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Anonymous wrote:FCV confirmed out of ECNL

Link? Not doubting just want to see it if the info has been released.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow! The hate on a soccer thread. You are all so pathetic. Hating somebody because they have a different perspective. It's only soccer people.

...It's not the perspetive; it is the constant repetitive message .. . he kept putting links up to a sep. thread, yet keeps posting here. the dude even calls himself by that stupid moniker

You mean repetitive like when posters in a completely off topic rant throw out lines like "can't wait till CCL guy chimes in on this" kinda repetitive. The only one bringing up a 4 month old argument is the freaking troll who keeps bringing me up. Give it a freaking rest already. If you don't want to hear my opinion on a matter then do not say stupid crap like "I can't wait for CCL guy to chime in on this". I've never called you out, I've never proclaimed "hate" for you but don't say crap like that and then act all surprised and "outraged" when I chime in on my defense.

I've never brought effing CCL up in this context and you know it. So please spare me your outrage and let a 4 month old debate die.

CCL guy: you know you don't need to keep interacting with this person (or anyone else who is trying to bait you into a response), right? I'd just ignore if I were you.

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Anonymous wrote:FCV confirmed out of ECNL

Link? Not doubting just want to see it if the info has been released.

I'm not the OP, but slide in BRYC town halll listed the new ECNL mid Atlantic. BRYC, McLean, Richmond, casl, nc fusion, cesa, sc united, and Carolina rapids.

Division realigned so all schools have the same HS soccer semester (ergo FCV cannot be in the fusion with md united / Bethesda)

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Anonymous wrote:FCV confirmed out of ECNL

Link? Not doubting just want to see it if the info has been released.

I'm not the OP, but slide in BRYC town halll listed the new ECNL mid Atlantic. BRYC, McLean, Richmond, casl, nc fusion, cesa, sc united, and Carolina rapids.

Division realigned so all schools have the same HS soccer semester (ergo FCV cannot be in the fusion with md united / Bethesda)

Got it. Thanks.

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Anonymous wrote:FCV confirmed out of ECNL

Link? Not doubting just want to see it if the info has been released.

I'm not the OP, but slide in BRYC town halll listed the new ECNL mid Atlantic. BRYC, McLean, Richmond, casl, nc fusion, cesa, sc united, and Carolina rapids.

Division realigned so all schools have the same HS soccer semester (ergo FCV cannot be in the fusion with md united / Bethesda)

Division - not fusion damn autocorrect.

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Anonymous wrote:Any info from BRYC town hall? Is that the source of the FCV not in ECNL news?

Yes

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Anonymous wrote:Wow! The hate on a soccer thread. You are all so pathetic. Hating somebody because they have a different perspective. It's only soccer people.

...It's not the perspetive; it is the constant repetitive message .. . he kept putting links up to a sep. thread, yet keeps posting here. the dude even calls himself by that stupid moniker

You mean repetitive like when posters in a completely off topic rant throw out lines like "can't wait till CCL guy chimes in on this" kinda repetitive. The only one bringing up a 4 month old argument is the freaking troll who keeps bringing me up. Give it a freaking rest already. If you don't want to hear my opinion on a matter then do not say stupid crap like "I can't wait for CCL guy to chime in on this". I've never called you out, I've never proclaimed "hate" for you but don't say crap like that and then act all surprised and "outraged" when I chime in on my defense.

I've never brought effing CCL up in this context and you know it. So please spare me your outrage and let a 4 month old debate die.

Lol . . . you are annoying, but you got the wrong guy. u apparently keep bringing this upon yourself. sorry can't help u anymore than that, but give it a rest buddy

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^ I can't wait for CCL guy to chime in on this. ?

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Anonymous wrote:^ I can't wait for CCL guy to chime in on this. ?

This made me laugh out loud! Thank you for this. : )

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Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry but BRYC is certainly one of the big 3 in CCL and in the games I have seen them play in a number of age groups, they have never struck me as a long ball team. Loudoun maybe, Arlington, depends on the coach, but BRYC, I question your judgment.

I give you BRYC. I am a BRYC travel alum (amongst others), btw. I left them out because when my boys were briefly in CCL--BRYC boys were the team always getting crushed by the long ball big 3: Loudoun, McLean and Arlington. I remember commenting to our parents about the very good skill level of the BRYC team and some of the individual players but I don't think they could hear me over the loud cheers for the 15th goal of the game.

I'm not sure what people want. I don't see the Arlington U11s Red or White (I saw that at Bethesda Tournament) being a long ball team. They have very good middle fielders (and defenders for that matter). They are also very fast and some are pretty big. They have skills too. Arlington is not the only team like this. Are their footskills INCREDIBLE? maybe not. But I'm not sure what people want to see out there. Do you want to see 7-8 players all standing around while one kid does beckenbauers or whatever until they get the ball stolen and then say...great job. It's all about individual skill? I mean what's the vision? I agree there is way too much punting EVERYWHERE! including BRYC.

