Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Washington Spirit would beat all of them anyways.

Washington spirit 02/03 are the worst team Nationally in the DA....

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Washington Spirit would beat all of them anyways.

Washington spirit 02/03 are the worst team Nationally in the DA....

Albertson Fury 02/03 are the worst team Nationally.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Washington Spirit would beat all of them anyways.

Washington spirit 02/03 are the worst team Nationally in the DA....

SpiritVAParent wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Washington Spirit would beat all of them anyways.

Washington spirit 02/03 are the worst team Nationally in the DA....

The reflexive Spirit bashing is a tired theme across this board. (As is the reflexive “Spirit ROCKS!” posting.) maybe this will help dial it down?

(1) Spirit VA is currently in the middle (18/19) or at the bottom (15 and 16/17) of the DA standings, in part due to the fact that they are new and have no established talent pipeline.

(2) Nonetheless, girls on Spirit teams, both MD and VA, are getting decent recruiting results (which is what DA/ECNL soccer is mostly about for girls).

(3) There are parents and girls who are choosing to remain with or move to Spirit VA for a variety of reasons.
They actually like the development trajectory and recruitment prospects for the individual player, so are choosing to stay despite having other options.
Spirit VA is their only option b/c their player wouldn’t be able to make another DA/ECNL team.
Spirit VA is convenient geographically and other options are less so.
They prefer DA and an academy setting, with opportunities to play with other age groups, to other available options.
THey prefer the pro team affiliation.
Etc.

(4) There are parents and girls who are choosing to depart Spirit VA for a variety of reasons.
They do not like the development trajectory for their individual player or where that player falls in the positional rankings.
They want to preference high school play.
They’re done with club soccer overall.
They want to be on a team that is more likely to win.
Some other option is more convenient geographically.
They prefer to be in a league (ECNL) that they think will provide better recruitment opportunities.
Etc.

All in all, YMMV.

SpiritVAParent wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Washington Spirit would beat all of them anyways.

Washington spirit 02/03 are the worst team Nationally in the DA....

The reflexive Spirit bashing is a tired theme across this board. (As is the reflexive “Spirit ROCKS!” posting.) maybe this will help dial it down?

(1) Spirit VA is currently in the middle (18/19) or at the bottom (15 and 16/17) of the DA standings, in part due to the fact that they are new and have no established talent pipeline.

(2) Nonetheless, girls on Spirit teams, both MD and VA, are getting decent recruiting results (which is what DA/ECNL soccer is mostly about for girls).

(3) There are parents and girls who are choosing to remain with or move to Spirit VA for a variety of reasons.
They actually like the development trajectory and recruitment prospects for the individual player, so are choosing to stay despite having other options.
Spirit VA is their only option b/c their player wouldn’t be able to make another DA/ECNL team.
Spirit VA is convenient geographically and other options are less so.
They prefer DA and an academy setting, with opportunities to play with other age groups, to other available options.
THey prefer the pro team affiliation.
Etc.

(4) There are parents and girls who are choosing to depart Spirit VA for a variety of reasons.
They do not like the development trajectory for their individual player or where that player falls in the positional rankings.
They want to preference high school play.
They’re done with club soccer overall.
They want to be on a team that is more likely to win.
Some other option is more convenient geographically.
They prefer to be in a league (ECNL) that they think will provide better recruitment opportunities.
Etc.

All in all, YMMV.

Anonymous wrote:Why is there already a 6 goal blow out in the top bracket at U15 girls? How do they arrange these brackets?

Anonymous wrote:

SpiritVAParent wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Washington Spirit would beat all of them anyways.

Washington spirit 02/03 are the worst team Nationally in the DA....

The reflexive Spirit bashing is a tired theme across this board. (As is the reflexive “Spirit ROCKS!” posting.) maybe this will help dial it down?

(1) Spirit VA is currently in the middle (18/19) or at the bottom (15 and 16/17) of the DA standings, in part due to the fact that they are new and have no established talent pipeline.

