Travel Soccer teams around NOVA let's discuss

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Anonymous wrote:^^ it was a compliment to the club, btw.

As the PP noted, not really a warranted one. BRYC has an excellent reputation at older ages for girls, so it draws strong players from a wide area, even beyond Fairfax County. And I would be shocked if Arlington has 200+ players at tryouts for girls at the U13 and above age groups.

Not sure about the rest of you, but large clubs that field 3-4 competitive teams 2-3 crappy ones just to line their wallets annoys me. I get the fact that those families can afford it, but it's creating false hopes for some of these kids thinking they have a shot moving from the 6th team to the 1st. Call it like it is, a higher level rec league.

Exactly, and your Lexus ES is just a higher level Camry.

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Anonymous wrote:Braddock road had 7 ecnl groups win top flights at OBGC this weekend.

Arlington 2004 CCL girls beat Mclean ECNL, BRYC ECNL, Bethesda ECNL and Maryland United ECNL to win the championship in that bracket.

Arlington as a club won 2 top flights at OBGC, BRYC won 7 top flights. Oh and looks like BRYC 02 ECNL beat Arlington CCL 8-1.

Glad to see my old Club, BRYC, doing well! That's impressive given the huge difference in player pool size and $$$$ between those two clubs.

this is a weird comment? BRYC is pulling kids from all over the area- there are kids on our team from Woodbridge, Arlington, Ashburn, Hearndon, and Fairfax. While Arlington might have more concentrated wealth- BRYC is not exactly hurting for money.

Does Bryc have 200+ kids come out for a single age group tryout ? Do they have 6 teams per age group? Loudoun and Arlington do, as well as DA teams, this generates more $$/income for the Club. I am not talking about parent's wealth in this situation, but a club as a $-maker.

BRYC runs two distinct programs under one umbrella. They have a full rec program as well as teams in ODSL under the BRYC Rec side and then the ECNL group is under the BRYC Elite" side. To say that BRYC is just this wittle wittle club is not accurate. They have development program and a player pool that they draw from as other clubs do, they simply market it differently.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^^ it was a compliment to the club, btw.

As the PP noted, not really a warranted one. BRYC has an excellent reputation at older ages for girls, so it draws strong players from a wide area, even beyond Fairfax County. And I would be shocked if Arlington has 200+ players at tryouts for girls at the U13 and above age groups.

Not sure about the rest of you, but large clubs that field 3-4 competitive teams 2-3 crappy ones just to line their wallets annoys me. I get the fact that those families can afford it, but it's creating false hopes for some of these kids thinking they have a shot moving from the 6th team to the 1st. Call it like it is, a higher level rec league.

Exactly, and your Lexus ES is just a higher level Camry.

It's about the training in the early years. I don't give a crap where my kids play when he's young if he is getting top-notch training. For one of my kids, the 4th team coach was waaaaayyyy better than any of the big wig arrogant a-holes in the Club. We moved for specific coaching and training from time-to-time and now we are seeing it pay off in the early teens. Those kids on the U9-U11 first teams---not so much anymore.

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How big are the DA rosters on the girls side (i.e. how many good players are not even dressing for games)? Were they published somewhere?

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Anonymous wrote:How big are the DA rosters on the girls side (i.e. how many good players are not even dressing for games)? Were they published somewhere?

Since there are only 3 subs allowed, you also have good players dressing for games but not getting minutes. You can see rosters for teams that have played already by clicking on the game report

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Anonymous wrote:How big are the DA rosters on the girls side (i.e. how many good players are not even dressing for games)? Were they published somewhere?

Since there are only 3 subs allowed, you also have good players dressing for games but not getting minutes. You can see rosters for teams that have played already by clicking on the game report

Rosters here: http://www.ussoccerda.com/all-clubs

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^^ it was a compliment to the club, btw.

As the PP noted, not really a warranted one. BRYC has an excellent reputation at older ages for girls, so it draws strong players from a wide area, even beyond Fairfax County. And I would be shocked if Arlington has 200+ players at tryouts for girls at the U13 and above age groups.

