Travel Soccer teams around NOVA let's discuss Part II

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know what the BRYC 2005 Boys A team is doing this year?

They are in NCSL.

That's their A team? With a mediocre record in D4?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know what the BRYC 2005 Boys A team is doing this year?

They are in NCSL.

That's their A team? With a mediocre record in D4?

Hereeee we go. Blowing a gasket over the record of a U12 team...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know what the BRYC 2005 Boys A team is doing this year?

They are in NCSL.

That's their A team? With a mediocre record in D4?

Yes. They had a lot of turnover at that age group, there seemed to be a lot of uncertainty with the move to ECNL/pre-ECNL and some of the existing players sought out other clubs. They ended up folding in some of the 06 kids to fill out their roster.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know what the BRYC 2005 Boys A team is doing this year?

They are in NCSL.

That's their A team? With a mediocre record in D4?

Hereeee we go. Blowing a gasket over the record of a U12 team...

I read that as surprise vs. gasket blowing, but I suppose written word can be interpreted in many different ways.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know what the BRYC 2005 Boys A team is doing this year?

They are in NCSL.

That's their A team? With a mediocre record in D4?

Hereeee we go. Blowing a gasket over the record of a U12 team...

I read that as surprise vs. gasket blowing, but I suppose written word can be interpreted in many different ways.

Fair enough. Yea sometimes tone can be misinterpreted so my fault. You also gotta factor in though it could just be a group of undersized but technical players who try to play a proactive game but get trampled by bigger kids who rely on long balls and athleticism. Records can be very deceptive at U12 when some kids hit a growth spurt much earlier than others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know what the BRYC 2005 Boys A team is doing this year?

They are in NCSL.

That's their A team? With a mediocre record in D4?

Hereeee we go. Blowing a gasket over the record of a U12 team...

I read that as surprise vs. gasket blowing, but I suppose written word can be interpreted in many different ways.

BRYC's 2005 boys are not a super talented bunch, but their 2006s are quite talented. It's just how it works out sometimes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know what the BRYC 2005 Boys A team is doing this year?

They are in NCSL.

That's their A team? With a mediocre record in D4?

Hereeee we go. Blowing a gasket over the record of a U12 team...

I read that as surprise vs. gasket blowing, but I suppose written word can be interpreted in many different ways.

Fair enough. Yea sometimes tone can be misinterpreted so my fault. You also gotta factor in though it could just be a group of undersized but technical players who try to play a proactive game but get trampled by bigger kids who rely on long balls and athleticism. Records can be very deceptive at U12 when some kids hit a growth spurt much earlier than others.

It's U13. I agree that record isn't everything, but at this age things are starting to come together, and I would expect a club that considers itself "elite" and is moving to a regional league to have a top team that is better than D4 (being relegated to D5) in NCSL. But the PP's explanation makes sense re people leaving in the transition to ECNL or whatever.

[Anonymous]

Doesn't NCSL place teams in lower divisions if they didn't play prior seasons?

[Anonymous]

Usually they make you start from the bottom. However, the size and reputation of the club can factor into the decision.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Doesn't NCSL place teams in lower divisions if they didn't play prior seasons?

Possibly, but what's your point in the current context? BRYC's team played last season in D4 and won one game, I believe. It is not showing itself to be a team that was wrongly placed in a lower division. Just the opposite, in fact -- it was likely placed in D4 (out of 7) based on the club name and didn't live up to those expectations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know what the BRYC 2005 Boys A team is doing this year?

They are in NCSL.

That's their A team? With a mediocre record in D4?

Hereeee we go. Blowing a gasket over the record of a U12 team...

I read that as surprise vs. gasket blowing, but I suppose written word can be interpreted in many different ways.

Fair enough. Yea sometimes tone can be misinterpreted so my fault. You also gotta factor in though it could just be a group of undersized but technical players who try to play a proactive game but get trampled by bigger kids who rely on long balls and athleticism. Records can be very deceptive at U12 when some kids hit a growth spurt much earlier than others.

