ECNL forcing Brave & Union Partnership

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Anonymous wrote:Congrats Union, between the two BRAVE coaches who are taking over Union teams the two coaches have a combined record of 9-36-5 across 4 teams this season.

Yeah, McLean families have every right to be worried.

And you attribute that record all to the coaches and not the talent of the players they are working with?

The coach picked the talent and coached the talent.

Coaches can only pick the talent that comes to their id sessions. It’s not like there is a single talent pool for all the clubs to draft from

If there was a single talent pool, some coaches would be better at drafting than others. Consider 2024 the year of the single talent pool. Who do you want as your coach?

He hasn't proven anything so I'd still not choose him. He wasn't a draw to BRAVE before and he isn't a draw now.

There is a single talent pool. Everyone who is moving. You will see the same kids at Loudoun, VDA, Arlington, and sometimes SYC, Revolution, FCV. Will you see them at FVU? Is that their top choice? Depends on the coach.

Not if BRAVE coaches are leading the teams. The BRAVE coaches will only act as player repellants

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Anonymous wrote:Congrats Union, between the two BRAVE coaches who are taking over Union teams the two coaches have a combined record of 9-36-5 across 4 teams this season.

Yeah, McLean families have every right to be worried.

And you attribute that record all to the coaches and not the talent of the players they are working with?

The coach picked the talent and coached the talent.

Coaches can only pick the talent that comes to their id sessions. It’s not like there is a single talent pool for all the clubs to draft from

If there was a single talent pool, some coaches would be better at drafting than others. Consider 2024 the year of the single talent pool. Who do you want as your coach?

He hasn't proven anything so I'd still not choose him. He wasn't a draw to BRAVE before and he isn't a draw now.

There is a single talent pool. Everyone who is moving. You will see the same kids at Loudoun, VDA, Arlington, and sometimes SYC, Revolution, FCV. Will you see them at FVU? Is that their top choice? Depends on the coach.

There is a small percentage of players that are willing to travel anywhere but mostly it's geographically dependent especially before U16.

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Anonymous wrote:Congrats Union, between the two BRAVE coaches who are taking over Union teams the two coaches have a combined record of 9-36-5 across 4 teams this season.

Yeah, McLean families have every right to be worried.

And you attribute that record all to the coaches and not the talent of the players they are working with?

The coach picked the talent and coached the talent.

+1. BRAVE tryouts aren't as crowded as some other clubs. This coach is not a draw for top players especially at older age groups. He is loyal to a few kids and has no interest or capability to select and develop a top team. That's why BRAVE rosters are so small. Bad fit for FVU if that's what happens. Coach of FVU should have interest in selecting the best kids and building the best teams.

MV loves a few players and ignores everyone else. The parents of those few players love him. All other parents not so much because they will get zero communication. His entire 09 team left the first BRAVE season. That’s why there’s no talent left there now.

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Anonymous wrote:But his (MV) 08 BRAVE team beat Union 3:0 on Nov 18, 2023 10:00 AM at Robinson High School - Upper Turf

LO coaches the 08 BRAVE team.

The BRAVE team is 4th place in the MA conference, the current Union team is what 6th, 10th and they have allowed several goals.
If the purpose of the merger is to have better results as a club, which team would you pick?

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Nobody has determined what the reason behind this move is, especially with the timing of it. But EVERYBODY is dissecting this and getting pissed at the clubs. Why isn't anybody questioning ECNL's motives behind this? And especially the timing. This is a company that builds its platform to showcase kids that want to play at the next level and 1 week before ID sessions they dropped this. The kids that are in the crucial recruitment period are the ones that will suffer the most. This could have been handled in a way better manner.

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Anonymous wrote:But his (MV) 08 BRAVE team beat Union 3:0 on Nov 18, 2023 10:00 AM at Robinson High School - Upper Turf

LO coaches the 08 BRAVE team.

