Arlington ECNL and Red Team movement

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Anonymous wrote:what clubs are the new ECNL players from outside Arlington coming from?

I've heard McLean. But that doesn't make sense since they already have ECNL.

McLean got a big influx of girls at some age group(SYC). Some existing ECNL girls knew they were being dropped to green but still wanted to play ECNL. Arlington is close by and is looking to replace players(like all ECNL teams). Arlington and McLean have vastly different styles of play and the coaches prefer different types of players. Some players will do well at one club but would struggled for minutes at the other.

I do not think Arlington parents have fully come to terms with what being an ECNL club means.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:what clubs are the new ECNL players from outside Arlington coming from?

I've heard McLean. But that doesn't make sense since they already have ECNL.

McLean got a big influx of girls at some age group(SYC). Some existing ECNL girls knew they were being dropped to green but still wanted to play ECNL. Arlington is close by and is looking to replace players(like all ECNL teams). Arlington and McLean have vastly different styles of play and the coaches prefer different types of players. Some players will do well at one club but would struggled for minutes at the other.

I do not think Arlington parents have fully come to terms with what being an ECNL club means.

ASA parent here. Please enlighten me as to what being an ECNL club means? From what I can tell, it means our DD would top out at our white/B team and stay in NCSL (which is fine - she isn't in this for a scholarship)

Curious about differences in style of play. McLean seemed to be more physical than our girls (but not as much as Loudin) and more focused on individual dribbling than spreading the field, positioning and passing.

[Anonymous]

Also curious about the different styles of play...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:what clubs are the new ECNL players from outside Arlington coming from?

I've heard McLean. But that doesn't make sense since they already have ECNL.

McLean got a big influx of girls at some age group(SYC). Some existing ECNL girls knew they were being dropped to green but still wanted to play ECNL. Arlington is close by and is looking to replace players(like all ECNL teams). Arlington and McLean have vastly different styles of play and the coaches prefer different types of players. Some players will do well at one club but would struggled for minutes at the other.

I do not think Arlington parents have fully come to terms with what being an ECNL club means.

ASA parent here. Please enlighten me as to what being an ECNL club means? From what I can tell, it means our DD would top out at our white/B team and stay in NCSL (which is fine - she isn't in this for a scholarship)

Curious about differences in style of play. McLean seemed to be more physical than our girls (but not as much as Loudin) and more focused on individual dribbling than spreading the field, positioning and passing.

When it comes to the top level teams, Arlington tends to be more direct trying to send the ball to fast players at the top, while McLean has more technical girls who are good at keeping possession. Both clubs are very physical when pressing and trying to win the ball. There is a lot of movement between the clubs with girls moving in both directions. With McLean adding top SYC players, some of the girls did not get offers for ECNL teams so there are McLean girls, who don't want to drop down to B team, trying out for Arlington and other clubs. On the boys side, it is a little different, because Arlington is stronger than McLean in most age groups. Some of McLean players with offers to the top teams are trying out for Arlington because in some of age groups Arlington boys teams are significantly stronger.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:what clubs are the new ECNL players from outside Arlington coming from?

I've heard McLean. But that doesn't make sense since they already have ECNL.

McLean got a big influx of girls at some age group(SYC). Some existing ECNL girls knew they were being dropped to green but still wanted to play ECNL. Arlington is close by and is looking to replace players(like all ECNL teams). Arlington and McLean have vastly different styles of play and the coaches prefer different types of players. Some players will do well at one club but would struggled for minutes at the other.

I do not think Arlington parents have fully come to terms with what being an ECNL club means.

ASA parent here. Please enlighten me as to what being an ECNL club means? From what I can tell, it means our DD would top out at our white/B team and stay in NCSL (which is fine - she isn't in this for a scholarship)

Curious about differences in style of play. McLean seemed to be more physical than our girls (but not as much as Loudin) and more focused on individual dribbling than spreading the field, positioning and passing.

When it comes to the top level teams, Arlington tends to be more direct trying to send the ball to fast players at the top, while McLean has more technical girls who are good at keeping possession. Both clubs are very physical when pressing and trying to win the ball. There is a lot of movement between the clubs with girls moving in both directions. With McLean adding top SYC players, some of the girls did not get offers for ECNL teams so there are McLean girls, who don't want to drop down to B team, trying out for Arlington and other clubs. On the boys side, it is a little different, because Arlington is stronger than McLean in most age groups. Some of McLean players with offers to the top teams are trying out for Arlington because in some of age groups Arlington boys teams are significantly stronger.

