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Novafam wrote:soccerVA wrote:Novafam wrote:Has Anyone heard back from Arlington about Super Y tryouts?
You need to log into your Arlington Demosphere account. If they made a team, the invitation will be there under registration.
Thanks, that worked. I imagine there are a number of people who are unaware that they have to login to find out. The club said emails would be sent out?
Yeah, that wasn't really clear - I found out from another family. I imagine that the club will get several families contacting them later today (the email said to contact them if you hadn't heard by this evening) and they will put out an email blast.
Novafam wrote:Has Anyone heard back from Arlington about Super Y tryouts?
You need to log into your Arlington Demosphere account. If they made a team, the invitation will be there under registration.
Arch wrote:I thought the BRYC rec program (.org) was the nonprofit but the BRYC academy (.com) wasn't necessarily a nonprofit. Academy is "BRYC" in name only; the rec program is part of BRYC nonprofit proper, correct? The ECNL and NCSL access the "BRYC" name has is through the .com. Why would there be any board approval necessary for the for-profit side to run their business?
IMO, this move is also looking ahead because while, performance-wise, BRYC may be on notice by ECNL (no idea if that's true or not), there aren't enough players in the 2011 pool to field a team in BRYC partly because there are three bridge teams cannibalizing the 2011 players. This move ensures they will have enough to roster a 2011 team in ECNL when they become age-eligible because they can fill-out the roster with VYS players as well as of course any players from other clubs that wish to try out.
Regarding your obsession with the boys, if BRYC coaches are going to head up the ECNL team they don't have to pick any VYS players if they don't think they're good enough. Just as they don't have to pick any of the BRYC pool players either. There are no player quotas required from BRYC or VYS for the BRAVE rosters.
Also, for the boys, the TD was just hired as an assistant by GMU. Maybe he is going to be moving on anyway.
One clarification on the 2011 Girls - the 3 bridge teams aren't what caused the collapse of the 2011 Girls Elite team. There was a 2011 Girls Elite team, but most of the strongest players left for other clubs (not to the bridge teams). One of the bridge teams is fairly strong (D1 NCSL) but most of the players on the other 2 bridge teams are not at the level of pre-ENCL. My understanding is that the Vienna 2011 Girls pre-ENCL team isn't particularly strong either. So, there will be a gap to fill -- BRAVE is going to have to convince strong players from other clubs to make a move (either clubs that don't have an ENCL team or strong clubs where talented players would be on the second team).
I haven't heard of BRYC being kicked out of ENCL, and in any event, I doubt that they would be folding.
They have recently reorganized their travel program and no longer allow new "bridge" (parent coached, less expensive) teams to be formed. Starting with the 2012s, all the kids that want to play BRYC travel must do so through the Elite program. BRYC has allowed the older age groups to retain their bridge teams, which still affects the success of the Elite teams, which are the teams in ENCL.
As the parent of younger players, I wouldn't worry too much about what is going on at the older age groups. A lot will change by time you get there and if not, when your kids are older, you can have them try out at different clubs.
They have recently reorganized their travel program and no longer allow new "bridge" (parent coached, less expensive) teams to be formed. Starting with the 2012s, all the kids that want to play BRYC travel must do so through the Elite program. BRYC has allowed the older age groups to retain their bridge teams, which still affects the success of the Elite teams, which are the teams in ENCL.
As the parent of younger players, I wouldn't worry too much about what is going on at the older age groups. A lot will change by time you get there and if not, when your kids are older, you can have them try out at different clubs.
We had issues with a slippery floor at Gesher a few weeks ago, but this week, it seemed better. We saw that someone was cleaning the floor between games, so I guess that helped.