DMV Preseason Rankings

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Anonymous wrote:I have never watched Pipeline play, but the bragging seems familiar (Arlington and Loudoun) for teams that play in leagues other than DA or ECNL. Once these teams moved to the top leagues in the country, well, we have seen what has happened. I'm not saying any of them are "bad" but their regular competition is not great and can lead to an inflated idea of how great they are.

You folks exude ignorance. Notice that most of Pipeline's 05 team could play DA FT but decided to stay with Pipeline. To be fair, most ECNL teams in the area have not even qualified to play in the same bracket as Pipeline. Again, don't trust your own assessment, which deeply flawed due to your hubris but ask any ECNL coach. As a mater of act, the Pipeline coach was the WS MD DA director (he still might be the TD for the news DA under Armour).

DA/ECNL are great leagues but let's not ignore other high quality non-ECNL/DA teams. That is the point I want to make by using Pipeline as an example.

Many brackets are done with gotsoccer points. Edp teams are awarded points for league play and participate in more tournaments garnering points. Stop using the tournament assignors as god on this.

Moron, ECNL teams are given consideration for that fact yet some ECNL teams are considered high caliber and placed in top brackets while others are not. At JeffCup, VDA was not considered high enough caliber to warrant placement in the top bracket while Bethesda and Mclean were at 05. Just recognize that you are an overzealous parent who really does not know quality soccer. Any coach of an elite league will twll you that Pipleine is one of the best teams around. It is not an argument. That is a fact demonstrated by the teams record against quality opponents.

For the idiot that commented about Pipeline beating FCV's B team by a low margin, just consider that it beat them a week before 5-1. It also destroyed Bethesda's B team 9-0 or 9-1 before beating them again in State Cup 7-0 or 7-1.

[Anonymous]

Just consider non DA/ECNL teams in your ranking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have never watched Pipeline play, but the bragging seems familiar (Arlington and Loudoun) for teams that play in leagues other than DA or ECNL. Once these teams moved to the top leagues in the country, well, we have seen what has happened. I'm not saying any of them are "bad" but their regular competition is not great and can lead to an inflated idea of how great they are.

You folks exude ignorance. Notice that most of Pipeline's 05 team could play DA FT but decided to stay with Pipeline. To be fair, most ECNL teams in the area have not even qualified to play in the same bracket as Pipeline. Again, don't trust your own assessment, which deeply flawed due to your hubris but ask any ECNL coach. As a mater of act, the Pipeline coach was the WS MD DA director (he still might be the TD for the news DA under Armour).

DA/ECNL are great leagues but let's not ignore other high quality non-ECNL/DA teams. That is the point I want to make by using Pipeline as an example.

Many brackets are done with gotsoccer points. Edp teams are awarded points for league play and participate in more tournaments garnering points. Stop using the tournament assignors as god on this.

Moron, ECNL teams are given consideration for that fact yet some ECNL teams are considered high caliber and placed in top brackets while others are not. At JeffCup, VDA was not considered high enough caliber to warrant placement in the top bracket while Bethesda and Mclean were at 05. Just recognize that you are an overzealous parent who really does not know quality soccer. Any coach of an elite league will twll you that Pipleine is one of the best teams around. It is not an argument. That is a fact demonstrated by the teams record against quality opponents.

For the idiot that commented about Pipeline beating FCV's B team by a low margin, just consider that it beat them a week before 5-1. It also destroyed Bethesda's B team 9-0 or 9-1 before beating them again in State Cup 7-0 or 7-1.

Appreciate the name calling and anger. Congrats on smacking around those B teams. All hail pipeline.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have never watched Pipeline play, but the bragging seems familiar (Arlington and Loudoun) for teams that play in leagues other than DA or ECNL. Once these teams moved to the top leagues in the country, well, we have seen what has happened. I'm not saying any of them are "bad" but their regular competition is not great and can lead to an inflated idea of how great they are.

