BRYC Girls TD Larry Best leaving for Washington Spirit

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Neither went to that newer club.

Neither went to BYRC or McLean either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let's see how many Spirit players show up to BRYC ID sessions tonight....

What age group is going tonight for ID at BRYC?

Agree with the other posters about ECNL being age dependent as to results-there may indeed be McLean and BRYC players particularly at 06 turning up this year at Spirit. BRYC is in 7th place in that age group and McLean is second to last with a “D” licensed coach. Not exactly incentive to stay on....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Neither went to that newer club.

Neither went to BYRC or McLean either.

Incorrect. Visit http://www.eliteclubsnationalleague.com/mid-atlantic-standings-2018-19/, click on the team standings, and look at rosters. There are girls at both of those clubs.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Neither went to that newer club.

Neither went to BYRC or McLean either.

Incorrect. Visit http://www.eliteclubsnationalleague.com/mid-atlantic-standings-2018-19/, click on the team standings, and look at rosters. There are girls at both of those clubs.

That had DA offers. I know who went where. And they aren't starters at those ECNL teams.

Now, I will say I was disappointed when Spirit chose not to offer DA spots to some smaller, technical players. They offered EDP instead and showed some size preference for their DA offers. For all this spouting of how Spirit puts development first, that was disappointing.

[Anonymous]

I should qualify except the goalie. But the goalie she replaced was even worse.

[Anonymous]

Never said anything about being starters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Never said anything about being starters.

No field players that were denied DA spots were offered any level of ECNL spot. Sometimes a good goalie is hard to find for girls. Spirit certainly has its own goalie issues - and the lack of any meaningful goalkeeper program means that won't change any time soon.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Neither went to that newer club.

Neither went to BYRC or McLean either.

Incorrect. Visit http://www.eliteclubsnationalleague.com/mid-atlantic-standings-2018-19/, click on the team standings, and look at rosters. There are girls at both of those clubs.

That had DA offers. I know who went where. And they aren't starters at those ECNL teams.

Now, I will say I was disappointed when Spirit chose not to offer DA spots to some smaller, technical players. They offered EDP instead and showed some size preference for their DA offers. For all this spouting of how Spirit puts development first, that was disappointing.

The point you are trying to make here is actually funny to me as a Spirit parent, because almost all of the much disparaged “play ups” are small, very technical players... seems you are having trouble keeping arguments straight.

[Anonymous]

Actually only one play up is small. Two are big for their age.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Actually only one play up is small. Two are big for their age.

Across the club. Not just your age group.

[Anonymous]

Point being, trying to make the argument that Spirit is a big and fast first club ala Loudoun or Arlington is completely inaccurate

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Actually only one play up is small. Two are big for their age.

Across the club. Not just your age group.

Agreed, across the club.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Let's see how many Spirit players show up to BRYC ID sessions tonight....

Lets see how many BRYC players show up at Spirit ID sessions...

You guys are insane if you think you will be pulling any starters from the big 3 clubs in this area. FCV-McLean-BRYC

Where is the BRYC love affair coming from. They are GREAT at U16, no question, but U14 was bottom of their conference, and U15 was 8-5-6 which certainly is better than Spirit by a lot, but not lighting the world on fire like their older ages do. And older girls aren't in the market to move anyway.

Also, the U17 is OK within the conference, but hasn't done very well outside of the conference at Nationals last year or the showcases this year.

Does anyone know if BRYC folded their older composite team? I don't see it listed on their site anymore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Point being, trying to make the argument that Spirit is a big and fast first club ala Loudoun or Arlington is completely inaccurate

I think it's a mixed bag. They are not a big and fast club (partially that is not their entire focus and partially they haven't been able to recruit large enough numbers to be very selective). That said, I have seen players with speed or size be rewarded with a lot of game time. I also think they support the small technical players, but it's not incorrect to say some of the play ups are playing up because they are big, especially as you move to the older age groups and they have to try and balance numbers and playing time.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Point being, trying to make the argument that Spirit is a big and fast first club ala Loudoun or Arlington is completely inaccurate

I think it's a mixed bag. They are not a big and fast club (partially that is not their entire focus and partially they haven't been able to recruit large enough numbers to be very selective). That said, I have seen players with speed or size be rewarded with a lot of game time. I also think they support the small technical players, but it's not incorrect to say some of the play ups are playing up because they are big, especially as you move to the older age groups and they have to try and balance numbers and playing time.

Stop it, you’re embarrassing yourself.