More defections from DA to ECNL

[Anonymous]

“This is an incredible opportunity and challenge for our girl’s program to play with the best clubs in the country. The ECNL offers a development platform that will challenge our players in every facet of their development while allowing them a proven path for their college recruiting track” said BRYC Elite Academy Girls Director of Coaching Larry Best.

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Anonymous wrote:^^^US Soccer is proud of you.

Solar rumored to announce DA defection for all in ECNL after showcase.

Ok, Captain ECNL, now tell me, regardless of league how the presented and accurate schedule is actually good for a HS age player.

Start your own thread broski. This one is titled, "More DA defections to ECNL."

If you want DA players to also defect then sell me why I' should pay the value of 10 months of training to get 6 months of training.

DA players to defect? Nobody is trying to get you or anyone else to defect. Kids who want to play HS defect on their own. The good kids are getting recruited regardless of league. College is the end game. Period.

You really are a parent of a young player.

If I am asking the pros of leaving DA it implies that I currently have a kid in DA. If I am discussing the workload of the HS schedule as it relates to the ECNL schedule that would also imply that I have a kid in HS.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Since all of the top clubs in the US are moving to ECNL, the DA parents have try something.

New tactic - Push too many games as the ECNL issue. Too much soccer! No wait, since their kids can't get enough and want 11 months of soccer it's not too much soccer. But games are bad. Training is good but games are bad.

What is the value of two ECNL spring showcases when your primary training environment is a HS team and not the actual ECNL team playing in the showcase?

And what is the value of the ECNL training environment during the spring when over a 1/3 of the players are never at practice because they are at High School?

Just tell me the upside? Please it has to be more than a concession stand with popcorn and pregame music.

You are really asking why some teenagers see upside in playing for their HS? Wow

Ok, so I'll also ask my teen what the upside of driving a car full of loaded kids is? Or whats the upside of going out till 1am on a school night. Certainly asking the HS kid if they understand the upside of 30 games in 3 months with one day a week off during that time frame is the right course of action. In general it is pretty solid advice to just let teenagers make all of their decisions without guidance.

Right - because playing with your friends, classmates and potentially being a hero for your school and community is the same as dangerous driving and late partying.

You win the DA parent of the year award. You should home school little Mia through HS so you can do Rondos in the backyard at lunchtime. LMAO

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Since all of the top clubs in the US are moving to ECNL, the DA parents have try something.

New tactic - Push too many games as the ECNL issue. Too much soccer! No wait, since their kids can't get enough and want 11 months of soccer it's not too much soccer. But games are bad. Training is good but games are bad.

What is the value of two ECNL spring showcases when your primary training environment is a HS team and not the actual ECNL team playing in the showcase?

And what is the value of the ECNL training environment during the spring when over a 1/3 of the players are never at practice because they are at High School?

Just tell me the upside? Please it has to be more than a concession stand with popcorn and pregame music.

You are really asking why some teenagers see upside in playing for their HS? Wow

Ok, so I'll also ask my teen what the upside of driving a car full of loaded kids is? Or whats the upside of going out till 1am on a school night. Certainly asking the HS kid if they understand the upside of 30 games in 3 months with one day a week off during that time frame is the right course of action. In general it is pretty solid advice to just let teenagers make all of their decisions without guidance.

You are a helicopter parent.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Since all of the top clubs in the US are moving to ECNL, the DA parents have try something.

New tactic - Push too many games as the ECNL issue. Too much soccer! No wait, since their kids can't get enough and want 11 months of soccer it's not too much soccer. But games are bad. Training is good but games are bad.

What is the value of two ECNL spring showcases when your primary training environment is a HS team and not the actual ECNL team playing in the showcase?

And what is the value of the ECNL training environment during the spring when over a 1/3 of the players are never at practice because they are at High School?

Just tell me the upside? Please it has to be more than a concession stand with popcorn and pregame music.

