ECNL forcing Brave & Union Partnership

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this is more on ECNL that in is on the clubs involved. They’re trying to save face while screwing a ton of kids over

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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.

How’d either work out? A winless 09 team and drove a ECNL club into the ground.

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15 commitments in THREE YEARS.

FCV and Union do that a year.

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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.

Surprised all the people involved were able to keep this secret until only a week before the public announcement and DCUM was the leak source.

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Anonymous wrote:During BRAVE's existence they have committed 15 girls over 3 years.

Brave hasn’t been around 3 years. They started playing 18 months ago.

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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

No focus on who is determining these conclusions. ECNL is who people should be asking questions to.

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Anonymous wrote:During BRAVE's existence they have committed 15 girls over 3 years.

Brave hasn’t been around 3 years. They started playing 18 months ago.

BRAVE/BRYC. Feel better?

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Anonymous wrote:Union will keep SYC’s players and Brave players will fill in the gaps.

Fixed that for you. Also, that’s a big question as to how many SYC players stay or go.

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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.

Exactly! Who brought up the ECNL Rs? Who destroyed all the small local clubs around and their leagues? The fun of the game and local tournaments ended when this happened.

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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

What an insipid comment.

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Anonymous wrote:this is more on ECNL that in is on the clubs involved. They’re trying to save face while screwing a ton of kids over

Hold the club technical staff accountable.

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Anonymous wrote:During BRAVE's existence they have committed 15 girls over 3 years.

Brave hasn’t been around 3 years. They started playing 18 months ago.

BRAVE/BRYC. Feel better?

Sure, a club with no ECNL is obviously going to have less college commitments.

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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

NO. Brave is NOT the reason for the debacle. ECNL didn't tell brave to merge, Go ask your leadership what club started this mess.

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Anonymous wrote:This is more on ECNL than it is on the clubs involved. They’re trying to save face while screwing a ton of kids over

100% but it's even more than that.

ECNL is losing teams but trying to hide it by merging clubs.

It's also telling that ECNL has only gone after GA clubs this year. Very obvious that ECNL now considers GA a threat.

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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

What an insipid comment.

Is it really? Is that why hardly anyone ever goes to BRAVE? Is that why most of their teams are in last or near last place because they attract quality players?