The BRAVE team is 4th place in the MA conference, the current Union team is what 6th, 10th and they have allowed several goals.
If the purpose of the merger is to have better results as a club, which team would you pick?

You pick players and as a club you need to be appealing to outside players as well.

FCV is imploding with talent up for grabs but how many of those players will flock to an ancient VYS coach with no recruitment track record to speak of and also hasn’t coached different kids in a decade.

Sorry, but he is a small time coaching dinosaur

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Anonymous wrote:Nobody has determined what the reason behind this move is, especially with the timing of it. But EVERYBODY is dissecting this and getting pissed at the clubs. Why isn't anybody questioning ECNL's motives behind this? And especially the timing. This is a company that builds its platform to showcase kids that want to play at the next level and 1 week before ID sessions they dropped this. The kids that are in the crucial recruitment period are the ones that will suffer the most. This could have been handled in a way better manner.

Timing is perfect.

It is about time to cut down ECNL teams from 5 to 4.

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ECNL is destroying the youth soccer landscape.I keep hearing about talent dilution why then they stepped and blew the ODP program? Because ECNL’s only goal is marketing-leisure business and they want everyone either in NL or RL, such a monopoly.

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ECNL didn’t want to lose a club’s to GA. Maybe they can start doing the same in different regions.. take a look at Florida.

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Anonymous wrote:ECNL is destroying the youth soccer landscape.I keep hearing about talent dilution why then they stepped and blew the ODP program? Because ECNL’s only goal is marketing-leisure business and they want everyone either in NL or RL, such a monopoly.

Lazy, old retread coaches like MV are what’s destroying youth soccer

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Anonymous wrote:ECNL didn’t want to lose a club’s to GA. Maybe they can start doing the same in different regions.. take a look at Florida.

Yep, Florida west/orlando city/tampabay United.

Terrible terrible teams

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Anonymous wrote:Nobody has determined what the reason behind this move is, especially with the timing of it. But EVERYBODY is dissecting this and getting pissed at the clubs. Why isn't anybody questioning ECNL's motives behind this? And especially the timing. This is a company that builds its platform to showcase kids that want to play at the next level and 1 week before ID sessions they dropped this. The kids that are in the crucial recruitment period are the ones that will suffer the most. This could have been handled in a way better manner.

Timing is perfect.

It is about time to cut down ECNL teams from 5 to 4.

Such a cult-Y response. Sure, maybe there were too many ECNL teams currently but there should've been more communication done long ago and that would have led to more time to prepare, especially for the families that have kids in or going into the recruiting period.

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Anonymous wrote:ECNL is destroying the youth soccer landscape.I keep hearing about talent dilution why then they stepped and blew the ODP program? Because ECNL’s only goal is marketing-leisure business and they want everyone either in NL or RL, such a monopoly.

To line their pockets through their shell aka US Club Soccer.

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Anonymous wrote:Nobody has determined what the reason behind this move is, especially with the timing of it. But EVERYBODY is dissecting this and getting pissed at the clubs. Why isn't anybody questioning ECNL's motives behind this? And especially the timing. This is a company that builds its platform to showcase kids that want to play at the next level and 1 week before ID sessions they dropped this. The kids that are in the crucial recruitment period are the ones that will suffer the most. This could have been handled in a way better manner.

Timing is perfect.

It is about time to cut down ECNL teams from 5 to 4.

Such a cult-Y response. Sure, maybe there were too many ECNL teams currently but there should've been more communication done long ago and that would have led to more time to prepare, especially for the families that have kids in or going into the recruiting period.

It seems a shame that Union needs to be disrupted because BRAVE was terrible and people responsible for BRAVE being terrible get rewarded for their failures

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Anonymous wrote:ECNL is destroying the youth soccer landscape.I keep hearing about talent dilution why then they stepped and blew the ODP program? Because ECNL’s only goal is marketing-leisure business and they want everyone either in NL or RL, such a monopoly.

Lazy, old retread coaches like MV are what’s destroying youth soccer

He has both a USSF A License and an Academy Director License.