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Anonymous wrote:Go to BRYC or McLean and save the headache. They have proven themselves worthy

06 McLean is even more of a disaster than 06 Spirit-recently lost to the only team they previously had previously beat, the Wilmington Hammerheads, 0-4. So, make sure you study up on which age group you are talking about at these clubs. BRYC 06 fine but too many in the player pool and you don't have a regularly assigned team.

06 McLean lost one of their better players to Spirit at the mid year break. McLean 06 is a complete disaster.

Almost all of the mclean teams struggle at some point at younger ages. At least they have a record of improvement year over year.

Improvement comes at older ages when they’ve recruited players who’ve been developed at other clubs.

In part sure. When Spirit starts to have some success they will start to attract players too. It is how youth soccer works.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Go to BRYC or McLean and save the headache. They have proven themselves worthy

06 McLean is even more of a disaster than 06 Spirit-recently lost to the only team they previously had previously beat, the Wilmington Hammerheads, 0-4. So, make sure you study up on which age group you are talking about at these clubs. BRYC 06 fine but too many in the player pool and you don't have a regularly assigned team.

06 McLean lost one of their better players to Spirit at the mid year break. McLean 06 is a complete disaster.

Almost all of the mclean teams struggle at some point at younger ages. At least they have a record of improvement year over year.

Improvement comes at older ages when they’ve recruited players who’ve been developed at other clubs.

Gee I think a club needs to be in existence for a bit over two years to demonstrate that kind of trend. Maybe 5-10. I don't think a little over 1.5 years cuts it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Go to BRYC or McLean and save the headache. They have proven themselves worthy

06 McLean is even more of a disaster than 06 Spirit-recently lost to the only team they previously had previously beat, the Wilmington Hammerheads, 0-4. So, make sure you study up on which age group you are talking about at these clubs. BRYC 06 fine but too many in the player pool and you don't have a regularly assigned team.

06 McLean lost one of their better players to Spirit at the mid year break. McLean 06 is a complete disaster.

Almost all of the mclean teams struggle at some point at younger ages. At least they have a record of improvement year over year.

Improvement comes at older ages when they’ve recruited players who’ve been developed at other clubs.

In part sure. When Spirit starts to have some success they will start to attract players too. It is how youth soccer works.

+1. That is why parents from other clubs are on here every day trying to discourage people from going to or staying at Spirit.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Go to BRYC or McLean and save the headache. They have proven themselves worthy

06 McLean is even more of a disaster than 06 Spirit-recently lost to the only team they previously had previously beat, the Wilmington Hammerheads, 0-4. So, make sure you study up on which age group you are talking about at these clubs. BRYC 06 fine but too many in the player pool and you don't have a regularly assigned team.

06 McLean lost one of their better players to Spirit at the mid year break. McLean 06 is a complete disaster.

Almost all of the mclean teams struggle at some point at younger ages. At least they have a record of improvement year over year.

Improvement comes at older ages when they’ve recruited players who’ve been developed at other clubs.

In part sure. When Spirit starts to have some success they will start to attract players too. It is how youth soccer works.

+1. That is why parents from other clubs are on here every day trying to discourage people from going to or staying at Spirit.

They sure are trying hard. Overdrive, on every Spirit thread and even threads that have nothing to do with Spirit.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Go to BRYC or McLean and save the headache. They have proven themselves worthy

06 McLean is even more of a disaster than 06 Spirit-recently lost to the only team they previously had previously beat, the Wilmington Hammerheads, 0-4. So, make sure you study up on which age group you are talking about at these clubs. BRYC 06 fine but too many in the player pool and you don't have a regularly assigned team.

06 McLean lost one of their better players to Spirit at the mid year break. McLean 06 is a complete disaster.

Almost all of the mclean teams struggle at some point at younger ages. At least they have a record of improvement year over year.

Improvement comes at older ages when they’ve recruited players who’ve been developed at other clubs.

