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Anonymous wrote:I think it shows you are on a decent pathway - training with good players at the very least every week if you are successful on game days. For the smaller clubs breaking or even being mentioned with these big clubs that play ECNL or even GA- even better showing of development by their club and coaches to be in the same ranking. That is what it means to me.

That is a great common sense answer. Thanks.

And there are a lot of ways these teams can be ranked to suit a particular narrative.

All the listed teams are good soccer teams in the larger sense. Richmond has clear separation from the group and VDA has a little bit of separation. But Arlington, Bethesda, Union, FCV and Loudoun are all in pretty tight grouping. Then Metro is on the outside looking in with a pretty sharp drop off after them.

Bethesda has obviously improved. Union seems to be coming together and will have faced the top 3 teams in the conference in the first 5 games. VDA will be fine. Arlington is off to a good start but seem to be stalling a bit.

FCV will roll in GA but their competition is highly suspect and so their score lines should give strong reason for pause. FCV tends to struggle in more evenly matched competition outside of their league conference. FCV has yet to beat an opponent that is ranked higher than they are currently ranked. If you are a top ten team Nationally this isn't that big of deal but when you are ranked 73rd there are still lots of opportunities to play higher ranked teams with a reasonable chance to succeed.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it shows you are on a decent pathway - training with good players at the very least every week if you are successful on game days. For the smaller clubs breaking or even being mentioned with these big clubs that play ECNL or even GA- even better showing of development by their club and coaches to be in the same ranking. That is what it means to me.

That is a great common sense answer. Thanks.

And there are a lot of ways these teams can be ranked to suit a particular narrative.

All the listed teams are good soccer teams in the larger sense. Richmond has clear separation from the group and VDA has a little bit of separation. But Arlington, Bethesda, Union, FCV and Loudoun are all in pretty tight grouping. Then Metro is on the outside looking in with a pretty sharp drop off after them.

Bethesda has obviously improved. Union seems to be coming together and will have faced the top 3 teams in the conference in the first 5 games. VDA will be fine. Arlington is off to a good start but seem to be stalling a bit.

FCV will roll in GA but their competition is highly suspect and so their score lines should give strong reason for pause. FCV tends to struggle in more evenly matched competition outside of their league conference. FCV has yet to beat an opponent that is ranked higher than they are currently ranked. If you are a top ten team Nationally this isn't that big of deal but when you are ranked 73rd there are still lots of opportunities to play higher ranked teams with a reasonable chance to succeed.

Then you should add whoever is top of NCSL, I mean you are adding Metro.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it shows you are on a decent pathway - training with good players at the very least every week if you are successful on game days. For the smaller clubs breaking or even being mentioned with these big clubs that play ECNL or even GA- even better showing of development by their club and coaches to be in the same ranking. That is what it means to me.

That is a great common sense answer. Thanks.

And there are a lot of ways these teams can be ranked to suit a particular narrative.

All the listed teams are good soccer teams in the larger sense. Richmond has clear separation from the group and VDA has a little bit of separation. But Arlington, Bethesda, Union, FCV and Loudoun are all in pretty tight grouping. Then Metro is on the outside looking in with a pretty sharp drop off after them.

Bethesda has obviously improved. Union seems to be coming together and will have faced the top 3 teams in the conference in the first 5 games. VDA will be fine. Arlington is off to a good start but seem to be stalling a bit.

FCV will roll in GA but their competition is highly suspect and so their score lines should give strong reason for pause. FCV tends to struggle in more evenly matched competition outside of their league conference. FCV has yet to beat an opponent that is ranked higher than they are currently ranked. If you are a top ten team Nationally this isn't that big of deal but when you are ranked 73rd there are still lots of opportunities to play higher ranked teams with a reasonable chance to succeed.

Then you should add whoever is top of NCSL, I mean you are adding Metro.

No, the level of competition at GA is much higher than NCSL. The average national ranking in Metro's GA conference is 374.

Of the teams ranked in ECNL-R for Northern VA the overall National Ranking average is 685. Great Falls and Villareal are not ranked or are at least not accurately listed, but their rankings would likely be worse than 1500 in the nation.

You don't have to believe Metro is good, but to say they are no better than NCSL when the team has been successful against significantly higher competition than NCSL or ECNL-R is crazy.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it shows you are on a decent pathway - training with good players at the very least every week if you are successful on game days. For the smaller clubs breaking or even being mentioned with these big clubs that play ECNL or even GA- even better showing of development by their club and coaches to be in the same ranking. That is what it means to me.