How much movement out of the McLean teams? (girls)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:what clubs are the new ECNL players from outside Arlington coming from?

I've heard McLean. But that doesn't make sense since they already have ECNL.

McLean got a big influx of girls at some age group(SYC). Some existing ECNL girls knew they were being dropped to green but still wanted to play ECNL. Arlington is close by and is looking to replace players(like all ECNL teams). Arlington and McLean have vastly different styles of play and the coaches prefer different types of players. Some players will do well at one club but would struggled for minutes at the other.

I do not think Arlington parents have fully come to terms with what being an ECNL club means.

ASA parent here. Please enlighten me as to what being an ECNL club means? From what I can tell, it means our DD would top out at our white/B team and stay in NCSL (which is fine - she isn't in this for a scholarship)

Curious about differences in style of play. McLean seemed to be more physical than our girls (but not as much as Loudin) and more focused on individual dribbling than spreading the field, positioning and passing.

When it comes to the top level teams, Arlington tends to be more direct trying to send the ball to fast players at the top, while McLean has more technical girls who are good at keeping possession. Both clubs are very physical when pressing and trying to win the ball. There is a lot of movement between the clubs with girls moving in both directions. With McLean adding top SYC players, some of the girls did not get offers for ECNL teams so there are McLean girls, who don't want to drop down to B team, trying out for Arlington and other clubs. On the boys side, it is a little different, because Arlington is stronger than McLean in most age groups. Some of McLean players with offers to the top teams are trying out for Arlington because in some of age groups Arlington boys teams are significantly stronger.

You clearly haven’t watched any of the top Arlington girls teams in several years. This past winter/spring, I reffed several age groups of the top arlington girls vs the top McLean girls in the Arlington tournament. The Arlington girls were by far more technical and on average smaller than the McLean girls. I also recall the McLean teams constantly subbing fresh legs for their forwards so they could keep direct runs against the Arlington defense (they appeared to have 5 or 6 more players than the Arlington teams). All but one of the games I reffed was easily won by Arlington.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:what clubs are the new ECNL players from outside Arlington coming from?

I've heard McLean. But that doesn't make sense since they already have ECNL.

McLean got a big influx of girls at some age group(SYC). Some existing ECNL girls knew they were being dropped to green but still wanted to play ECNL. Arlington is close by and is looking to replace players(like all ECNL teams). Arlington and McLean have vastly different styles of play and the coaches prefer different types of players. Some players will do well at one club but would struggled for minutes at the other.

I do not think Arlington parents have fully come to terms with what being an ECNL club means.

ASA parent here. Please enlighten me as to what being an ECNL club means? From what I can tell, it means our DD would top out at our white/B team and stay in NCSL (which is fine - she isn't in this for a scholarship)

Curious about differences in style of play. McLean seemed to be more physical than our girls (but not as much as Loudin) and more focused on individual dribbling than spreading the field, positioning and passing.

When it comes to the top level teams, Arlington tends to be more direct trying to send the ball to fast players at the top, while McLean has more technical girls who are good at keeping possession. Both clubs are very physical when pressing and trying to win the ball. There is a lot of movement between the clubs with girls moving in both directions. With McLean adding top SYC players, some of the girls did not get offers for ECNL teams so there are McLean girls, who don't want to drop down to B team, trying out for Arlington and other clubs. On the boys side, it is a little different, because Arlington is stronger than McLean in most age groups. Some of McLean players with offers to the top teams are trying out for Arlington because in some of age groups Arlington boys teams are significantly stronger.

You clearly haven’t watched any of the top Arlington girls teams in several years. This past winter/spring, I reffed several age groups of the top arlington girls vs the top McLean girls in the Arlington tournament. The Arlington girls were by far more technical and on average smaller than the McLean girls. I also recall the McLean teams constantly subbing fresh legs for their forwards so they could keep direct runs against the Arlington defense (they appeared to have 5 or 6 more players than the Arlington teams). All but one of the games I reffed was easily won by Arlington.

Only the 2012 McLean girls team played in the Arlington tournament this past spring, and McLean green and Arlington red didn't play each other in that tournament.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:what clubs are the new ECNL players from outside Arlington coming from?

I've heard McLean. But that doesn't make sense since they already have ECNL.