You folks exude ignorance. Notice that most of Pipeline's 05 team could play DA FT but decided to stay with Pipeline. To be fair, most ECNL teams in the area have not even qualified to play in the same bracket as Pipeline. Again, don't trust your own assessment, which deeply flawed due to your hubris but ask any ECNL coach. As a mater of act, the Pipeline coach was the WS MD DA director (he still might be the TD for the news DA under Armour).

DA/ECNL are great leagues but let's not ignore other high quality non-ECNL/DA teams. That is the point I want to make by using Pipeline as an example.

Many brackets are done with gotsoccer points. Edp teams are awarded points for league play and participate in more tournaments garnering points. Stop using the tournament assignors as god on this.

Moron, ECNL teams are given consideration for that fact yet some ECNL teams are considered high caliber and placed in top brackets while others are not. At JeffCup, VDA was not considered high enough caliber to warrant placement in the top bracket while Bethesda and Mclean were at 05. Just recognize that you are an overzealous parent who really does not know quality soccer. Any coach of an elite league will twll you that Pipleine is one of the best teams around. It is not an argument. That is a fact demonstrated by the teams record against quality opponents.

For the idiot that commented about Pipeline beating FCV's B team by a low margin, just consider that it beat them a week before 5-1. It also destroyed Bethesda's B team 9-0 or 9-1 before beating them again in State Cup 7-0 or 7-1.

Appreciate the name calling and anger. Congrats on smacking around those B teams. All hail pipeline.

Pipeline dad and FCV YouTube dad should start a podcast.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just consider non DA/ECNL teams in your ranking.

No

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have never watched Pipeline play, but the bragging seems familiar (Arlington and Loudoun) for teams that play in leagues other than DA or ECNL. Once these teams moved to the top leagues in the country, well, we have seen what has happened. I'm not saying any of them are "bad" but their regular competition is not great and can lead to an inflated idea of how great they are.

You folks exude ignorance. Notice that most of Pipeline's 05 team could play DA FT but decided to stay with Pipeline. To be fair, most ECNL teams in the area have not even qualified to play in the same bracket as Pipeline. Again, don't trust your own assessment, which deeply flawed due to your hubris but ask any ECNL coach. As a mater of act, the Pipeline coach was the WS MD DA director (he still might be the TD for the news DA under Armour).

DA/ECNL are great leagues but let's not ignore other high quality non-ECNL/DA teams. That is the point I want to make by using Pipeline as an example.

Many brackets are done with gotsoccer points. Edp teams are awarded points for league play and participate in more tournaments garnering points. Stop using the tournament assignors as god on this.

Moron, ECNL teams are given consideration for that fact yet some ECNL teams are considered high caliber and placed in top brackets while others are not. At JeffCup, VDA was not considered high enough caliber to warrant placement in the top bracket while Bethesda and Mclean were at 05. Just recognize that you are an overzealous parent who really does not know quality soccer. Any coach of an elite league will twll you that Pipleine is one of the best teams around. It is not an argument. That is a fact demonstrated by the teams record against quality opponents.

For the idiot that commented about Pipeline beating FCV's B team by a low margin, just consider that it beat them a week before 5-1. It also destroyed Bethesda's B team 9-0 or 9-1 before beating them again in State Cup 7-0 or 7-1.

Please put Pipeline at the top of all lists with an asterisk so we can be spared any more baloney like this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just consider non DA/ECNL teams in your ranking.

In your obsession to see your DD's Pipeline team get the respect you think they deserve, you missed the obvious: they were not left out based on their league; they were left out because this is a DC-based board and very few of us think about teams based north of Baltimore, as evidenced by Spirit MD/Baltimore Armour being ignored in almost all of these lists. There has to be some geographic limit, and that's why Pipeline, and Richmond, and Beach and Penn Fusion, and MatchFit, and PDA, and SSS, and Tophat aren't included.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have never watched Pipeline play, but the bragging seems familiar (Arlington and Loudoun) for teams that play in leagues other than DA or ECNL. Once these teams moved to the top leagues in the country, well, we have seen what has happened. I'm not saying any of them are "bad" but their regular competition is not great and can lead to an inflated idea of how great they are.