You are really asking why some teenagers see upside in playing for their HS? Wow

Ok, so I'll also ask my teen what the upside of driving a car full of loaded kids is? Or whats the upside of going out till 1am on a school night. Certainly asking the HS kid if they understand the upside of 30 games in 3 months with one day a week off during that time frame is the right course of action. In general it is pretty solid advice to just let teenagers make all of their decisions without guidance.

You are a helicopter parent.

My guess is that his DD is 11 years old...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Since all of the top clubs in the US are moving to ECNL, the DA parents have try something.

New tactic - Push too many games as the ECNL issue. Too much soccer! No wait, since their kids can't get enough and want 11 months of soccer it's not too much soccer. But games are bad. Training is good but games are bad.

What is the value of two ECNL spring showcases when your primary training environment is a HS team and not the actual ECNL team playing in the showcase?

And what is the value of the ECNL training environment during the spring when over a 1/3 of the players are never at practice because they are at High School?

Just tell me the upside? Please it has to be more than a concession stand with popcorn and pregame music.

You are really asking why some teenagers see upside in playing for their HS? Wow

Ok, so I'll also ask my teen what the upside of driving a car full of loaded kids is? Or whats the upside of going out till 1am on a school night. Certainly asking the HS kid if they understand the upside of 30 games in 3 months with one day a week off during that time frame is the right course of action. In general it is pretty solid advice to just let teenagers make all of their decisions without guidance.

Right - because playing with your friends, classmates and potentially being a hero for your school and community is the same as dangerous driving and late partying.

You win the DA parent of the year award. You should home school little Mia through HS so you can do Rondos in the backyard at lunchtime. LMAO

Ohhh High School "Hero"!

That is the best you've got? Still looking back, trying to recapture glory?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Since all of the top clubs in the US are moving to ECNL, the DA parents have try something.

New tactic - Push too many games as the ECNL issue. Too much soccer! No wait, since their kids can't get enough and want 11 months of soccer it's not too much soccer. But games are bad. Training is good but games are bad.

What is the value of two ECNL spring showcases when your primary training environment is a HS team and not the actual ECNL team playing in the showcase?

And what is the value of the ECNL training environment during the spring when over a 1/3 of the players are never at practice because they are at High School?

Just tell me the upside? Please it has to be more than a concession stand with popcorn and pregame music.

You are really asking why some teenagers see upside in playing for their HS? Wow

Ok, so I'll also ask my teen what the upside of driving a car full of loaded kids is? Or whats the upside of going out till 1am on a school night. Certainly asking the HS kid if they understand the upside of 30 games in 3 months with one day a week off during that time frame is the right course of action. In general it is pretty solid advice to just let teenagers make all of their decisions without guidance.

Right - because playing with your friends, classmates and potentially being a hero for your school and community is the same as dangerous driving and late partying.

You win the DA parent of the year award. You should home school little Mia through HS so you can do Rondos in the backyard at lunchtime. LMAO

Ohhh High School "Hero"!

That is the best you've got? Still looking back, trying to recapture glory?

Dude are you serious? LMAO. No way you have a high school kid. You just don't get it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Since all of the top clubs in the US are moving to ECNL, the DA parents have try something.

New tactic - Push too many games as the ECNL issue. Too much soccer! No wait, since their kids can't get enough and want 11 months of soccer it's not too much soccer. But games are bad. Training is good but games are bad.

What is the value of two ECNL spring showcases when your primary training environment is a HS team and not the actual ECNL team playing in the showcase?

And what is the value of the ECNL training environment during the spring when over a 1/3 of the players are never at practice because they are at High School?

Just tell me the upside? Please it has to be more than a concession stand with popcorn and pregame music.

You are really asking why some teenagers see upside in playing for their HS? Wow

Ok, so I'll also ask my teen what the upside of driving a car full of loaded kids is? Or whats the upside of going out till 1am on a school night. Certainly asking the HS kid if they understand the upside of 30 games in 3 months with one day a week off during that time frame is the right course of action. In general it is pretty solid advice to just let teenagers make all of their decisions without guidance.