That is a great common sense answer. Thanks.

And there are a lot of ways these teams can be ranked to suit a particular narrative.

All the listed teams are good soccer teams in the larger sense. Richmond has clear separation from the group and VDA has a little bit of separation. But Arlington, Bethesda, Union, FCV and Loudoun are all in pretty tight grouping. Then Metro is on the outside looking in with a pretty sharp drop off after them.

Bethesda has obviously improved. Union seems to be coming together and will have faced the top 3 teams in the conference in the first 5 games. VDA will be fine. Arlington is off to a good start but seem to be stalling a bit.

FCV will roll in GA but their competition is highly suspect and so their score lines should give strong reason for pause. FCV tends to struggle in more evenly matched competition outside of their league conference. FCV has yet to beat an opponent that is ranked higher than they are currently ranked. If you are a top ten team Nationally this isn't that big of deal but when you are ranked 73rd there are still lots of opportunities to play higher ranked teams with a reasonable chance to succeed.

Then you should add whoever is top of NCSL, I mean you are adding Metro.

No, the level of competition at GA is much higher than NCSL. The average national ranking in Metro's GA conference is 374.

Of the teams ranked in ECNL-R for Northern VA the overall National Ranking average is 685. Great Falls and Villareal are not ranked or are at least not accurately listed, but their rankings would likely be worse than 1500 in the nation.

You don't have to believe Metro is good, but to say they are no better than NCSL when the team has been successful against significantly higher competition than NCSL or ECNL-R is crazy.

There is a anti metro troll. I think they have some issue with a coach over there or their kid tried out but was not selected.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it shows you are on a decent pathway - training with good players at the very least every week if you are successful on game days. For the smaller clubs breaking or even being mentioned with these big clubs that play ECNL or even GA- even better showing of development by their club and coaches to be in the same ranking. That is what it means to me.

That is a great common sense answer. Thanks.

And there are a lot of ways these teams can be ranked to suit a particular narrative.

All the listed teams are good soccer teams in the larger sense. Richmond has clear separation from the group and VDA has a little bit of separation. But Arlington, Bethesda, Union, FCV and Loudoun are all in pretty tight grouping. Then Metro is on the outside looking in with a pretty sharp drop off after them.

Bethesda has obviously improved. Union seems to be coming together and will have faced the top 3 teams in the conference in the first 5 games. VDA will be fine. Arlington is off to a good start but seem to be stalling a bit.

FCV will roll in GA but their competition is highly suspect and so their score lines should give strong reason for pause. FCV tends to struggle in more evenly matched competition outside of their league conference. FCV has yet to beat an opponent that is ranked higher than they are currently ranked. If you are a top ten team Nationally this isn't that big of deal but when you are ranked 73rd there are still lots of opportunities to play higher ranked teams with a reasonable chance to succeed.

Then you should add whoever is top of NCSL, I mean you are adding Metro.

No, the level of competition at GA is much higher than NCSL. The average national ranking in Metro's GA conference is 374.

Of the teams ranked in ECNL-R for Northern VA the overall National Ranking average is 685. Great Falls and Villareal are not ranked or are at least not accurately listed, but their rankings would likely be worse than 1500 in the nation.

You don't have to believe Metro is good, but to say they are no better than NCSL when the team has been successful against significantly higher competition than NCSL or ECNL-R is crazy.

There is a anti metro troll. I think they have some issue with a coach over there or their kid tried out but was not selected.

Not at all. after Arlington left the GAL there is no real competition, GA fell to the level of EDP, CCL, NCSL, and very close to ECNL-R.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it shows you are on a decent pathway - training with good players at the very least every week if you are successful on game days. For the smaller clubs breaking or even being mentioned with these big clubs that play ECNL or even GA- even better showing of development by their club and coaches to be in the same ranking. That is what it means to me.

That is a great common sense answer. Thanks.

And there are a lot of ways these teams can be ranked to suit a particular narrative.

All the listed teams are good soccer teams in the larger sense. Richmond has clear separation from the group and VDA has a little bit of separation. But Arlington, Bethesda, Union, FCV and Loudoun are all in pretty tight grouping. Then Metro is on the outside looking in with a pretty sharp drop off after them.

