08 Girls

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Ccl2 I mean

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Anonymous wrote:Ccl2 I mean

A parent of a white team girl told me they are playing NCSL for the spring. I can not remember the division or bracket.

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I think I speak for everyone when I say CCL is over with. I see every club leaving in a year or two and going to Edp. You can't beat that it actually has relegation and seems to put teams on par with each other. Arlington and Loudoun must really be tired of playing low level teams every weekend they would prefer to play Baltimore Union or Pipeline instead

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Next year with DA, most of red will move to that team and white can just bump up a level to ccl1. That's what will probably happen this fall

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Red becomes DA, white becomes a red, blue becomes white, on down the line

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Anonymous wrote:I think I speak for everyone when I say CCL is over with. I see every club leaving in a year or two and going to Edp. You can't beat that it actually has relegation and seems to put teams on par with each other. Arlington and Loudoun must really be tired of playing low level teams every weekend they would prefer to play Baltimore Union or Pipeline instead

My kids U12 and U15 teams (boys) play in EDP and 99% of the teams we play are strong teams from MD. The competition is much stronger than what they saw in CCL.

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Anonymous wrote:I think I speak for everyone when I say CCL is over with. I see every club leaving in a year or two and going to Edp. You can't beat that it actually has relegation and seems to put teams on par with each other. Arlington and Loudoun must really be tired of playing low level teams every weekend they would prefer to play Baltimore Union or Pipeline instead

My kids U12 and U15 teams (boys) play in EDP and 99% of the teams we play are strong teams from MD. The competition is much stronger than what they saw in CCL.

There is only one DA and two ECNL clubs in Maryland. There is less dilution of talent for non DA or ECNL clubs to deal with.

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Anonymous wrote:Next year with DA, most of red will move to that team and white can just bump up a level to ccl1. That's what will probably happen this fall

Yes, let's call this "DA in name only," or DAINO.

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Anonymous wrote:I think I speak for everyone when I say CCL is over with. I see every club leaving in a year or two and going to Edp. You can't beat that it actually has relegation and seems to put teams on par with each other. Arlington and Loudoun must really be tired of playing low level teams every weekend they would prefer to play Baltimore Union or Pipeline instead

At older ages, I don't think they are lower level (SOCA, Beach, Legacy all have some really good teams at some ages in either gender) , but they are more distant teams than really good clubs in the neighborhood playing EDP. It's a smaller version of the ECNL problem - taking flights and times to play equal or less teams (at least on the boys side). At younger ages, there is too much competitive imbalance, I agree. Get rid of CCL and NCSL and VPL and just do EDP with year over year promotion and relegation.

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FPYCparent wrote:Very interested in the potential ARL White move to NCSL. DD's coach is requesting a move (within the league) for the spring season, and I wonder what impact like adding ARL White will have on that request … if any.

On the other side, what's the overall impact on CCL Championship (CCL2)? ARL White could have easily been top 5 in CCL Premiership. Does Loudon Black make a similar move (might be top 10, if in CCL Premiership)?

I recognize that everything changes in the fall with U3 anyway, but it will be interesting to see what happens.

Think they are going to NCSL division one? I saw the white team last year in a spring tournament. When that team is on and passing well, it is fun to watch them. I remember watching them making 5 passes inside the opponent’s box on one score. Though I saw them this year and they were not as crisp or passing well. Oh well 11 years olds....what can you do!

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Anonymous wrote:Next year with DA, most of red will move to that team and white can just bump up a level to ccl1. That's what will probably happen this fall

Yes, let's call this "DA in name only," or DAINO.

Why would anyone want to play the CCL?

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Anonymous wrote:Next year with DA, most of red will move to that team and white can just bump up a level to ccl1. That's what will probably happen this fall

Yes, let's call this "DA in name only," or DAINO.

Not sure why this keeps coming up. It’s really not true. 08s will have a new coach. The new coach will keep the strongest players from Red and take any outsiders who can compete at a “DA level”.
Coaches see this as an opportunity to clean up the team. And a new coach has no connections to anyone from that old team.
The spring will be difficult for the 08s. Change is hard, and not everyone deals with it well.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Next year with DA, most of red will move to that team and white can just bump up a level to ccl1. That's what will probably happen this fall

Yes, let's call this "DA in name only," or DAINO.

Not sure why this keeps coming up. It’s really not true. 08s will have a new coach. The new coach will keep the strongest players from Red and take any outsiders who can compete at a “DA level”.
Coaches see this as an opportunity to clean up the team. And a new coach has no connections to anyone from that old team.
The spring will be difficult for the 08s. Change is hard, and not everyone deals with it well.

PP said "Next year with DA, most of red will move to that team". That's true for every non-DA first team in the area. Most players stay and progress to top team following year. A few new players join and a few quite or go to second team. Generally not the case with DAs elsewhere, where most players are from outside club (or all players are from outside club). I agree on the coaching point -- that's why they take a fresh look at everybody and generally don't simply move move of the red team to a DA team.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Next year with DA, most of red will move to that team and white can just bump up a level to ccl1. That's what will probably happen this fall

Yes, let's call this "DA in name only," or DAINO.

Not sure why this keeps coming up. It’s really not true. 08s will have a new coach. The new coach will keep the strongest players from Red and take any outsiders who can compete at a “DA level”.
Coaches see this as an opportunity to clean up the team. And a new coach has no connections to anyone from that old team.
The spring will be difficult for the 08s. Change is hard, and not everyone deals with it well.

Why is spring going to be difficult for Arlington 08's? I'm not sure why there are so many people down on this team. They may not be dominating the soccer age group like they were at U9 and U10 but they are still competitive. They have beat McLean and taken Loudoun to penalty kicks. I for one am excited to see how they do once they transition to DA. I think Arlington Da has some excellent coaches that can really get this team up and going. There is definite talent on this team but they need the right coach. FCV 2008 team is nothing right now. I don't see why Arlington won't be able to be middle-top of the DA group next year. If you have a very talented 08 I think you should take a look. Long-term I think this team really has potential

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What you fail to realize is that most of those players are early developers and that it evens out over time