Not sure about the rest of you, but large clubs that field 3-4 competitive teams 2-3 crappy ones just to line their wallets annoys me. I get the fact that those families can afford it, but it's creating false hopes for some of these kids thinking they have a shot moving from the 6th team to the 1st. Call it like it is, a higher level rec league.

Exactly, and your Lexus ES is just a higher level Camry.

Except that if you're in a Lexus, you're more likely to plow through a four-way stop while you have a phone up to your ear. I guess Lexus doesn't include Bluetooth?

But anyway -- as a parent of a lower-division NCSL player, I think most of us have reasonable expectations. They're not going to play in the Premier League or MLS or college or probably even high school. It's still a worthwhile activity. Few parents have any illusions of anything else. (That said, I know players who've gone from the fourth or fifth team at a given club to a really good EDP, CCL or upper-level NCSL team.)

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Anonymous wrote:How big are the DA rosters on the girls side (i.e. how many good players are not even dressing for games)? Were they published somewhere?

Since there are only 3 subs allowed, you also have good players dressing for games but not getting minutes. You can see rosters for teams that have played already by clicking on the game report

DA substitution rules seem to be poorly understood. There are 3 points in the game where substitutions can be made, with no re-entry. A team can substitute up to 7 players at U-14, and 5 at the older ages. A team can roster up to 18 per game, and some teams have more in their program than that so some players do not dress. At U-14, you can theoretically get everyone in the game.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How big are the DA rosters on the girls side (i.e. how many good players are not even dressing for games)? Were they published somewhere?

Since there are only 3 subs allowed, you also have good players dressing for games but not getting minutes. You can see rosters for teams that have played already by clicking on the game report

DA substitution rules seem to be poorly understood. There are 3 points in the game where substitutions can be made, with no re-entry. A team can substitute up to 7 players at U-14, and 5 at the older ages. A team can roster up to 18 per game, and some teams have more in their program than that so some players do not dress. At U-14, you can theoretically get everyone in the game.

There are 26 on the rosters at our Club.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^^ it was a compliment to the club, btw.

As the PP noted, not really a warranted one. BRYC has an excellent reputation at older ages for girls, so it draws strong players from a wide area, even beyond Fairfax County. And I would be shocked if Arlington has 200+ players at tryouts for girls at the U13 and above age groups.

Not sure about the rest of you, but large clubs that field 3-4 competitive teams 2-3 crappy ones just to line their wallets annoys me. I get the fact that those families can afford it, but it's creating false hopes for some of these kids thinking they have a shot moving from the 6th team to the 1st. Call it like it is, a higher level rec league.

Exactly, and your Lexus ES is just a higher level Camry.

Except that if you're in a Lexus, you're more likely to plow through a four-way stop while you have a phone up to your ear. I guess Lexus doesn't include Bluetooth?

But anyway -- as a parent of a lower-division NCSL player, I think most of us have reasonable expectations. They're not going to play in the Premier League or MLS or college or probably even high school. It's still a worthwhile activity. Few parents have any illusions of anything else. (That said, I know players who've gone from the fourth or fifth team at a given club to a really good EDP, CCL or upper-level NCSL team.)

I agree with this

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How big are the DA rosters on the girls side (i.e. how many good players are not even dressing for games)? Were they published somewhere?

Since there are only 3 subs allowed, you also have good players dressing for games but not getting minutes. You can see rosters for teams that have played already by clicking on the game report

DA substitution rules seem to be poorly understood. There are 3 points in the game where substitutions can be made, with no re-entry. A team can substitute up to 7 players at U-14, and 5 at the older ages. A team can roster up to 18 per game, and some teams have more in their program than that so some players do not dress. At U-14, you can theoretically get everyone in the game.

There are 26 on the rosters at our Club.