You folks exude ignorance. Notice that most of Pipeline's 05 team could play DA FT but decided to stay with Pipeline. To be fair, most ECNL teams in the area have not even qualified to play in the same bracket as Pipeline. Again, don't trust your own assessment, which deeply flawed due to your hubris but ask any ECNL coach. As a mater of act, the Pipeline coach was the WS MD DA director (he still might be the TD for the news DA under Armour).

DA/ECNL are great leagues but let's not ignore other high quality non-ECNL/DA teams. That is the point I want to make by using Pipeline as an example.

Many brackets are done with gotsoccer points. Edp teams are awarded points for league play and participate in more tournaments garnering points. Stop using the tournament assignors as god on this.

Moron, ECNL teams are given consideration for that fact yet some ECNL teams are considered high caliber and placed in top brackets while others are not. At JeffCup, VDA was not considered high enough caliber to warrant placement in the top bracket while Bethesda and Mclean were at 05. Just recognize that you are an overzealous parent who really does not know quality soccer. Any coach of an elite league will twll you that Pipleine is one of the best teams around. It is not an argument. That is a fact demonstrated by the teams record against quality opponents.

For the idiot that commented about Pipeline beating FCV's B team by a low margin, just consider that it beat them a week before 5-1. It also destroyed Bethesda's B team 9-0 or 9-1 before beating them again in State Cup 7-0 or 7-1.

Jeff Cup Top bracket at U16:
MATCH FIT ACADEMY FC 2003 ECNL (NJ)
MARYLAND UNITED FC 2003 ECNL (MD)
BRYC ELITE ACADEMY ECNL U16 (VA)
CAROLINA ELITE SA ECNL (SC)
NC FUSION 03 ECNL (NC)
SUNRISE STING 2003 X1 (FL)
KEYSTONE FC PREMIER 03G (PAE)
CSA IMPACT UNITED 03G NL (ON)
DELAWARE FC 03 GIRLS (DE)
FC COPA ACADEMY 2003G USYS NL (NJ)
PDA 03 FREEDOM (NJ)
SOUTH SHORE SELECT 2003 AP (MA)

5 ECNL out of 12 teams.


Jeff Cup Top Bracket this Spring for U15:

SUSA ECNL G04 (NYE)
MARIN FC G04 BLUE (CAN)
SUNRISE STING 2004 X1 (FL)
RICHMOND UNITED ECNL U15 2004 (VA)
STA-MUSC 2004G NPL (NJ)
PHILADELPHIA SC COPPA SWARM 04 (PAE)
SOUTH SHORE SELECT 2004 AP (MA)
MARYLAND UNITED FC 2004 ECNL (MD)

Two ECNL teams.

Now lets look at Jeff Cup top bracket at U14 for this spring:
MARYLAND RUSH BLUE '05G COYOTES (MD)
WATCHUNG HILLS NJ ELITE 2005G LEEUWIN (NJ)
SOUTH SHORE SELECT 2005 AP (MA)
D'FEETERS ECNL 05 (TXN)
BETHESDA SC ECNL REAL 05 (MD)
DELAWARE FC 05 GIRLS (DE)
PHILADELPHIA SC COPPA RAGE 05 (PAE)
MCLEAN 05 ECNL (VA)