In part sure. When Spirit starts to have some success they will start to attract players too. It is how youth soccer works.

+1. That is why parents from other clubs are on here every day trying to discourage people from going to or staying at Spirit.

They sure are trying hard. Overdrive, on every Spirit thread and even threads that have nothing to do with Spirit.

It’s mind boggling the obsession these people have with Spirit and what they’re doing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Go to BRYC or McLean and save the headache. They have proven themselves worthy

06 McLean is even more of a disaster than 06 Spirit-recently lost to the only team they previously had previously beat, the Wilmington Hammerheads, 0-4. So, make sure you study up on which age group you are talking about at these clubs. BRYC 06 fine but too many in the player pool and you don't have a regularly assigned team.

06 McLean lost one of their better players to Spirit at the mid year break. McLean 06 is a complete disaster.

Almost all of the mclean teams struggle at some point at younger ages. At least they have a record of improvement year over year.

Improvement comes at older ages when they’ve recruited players who’ve been developed at other clubs.

In part sure. When Spirit starts to have some success they will start to attract players too. It is how youth soccer works.

+1. That is why parents from other clubs are on here every day trying to discourage people from going to or staying at Spirit.

They sure are trying hard. Overdrive, on every Spirit thread and even threads that have nothing to do with Spirit.

The difference these days is that players and families are impatient. Nobody wants to wait two years+ to see if it catches on. The other problem is their location has alot of competition from more established clubs.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Go to BRYC or McLean and save the headache. They have proven themselves worthy

06 McLean is even more of a disaster than 06 Spirit-recently lost to the only team they previously had previously beat, the Wilmington Hammerheads, 0-4. So, make sure you study up on which age group you are talking about at these clubs. BRYC 06 fine but too many in the player pool and you don't have a regularly assigned team.

06 McLean lost one of their better players to Spirit at the mid year break. McLean 06 is a complete disaster.

Almost all of the mclean teams struggle at some point at younger ages. At least they have a record of improvement year over year.

Improvement comes at older ages when they’ve recruited players who’ve been developed at other clubs.

In part sure. When Spirit starts to have some success they will start to attract players too. It is how youth soccer works.

+1. That is why parents from other clubs are on here every day trying to discourage people from going to or staying at Spirit.

They sure are trying hard. Overdrive, on every Spirit thread and even threads that have nothing to do with Spirit.

The difference these days is that players and families are impatient. Nobody wants to wait two years+ to see if it catches on. The other problem is their location has alot of competition from more established clubs.

Its also hard to keep your child motivated and engaged when you are losing every game.

[Anonymous]

U14: 2-11-3 (heavily recruited team from Mclean)
U15: 1-14-4 (same results for 2 years running)
U16/U17: 1-15 -2
U18/19: 9-9

Goal differential between U15-U19: -76

What's the plan?

I'll wait.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:U14: 2-11-3 (heavily recruited team from Mclean)
U15: 1-14-4 (same results for 2 years running)
U16/U17: 1-15 -2
U18/19: 9-9

Goal differential between U15-U19: -76

What's the plan?

I'll wait.

Again, what’s your obsession. Unless your child plays here, why do you care? Enjoying your winning record and move on. Sheesh.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Go to BRYC or McLean and save the headache. They have proven themselves worthy

06 McLean is even more of a disaster than 06 Spirit-recently lost to the only team they previously had previously beat, the Wilmington Hammerheads, 0-4. So, make sure you study up on which age group you are talking about at these clubs. BRYC 06 fine but too many in the player pool and you don't have a regularly assigned team.

