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[quote=Anonymous]I've see their practices often and know some of their players, also familiar with ECNL clubs.

Their practices seem to focus heavily on technical ball skills - which is good.  Coaches run a tight, well planned practice.  Unclear on game day technical play.

The biggest challenge  - for older teams (U13 up) is level of talent and the league they play in/ talent they face .  Most of the top talent is in ECNL or GAL and they are playing EDP - not always top tier of EDP, so they are not facing speed of play to put to test the technical play.   There are a lot of kids that can look like they are developing ball skills, but it doesn't translate in a game.  The talent we know that is there left from some of the bigger clubs - strong, but not top players, usually mid to bottom.   I understand some age groups are combined, which is a further issue.    Fees are also high - higher than some of the bigger clubs.   Its also unclear how they could help on college recruiting as ECNL / GAL have really taken over that.   Not saying that is right, just that it would be a bit more challenging.

Just for comparison.   BSC ECNL 1 teams - have been under new leadership for past 1.5 years and  there is now a very  explicit expectation a significant amount of technical ball skill is worked on outside of practice and practice is more technical play of the game.

If I had a younger kid I would definitely consider FCGB as a top choice for development; probably over a BSC, definitely over a potomac / Rush etc .  I'm just not sure its a place to stay when you get to the ECNL / GAL stages    [/quote]

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