3 ECNL teams.

Now lets look at the U13 Bracket:
PENN FUSION SA DA 2006 (PAE)
VDA U13 ECNL (VA)
MICHIGAN JAGUARS GREEN '06 (MI)
MARYLAND RUSH MONTGOMERY BLUE '06G COYOTES (MD)
PDA ECNL 06 BLUE WOLVES (NJ)
CAROLINA ELITE 06G ECNL (SC)
SOUTH SHORE SELECT 2006 AP (MA)
FC VIRGINIA USSF 06 (VA)
CSA IMPACT UNITED 06G PRE-DA (ON)
NORTH CAROLINA FC 06G ECNL (NC)
CEDAR STARS ACADEMY MONMOUTH 2006 GIRLS DA (NJ)
CINCINNATI UNITED CUP 06 NORTH I (OS)

4 DA
4 ECNL

ECNL teams show up less and less as they get older. The top bracket becomes heavily skewed towards NPL level teams and Jeff Cup becomes less of a showcase for ECNL.

Notice the heavy percentage of both DA and ECNL caliber teams at U13. That level of talent concentration in the top brackets at the non-league showcases becomes heavily diluted. This will be the reality for the Pipeline players. They are limiting their own showcasing potential just to keep the band together. Pipeline's ability to retain the talent on the 05 team will be severely tested past U15.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was the Pipeline poster and am not a parent but have watched Pipeline teams in multiple age groups. I never mentioned gotsoccer as I am involved enough to know the landscape and that gotsoccer does not reflect the competition level of ECNL/DA teams.

That being said, those trying to make counter arguments just expose why parents here really haven't a clue. Anyone who has an ECNL that has played Pipeline knows how strong the club is especially at 05. I don't believe that of the half dozen ECNL/DA teams that Pipeline has played, it has lost a game and those include victories over teams going to the ECNL nationals. Every self-respecting elite coach in the area will acknowledge that Pipeline is playing on a different level. Outside of FCV DA and maybe the revised Bethesda ECNL, no other local team is likely to get placed in the same bracket as Pipeline at a serious tournament.

I have kids that played in both ECNL and EDP and I would argue that the top half of the top EDP league is just competitive as the top half of the ECNL NE conference.

I really think you folks need to take off your ECNL/DA blinders. Both leagues are strong but there are teams in EDP that are talented enough to play in ECNL or DA but do not. Also, Pipeline is now affiliated with the Boys/Girls DA.

06 Loudoun has beaten Pipeline few times recently. So, not sure what that means...

[Anonymous]

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Arlington above VDA

Fair. FCV seemed to struggle in the Spring. My rankings would look like:

Girls ECNL/DA 06

1. VDA
2. Arlington
3. FCV
---------Seems to be rather marginal play below this...mostly losing records----------
4. Bethesda
5. BRYC
6. Loudoun
7. Maryland United
8. McLean
9. MU DA

move loudoun up to 4, possibly in the top 3.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was the Pipeline poster and am not a parent but have watched Pipeline teams in multiple age groups. I never mentioned gotsoccer as I am involved enough to know the landscape and that gotsoccer does not reflect the competition level of ECNL/DA teams.

That being said, those trying to make counter arguments just expose why parents here really haven't a clue. Anyone who has an ECNL that has played Pipeline knows how strong the club is especially at 05. I don't believe that of the half dozen ECNL/DA teams that Pipeline has played, it has lost a game and those include victories over teams going to the ECNL nationals. Every self-respecting elite coach in the area will acknowledge that Pipeline is playing on a different level. Outside of FCV DA and maybe the revised Bethesda ECNL, no other local team is likely to get placed in the same bracket as Pipeline at a serious tournament.

I have kids that played in both ECNL and EDP and I would argue that the top half of the top EDP league is just competitive as the top half of the ECNL NE conference.

I really think you folks need to take off your ECNL/DA blinders. Both leagues are strong but there are teams in EDP that are talented enough to play in ECNL or DA but do not. Also, Pipeline is now affiliated with the Boys/Girls DA.

06 Loudoun has beaten Pipeline few times recently. So, not sure what that means...

I think the Pipeline discussion is particular to the 05 unicorn team. Pipeline 06 is probably more representative of the talented kids moving on to the DA team versus staying at EDP.