McLean got a big influx of girls at some age group(SYC). Some existing ECNL girls knew they were being dropped to green but still wanted to play ECNL. Arlington is close by and is looking to replace players(like all ECNL teams). Arlington and McLean have vastly different styles of play and the coaches prefer different types of players. Some players will do well at one club but would struggled for minutes at the other.

I do not think Arlington parents have fully come to terms with what being an ECNL club means.

ASA parent here. Please enlighten me as to what being an ECNL club means? From what I can tell, it means our DD would top out at our white/B team and stay in NCSL (which is fine - she isn't in this for a scholarship)

Curious about differences in style of play. McLean seemed to be more physical than our girls (but not as much as Loudin) and more focused on individual dribbling than spreading the field, positioning and passing.

When it comes to the top level teams, Arlington tends to be more direct trying to send the ball to fast players at the top, while McLean has more technical girls who are good at keeping possession. Both clubs are very physical when pressing and trying to win the ball. There is a lot of movement between the clubs with girls moving in both directions. With McLean adding top SYC players, some of the girls did not get offers for ECNL teams so there are McLean girls, who don't want to drop down to B team, trying out for Arlington and other clubs. On the boys side, it is a little different, because Arlington is stronger than McLean in most age groups. Some of McLean players with offers to the top teams are trying out for Arlington because in some of age groups Arlington boys teams are significantly stronger.

You clearly haven’t watched any of the top Arlington girls teams in several years. This past winter/spring, I reffed several age groups of the top arlington girls vs the top McLean girls in the Arlington tournament. The Arlington girls were by far more technical and on average smaller than the McLean girls. I also recall the McLean teams constantly subbing fresh legs for their forwards so they could keep direct runs against the Arlington defense (they appeared to have 5 or 6 more players than the Arlington teams). All but one of the games I reffed was easily won by Arlington.

Only the 2012 McLean girls team played in the Arlington tournament this past spring, and McLean green and Arlington red didn't play each other in that tournament.

2007 Arlington White girls beat Mclean Green in the Presidents Cup

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:what clubs are the new ECNL players from outside Arlington coming from?

I've heard McLean. But that doesn't make sense since they already have ECNL.

McLean got a big influx of girls at some age group(SYC). Some existing ECNL girls knew they were being dropped to green but still wanted to play ECNL. Arlington is close by and is looking to replace players(like all ECNL teams). Arlington and McLean have vastly different styles of play and the coaches prefer different types of players. Some players will do well at one club but would struggled for minutes at the other.

I do not think Arlington parents have fully come to terms with what being an ECNL club means.

ASA parent here. Please enlighten me as to what being an ECNL club means? From what I can tell, it means our DD would top out at our white/B team and stay in NCSL (which is fine - she isn't in this for a scholarship)

Curious about differences in style of play. McLean seemed to be more physical than our girls (but not as much as Loudin) and more focused on individual dribbling than spreading the field, positioning and passing.

When it comes to the top level teams, Arlington tends to be more direct trying to send the ball to fast players at the top, while McLean has more technical girls who are good at keeping possession. Both clubs are very physical when pressing and trying to win the ball. There is a lot of movement between the clubs with girls moving in both directions. With McLean adding top SYC players, some of the girls did not get offers for ECNL teams so there are McLean girls, who don't want to drop down to B team, trying out for Arlington and other clubs. On the boys side, it is a little different, because Arlington is stronger than McLean in most age groups. Some of McLean players with offers to the top teams are trying out for Arlington because in some of age groups Arlington boys teams are significantly stronger.

You clearly haven’t watched any of the top Arlington girls teams in several years. This past winter/spring, I reffed several age groups of the top arlington girls vs the top McLean girls in the Arlington tournament. The Arlington girls were by far more technical and on average smaller than the McLean girls. I also recall the McLean teams constantly subbing fresh legs for their forwards so they could keep direct runs against the Arlington defense (they appeared to have 5 or 6 more players than the Arlington teams). All but one of the games I reffed was easily won by Arlington.

Only the 2012 McLean girls team played in the Arlington tournament this past spring, and McLean green and Arlington red didn't play each other in that tournament.

Again, you don’t know what you’re talking about. Arlington showcase 1/16-1//17. Arlington GA, McLean ECNL, Loudoun ECNL, Bethesda ECNL, and others played across the 06 to 02 age groups. If your focus is on younger age groups, there should be no discussion about ECNL. I’m amazed at how misinformed parents are in this area when it comes to understanding and knowing about the youth soccer landscape. If you are going to shovel several thousands of dollars and hours per year for ten years, please educate yourselves.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:what clubs are the new ECNL players from outside Arlington coming from?