The other thing you see on those rosters is some clubs list their DP's as well as their full time players. So some rosters appear huge, but in general, DP's are practice only players who are not regularly rostered on game day.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How big are the DA rosters on the girls side (i.e. how many good players are not even dressing for games)? Were they published somewhere?

Since there are only 3 subs allowed, you also have good players dressing for games but not getting minutes. You can see rosters for teams that have played already by clicking on the game report

DA substitution rules seem to be poorly understood. There are 3 points in the game where substitutions can be made, with no re-entry. A team can substitute up to 7 players at U-14, and 5 at the older ages. A team can roster up to 18 per game, and some teams have more in their program than that so some players do not dress. At U-14, you can theoretically get everyone in the game.

There are 26 on the rosters at our Club.

The other thing you see on those rosters is some clubs list their DP's as well as their full time players. So some rosters appear huge, but in general, DP's are practice only players who are not regularly rostered on game day.

Could you tell me what DP refers to? Thx

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How big are the DA rosters on the girls side (i.e. how many good players are not even dressing for games)? Were they published somewhere?

Since there are only 3 subs allowed, you also have good players dressing for games but not getting minutes. You can see rosters for teams that have played already by clicking on the game report

DA substitution rules seem to be poorly understood. There are 3 points in the game where substitutions can be made, with no re-entry. A team can substitute up to 7 players at U-14, and 5 at the older ages. A team can roster up to 18 per game, and some teams have more in their program than that so some players do not dress. At U-14, you can theoretically get everyone in the game.

There are 26 on the rosters at our Club.

The other thing you see on those rosters is some clubs list their DP's as well as their full time players. So some rosters appear huge, but in general, DP's are practice only players who are not regularly rostered on game day.

Could you tell me what DP refers to? Thx

Development Player
see https://ussoccer.app.box.com/s/q7yzwj6a5m86gensd1g3itbs1yyb2rhf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How big are the DA rosters on the girls side (i.e. how many good players are not even dressing for games)? Were they published somewhere?

Since there are only 3 subs allowed, you also have good players dressing for games but not getting minutes. You can see rosters for teams that have played already by clicking on the game report

DA substitution rules seem to be poorly understood. There are 3 points in the game where substitutions can be made, with no re-entry. A team can substitute up to 7 players at U-14, and 5 at the older ages. A team can roster up to 18 per game, and some teams have more in their program than that so some players do not dress. At U-14, you can theoretically get everyone in the game.

There are 26 on the rosters at our Club.

The other thing you see on those rosters is some clubs list their DP's as well as their full time players. So some rosters appear huge, but in general, DP's are practice only players who are not regularly rostered on game day.

Could you tell me what DP refers to? Thx

Development Player
see https://ussoccer.app.box.com/s/q7yzwj6a5m86gensd1g3itbs1yyb2rhf

After reading that, I have another question, what is a positional depth chart?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How big are the DA rosters on the girls side (i.e. how many good players are not even dressing for games)? Were they published somewhere?

Since there are only 3 subs allowed, you also have good players dressing for games but not getting minutes. You can see rosters for teams that have played already by clicking on the game report

DA substitution rules seem to be poorly understood. There are 3 points in the game where substitutions can be made, with no re-entry. A team can substitute up to 7 players at U-14, and 5 at the older ages. A team can roster up to 18 per game, and some teams have more in their program than that so some players do not dress. At U-14, you can theoretically get everyone in the game.

There are 26 on the rosters at our Club.

The other thing you see on those rosters is some clubs list their DP's as well as their full time players. So some rosters appear huge, but in general, DP's are practice only players who are not regularly rostered on game day.

Could you tell me what DP refers to? Thx

Development Player
see https://ussoccer.app.box.com/s/q7yzwj6a5m86gensd1g3itbs1yyb2rhf

After reading that, I have another question, what is a positional depth chart?

Just like in NFL football or any sport, coaches may prepare (explicitly or otherwise) a depth chart at each position. For example, at center back a coach will have in mind a starter, a backup, and perhaps a DP in order of competence.