[Anonymous]

Again, your statements become more moronic with each additional post.

I just can't bother to even engage you but will post this just to shut you up. The highest bracket in the oldest division is comprised of six ECNL teams out of 12 or 13. Some clubs are committed to JeffCup. Also notice that several ECNL teams were placed in the lower bracket. Notice that in most of the age groups, you have ECNL clubs placed in lower brackets, which should help you understand that some ECNL teams are not considered on the same level as certain non-ECNL/DA teams.

Certain clubs are committed to JeffCup and Bethesda Cup and will do them despite also doing ECNL showcases.

JeffCup 2019
OHIO ELITE ECNL (OS)
MCLEAN ECNL 01 GIRLS (VA)
RICHMOND UNITED ECNL U19 2000 (VA)
BETHESDA SC ECNL UNION 01 (MD)
CAROLINA ELITE SA ECNL (SC)
PSA NATIONAL '00 (NJ)
SAC SHOWCASE PREMIER G00 (MD)
BRYC ELITE ACADEMY ECNL U18-19 (VA)
LOWER MERION SC STORM (PAE)
NJ STALLIONS 00-01 STAMPEDE EDP-NL (NJ)
BEACH FC 01/00G RED (VA)
CENTURY 00 GOLD (PAW)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Again, your statements become more moronic with each additional post.

I just can't bother to even engage you but will post this just to shut you up. The highest bracket in the oldest division is comprised of six ECNL teams out of 12 or 13. Some clubs are committed to JeffCup. Also notice that several ECNL teams were placed in the lower bracket. Notice that in most of the age groups, you have ECNL clubs placed in lower brackets, which should help you understand that some ECNL teams are not considered on the same level as certain non-ECNL/DA teams.

Certain clubs are committed to JeffCup and Bethesda Cup and will do them despite also doing ECNL showcases.

JeffCup 2019
OHIO ELITE ECNL (OS)
MCLEAN ECNL 01 GIRLS (VA)
RICHMOND UNITED ECNL U19 2000 (VA)
BETHESDA SC ECNL UNION 01 (MD)
CAROLINA ELITE SA ECNL (SC)
PSA NATIONAL '00 (NJ)
SAC SHOWCASE PREMIER G00 (MD)
BRYC ELITE ACADEMY ECNL U18-19 (VA)
LOWER MERION SC STORM (PAE)
NJ STALLIONS 00-01 STAMPEDE EDP-NL (NJ)
BEACH FC 01/00G RED (VA)
CENTURY 00 GOLD (PAW)

Yes, and far less attend and the competition becomes heavily skewed towards NPL and EDP level teams. At U16 only 5 of 11 teams in the top bracket were ECNL. Compared to U13 when 8 out of 12 teams were either DA or ECNL teams. The top bracket does a total flip in the prime showcasing years.

At the current ratio Pipeline would only play 1 ECNL team out 3 possible games when in years earlier it would have been 2 ECNL teams. The point isn't that ECNL teams don't continue to go to Jeff Cup or other tourneys like WAGS but that it is no longer a priority showcase for those teams and fewer of them attend over time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Again, your statements become more moronic with each additional post.

I just can't bother to even engage you but will post this just to shut you up. The highest bracket in the oldest division is comprised of six ECNL teams out of 12 or 13. Some clubs are committed to JeffCup. Also notice that several ECNL teams were placed in the lower bracket. Notice that in most of the age groups, you have ECNL clubs placed in lower brackets, which should help you understand that some ECNL teams are not considered on the same level as certain non-ECNL/DA teams.

Certain clubs are committed to JeffCup and Bethesda Cup and will do them despite also doing ECNL showcases.