I've heard McLean. But that doesn't make sense since they already have ECNL.

McLean got a big influx of girls at some age group(SYC). Some existing ECNL girls knew they were being dropped to green but still wanted to play ECNL. Arlington is close by and is looking to replace players(like all ECNL teams). Arlington and McLean have vastly different styles of play and the coaches prefer different types of players. Some players will do well at one club but would struggled for minutes at the other.

I do not think Arlington parents have fully come to terms with what being an ECNL club means.

ASA parent here. Please enlighten me as to what being an ECNL club means? From what I can tell, it means our DD would top out at our white/B team and stay in NCSL (which is fine - she isn't in this for a scholarship)

Curious about differences in style of play. McLean seemed to be more physical than our girls (but not as much as Loudin) and more focused on individual dribbling than spreading the field, positioning and passing.

When it comes to the top level teams, Arlington tends to be more direct trying to send the ball to fast players at the top, while McLean has more technical girls who are good at keeping possession. Both clubs are very physical when pressing and trying to win the ball. There is a lot of movement between the clubs with girls moving in both directions. With McLean adding top SYC players, some of the girls did not get offers for ECNL teams so there are McLean girls, who don't want to drop down to B team, trying out for Arlington and other clubs. On the boys side, it is a little different, because Arlington is stronger than McLean in most age groups. Some of McLean players with offers to the top teams are trying out for Arlington because in some of age groups Arlington boys teams are significantly stronger.

You clearly haven’t watched any of the top Arlington girls teams in several years. This past winter/spring, I reffed several age groups of the top arlington girls vs the top McLean girls in the Arlington tournament. The Arlington girls were by far more technical and on average smaller than the McLean girls. I also recall the McLean teams constantly subbing fresh legs for their forwards so they could keep direct runs against the Arlington defense (they appeared to have 5 or 6 more players than the Arlington teams). All but one of the games I reffed was easily won by Arlington.

Only the 2012 McLean girls team played in the Arlington tournament this past spring, and McLean green and Arlington red didn't play each other in that tournament.

2007 Arlington White girls beat Mclean Green in the Presidents Cup

Yes, 1-0 in the final--but that does not support PP's post suggesting there were multiple matchups at the Arlington tournament, which Arlington easily won, when there appear to have been no matchups.

[Anonymous]

Two different tournaments - ASIST for 07 and younger in March, Showcase for 06 and older in January. Ref is talking about Showcase, poster saying there were no matches is talking about ASIST.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Two different tournaments - ASIST for 07 and younger in March, Showcase for 06 and older in January. Ref is talking about Showcase, poster saying there were no matches is talking about ASIST.

Who f#%& cares? It’s not which club or team is better it’s does your kid fit the team/club’s style of play. When we play a team that does not have our athleticism we can pass it around and look great. When we run into a skilled athletic team we go full direct ball(which usually turns into kick ball and is super ugly). Big clubs like Arlington will win 75% of their game because of their pool size. That enough to keep parents happy. Winning the other 25% is coaching, player development and skill. As a long time Arlington girl’s parent Arlington is lacking in the 25% area.

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Anonymous wrote:what clubs are the new ECNL players from outside Arlington coming from?

I've heard McLean. But that doesn't make sense since they already have ECNL.

McLean got a big influx of girls at some age group(SYC). Some existing ECNL girls knew they were being dropped to green but still wanted to play ECNL. Arlington is close by and is looking to replace players(like all ECNL teams). Arlington and McLean have vastly different styles of play and the coaches prefer different types of players. Some players will do well at one club but would struggled for minutes at the other.

I do not think Arlington parents have fully come to terms with what being an ECNL club means.

ASA parent here. Please enlighten me as to what being an ECNL club means? From what I can tell, it means our DD would top out at our white/B team and stay in NCSL (which is fine - she isn't in this for a scholarship)

Curious about differences in style of play. McLean seemed to be more physical than our girls (but not as much as Loudin) and more focused on individual dribbling than spreading the field, positioning and passing.

