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[quote=soccerNOVA][quote=SoccerD][quote=Mannschaft][quote=SoccerD]I've seen emails and letters about this as rumors are flying like wildfire.  Here's what I've recently learned. A friend I know has kids in the program and knows kids on both BRYC boys and girls sides.

Seems like BRYC treachery at an all-time high with Soccer Commissioner Dolansky.  This is ENTIRELY a move to save bottom-of-the-barrel girls ECNL.  They are on probation. The boys program is in good standing and VYS boys is bottom of ECNL-R. It's a joke. Dolansky has gone to ECNL girls and posed the merger -- and it is a merger at the ECNL level. They are creating a new corporation and BRYC ECNL will be gone and called BRAVE (Braddock Road and Vienna ECNL). VYS has already told its membership too. As if this is a done deal. The title of the thread says so, right?

The problem? BRYC's board is illegitimate. They have not had an election since 2019. They are not fully formed even if you ignore the expired terms. And, obviously, they have not gotten approval of the Board, illegitimate or not. The first word any of the paying members got of the secret maneuverings from Dolansky and 2 board members was yesterday. The BRYC Boys TD told Dolansky that VYS is not a good club to partner with/merge with at the ECNL level. Affiliations were preferred. VYS doesn't have the talent and they don't have a surplus of fields. So what are they bringing on the boys side?  Nothing.

So without a Board vote, member disclosure (much less, buy-in), and without a Board at all as they're all past term and operating without quorums, Dolansky hatches a plan anyway for both BRYC ECNL boys and girls. It was not needed or wanted on the boys side. They are run separately, as is ECNL. The notion that somehow the Boys program needs VYS is such a joke.  How someone could completely disregard BRYC ECNL leadership and basically tell them to shut up and take it, and expect that the staff and the talent would be okay is beyond me.  It's insane.

So make no mistake, it's a merger. BRYC ECNL Boys and Girls would be no more. Ethics don't matter. Board by-laws apparently don't matter. I'm guessing COVID will be the excuse. Which also is a crock. This is a dirty deal without any disclosure, support, or sanity. Period. If the talent and staff leave, what makes folks think the license stays?

I hope ECNL sees through this.  Apparently, they've been told. You have to feel bad for BRYC ECNL boys families, in particular. Talk about lighting your multi-year investment on fire. The disinformation on this board acting like "all is well" is laughable.[/quote]

I’m interested in this take. How is getting some new talent a bad thing for existing BRYC coaches and players.  The VYS boys may not be lighting the world on fire, but there are some very talented players, especially at uLittle. I have seen the 2012s play futsal at TSJ, and they were very good.

On the girls’ side, the combined top team should be very strong. [/quote]

I'll take a crack at it. Why merge ECNL? Why change the name and the brand?  Why not affiliate with VYS or Great Falls or others?  And why VYS for boys? Saying there was a good futsal crew won't hold water for the whole club.  Geographically I can see the attraction. But no one was seeking a merger at ECNL for Boys and suddenly, it's done. Does anyone know if they've shared other details. For my family, if my club was merging at any level, that would mean practices in multiple places rather than one. Isn't that what SYC and McLean have done?  How has that worked out?

It certainly is true that the best players will play (or should).  Got to believe that.

What about the possibility of losing the TD and ECNL Director, who have been emasculated (at the risk of using the wrong word)?  Seems like getting their buy-in would have been critical. So you add some good players but maybe not the best, in adding VYS boys, and you lose the staff? Presumably, you lose players as a result (some say, not the stars?).  Who coaches?  What is their vision?  VYS takes over?  Does ECNL pull the license as a result?

I'm spinning here.  But those were my first thoughts to your question.[/quote]

It's pretty common knowledge that BRYC's ECNL charter has been in jeopardy and they have been looking for ways to strengthen their program for a few years now.  Unfortunately, its been a bit of a sinking ship, so its not surprising that no one signed on as an affiliate and its not surprising that their younger teams are getting worse as current members bail on the program earlier and earlier.  That's what happens at non-ecnl clubs too.

The geography is right with VYS though, and if this means BRYC/Fairfax gets to keep their ECNL charter then I don't understand why people would be upset by this.  I agree that transparency is always better, but were McLean and SYC transparent about their merger?  That is just not the way that it works.

The notice says that best players are going to make the teams and it doesn't sounds like anyone is disputing that. Some kids will be left out.  That sucks.  But this is supposed to be the best league in the country.  It's going to happen. And it sounds like at VYS and BRYC those kids will still have a spot to play.

To answer your question on how VA Union is working out, I think the answer is not bad.  Most girls come from Mclean, and after plenty of concern initially, it turned out that just about all the practices are in McLean.  Boys have mixed less, but we'll see what happens.  If Fairfax runs the same, then those teams will end up with a lot of BRYC kids and should play closer to BRYC more often.  That would make sense and I hope that it works out that way.  Worst case BRYC and VYS have some fields that are really close together, so it shouldn't be as big a lift as the McLean and SYC dilemma.

I'd like to see some of those questions answered on coaching staff, practice locations and a number of other things.  If this really happens and that is all put together along with an official announcement, then congrats to those clubs for working something out.  Maybe the new club will even be able to get some additional affiliates if its perceived to be stronger.

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