Ahhh, Coach Jaon Ahmad’s legacy.... He has run more players out of Mclean Soccer than Clyde has brought in. Multiple girls opted out of the MYS 06 player pool back when Jaon took over the 06 ‘pre ECNL’ team. This includes the current goalie for the Arlington 06 DA team and a player who went to Bethesda ECNL. Nobody wanted to play for him and now the current talent on the 06 team is just plain weak. While Jaon doesn’t coach the ECNL team—it has his fingerprints (and lack of development) written all over them. He had the players for the previous 2-3 years and he was more focused on having the player’s uniforms tucked in then developing them. Rumor is that the TD has had enough of him and he will be gone in May. The current u9s and u10s can be so lucky.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:U14: 2-11-3 (heavily recruited team from Mclean)
U15: 1-14-4 (same results for 2 years running)
U16/U17: 1-15 -2
U18/19: 9-9

Goal differential between U15-U19: -76

What's the plan?

I'll wait.

Again, what’s your obsession. Unless your child plays here, why do you care? Enjoying your winning record and move on. Sheesh.

Not an obsession. More like a counter to the recruitment propaganda.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Go to BRYC or McLean and save the headache. They have proven themselves worthy

06 McLean is even more of a disaster than 06 Spirit-recently lost to the only team they previously had previously beat, the Wilmington Hammerheads, 0-4. So, make sure you study up on which age group you are talking about at these clubs. BRYC 06 fine but too many in the player pool and you don't have a regularly assigned team.

06 McLean lost one of their better players to Spirit at the mid year break. McLean 06 is a complete disaster.

Almost all of the mclean teams struggle at some point at younger ages. At least they have a record of improvement year over year.

Improvement comes at older ages when they’ve recruited players who’ve been developed at other clubs.

Gee I think a club needs to be in existence for a bit over two years to demonstrate that kind of trend. Maybe 5-10. I don't think a little over 1.5 years cuts it.

10 years? If Spirit loses like it has for the past 2 years for even 2 more, Spirit won't make it 10. No one will put any kid with even a lick of talent there. You don't have to win every game, but you can't lose every game at every age group and expect to attract any real talent long term. You can get away with it for a period of time. After a while, better players star to fall off. Spirit lost a couple last year; more are leaving this year. It either changes its strategies, or it will fall apart.

[Anonymous]

But they have lunch with the pro team!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:U14: 2-11-3 (heavily recruited team from Mclean)
U15: 1-14-4 (same results for 2 years running)
U16/U17: 1-15 -2
U18/19: 9-9

Goal differential between U15-U19: -76

What's the plan?

Some of those games that are losses or ties are showing a closing gap between teams played in the fall and teams played in the spring. The U15s and the U17s have shown some traction. The U14 team is Spirit's strongest team right now. They too need to tighten that roster and play players the right way, but could easily be a strong team after that. The exception may be the 19s. As with the proceeding year, they have lost players (seniors) from their ranks. I expect the 19s will have a difficult spring.

Let's see if they keep It together into next year, with a few changes that really are about accountability. This is called travel, because it is about competition and being competitive. That means players should be held accountable for winning and for losing. It's harsh, but it's the world high level soccer lives in. Trying hard and running a lot are meaningless if you can't connect a pass. And real possession that matters has to be forward moving and lead to an attack on gaol.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:U14: 2-11-3 (heavily recruited team from Mclean)
U15: 1-14-4 (same results for 2 years running)
U16/U17: 1-15 -2
U18/19: 9-9

Goal differential between U15-U19: -76

What's the plan?

Some of those games that are losses or ties are showing a closing gap between teams played in the fall and teams played in the spring. The U15s and the U17s have shown some traction. The U14 team is Spirit's strongest team right now. They too need to tighten that roster and play players the right way, but could easily be a strong team after that. The exception may be the 19s. As with the proceeding year, they have lost players (seniors) from their ranks. I expect the 19s will have a difficult spring.

Let's see if they keep It together into next year, with a few changes that really are about accountability. This is called travel, because it is about competition and being competitive. That means players should be held accountable for winning and for losing. It's harsh, but it's the world high level soccer lives in. Trying hard and running a lot are meaningless if you can't connect a pass. And real possession that matters has to be forward moving and lead to an attack on gaol.

So what's the plan?