GAL - Girls Academy League

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Anonymous wrote:I’d be very surprised if FCV comes out completely unscathed and all of their current ex-DA teams stay completely the same. I just don’t believe they won’t lose at least a few girls from each team, if not a mass exodus if they don’t somehow pull off getting back into ECNL next year.

How many FCV coaches do you think will jump shit too?

When your iPhone auto correct changes a perfectly spelled word in favor of a word you use more often. Lol

[Anonymous]

To all the DA families wanting to leave the DA. COVID19 is affecting all leagues. DA players and parents are now wanting the ECNL. DA crumbles and now ECNL teams (mostly players) are having to pick up the pieces. Hope the DA kids are humble. It’s a lot to ask from ECNL families and players.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Are the top fcv players actually going to stay and play in this league?

I cannot speak for the rest of the girls on our team, but my daughter is not. She loves her teammates, but she does not want to risk her upcoming recruiting years on an unknown platform. The situation sucks. At least she knows several of the girls at the ECNL team that she will be joining, so hopefully it works out.

+1 Same for us. DD loves the girls, just not willing to take the risk after all the hard work. Fairly confident we are not alone in making the change but each family needs to make their own decisions.

Yep. My DD wants to move as well, has played with the coach that will be coaching her new team and wants to play for him again. It will be hard leaving but we are listening to what she wants to do.

"Her new team." Does that mean you've already talked to coaches there and received a commitment?

Be careful with this. If you know the coaches REALLY well, okay, but you may be committing and end up on a composite team. And before you accuse me of being ‘anti-ECNL’, there are a lot more shady individuals out there in youth soccer than those you can actually trust. Sad but true.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Are the top fcv players actually going to stay and play in this league?

I cannot speak for the rest of the girls on our team, but my daughter is not. She loves her teammates, but she does not want to risk her upcoming recruiting years on an unknown platform. The situation sucks. At least she knows several of the girls at the ECNL team that she will be joining, so hopefully it works out.

+1 Same for us. DD loves the girls, just not willing to take the risk after all the hard work. Fairly confident we are not alone in making the change but each family needs to make their own decisions.

Yep. My DD wants to move as well, has played with the coach that will be coaching her new team and wants to play for him again. It will be hard leaving but we are listening to what she wants to do.

"Her new team." Does that mean you've already talked to coaches there and received a commitment?

Be careful with this. If you know the coaches REALLY well, okay, but you may be committing and end up on a composite team. And before you accuse me of being ‘anti-ECNL’, there are a lot more shady individuals out there in youth soccer than those you can actually trust. Sad but true.

+1000

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Are the top fcv players actually going to stay and play in this league?

I cannot speak for the rest of the girls on our team, but my daughter is not. She loves her teammates, but she does not want to risk her upcoming recruiting years on an unknown platform. The situation sucks. At least she knows several of the girls at the ECNL team that she will be joining, so hopefully it works out.

+1 Same for us. DD loves the girls, just not willing to take the risk after all the hard work. Fairly confident we are not alone in making the change but each family needs to make their own decisions.

Yep. My DD wants to move as well, has played with the coach that will be coaching her new team and wants to play for him again. It will be hard leaving but we are listening to what she wants to do.

"Her new team." Does that mean you've already talked to coaches there and received a commitment?

Be careful with this. If you know the coaches REALLY well, okay, but you may be committing and end up on a composite team. And before you accuse me of being ‘anti-ECNL’, there are a lot more shady individuals out there in youth soccer than those you can actually trust. Sad but true.

BRYC does the "composite" trick! McLean will roster you on the ECNL team along with 29 other players. So if you want to travel and sit the bench go to McLean. If you want to just practice and not have to attend games go to BRYC. If you want to actually play in games go to VDA or Loudoun.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To all the DA families wanting to leave the DA. COVID19 is affecting all leagues. DA players and parents are now wanting the ECNL. DA crumbles and now ECNL teams (mostly players) are having to pick up the pieces. Hope the DA kids are humble. It’s a lot to ask from ECNL families and players.