Bethesda has obviously improved. Union seems to be coming together and will have faced the top 3 teams in the conference in the first 5 games. VDA will be fine. Arlington is off to a good start but seem to be stalling a bit.

FCV will roll in GA but their competition is highly suspect and so their score lines should give strong reason for pause. FCV tends to struggle in more evenly matched competition outside of their league conference. FCV has yet to beat an opponent that is ranked higher than they are currently ranked. If you are a top ten team Nationally this isn't that big of deal but when you are ranked 73rd there are still lots of opportunities to play higher ranked teams with a reasonable chance to succeed.

Then you should add whoever is top of NCSL, I mean you are adding Metro.

No, the level of competition at GA is much higher than NCSL. The average national ranking in Metro's GA conference is 374.

Of the teams ranked in ECNL-R for Northern VA the overall National Ranking average is 685. Great Falls and Villareal are not ranked or are at least not accurately listed, but their rankings would likely be worse than 1500 in the nation.

You don't have to believe Metro is good, but to say they are no better than NCSL when the team has been successful against significantly higher competition than NCSL or ECNL-R is crazy.

There is a anti metro troll. I think they have some issue with a coach over there or their kid tried out but was not selected.

Not at all. after Arlington left the GAL there is no real competition, GA fell to the level of EDP, CCL, NCSL, and very close to ECNL-R.

The rankings average are post Arlington. Arlington 08 finished 3rd in GA last year. They were hardly the anchor of the league or even the age group and as such they got swept in the GA playoffs over the summer.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it shows you are on a decent pathway - training with good players at the very least every week if you are successful on game days. For the smaller clubs breaking or even being mentioned with these big clubs that play ECNL or even GA- even better showing of development by their club and coaches to be in the same ranking. That is what it means to me.

That is a great common sense answer. Thanks.

And there are a lot of ways these teams can be ranked to suit a particular narrative.

All the listed teams are good soccer teams in the larger sense. Richmond has clear separation from the group and VDA has a little bit of separation. But Arlington, Bethesda, Union, FCV and Loudoun are all in pretty tight grouping. Then Metro is on the outside looking in with a pretty sharp drop off after them.

Bethesda has obviously improved. Union seems to be coming together and will have faced the top 3 teams in the conference in the first 5 games. VDA will be fine. Arlington is off to a good start but seem to be stalling a bit.

FCV will roll in GA but their competition is highly suspect and so their score lines should give strong reason for pause. FCV tends to struggle in more evenly matched competition outside of their league conference. FCV has yet to beat an opponent that is ranked higher than they are currently ranked. If you are a top ten team Nationally this isn't that big of deal but when you are ranked 73rd there are still lots of opportunities to play higher ranked teams with a reasonable chance to succeed.

Then you should add whoever is top of NCSL, I mean you are adding Metro.

No, the level of competition at GA is much higher than NCSL. The average national ranking in Metro's GA conference is 374.

Of the teams ranked in ECNL-R for Northern VA the overall National Ranking average is 685. Great Falls and Villareal are not ranked or are at least not accurately listed, but their rankings would likely be worse than 1500 in the nation.

You don't have to believe Metro is good, but to say they are no better than NCSL when the team has been successful against significantly higher competition than NCSL or ECNL-R is crazy.

There is a anti metro troll. I think they have some issue with a coach over there or their kid tried out but was not selected.

Not at all. after Arlington left the GAL there is no real competition, GA fell to the level of EDP, CCL, NCSL, and very close to ECNL-R.

The rankings average are post Arlington. Arlington 08 finished 3rd in GA last year. They were hardly the anchor of the league or even the age group and as such they got swept in the GA playoffs over the summer.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it shows you are on a decent pathway - training with good players at the very least every week if you are successful on game days. For the smaller clubs breaking or even being mentioned with these big clubs that play ECNL or even GA- even better showing of development by their club and coaches to be in the same ranking. That is what it means to me.

That is a great common sense answer. Thanks.

And there are a lot of ways these teams can be ranked to suit a particular narrative.

All the listed teams are good soccer teams in the larger sense. Richmond has clear separation from the group and VDA has a little bit of separation. But Arlington, Bethesda, Union, FCV and Loudoun are all in pretty tight grouping. Then Metro is on the outside looking in with a pretty sharp drop off after them.

Bethesda has obviously improved. Union seems to be coming together and will have faced the top 3 teams in the conference in the first 5 games. VDA will be fine. Arlington is off to a good start but seem to be stalling a bit.