(2) Nonetheless, girls on Spirit teams, both MD and VA, are getting decent recruiting results (which is what DA/ECNL soccer is mostly about for girls).

(3) There are parents and girls who are choosing to remain with or move to Spirit VA for a variety of reasons.
They actually like the development trajectory and recruitment prospects for the individual player, so are choosing to stay despite having other options.
Spirit VA is their only option b/c their player wouldn’t be able to make another DA/ECNL team.
Spirit VA is convenient geographically and other options are less so.
They prefer DA and an academy setting, with opportunities to play with other age groups, to other available options.
THey prefer the pro team affiliation.
Etc.

(4) There are parents and girls who are choosing to depart Spirit VA for a variety of reasons.
They do not like the development trajectory for their individual player or where that player falls in the positional rankings.
They want to preference high school play.
They’re done with club soccer overall.
They want to be on a team that is more likely to win.
Some other option is more convenient geographically.
They prefer to be in a league (ECNL) that they think will provide better recruitment opportunities.
Etc.

All in all, YMMV.

I thought the Spirit rocks posts were sarcasm from someone. Add to what you said: there is new leadership at the higher levels of Spirit that will likely change and raise the level of the expectation of teams for next year. The rumor is that one of the changes will be more selective rosters. That will probably change a lot of problems for both the U15 and U17 teams.

Anonymous wrote:

SpiritVAParent wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Washington Spirit would beat all of them anyways.

Washington spirit 02/03 are the worst team Nationally in the DA....

The reflexive Spirit bashing is a tired theme across this board. (As is the reflexive “Spirit ROCKS!” posting.) maybe this will help dial it down?

(1) Spirit VA is currently in the middle (18/19) or at the bottom (15 and 16/17) of the DA standings, in part due to the fact that they are new and have no established talent pipeline.

(2) Nonetheless, girls on Spirit teams, both MD and VA, are getting decent recruiting results (which is what DA/ECNL soccer is mostly about for girls).

(3) There are parents and girls who are choosing to remain with or move to Spirit VA for a variety of reasons.
They actually like the development trajectory and recruitment prospects for the individual player, so are choosing to stay despite having other options.
Spirit VA is their only option b/c their player wouldn’t be able to make another DA/ECNL team.
Spirit VA is convenient geographically and other options are less so.
They prefer DA and an academy setting, with opportunities to play with other age groups, to other available options.
THey prefer the pro team affiliation.
Etc.

(4) There are parents and girls who are choosing to depart Spirit VA for a variety of reasons.
They do not like the development trajectory for their individual player or where that player falls in the positional rankings.
They want to preference high school play.
They’re done with club soccer overall.
They want to be on a team that is more likely to win.
Some other option is more convenient geographically.
They prefer to be in a league (ECNL) that they think will provide better recruitment opportunities.
Etc.

All in all, YMMV.

I thought the Spirit rocks posts were sarcasm from someone. Add to what you said: there is new leadership at the higher levels of Spirit that will likely change and raise the level of the expectation of teams for next year. The rumor is that one of the changes will be more selective rosters. That will probably change a lot of problems for both the U15 and U17 teams.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is there already a 6 goal blow out in the top bracket at U15 girls? How do they arrange these brackets?

Maybe one team got caught a couple times early as they settled into the game, then got killed on the counter as they opened up more to try and chase it. It’s a funny old game

Anonymous wrote:Why is there already a 6 goal blow out in the top bracket at U15 girls? How do they arrange these brackets?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is there already a 6 goal blow out in the top bracket at U15 girls? How do they arrange these brackets?

Maybe one team got caught a couple times early as they settled into the game, then got killed on the counter as they opened up more to try and chase it. It’s a funny old game

Of course. That is fine but in the top bracket? So much time and money spent to attend these things - give good attention to the bracket placements is the point.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is there already a 6 goal blow out in the top bracket at U15 girls? How do they arrange these brackets?

They're 15 year old girls in a tournament seeded by people who have never seen they play relative to any other squad.
UVa lost by 20 to a 16 seed last year in the NCAA basketball tournament --- that's why they play the games.