Interesting--since their white team wasn't in the Bethesda tournament the last 2 years running.

Sorry. I saw Red in the 2nd Division of the Bethesda tournament. I believe it was against a team from Manhattan. It was a warm day and then became very cold, extremely windy and started raining. The U11 White team I saw in a scrimmage. I also saw their u10 Red team play in a scrimmage.

I also saw U11 Red scrimmage. So I saw red twice and White once as a matter of fact.

We get it. Your kid is on the team.

My son does not play for Arlington. Never did. He plays for an NCSL team. I chose Arlington because it seems like people want to beat up Arlington for only have big, fast kids on their A team and all these small, skilled kids are on their lower teams that never get a chance t move up. I happened to see their U10s/u11s play in the fall and they aren't all big, fast kids that play kick ball. Neither is BRYC or is McLean from what I saw....I'm talking U10 and U11 age groups. It seems people like to tell every one that their kid isn't on a top team because their club only likes big, fast kids. From what I have seen, this is not true in general. Sure maybe they get a kid or two wrong and it's not like the coaches are encouraging booting it to their forward but sure sometimes the kids do it any way.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry but BRYC is certainly one of the big 3 in CCL and in the games I have seen them play in a number of age groups, they have never struck me as a long ball team. Loudoun maybe, Arlington, depends on the coach, but BRYC, I question your judgment.

I give you BRYC. I am a BRYC travel alum (amongst others), btw. I left them out because when my boys were briefly in CCL--BRYC boys were the team always getting crushed by the long ball big 3: Loudoun, McLean and Arlington. I remember commenting to our parents about the very good skill level of the BRYC team and some of the individual players but I don't think they could hear me over the loud cheers for the 15th goal of the game.

I'm not sure what people want. I don't see the Arlington U11s Red or White (I saw that at Bethesda Tournament) being a long ball team. They have very good middle fielders (and defenders for that matter). They are also very fast and some are pretty big. They have skills too. Arlington is not the only team like this. Are their footskills INCREDIBLE? maybe not. But I'm not sure what people want to see out there. Do you want to see 7-8 players all standing around while one kid does beckenbauers or whatever until they get the ball stolen and then say...great job. It's all about individual skill? I mean what's the vision? I agree there is way too much punting EVERYWHERE! including BRYC.

Interesting--since their white team wasn't in the Bethesda tournament the last 2 years running.

Sorry. I saw Red in the 2nd Division of the Bethesda tournament. I believe it was against a team from Manhattan. It was a warm day and then became very cold, extremely windy and started raining. The U11 White team I saw in a scrimmage. I also saw their u10 Red team play in a scrimmage.

I also saw U11 Red scrimmage. So I saw red twice and White once as a matter of fact.

We get it. Your kid is on the team.

My son does not play for Arlington. Never did. He plays for an NCSL team. I chose Arlington because it seems like people want to beat up Arlington for only have big, fast kids on their A team and all these small, skilled kids are on their lower teams that never get a chance t move up. I happened to see their U10s/u11s play in the fall and they aren't all big, fast kids that play kick ball. Neither is BRYC or is McLean from what I saw....I'm talking U10 and U11 age groups. It seems people like to tell every one that their kid isn't on a top team because their club only likes big, fast kids. From what I have seen, this is not true in general. Sure maybe they get a kid or two wrong and it's not like the coaches are encouraging booting it to their forward but sure sometimes the kids do it any way.

I thought folks like to say their kid isn't on a top team because top teams travel to much.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry but BRYC is certainly one of the big 3 in CCL and in the games I have seen them play in a number of age groups, they have never struck me as a long ball team. Loudoun maybe, Arlington, depends on the coach, but BRYC, I question your judgment.

I give you BRYC. I am a BRYC travel alum (amongst others), btw. I left them out because when my boys were briefly in CCL--BRYC boys were the team always getting crushed by the long ball big 3: Loudoun, McLean and Arlington. I remember commenting to our parents about the very good skill level of the BRYC team and some of the individual players but I don't think they could hear me over the loud cheers for the 15th goal of the game.