FCV will roll in GA but their competition is highly suspect and so their score lines should give strong reason for pause. FCV tends to struggle in more evenly matched competition outside of their league conference. FCV has yet to beat an opponent that is ranked higher than they are currently ranked. If you are a top ten team Nationally this isn't that big of deal but when you are ranked 73rd there are still lots of opportunities to play higher ranked teams with a reasonable chance to succeed.

Then you should add whoever is top of NCSL, I mean you are adding Metro.

No, the level of competition at GA is much higher than NCSL. The average national ranking in Metro's GA conference is 374.

Of the teams ranked in ECNL-R for Northern VA the overall National Ranking average is 685. Great Falls and Villareal are not ranked or are at least not accurately listed, but their rankings would likely be worse than 1500 in the nation.

You don't have to believe Metro is good, but to say they are no better than NCSL when the team has been successful against significantly higher competition than NCSL or ECNL-R is crazy.

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Anonymous wrote:1. Richmond
2. Pipeline
3. VDA (Win over Bethesda, Loss to NC Courage and tie to Union)
4. Arlington (Loss to Richmond, have not played other good opponents yet)
5. FCV (Win and Loss to Virginia Union)
6. Bethesda (Wins over Matchfit, Maryland United, and Loudoun)
7. Loudoun (4-1 in ECNL)
8. Virginia Union (1-2-2 in ECNL play, win and tie against FCV, tie to Union)
9. Metro United (Loss to FCV, tie to Skyline)
10. Maryland United (Losses to VYS, Bethesda, and tie to FC Delco, lost to Pipeline 5-1)

I could have easily put VYS or FC Frederick at #10. If Arlington can get a win against NC Courage or VDA, them they go up. They need a quality win to back up it’s hype.





This is the made up ranking that is pretty accurate as of this moment till some ecnl games are played this weekend.

It isn't that accurate considering the high ranking of FCV considering the weak strength of schedule they play in GA. Bethesda deserves to be higher than FCV based on strength of schedule and winning results against the highest strength of schedule. Loudoun is even with FCV and VA Union has performed well with their second highest strength of schedule among the four teams.

47.5 Average National Ranking for Bethesda opponent.
99 Average National Ranking for Arlington opponent
168.75 Average National Ranking for VA Union opponents
299.5 Average National Ranking for FCV opponent
301.5 Average National Ranking for Loudoun opponent


1. Richmond
2. Pipeline
3. VDA (Win over Bethesda, Loss to NC Courage and tie to Union)
4. Bethesda (Wins over Matchfit, Maryland United, and Loudoun, highest strength of schedule)
5. Arlington (Loss to Richmond, 2nd highest strength of schedule)
6. Loudoun (4-1 in ECNL Weakest strength of schedule)
7. Virginia Union (1-2-2 in ECNL play, Regulation win and tie against FCV, tie to Union as well as higher strength of schedule)
8. FCV (Win and Loss to Virginia Union 4th weakest strength of schedule and split results against Union)
9. Metro United (Loss to FCV, tie to Skyline)
10. Maryland United (Losses to VYS, Bethesda, and tie to FC Delco, lost to Pipeline 5-1)

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Anonymous wrote:1. Richmond
2. Pipeline
3. VDA (Win over Bethesda, Loss to NC Courage and tie to Union)
4. Arlington (Loss to Richmond, have not played other good opponents yet)
5. FCV (Win and Loss to Virginia Union)
6. Bethesda (Wins over Matchfit, Maryland United, and Loudoun)
7. Loudoun (4-1 in ECNL)
8. Virginia Union (1-2-2 in ECNL play, win and tie against FCV, tie to Union)
9. Metro United (Loss to FCV, tie to Skyline)
10. Maryland United (Losses to VYS, Bethesda, and tie to FC Delco, lost to Pipeline 5-1)

I could have easily put VYS or FC Frederick at #10. If Arlington can get a win against NC Courage or VDA, them they go up. They need a quality win to back up it’s hype.





This is the made up ranking that is pretty accurate as of this moment till some ecnl games are played this weekend.

It isn't that accurate considering the high ranking of FCV considering the weak strength of schedule they play in GA. Bethesda deserves to be higher than FCV based on strength of schedule and winning results against the highest strength of schedule. Loudoun is even with FCV and VA Union has performed well with their second highest strength of schedule among the four teams.

