Falls Church PAC: noteworthy progression
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5mercury
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Just wanted to call out how impressive the PAC Falls Church team has been in developing their players.
Over the last 2 years, the PAC 07 boys team has seen: 3 boys invited to play on Arlington's Red Team (2 of whom frequently guest play for the Academy level team), another one try out and get on the Red Team, a slot on their White Team (despite missing try-outs), and someone joining the top McLean team. In terms of development - that's pretty impressive. |
Anonymous
That is wonderful! What is it about PAC that you think they do well to get the kids ready to play on the more competitive teams? |
Anonymous
In terms of player retention, it is horrible if players are leaving for B and C teams of other clubs. |
5mercury
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Arlington Red and the top McLean team aren't the B and C. Arlington Red is their top team - no?
Plus let's be honest: Arlington's Academy program on just on a different level altogether. |
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Arlington Red is their 2nd team. You even commented that the kid on Red is asked to guest play up on their Academy team. So it goes Academy, Red, White, Blue, Black, Gold, etc. But it's probably the better move for the kid to play for Arlington Red that PAC because at least Red will play higher divisions in bigger tournaments a league that gets more exposure than...I think PAC 07s will be relegated to NCSL D2. If not, they will be soon after losing their top players. |
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That PAC 07 team is moving to EDP and is expected to be much stronger next year. Lat year that lost their to top player to Arlingtons top team and he has been one of the top players for Arlington this year. |
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So why did they lose 5 players to B and C teams of other clubs? Wouldn't losing so many players weaken the team? |
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Thats PACs whole philosophy. They care about the player more than just winning games each year. If your player is talented enough to move to a higher level they take pride helping them get to as high of a level as possible. They've had a few professional player come from the club as ell as many college players. The thing is Pac isn't like other clubs Claiming to place every player in college etc. They will send their kids on to DCU academy, Arlington ECNL etc. to help the player progress. I promise you there isn't a club in the DMV who will develop your player to their maximum level more than PAC as long as your player is just as committed. Im not saying they will make your player a pro. They will get the most out of your player if your player is committed the same on their end. |
Anonymous
EDP should be higher than another club’s third team plays (assuming they will be in EDP 1, but maybe/probably not. If they are losing players to Arlington Red, that’s one thing, but losing players to Arlington White is another matter |
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| They will end up with four or five ex players on 2009 mls next and ecnl teams next fall. So I guess somebody thinks they have done a good job. |
Anonymous
The one player that left for Arlington white wasnt a top player maybe a top 10 player but not even top 6. The real loss was the 1 kid the lost last spring to Arlington ECNL he's a top player there now. Hard to fill that void especially in a covid year. |
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this is easily the top post of the day. a lot of fun. good post. |
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| PAC loses players on many teams every year. The teams are uneven because the better players leave and they have to fill the void with players from the much lower B teams. If players are moving to other clubs mid level teams (lateral move) maybe they want the opportunity to move up and not be at the top on PAC. My daughter used to play for PAC and moved on after 2 years to another club. PAC is great but they don't attract a lot of talent due to low name recognition and no pipeline rec or pre-travel program. |
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PAC 07s lost a player to 07 red last year. Not the academy team. Noone form PAC went to the academy team last year. The one that went to Red does practice and play with the Academy team on occasion and will move up to the Academy team full time next year. Good forward. Like another poster said...I have no idea how you think you will be stronger next year after losing 4-5 players. But let's say you stay the same, PAC 07s are barely NCSL D1. Maybe getting relegated to D2. If you get accepted to EDP, it will in no possible way be D1 or D2. You will most likely get put in D4, which is like playing rec teams. And that might be OK. The next season you should move up to D3 and then probably stay there based on the talent pool at PAC and the LONG HISTORY of moving top players on to other clubs. So enjoy moving to EDP and maybe getting up to EDP 3 so you can spend most of your weekends in the middle of nowhere, MD. Or maybe playing some start up club with a hodge podge of kids up at Evergreen, |
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Actually it won't be me in the middle of nowhere. My DD has the same coach as the 07 boys and works out with them quite a bit. But I really think that 07 team will be better next year. |