JeffCup 2019
OHIO ELITE ECNL (OS)
MCLEAN ECNL 01 GIRLS (VA)
RICHMOND UNITED ECNL U19 2000 (VA)
BETHESDA SC ECNL UNION 01 (MD)
CAROLINA ELITE SA ECNL (SC)
PSA NATIONAL '00 (NJ)
SAC SHOWCASE PREMIER G00 (MD)
BRYC ELITE ACADEMY ECNL U18-19 (VA)
LOWER MERION SC STORM (PAE)
NJ STALLIONS 00-01 STAMPEDE EDP-NL (NJ)
BEACH FC 01/00G RED (VA)
CENTURY 00 GOLD (PAW)

Yes, and far less attend and the competition becomes heavily skewed towards NPL and EDP level teams. At U16 only 5 of 11 teams in the top bracket were ECNL. Compared to U13 when 8 out of 12 teams were either DA or ECNL teams. The top bracket does a total flip in the prime showcasing years.

At the current ratio Pipeline would only play 1 ECNL team out 3 possible games when in years earlier it would have been 2 ECNL teams. The point isn't that ECNL teams don't continue to go to Jeff Cup or other tourneys like WAGS but that it is no longer a priority showcase for those teams and fewer of them attend over time.

I don't deny your point. ECNL showcases become the main priority for ECNL clubs. It is an issue for clubs like Pipeline and is increasingly becoming more of an issue. The point I continue to make is that there will always be non-DA/ECNL teams like Pipeline that are capable of competing with the top ECNL teams. Such clubs will have a more difficult job of getting exposure to the top DI programs. It is not impossible but is more challenging.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Again, your statements become more moronic with each additional post.

I just can't bother to even engage you but will post this just to shut you up. The highest bracket in the oldest division is comprised of six ECNL teams out of 12 or 13. Some clubs are committed to JeffCup. Also notice that several ECNL teams were placed in the lower bracket. Notice that in most of the age groups, you have ECNL clubs placed in lower brackets, which should help you understand that some ECNL teams are not considered on the same level as certain non-ECNL/DA teams.

Certain clubs are committed to JeffCup and Bethesda Cup and will do them despite also doing ECNL showcases.

JeffCup 2019
OHIO ELITE ECNL (OS)
MCLEAN ECNL 01 GIRLS (VA)
RICHMOND UNITED ECNL U19 2000 (VA)
BETHESDA SC ECNL UNION 01 (MD)
CAROLINA ELITE SA ECNL (SC)
PSA NATIONAL '00 (NJ)
SAC SHOWCASE PREMIER G00 (MD)
BRYC ELITE ACADEMY ECNL U18-19 (VA)
LOWER MERION SC STORM (PAE)
NJ STALLIONS 00-01 STAMPEDE EDP-NL (NJ)
BEACH FC 01/00G RED (VA)
CENTURY 00 GOLD (PAW)

Yes, and far less attend and the competition becomes heavily skewed towards NPL and EDP level teams. At U16 only 5 of 11 teams in the top bracket were ECNL. Compared to U13 when 8 out of 12 teams were either DA or ECNL teams. The top bracket does a total flip in the prime showcasing years.

At the current ratio Pipeline would only play 1 ECNL team out 3 possible games when in years earlier it would have been 2 ECNL teams. The point isn't that ECNL teams don't continue to go to Jeff Cup or other tourneys like WAGS but that it is no longer a priority showcase for those teams and fewer of them attend over time.

I don't deny your point. ECNL showcases become the main priority for ECNL clubs. It is an issue for clubs like Pipeline and is increasingly becoming more of an issue. The point I continue to make is that there will always be non-DA/ECNL teams like Pipeline that are capable of competing with the top ECNL teams. Such clubs will have a more difficult job of getting exposure to the top DI programs. It is not impossible but is more challenging.

With two national platforms available for kids to play in these unicorn teams are becoming increasingly rare. The ability to retain the players is going to be a greater challenge moving forward. The 05 Pipeline team will likely lose its core players over the next two years as a result of dilution.