest behind the rest of the world in the men's game and now that the rest of the world is paying attention to the women's game same results will happen and happen sooner than most will expect.

I guess we’ll see how much USWNT dominance is fading this summer. True, that world is catching up, which is great for the sport, but don’t be obtuse. Saying USWNT are not “true soccer players” just reveals your anti-American bias and ignorance. Soccer IQ is important and is a basic necessity. At higher levels of sport, they all have this IQ and what separates is speed, quickness, strength, and sometimes size (situational). Just ask Mbappe and Pogba at the last WC, or did you not watch? Ronaldo’s pretty damn athletic too as are Messi (quickness and strength), Neymar (quickness and speed), Hazard and Sala (speed with ball), van Dijk (size and strength), etc. Again, soccer is an athletic sport and is not chess or golf or math or piano. Athleticism matters tremendously. Anyhow, I have made my final points. No use continuing to argue with a brick wall.

Are you actually arguing these players do not have a high soccer IQ?

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Anonymous wrote:No it's not. Suck a rookie self serving statement.

Maybe it depends on the age group. But yes it is. And people shouldn’t take it as a slight. There are good players in ECNL, but the overall talent is concentrated in DA.

Let’s take a look at this statement regarding girls. In MD: Pipeline, Mont. Rush Coyotes, and Celtic are the three best clubs. Non are GDA. Non are ECNL either. Pipeline has some girls that played PT for Spirit MD DA, but when they did not show up WSMD got crushed typically. Next best club is Bethesda ECNL. So in MD ECNL and EDP are the best, not DA.

In Northern VA: FCV DA is the best. Then Arlington DA. Close between those two clubs. But after these two it is McLean ECNL. At oldest ages BRYC ECNL is better than Loudoun and VDA ECNL or MU DA. At younger ages it is a toss up between these four clubs. So will give slight edge to DA in VA simply due to FCV and Arlington.

Not the OP but the commenter was commenting on talent not clubs. You can have very talented players mixed with a few players out of their depth who can platoon teams for wins. Conversely, you can win games by blasting the ball down the field with big and fast players, this doesn’t equal talent either. The statement that was made had to do with an evaluation of the individual soccer players in DA on average vs the others, not a record comparison of clubs, as you seem to have taken it.

Ahh... the poster with the skilled but weak and unathletic kid. In case you did not notice, soccer is a SPORT. It is not hacky-sack or dance. Speed, strength, and size ARE talent. So are skill and smarts. All five working in combination. So tired of simple minded parents that think it is only about ball skills and ball possession. There are times to posses and times to be direct. Times to use fastest kid on the team's talents and times to use the best passer, dribbler, composed, etc. Come up with a better statistic then such as: most "D1" players; most "pros"; most people that you personally think are really good based on your "expert" opinion? Please, enlighten us oh soccer guru.

Spoken like a guy that thinks the top level in this country or Scotland actually plays the sport at a high level.

“Top level in this country”? Are you talking women or men? Tell me your theory on why the USWNT is the dominant soccer force in the world and the USMNT can’t even qualify for the WC? Here’s a hint, it has everything to do with athletic talent. If you don’t grasp this you simply have never played sports at an elite level. Scotland ... what are you even talking about fool?

Women's dominance is fading and doing so quickly exactly because too much emphasis on athleticism and not true soccer players. Soccer IQ is where we are the furthest behind the rest of the world in the men's game and now that the rest of the world is paying attention to the women's game same results will happen and happen sooner than most will expect.

I guess we’ll see how much USWNT dominance is fading this summer. True, that world is catching up, which is great for the sport, but don’t be obtuse. Saying USWNT are not “true soccer players” just reveals your anti-American bias and ignorance. Soccer IQ is important and is a basic necessity. At higher levels of sport, they all have this IQ and what separates is speed, quickness, strength, and sometimes size (situational). Just ask Mbappe and Pogba at the last WC, or did you not watch? Ronaldo’s pretty damn athletic too as are Messi (quickness and strength), Neymar (quickness and speed), Hazard and Sala (speed with ball), van Dijk (size and strength), etc. Again, soccer is an athletic sport and is not chess or golf or math or piano. Athleticism matters tremendously. Anyhow, I have made my final points. No use continuing to argue with a brick wall.

Lukaku is extremely strong and fast. How is that working out for him? You know who wasn't that fast? Xavi. But his mind was faster than everyone else's Here, in the US, 99% of parents and 90% of coaches cannot even begin to appreciate the quick mind, which is a significant portion of high soccer IQ. But just keep launching those long balls my friend and get those wins while you can.