2008 Girls Discussion
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Lasso_FC_Girls
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| Since this age group thread was so active before the new restriction, figure its time to start a new one. I'm sure it will be much cleaner this time around. |
GirlDadTwice
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Arlington 1 Loudoun 0 on Saturday (ECNL)
Freezing cold but both teams played very hard! |
greypanther
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When do they usually release schedules? (Ncsl) |
SoccerSkeptic
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Schedule release for this spring is on their website: Friday, March 11th. |
novasoccer15324
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If anyone is curious, heres all of the local ECNL teams playing the same team from south carolina. Cant find a video of VDA vs CESA but did find a video of NC fusion.
Mclean union vs CESA https://youtu.be/mVdwyA6REI4 Loudon vs CESA https://youtu.be/5g27nONtA58 Braddock road vs CESA https://youtu.be/mKhwwR4_KlA Arlington vs CESA https://youtu.be/I-1iTJe2JYk VDA vs NC fusion https://youtu.be/d-pqKyzEcqk |
GKDad
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McLean and Valor have already announced they are going to RL next year (along with FC Richmond and BRYC) |
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BRYC Elite Academy '08G Black is a Bridge team, and Bridge fees are listed as only $655, not $2,150. Not sure what you mean by the moving to EDP note, except I think you mis-interpreted that team to be part of the Academy, and they are not. Bridge teams will be in NCSL unless those coaches want to move their teams to other clubs that may play in other leagues. Academy teams that aren't ECNL would be playing in ECNL-RL. |
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One other comment is context is missing among many of these fees. Some clubs include club fees, which cover some of the tournaments, while others charge for tournaments as an add-on and therefore make their fees look lower. |
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This is a hugely helpful listing--it probably deserves it's own thread so it gets more looks! Regarding the Bridge guestion--Bridge teams will remain in NCSL, that is really the only option available to them. That is, unless there is a titanic shift based on the BRYC Board Elections and the academy can get outright control of how travel is implemented and the recreational-program-spawned Bridge teams decide to secede and form a different travel entity called Braddock FC--but even then they would just remain in NCSL. Stay tuned. |
dcu13
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| What exactly are the "bridge" teams you all are talking about? |
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Bridge teams are BRYC travel teams created by and led by volunteer coaches (i.e. parents). They mostly used to play in ODSL until that folded and now they all play in NCSL Bridge teams within the same age group compete for players and have no unified coaching philosophy or training or style of play. But, they have historically have had the pipeline into the BRYC rec program because the bridge coaches largely were rec coaches who took top players from rec to start travel teams. Bridge teams think of themselves as part of the rec program for the most part and the rec program definitely claims the bridge teams and their coaches and players as their own. Because they are volunteer led, their costs are significantly cheaper as a travel option--significantly cheaper than any travel option in the DMV. They have several great players at each age group but those could be spread out among bridge teams and of course not part of the academy. The academy has paid coaches, and their prices are competitive with the other travel clubs in the area. They use a player pool system also similar to most other clubs in the area that field multiple teams across age groups. They have almost no pipeline into the rec program, however, and therefore often are looking at scraps from the rec program by the time they do get a look at them--leftovers of players who perhaps weren't good enough to go travel with a bridge team early on, or weren't interested at the time. Therefore BRYC as a club pretty much never has a team that fields their top players (across bridge and the academy) within any age group. Ever. And you can see the results. There is a huge vote tonight that will determine the fate of both sides. |
dcu13
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Thanks for the response. Very helpful. It almost sounds like 2 separate clubs that share the same name. |
dcu13
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How did the big vote go? |
TedLasso
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I thought I’ve heard in the past that even for RL that clubs have to field teams in every age group. Maybe I’m incorrect. |
GKDad
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As I understand it, Villareal, FCV and TSJ have been filling slots for each other as part of their partnership, and Villareal itself hasn't had an 08 group for a couple years now, so that piece could make sense (FCV using the VIVA spot). Can't imagine McLean wouldn't field a team. They dropped their CCL affiliation, so I assume the Green team (first team below Union) that played CCL last year goes RL. |