If DA players head towards ECNL it is just a straight up tryout and humility will have nothing to do with it. There is only one long standing club in ECNL in the area. Without DA happening your club would never have even been in ECNL so give it a rest, your kids are not superior because outside influences allowed ECNL to fall in your lap.

Things change and 40-60 kids may be looking for a new team. Loyalty will not mean anything now. NC and SC teams will be adding the best former DA players to become competitive. NC Courage was already switching. If you think poor performing Loudoun, BRYC, McLean and VDA teams are going to stand pat with current rosters falling further behind you’re fooling yourself.

Those phone calls with DA parents being reported are intended to replace current players. All it took to displace a current player was a SIMPLE. PHONE. CALL.

Think about humility in that context.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are the top fcv players actually going to stay and play in this league?

I cannot speak for the rest of the girls on our team, but my daughter is not. She loves her teammates, but she does not want to risk her upcoming recruiting years on an unknown platform. The situation sucks. At least she knows several of the girls at the ECNL team that she will be joining, so hopefully it works out.

+1 Same for us. DD loves the girls, just not willing to take the risk after all the hard work. Fairly confident we are not alone in making the change but each family needs to make their own decisions.

Yep. My DD wants to move as well, has played with the coach that will be coaching her new team and wants to play for him again. It will be hard leaving but we are listening to what she wants to do.

"Her new team." Does that mean you've already talked to coaches there and received a commitment?

Be careful with this. If you know the coaches REALLY well, okay, but you may be committing and end up on a composite team. And before you accuse me of being ‘anti-ECNL’, there are a lot more shady individuals out there in youth soccer than those you can actually trust. Sad but true.

BRYC does the "composite" trick! McLean will roster you on the ECNL team along with 29 other players. So if you want to travel and sit the bench go to McLean. If you want to just practice and not have to attend games go to BRYC. If you want to actually play in games go to VDA or Loudoun.

BRYC hasn’t had a composite team in 2 years. VDA has 2 composite teams per age group. VDA calls their composite teams PWSI and VSA. Just ask the parents.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are the top fcv players actually going to stay and play in this league?

I cannot speak for the rest of the girls on our team, but my daughter is not. She loves her teammates, but she does not want to risk her upcoming recruiting years on an unknown platform. The situation sucks. At least she knows several of the girls at the ECNL team that she will be joining, so hopefully it works out.

+1 Same for us. DD loves the girls, just not willing to take the risk after all the hard work. Fairly confident we are not alone in making the change but each family needs to make their own decisions.

Yep. My DD wants to move as well, has played with the coach that will be coaching her new team and wants to play for him again. It will be hard leaving but we are listening to what she wants to do.

"Her new team." Does that mean you've already talked to coaches there and received a commitment?

Be careful with this. If you know the coaches REALLY well, okay, but you may be committing and end up on a composite team. And before you accuse me of being ‘anti-ECNL’, there are a lot more shady individuals out there in youth soccer than those you can actually trust. Sad but true.

BRYC does the "composite" trick! McLean will roster you on the ECNL team along with 29 other players. So if you want to travel and sit the bench go to McLean. If you want to just practice and not have to attend games go to BRYC. If you want to actually play in games go to VDA or Loudoun.

BRYC hasn’t had a composite team in 2 years. VDA has 2 composite teams per age group. VDA calls their composite teams PWSI and VSA. Just ask the parents.

BRYC definately does have composite teams. Just ask the 2006 girls who switched over from other clubs.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:To all the DA families wanting to leave the DA. COVID19 is affecting all leagues. DA players and parents are now wanting the ECNL. DA crumbles and now ECNL teams (mostly players) are having to pick up the pieces. Hope the DA kids are humble. It’s a lot to ask from ECNL families and players.