LOL!
Funny thread
Will ask our Green coach to move our DC down three teams to silver so DC can play Ncsl
All other 3 teams in CCL1/2
If coach doesn't, will hit up VYS or premier AC next year
Screw that kickball Green team



I'm not sure what people want. I don't see the Arlington U11s Red or White (I saw that at Bethesda Tournament) being a long ball team. They have very good middle fielders (and defenders for that matter). They are also very fast and some are pretty big. They have skills too. Arlington is not the only team like this. Are their footskills INCREDIBLE? maybe not. But I'm not sure what people want to see out there. Do you want to see 7-8 players all standing around while one kid does beckenbauers or whatever until they get the ball stolen and then say...great job. It's all about individual skill? I mean what's the vision? I agree there is way too much punting EVERYWHERE! including BRYC.

Interesting--since their white team wasn't in the Bethesda tournament the last 2 years running.

Sorry. I saw Red in the 2nd Division of the Bethesda tournament. I believe it was against a team from Manhattan. It was a warm day and then became very cold, extremely windy and started raining. The U11 White team I saw in a scrimmage. I also saw their u10 Red team play in a scrimmage.

I also saw U11 Red scrimmage. So I saw red twice and White once as a matter of fact.

We get it. Your kid is on the team.

My son does not play for Arlington. Never did. He plays for an NCSL team. I chose Arlington because it seems like people want to beat up Arlington for only have big, fast kids on their A team and all these small, skilled kids are on their lower teams that never get a chance t move up. I happened to see their U10s/u11s play in the fall and they aren't all big, fast kids that play kick ball. Neither is BRYC or is McLean from what I saw....I'm talking U10 and U11 age groups. It seems people like to tell every one that their kid isn't on a top team because their club only likes big, fast kids. From what I have seen, this is not true in general. Sure maybe they get a kid or two wrong and it's not like the coaches are encouraging booting it to their forward but sure sometimes the kids do it any way.

I thought folks like to say their kid isn't on a top team because top teams travel to much.

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Anonymous wrote:I thought folks like to say their kid isn't on a top team because top teams travel to much.

I can only speak for myself, but I've often mentioned that in reference not to my own kids but to others I've coached and others I know.

It's a legitimate concern.

Does it mean CCL is inherently evil? No.

And conversely, I'd like to see ODSL and much of NCSL cut down its own travel so people aren't driving from Springfield to West Virginia or from Loudoun to Arundel just because they're in the same "division."

The occasional long trip? Sure. Maybe a "crossover" week, or maybe your local team just goes outside its usual stomping grounds for a tournament or two. Yeah, it's a bonding experience, and it's the same principle as going on the occasional work trip vs. commuting from West Virginia to D.C. every day.

But if you don't think driving 2-4 hours each way every other week (for ONE of your two, three or four kids) is a deterrent for a lot of travel parents, I don't know what reality you've constructed for yourself.

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Anonymous wrote:I thought folks like to say their kid isn't on a top team because top teams travel to much.

I can only speak for myself, but I've often mentioned that in reference not to my own kids but to others I've coached and others I know.

It's a legitimate concern.

Does it mean CCL is inherently evil? No.

And conversely, I'd like to see ODSL and much of NCSL cut down its own travel so people aren't driving from Springfield to West Virginia or from Loudoun to Arundel just because they're in the same "division."

The occasional long trip? Sure. Maybe a "crossover" week, or maybe your local team just goes outside its usual stomping grounds for a tournament or two. Yeah, it's a bonding experience, and it's the same principle as going on the occasional work trip vs. commuting from West Virginia to D.C. every day.

But if you don't think driving 2-4 hours each way every other week (for ONE of your two, three or four kids) is a deterrent for a lot of travel parents, I don't know what reality you've constructed for yourself.

well said, it's a true concern for many families (not all).

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Anonymous wrote:I thought folks like to say their kid isn't on a top team because top teams travel to much.

I can only speak for myself, but I've often mentioned that in reference not to my own kids but to others I've coached and others I know.

It's a legitimate concern.

Does it mean CCL is inherently evil? No.

And conversely, I'd like to see ODSL and much of NCSL cut down its own travel so people aren't driving from Springfield to West Virginia or from Loudoun to Arundel just because they're in the same "division."

The occasional long trip? Sure. Maybe a "crossover" week, or maybe your local team just goes outside its usual stomping grounds for a tournament or two. Yeah, it's a bonding experience, and it's the same principle as going on the occasional work trip vs. commuting from West Virginia to D.C. every day.

But if you don't think driving 2-4 hours each way every other week (for ONE of your two, three or four kids) is a deterrent for a lot of travel parents, I don't know what reality you've constructed for yourself.

well said, it's a true concern for many families (not all).

The sheer # of tournaments as well. We moved from a CCL club to a NCSL club. In U9-u12 only two tournaments each season. 4 total and they are local. Parents have choice of which tournaments they want...parents always pick local.

Kids are happy. Development/training good and practices are fun. The parents are much less intense. Atmosphere much better.