What’s going on with Arlington ECNL 08?

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Anonymous wrote:Loudoun/NVA is setup up for success with the 07 Class. They were able to be scouted and offered P5 spots and have its best Class ever. Once 2010 and 2011 parents realize that, you will see more and more players going there. Arlington is the pits past age U13.

Why will 2010 and 2011 players go to NVA only for teams near last place?

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Anonymous wrote:It’s crazy that people think this is club based vs. team based.

The club you are at literally could not mean less. It’s all about where you finish in ECNL during U15 and U16.

Watch union and VDA 08s. Fcv 08s will be good.

Your club’s reputation with colleges matters.

Maybe for first look. But once a college coach realizes the team that they are viewing isn’t good, it changes.

It does not. Colleges recruit players not teams. Worst ecnl team in the country will have college offers even if only concentrated on top half of the team.

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Anonymous wrote:Loudoun/NVA is setup up for success with the 07 Class. They were able to be scouted and offered P5 spots and have its best Class ever. Once 2010 and 2011 parents realize that, you will see more and more players going there. Arlington is the pits past age U13.

Why will 2010 and 2011 players go to NVA only for teams near last place?

Because Loudoun dad said so.

[Anonymous]

ARL 08 will win rest of season against VA teams and earn last spot for nationals.

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Anonymous wrote:ARL 08 will win rest of season against VA teams and earn last spot for nationals.

Even if they win the rest of their games, they’re still not qualifying for CL.

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Anonymous wrote:What about FCV? Many social media posts about how many kids made college last week.

Seem like at least they know how to place kids.

Why not Union or vda then?

Or Loudon/NVA?

Realistically, these clubs are all the same. Just go where your kid is enjoying it and developing.

OP was talking college placement. Loudoun is nowhere FCV, vda, Union in college placement.

If we are talking college placement then Union has the best record here in the DMV by far

FC Virginia and VDA over the last few years have been just as good if not better.

Not so much. Union has the stats - just look at the data they are a machine. Their college placement is seriously impressive - top schools not just schools

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They also have a few 09s who think they have to play with the 08s. But also, Arlington's girls teams aren't very strong as they get older.

I've sort of noticed that too over the last few years, with an exception here and there. Any particular reason why this seems to be the case?

I don't know but keep an eye on the 11s!

They’ll fall quickly like the other arlington teams.

Anyone know what's going on with the 2009G team? Not a good year for them. Will they get a new coach?

[Anonymous]

09 has same coach but lost some players to other clubs. Would be surprised if they squeeze into the playoff and if they do, they won’t do well there.

08 and 09 Arlington used to be one of the top teams. I’m wondering if their 2011 is following suit as they recently lost to a team they should have beat.

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Anonymous wrote:What about FCV? Many social media posts about how many kids made college last week.

Seem like at least they know how to place kids.

Why not Union or vda then?

Or Loudon/NVA?

Realistically, these clubs are all the same. Just go where your kid is enjoying it and developing.

OP was talking college placement. Loudoun is nowhere FCV, vda, Union in college placement.

If we are talking college placement then Union has the best record here in the DMV by far

FC Virginia and VDA over the last few years have been just as good if not better.

Not so much. Union has the stats - just look at the data they are a machine. Their college placement is seriously impressive - top schools not just schools

Not so much? You should take a look at FCV and VDA. Also “top schools”.

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Anonymous wrote:What about FCV? Many social media posts about how many kids made college last week.

Seem like at least they know how to place kids.

Why not Union or vda then?

Or Loudon/NVA?

Realistically, these clubs are all the same. Just go where your kid is enjoying it and developing.

OP was talking college placement. Loudoun is nowhere FCV, vda, Union in college placement.

If we are talking college placement then Union has the best record here in the DMV by far

FC Virginia and VDA over the last few years have been just as good if not better.

Not so much. Union has the stats - just look at the data they are a machine. Their college placement is seriously impressive - top schools not just schools

Not so much? You should take a look at FCV and VDA. Also “top schools”.

provide a link or list the schools by number of players and year.

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They also have a few 09s who think they have to play with the 08s. But also, Arlington's girls teams aren't very strong as they get older.

I've sort of noticed that too over the last few years, with an exception here and there. Any particular reason why this seems to be the case?

I don't know but keep an eye on the 11s!

They’ll fall quickly like the other arlington teams.

Anyone know what's going on with the 2009G team? Not a good year for them. Will they get a new coach?

The 2009s also got helped out by players on their 2008 team last Spring. That helped them to make playoffs.

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They also have a few 09s who think they have to play with the 08s. But also, Arlington's girls teams aren't very strong as they get older.

I've sort of noticed that too over the last few years, with an exception here and there. Any particular reason why this seems to be the case?

I don't know but keep an eye on the 11s!

They’ll fall quickly like the other arlington teams.

Anyone know what's going on with the 2009G team? Not a good year for them. Will they get a new coach?

The 2009s also got helped out by players on their 2008 team last Spring. That helped them to make playoffs.

Arlington stacked the 08's by moving the top 09's up. This happens a lot with the clubs. It is better for the club to have one very strong age group vs a few okay age groups. It usually does not work in the favor of the kids moved up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:09 has same coach but lost some players to other clubs. Would be surprised if they squeeze into the playoff and if they do, they won’t do well there.

08 and 09 Arlington used to be one of the top teams. I’m wondering if their 2011 is following suit as they recently lost to a team they should have beat.

Arlington and a lot of other teams rely on size and speed. At the other ages, this doesn't work and they start losing. You can't win at the national level with several girls playing up. Eventually those players will be forced to play on age.

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Anonymous wrote:09 has same coach but lost some players to other clubs. Would be surprised if they squeeze into the playoff and if they do, they won’t do well there.

08 and 09 Arlington used to be one of the top teams. I’m wondering if their 2011 is following suit as they recently lost to a team they should have beat.

Arlington and a lot of other teams rely on size and speed. At the other ages, this doesn't work and they start losing. You can't win at the national level with several girls playing up. Eventually those players will be forced to play on age.

At the national level, losing by a goal or two isn't indicative of much IMO. If the gameplay was solid through the match then that's what really matters, there's often too much focus on wins and losses and not enough on the quality of play.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s crazy that people think this is club based vs. team based.

The club you are at literally could not mean less. It’s all about where you finish in ECNL during U15 and U16.

Watch union and VDA 08s. Fcv 08s will be good.

Your club’s reputation with colleges matters.

Maybe for first look. But once a college coach realizes the team that they are viewing isn’t good, it changes.

It does not. Colleges recruit players not teams. Worst ecnl team in the country will have college offers even if only concentrated on top half of the team.

Do you think a top player on a ECNL RL team who won nationals would get the same chances of getting recruited as an ordinary player on a ECNL team? This is a 16 year old boy.