If DA players head towards ECNL it is just a straight up tryout and humility will have nothing to do with it. There is only one long standing club in ECNL in the area. Without DA happening your club would never have even been in ECNL so give it a rest, your kids are not superior because outside influences allowed ECNL to fall in your lap.

Things change and 40-60 kids may be looking for a new team. Loyalty will not mean anything now. NC and SC teams will be adding the best former DA players to become competitive. NC Courage was already switching. If you think poor performing Loudoun, BRYC, McLean and VDA teams are going to stand pat with current rosters falling further behind you’re fooling yourself.

Those phone calls with DA parents being reported are intended to replace current players. All it took to displace a current player was a SIMPLE. PHONE. CALL.

Think about humility in that context.

DP here. Your post presumes that a phone call resulted in a roster spot offered without a tryout. This could happen if a trully top player who had youth national team call ups called, but I doubt that the coaches will throw a red carpet in front of run of the mill GDA players. Maybe a really pooor performing ECNL team could get desperate and start offering roster spots to oursiders without tryouts but most ECNL coaches will want to ensure that the incoming player is better than existing players before making an offer.

[Anonymous]

While the back and forth arguing is hilarious, there has been no mention from FCV they will be getting involved in this league

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To all the DA families wanting to leave the DA. COVID19 is affecting all leagues. DA players and parents are now wanting the ECNL. DA crumbles and now ECNL teams (mostly players) are having to pick up the pieces. Hope the DA kids are humble. It’s a lot to ask from ECNL families and players.

If DA players head towards ECNL it is just a straight up tryout and humility will have nothing to do with it. There is only one long standing club in ECNL in the area. Without DA happening your club would never have even been in ECNL so give it a rest, your kids are not superior because outside influences allowed ECNL to fall in your lap.

Things change and 40-60 kids may be looking for a new team. Loyalty will not mean anything now. NC and SC teams will be adding the best former DA players to become competitive. NC Courage was already switching. If you think poor performing Loudoun, BRYC, McLean and VDA teams are going to stand pat with current rosters falling further behind you’re fooling yourself.

Those phone calls with DA parents being reported are intended to replace current players. All it took to displace a current player was a SIMPLE. PHONE. CALL.

Think about humility in that context.

DP here. Your post presumes that a phone call resulted in a roster spot offered without a tryout. This could happen if a trully top player who had youth national team call ups called, but I doubt that the coaches will throw a red carpet in front of run of the mill GDA players. Maybe a really pooor performing ECNL team could get desperate and start offering roster spots to oursiders without tryouts but most ECNL coaches will want to ensure that the incoming player is better than existing players before making an offer.

Keep telling yourself that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To all the DA families wanting to leave the DA. COVID19 is affecting all leagues. DA players and parents are now wanting the ECNL. DA crumbles and now ECNL teams (mostly players) are having to pick up the pieces. Hope the DA kids are humble. It’s a lot to ask from ECNL families and players.

If DA players head towards ECNL it is just a straight up tryout and humility will have nothing to do with it. There is only one long standing club in ECNL in the area. Without DA happening your club would never have even been in ECNL so give it a rest, your kids are not superior because outside influences allowed ECNL to fall in your lap.

Things change and 40-60 kids may be looking for a new team. Loyalty will not mean anything now. NC and SC teams will be adding the best former DA players to become competitive. NC Courage was already switching. If you think poor performing Loudoun, BRYC, McLean and VDA teams are going to stand pat with current rosters falling further behind you’re fooling yourself.

Those phone calls with DA parents being reported are intended to replace current players. All it took to displace a current player was a SIMPLE. PHONE. CALL.

Think about humility in that context.

Thank you for demonstrating my point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To all the DA families wanting to leave the DA. COVID19 is affecting all leagues. DA players and parents are now wanting the ECNL. DA crumbles and now ECNL teams (mostly players) are having to pick up the pieces. Hope the DA kids are humble. It’s a lot to ask from ECNL families and players.