47.5 Average National Ranking for Bethesda opponent.
99 Average National Ranking for Arlington opponent
168.75 Average National Ranking for VA Union opponents
299.5 Average National Ranking for FCV opponent
301.5 Average National Ranking for Loudoun opponent


1. Richmond
2. Pipeline
3. VDA (Win over Bethesda, Loss to NC Courage and tie to Union)
4. Bethesda (Wins over Matchfit, Maryland United, and Loudoun, highest strength of schedule)
5. Arlington (Loss to Richmond, 2nd highest strength of schedule)
6. Loudoun (4-1 in ECNL Weakest strength of schedule)
7. Virginia Union (1-2-2 in ECNL play, Regulation win and tie against FCV, tie to Union as well as higher strength of schedule)
8. FCV (Win and Loss to Virginia Union 4th weakest strength of schedule and split results against Union)
9. Metro United (Loss to FCV, tie to Skyline)
10. Maryland United (Losses to VYS, Bethesda, and tie to FC Delco, lost to Pipeline 5-1)

Both of these are better than the above post. Everyone has an opinion however. I would sub out out VYS with Metro, and that is about it. Bethesda and Arlington are a toss up but both are likely better than Arlington. FCV and Union are a toss up as well. Metro is behind both VYS and Maryland United. No way they could beat either of those teams. Everyone also seems to forget about FC Frederick.

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Anonymous wrote:1. Richmond
2. Pipeline
3. VDA (Win over Bethesda, Loss to NC Courage and tie to Union)
4. Arlington (Loss to Richmond, have not played other good opponents yet)
5. FCV (Win and Loss to Virginia Union)
6. Bethesda (Wins over Matchfit, Maryland United, and Loudoun)
7. Loudoun (4-1 in ECNL)
8. Virginia Union (1-2-2 in ECNL play, win and tie against FCV, tie to Union)
9. Metro United (Loss to FCV, tie to Skyline)
10. Maryland United (Losses to VYS, Bethesda, and tie to FC Delco, lost to Pipeline 5-1)

I could have easily put VYS or FC Frederick at #10. If Arlington can get a win against NC Courage or VDA, them they go up. They need a quality win to back up it’s hype.





This is the made up ranking that is pretty accurate as of this moment till some ecnl games are played this weekend.

It isn't that accurate considering the high ranking of FCV considering the weak strength of schedule they play in GA. Bethesda deserves to be higher than FCV based on strength of schedule and winning results against the highest strength of schedule. Loudoun is even with FCV and VA Union has performed well with their second highest strength of schedule among the four teams.

47.5 Average National Ranking for Bethesda opponent.
99 Average National Ranking for Arlington opponent
168.75 Average National Ranking for VA Union opponents
299.5 Average National Ranking for FCV opponent
301.5 Average National Ranking for Loudoun opponent


1. Richmond
2. Pipeline
3. VDA (Win over Bethesda, Loss to NC Courage and tie to Union)
4. Bethesda (Wins over Matchfit, Maryland United, and Loudoun, highest strength of schedule)
5. Arlington (Loss to Richmond, 2nd highest strength of schedule)
6. Loudoun (4-1 in ECNL Weakest strength of schedule)
7. Virginia Union (1-2-2 in ECNL play, Regulation win and tie against FCV, tie to Union as well as higher strength of schedule)
8. FCV (Win and Loss to Virginia Union 4th weakest strength of schedule and split results against Union)
9. Metro United (Loss to FCV, tie to Skyline)
10. Maryland United (Losses to VYS, Bethesda, and tie to FC Delco, lost to Pipeline 5-1)

Both of these are better than the above post. Everyone has an opinion however. I would sub out out VYS with Metro, and that is about it. Bethesda and Arlington are a toss up but both are likely better than Arlington. FCV and Union are a toss up as well. Metro is behind both VYS and Maryland United. No way they could beat either of those teams. Everyone also seems to forget about FC Frederick.

All those Maryland teams are counterfeit. Pipeline? Lol no. BSC beating Loudoun and Maryland United means nothing. Those three teams are in that bunch of like 7-8 teams that will beat each other but never beat the top teams. Actually Maryland United is is borderline and should not be included.

The thing is the top 1 or 2 teams are just in a different league vs the rest of the group. There is little difference between the teams in the rest of the group. Team A will beat team B who will beat team C who will beat team A just depending on the day.

VYS, Maryland United and FC Frederick are clearly below the "rest of the group".