When it comes to the top level teams, Arlington tends to be more direct trying to send the ball to fast players at the top, while McLean has more technical girls who are good at keeping possession. Both clubs are very physical when pressing and trying to win the ball. There is a lot of movement between the clubs with girls moving in both directions. With McLean adding top SYC players, some of the girls did not get offers for ECNL teams so there are McLean girls, who don't want to drop down to B team, trying out for Arlington and other clubs. On the boys side, it is a little different, because Arlington is stronger than McLean in most age groups. Some of McLean players with offers to the top teams are trying out for Arlington because in some of age groups Arlington boys teams are significantly stronger.

You clearly haven’t watched any of the top Arlington girls teams in several years. This past winter/spring, I reffed several age groups of the top arlington girls vs the top McLean girls in the Arlington tournament. The Arlington girls were by far more technical and on average smaller than the McLean girls. I also recall the McLean teams constantly subbing fresh legs for their forwards so they could keep direct runs against the Arlington defense (they appeared to have 5 or 6 more players than the Arlington teams). All but one of the games I reffed was easily won by Arlington.

Only the 2012 McLean girls team played in the Arlington tournament this past spring, and McLean green and Arlington red didn't play each other in that tournament.

Again, you don’t know what you’re talking about. Arlington showcase 1/16-1//17. Arlington GA, McLean ECNL, Loudoun ECNL, Bethesda ECNL, and others played across the 06 to 02 age groups. If your focus is on younger age groups, there should be no discussion about ECNL. I’m amazed at how misinformed parents are in this area when it comes to understanding and knowing about the youth soccer landscape. If you are going to shovel several thousands of dollars and hours per year for ten years, please educate yourselves.

Yes. you should listen to the "ref" who randomly refed all games by top Arlington team against McLean and was doing tactical analysis while making the calls. Some people are so full of B/S.

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Anonymous wrote:what clubs are the new ECNL players from outside Arlington coming from?

I've heard McLean. But that doesn't make sense since they already have ECNL.

McLean got a big influx of girls at some age group(SYC). Some existing ECNL girls knew they were being dropped to green but still wanted to play ECNL. Arlington is close by and is looking to replace players(like all ECNL teams). Arlington and McLean have vastly different styles of play and the coaches prefer different types of players. Some players will do well at one club but would struggled for minutes at the other.

I do not think Arlington parents have fully come to terms with what being an ECNL club means.

ASA parent here. Please enlighten me as to what being an ECNL club means? From what I can tell, it means our DD would top out at our white/B team and stay in NCSL (which is fine - she isn't in this for a scholarship)

Curious about differences in style of play. McLean seemed to be more physical than our girls (but not as much as Loudin) and more focused on individual dribbling than spreading the field, positioning and passing.

When it comes to the top level teams, Arlington tends to be more direct trying to send the ball to fast players at the top, while McLean has more technical girls who are good at keeping possession. Both clubs are very physical when pressing and trying to win the ball. There is a lot of movement between the clubs with girls moving in both directions. With McLean adding top SYC players, some of the girls did not get offers for ECNL teams so there are McLean girls, who don't want to drop down to B team, trying out for Arlington and other clubs. On the boys side, it is a little different, because Arlington is stronger than McLean in most age groups. Some of McLean players with offers to the top teams are trying out for Arlington because in some of age groups Arlington boys teams are significantly stronger.

You clearly haven’t watched any of the top Arlington girls teams in several years. This past winter/spring, I reffed several age groups of the top arlington girls vs the top McLean girls in the Arlington tournament. The Arlington girls were by far more technical and on average smaller than the McLean girls. I also recall the McLean teams constantly subbing fresh legs for their forwards so they could keep direct runs against the Arlington defense (they appeared to have 5 or 6 more players than the Arlington teams). All but one of the games I reffed was easily won by Arlington.

Only the 2012 McLean girls team played in the Arlington tournament this past spring, and McLean green and Arlington red didn't play each other in that tournament.

Again, you don’t know what you’re talking about. Arlington showcase 1/16-1//17. Arlington GA, McLean ECNL, Loudoun ECNL, Bethesda ECNL, and others played across the 06 to 02 age groups. If your focus is on younger age groups, there should be no discussion about ECNL. I’m amazed at how misinformed parents are in this area when it comes to understanding and knowing about the youth soccer landscape. If you are going to shovel several thousands of dollars and hours per year for ten years, please educate yourselves.

Yes. you should listen to the "ref" who randomly refed all games by top Arlington team against McLean and was doing tactical analysis while making the calls. Some people are so full of B/S.

Frankly can you find any other human that was at and paying attention to those games. I think not. Imperfect though he may be, he is the best source.