Fall Pre-season Tournaments

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only 2nd-3rd teams and below played this weekend. The top older teams are waiting for Copa Rayados next weekend or the ECNL NJ showcase in some cases

Edit: played tournaments. Most clubs, save Arlington, played friendlies. Arlington had player orientation and photos this weekend

[Anonymous]

Any feedback on Annapolis Cup (the MD United tournament?). Looks like only quality in the younger ages and boys brackets. Seems norm for this time of year. Where do top tier teams play Labor Day weekend? OBGC looks big.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Only 2nd-3rd teams and below played this weekend. The top older teams are waiting for Copa Rayados next weekend or the ECNL NJ showcase in some cases

Edit: played tournaments. Most clubs, save Arlington, played friendlies. Arlington had player orientation and photos this weekend

Arlington boys scrimmaged DC United this weekend with exception to U16 because DCU doesn't field a team.

[Anonymous]

For girls side, u12 (2013) tournament was attended by some of the top teams in the mid Atlantic region. For u11 (2014) and below, tournament was attended by some of the best team in Nova area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For girls side, u12 (2013) tournament was attended by some of the top teams in the mid Atlantic region. For u11 (2014) and below, tournament was attended by some of the best team in Nova area.

This must be for Loudoun. Annapolis Cup was tiny/low quality for girls

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I appreciated the Loudoun grass fields this weekend. The heat made me happy we were not on turf.

Bolen park and Hanson park are both top notch grass field complexes and were WAY better than playing at LSP. The new turf at Bolen by the DC United facility was awesome too. Loudoun has great fields, they just need new turf desperately at their main complex.

LSP turf is that ancient astroturf from 20 years ago. I love their expansion plan was an overpriced futsal addition to their shack on the side. For the amount of money Loudoun generates, I'm shocked they don't have nicer facilities.

[Anonymous]

Well, after seeing what just went down in the Loudoun Premier cup I'd say you are all full of shit. Too teams getting destroyed or being placed in lower brackets is not the best way to start the year and definitely a good indication of where people should be looking mid-year club wise. If you can't get your team together preseason to even competitively play against supposed similar teams, I can't imagine why anyone would want to go there for next year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, after seeing what just went down in the Loudoun Premier cup I'd say you are all full of shit. Too teams getting destroyed or being placed in lower brackets is not the best way to start the year and definitely a good indication of where people should be looking mid-year club wise. If you can't get your team together preseason to even competitively play against supposed similar teams, I can't imagine why anyone would want to go there for next year.

The first preseason game after limited training together with maybe several new players and a coach trying to figure out what to work on for the season instead of winning is an indication to you what the team will be like months from now?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Only 2nd-3rd teams and below played this weekend. The top older teams are waiting for Copa Rayados next weekend or the ECNL NJ showcase in some cases

Edit: played tournaments. Most clubs, save Arlington, played friendlies. Arlington had player orientation and photos this weekend

Arlington boys scrimmaged DC United this weekend with exception to U16 because DCU doesn't field a team.

DCU has U16 this year and they scrimmaged Arlington this past Saturday.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Only 2nd-3rd teams and below played this weekend. The top older teams are waiting for Copa Rayados next weekend or the ECNL NJ showcase in some cases

Edit: played tournaments. Most clubs, save Arlington, played friendlies. Arlington had player orientation and photos this weekend

Arlington boys scrimmaged DC United this weekend with exception to U16 because DCU doesn't field a team.

DCU has U16 this year and they scrimmaged Arlington this past Saturday.

Arlington u15 will destroy neighboring Alexandria and SYC mls next teams

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Only 2nd-3rd teams and below played this weekend. The top older teams are waiting for Copa Rayados next weekend or the ECNL NJ showcase in some cases

Edit: played tournaments. Most clubs, save Arlington, played friendlies. Arlington had player orientation and photos this weekend

Arlington boys scrimmaged DC United this weekend with exception to U16 because DCU doesn't field a team.

DCU has U16 this year and they scrimmaged Arlington this past Saturday.

Arlington u15 will destroy neighboring Alexandria and SYC mls next teams

Hmmmm. Interesting post. Completely unrelated to the thread. Just an anonymous flex? If you're not a 14 yr old, you're certainly acting like it.

[Anonymous]

This tournament was weak. SYC 2010 NAL team which is the third team was boosting on IG about how they won. One of the player posted "We won top bracket of the Loudoun Premier Cup and didn't lose a single game". True they didn't lose a single game. They played 2 games and both ended in a 1-1 tie

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So . . . you're an adult on an anonymous message board criticizing a 14 yr. old player for posting about a tournament win on Instagram? Who is allowed to show some pride, and how should they phrase it? Just players on top teams? Just players on MLS Academies?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Loudoun's tournament is going well- fields are nice, refs are good and it is nice to have the team playing before the league games start.

Biggest issue we saw was nobody checking player cards. One “independent” club team came back on Sunday with a handful of new players that were conspicuously absent the first day. All were bigger, faster and better than the rest of the team they put out there when they lost by almost double digits.

Heard that happened in more than 1 age group too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Loudoun's tournament is going well- fields are nice, refs are good and it is nice to have the team playing before the league games start.

Biggest issue we saw was nobody checking player cards. One “independent” club team came back on Sunday with a handful of new players that were conspicuously absent the first day. All were bigger, faster and better than the rest of the team they put out there when they lost by almost double digits.

Heard that happened in more than 1 age group too.

They brought USL players to beat your baby's team? 😂

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This tournament was weak. SYC 2010 NAL team which is the third team was boosting on IG about how they won. One of the player posted "We won top bracket of the Loudoun Premier Cup and didn't lose a single game". True they didn't lose a single game. They played 2 games and both ended in a 1-1 tie

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Who cares what the scores were- they managed to beat teams that should be better than them, and they did win the bracket. They should be proud.