It's U13. I agree that record isn't everything, but at this age things are starting to come together, and I would expect a club that considers itself "elite" and is moving to a regional league to have a top team that is better than D4 (being relegated to D5) in NCSL. But the PP's explanation makes sense re people leaving in the transition to ECNL or whatever.

From what I understand, the directors decided to change the club a bit. They are only halfway through the first year of this new experiment. They are starting this new approach with U9-U12....They want fewer, better players and they want to go ECNL. So the U13s are the last 'vestige' of whatever they had previously done... I think even their odsl teams call themselves 'elite.' It's silly....that's the old approach they are trying to shed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know what the BRYC 2005 Boys A team is doing this year?

They are in NCSL.

That's their A team? With a mediocre record in D4?

Hereeee we go. Blowing a gasket over the record of a U12 team...

I read that as surprise vs. gasket blowing, but I suppose written word can be interpreted in many different ways.

Fair enough. Yea sometimes tone can be misinterpreted so my fault. You also gotta factor in though it could just be a group of undersized but technical players who try to play a proactive game but get trampled by bigger kids who rely on long balls and athleticism. Records can be very deceptive at U12 when some kids hit a growth spurt much earlier than others.

It's U13. I agree that record isn't everything, but at this age things are starting to come together, and I would expect a club that considers itself "elite" and is moving to a regional league to have a top team that is better than D4 (being relegated to D5) in NCSL. But the PP's explanation makes sense re people leaving in the transition to ECNL or whatever.

From what I understand, the directors decided to change the club a bit. They are only halfway through the first year of this new experiment. They are starting this new approach with U9-U12....They want fewer, better players and they want to go ECNL. So the U13s are the last 'vestige' of whatever they had previously done... I think even their odsl teams call themselves 'elite.' It's silly....that's the old approach they are trying to shed.

Yup. A handful of U17 players came over to our club from BRYC for that very reason.

[Anonymous]

Question for people with more experience in travel soccer.

My daughter is currently playing travel soccer on a good travel 2nd team, and they have not faced much competition in the past year and a half. We don't want to change leagues at this point.

Are there many kids who play up a year? I know some kids do this at u9, but do they continue to play up? DC would possibly make a lower team in an older age group, but would probably face harder competition.

We've thought about having her try out for the boys team, any thoughts?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know what the BRYC 2005 Boys A team is doing this year?

They are in NCSL.

That's their A team? With a mediocre record in D4?

Hereeee we go. Blowing a gasket over the record of a U12 team...

I read that as surprise vs. gasket blowing, but I suppose written word can be interpreted in many different ways.

Fair enough. Yea sometimes tone can be misinterpreted so my fault. You also gotta factor in though it could just be a group of undersized but technical players who try to play a proactive game but get trampled by bigger kids who rely on long balls and athleticism. Records can be very deceptive at U12 when some kids hit a growth spurt much earlier than others.

It's U13. I agree that record isn't everything, but at this age things are starting to come together, and I would expect a club that considers itself "elite" and is moving to a regional league to have a top team that is better than D4 (being relegated to D5) in NCSL. But the PP's explanation makes sense re people leaving in the transition to ECNL or whatever.

From what I understand, the directors decided to change the club a bit. They are only halfway through the first year of this new experiment. They are starting this new approach with U9-U12....They want fewer, better players and they want to go ECNL. So the U13s are the last 'vestige' of whatever they had previously done... I think even their odsl teams call themselves 'elite.' It's silly....that's the old approach they are trying to shed.

"BRYC Elite" is just what the "travel side" of BRYC is called. There's a rec side and a travel side (Elite). Traditionally the ODSL teams were under the rec side and were completely separate (these are unpaid coaches, usually parents). More recently they've started a "bridge" program where those former "rec side" ODSL teams can move over to the Elite side of the fence but still keep their coach, and if the coach is still unpaid keep the same low costs that they had before. You can't get into NCSL unless you move onto the Elite side, the "rec" side only has slots in ODSL. Hopefully that makes sense.