You are a helicopter parent.

My guess is that his DD is 11 years old...

Ok, so ECNL is better because in the spring you don't get to actually play ECNL. But, at the soccer games you do get to play in, your kid might be a hero because the competition is bad and you can buy popcorn and listen to pregame music. And since it is girls HS school soccer the stands of course are loaded with pretty much just the parents.

[Anonymous]

The poster seems to be a parent of 07 or 08 player.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The poster seems to be a parent of 07 or 08 player.

Agreed. He will figure it out when Lily gets a little older.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Since all of the top clubs in the US are moving to ECNL, the DA parents have try something.

New tactic - Push too many games as the ECNL issue. Too much soccer! No wait, since their kids can't get enough and want 11 months of soccer it's not too much soccer. But games are bad. Training is good but games are bad.

What is the value of two ECNL spring showcases when your primary training environment is a HS team and not the actual ECNL team playing in the showcase?

And what is the value of the ECNL training environment during the spring when over a 1/3 of the players are never at practice because they are at High School?

Just tell me the upside? Please it has to be more than a concession stand with popcorn and pregame music.

You are really asking why some teenagers see upside in playing for their HS? Wow

Ok, so I'll also ask my teen what the upside of driving a car full of loaded kids is? Or whats the upside of going out till 1am on a school night. Certainly asking the HS kid if they understand the upside of 30 games in 3 months with one day a week off during that time frame is the right course of action. In general it is pretty solid advice to just let teenagers make all of their decisions without guidance.

You are a helicopter parent.

My guess is that his DD is 11 years old...

Ok, so ECNL is better because in the spring you don't get to actually play ECNL. But, at the soccer games you do get to play in, your kid might be a hero because the competition is bad and you can buy popcorn and listen to pregame music. And since it is girls HS school soccer the stands of course are loaded with pretty much just the parents.

You have a lot of learning to do as a parent and adult. Plus, you're starting to come across as an arrogant ahole.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Since all of the top clubs in the US are moving to ECNL, the DA parents have try something.

New tactic - Push too many games as the ECNL issue. Too much soccer! No wait, since their kids can't get enough and want 11 months of soccer it's not too much soccer. But games are bad. Training is good but games are bad.

What is the value of two ECNL spring showcases when your primary training environment is a HS team and not the actual ECNL team playing in the showcase?

And what is the value of the ECNL training environment during the spring when over a 1/3 of the players are never at practice because they are at High School?

Just tell me the upside? Please it has to be more than a concession stand with popcorn and pregame music.

You are really asking why some teenagers see upside in playing for their HS? Wow

Ok, so I'll also ask my teen what the upside of driving a car full of loaded kids is? Or whats the upside of going out till 1am on a school night. Certainly asking the HS kid if they understand the upside of 30 games in 3 months with one day a week off during that time frame is the right course of action. In general it is pretty solid advice to just let teenagers make all of their decisions without guidance.

Right - because playing with your friends, classmates and potentially being a hero for your school and community is the same as dangerous driving and late partying.

You win the DA parent of the year award. You should home school little Mia through HS so you can do Rondos in the backyard at lunchtime. LMAO

Ohhh High School "Hero"!

That is the best you've got? Still looking back, trying to recapture glory?

Dude are you serious? LMAO. No way you have a high school kid. You just don't get it.

Oh I get it, I just don't subscribe to the notion that HS Soccer is the peak of anything and that should be awarded any significant social status because it is not good soccer. HS soccer does not represent the best that the sport can offer. That for most club players not being able to make varsity would be considered more of an embarrassment than making varsity is considered an accomplishment.

Nobody goes to the games. The games are hack fests. The style is awful. The players are average. In short I guess if you play in ECNL HS soccer might just be the pinnacle.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The poster seems to be a parent of 07 or 08 player.

Agreed. He will figure it out when Lily gets a little older.

Love it, and probably an accurate guess based on his prior posting history.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Since all of the top clubs in the US are moving to ECNL, the DA parents have try something.