If DA players head towards ECNL it is just a straight up tryout and humility will have nothing to do with it. There is only one long standing club in ECNL in the area. Without DA happening your club would never have even been in ECNL so give it a rest, your kids are not superior because outside influences allowed ECNL to fall in your lap.

Things change and 40-60 kids may be looking for a new team. Loyalty will not mean anything now. NC and SC teams will be adding the best former DA players to become competitive. NC Courage was already switching. If you think poor performing Loudoun, BRYC, McLean and VDA teams are going to stand pat with current rosters falling further behind you’re fooling yourself.

Those phone calls with DA parents being reported are intended to replace current players. All it took to displace a current player was a SIMPLE. PHONE. CALL.

Think about humility in that context.

Thank you for demonstrating my point.

Seriously? Who goes into a tryout humble? LOL. STFU. Spots are going to up for grabs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To all the DA families wanting to leave the DA. COVID19 is affecting all leagues. DA players and parents are now wanting the ECNL. DA crumbles and now ECNL teams (mostly players) are having to pick up the pieces. Hope the DA kids are humble. It’s a lot to ask from ECNL families and players.

If DA players head towards ECNL it is just a straight up tryout and humility will have nothing to do with it. There is only one long standing club in ECNL in the area. Without DA happening your club would never have even been in ECNL so give it a rest, your kids are not superior because outside influences allowed ECNL to fall in your lap.

Things change and 40-60 kids may be looking for a new team. Loyalty will not mean anything now. NC and SC teams will be adding the best former DA players to become competitive. NC Courage was already switching. If you think poor performing Loudoun, BRYC, McLean and VDA teams are going to stand pat with current rosters falling further behind you’re fooling yourself.

Those phone calls with DA parents being reported are intended to replace current players. All it took to displace a current player was a SIMPLE. PHONE. CALL.

Think about humility in that context.

So much truth there. These ECNL parents need a dose of reality. If you couldn't win games this year, you better pray that FCV & Arlington players going to your club in big numbers. Because PP is right, the NC teams are adding GDA top players. Exiting ECNL rosters around here aren't simply going to turn into national team players and win more games just because DA doesn't exist. It is same players, with the same staff with the same trainings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To all the DA families wanting to leave the DA. COVID19 is affecting all leagues. DA players and parents are now wanting the ECNL. DA crumbles and now ECNL teams (mostly players) are having to pick up the pieces. Hope the DA kids are humble. It’s a lot to ask from ECNL families and players.

If DA players head towards ECNL it is just a straight up tryout and humility will have nothing to do with it. There is only one long standing club in ECNL in the area. Without DA happening your club would never have even been in ECNL so give it a rest, your kids are not superior because outside influences allowed ECNL to fall in your lap.

Things change and 40-60 kids may be looking for a new team. Loyalty will not mean anything now. NC and SC teams will be adding the best former DA players to become competitive. NC Courage was already switching. If you think poor performing Loudoun, BRYC, McLean and VDA teams are going to stand pat with current rosters falling further behind you’re fooling yourself.

Those phone calls with DA parents being reported are intended to replace current players. All it took to displace a current player was a SIMPLE. PHONE. CALL.

Think about humility in that context.

So much truth there. These ECNL parents need a dose of reality. If you couldn't win games this year, you better pray that FCV & Arlington players going to your club in big numbers. Because PP is right, the NC teams are adding GDA top players. Exiting ECNL rosters around here aren't simply going to turn into national team players and win more games just because DA doesn't exist. It is same players, with the same staff with the same trainings.

Spot on. Top girls at ECNL or DA clubs should be excited by the possibility of finally playing and competing together against other ECNL teams that will be much better next year. Of course roster spots and playing time will be harder to come by, but it will push top players to become much better. Practices will be much more of a challenge, to say nothing of the games.