New tactic - Push too many games as the ECNL issue. Too much soccer! No wait, since their kids can't get enough and want 11 months of soccer it's not too much soccer. But games are bad. Training is good but games are bad.

What is the value of two ECNL spring showcases when your primary training environment is a HS team and not the actual ECNL team playing in the showcase?

And what is the value of the ECNL training environment during the spring when over a 1/3 of the players are never at practice because they are at High School?

Just tell me the upside? Please it has to be more than a concession stand with popcorn and pregame music.

You are really asking why some teenagers see upside in playing for their HS? Wow

Ok, so I'll also ask my teen what the upside of driving a car full of loaded kids is? Or whats the upside of going out till 1am on a school night. Certainly asking the HS kid if they understand the upside of 30 games in 3 months with one day a week off during that time frame is the right course of action. In general it is pretty solid advice to just let teenagers make all of their decisions without guidance.

Right - because playing with your friends, classmates and potentially being a hero for your school and community is the same as dangerous driving and late partying.

You win the DA parent of the year award. You should home school little Mia through HS so you can do Rondos in the backyard at lunchtime. LMAO

Ohhh High School "Hero"!

That is the best you've got? Still looking back, trying to recapture glory?

Dude are you serious? LMAO. No way you have a high school kid. You just don't get it.

Oh I get it, I just don't subscribe to the notion that HS Soccer is the peak of anything and that should be awarded any significant social status because it is not good soccer. HS soccer does not represent the best that the sport can offer. That for most club players not being able to make varsity would be considered more of an embarrassment than making varsity is considered an accomplishment.

Nobody goes to the games. The games are hack fests. The style is awful. The players are average. In short I guess if you play in ECNL HS soccer might just be the pinnacle.

The fake bravado is telling

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Since all of the top clubs in the US are moving to ECNL, the DA parents have try something.

New tactic - Push too many games as the ECNL issue. Too much soccer! No wait, since their kids can't get enough and want 11 months of soccer it's not too much soccer. But games are bad. Training is good but games are bad.

What is the value of two ECNL spring showcases when your primary training environment is a HS team and not the actual ECNL team playing in the showcase?

And what is the value of the ECNL training environment during the spring when over a 1/3 of the players are never at practice because they are at High School?

Just tell me the upside? Please it has to be more than a concession stand with popcorn and pregame music.

You are really asking why some teenagers see upside in playing for their HS? Wow

Ok, so I'll also ask my teen what the upside of driving a car full of loaded kids is? Or whats the upside of going out till 1am on a school night. Certainly asking the HS kid if they understand the upside of 30 games in 3 months with one day a week off during that time frame is the right course of action. In general it is pretty solid advice to just let teenagers make all of their decisions without guidance.

Right - because playing with your friends, classmates and potentially being a hero for your school and community is the same as dangerous driving and late partying.

You win the DA parent of the year award. You should home school little Mia through HS so you can do Rondos in the backyard at lunchtime. LMAO

Ohhh High School "Hero"!

That is the best you've got? Still looking back, trying to recapture glory?

Dude are you serious? LMAO. No way you have a high school kid. You just don't get it.

Oh I get it, I just don't subscribe to the notion that HS Soccer is the peak of anything and that should be awarded any significant social status because it is not good soccer. HS soccer does not represent the best that the sport can offer. That for most club players not being able to make varsity would be considered more of an embarrassment than making varsity is considered an accomplishment.

Nobody goes to the games. The games are hack fests. The style is awful. The players are average. In short I guess if you play in ECNL HS soccer might just be the pinnacle.

The best the sport can offer is what? The Olympics or World Cup? Sorry to tell you that your DD won't make it. Especially not with you as her overbearing parent.

Don't play HS sports then. I don't care. But if you don't see how OTHER kids might want that then you are just dense. And there are hundreds and hundreds of ECNL/HS players each year that join D1 college teams so your pinnacle comment is stupid.