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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]and, the opportunity for your kid to play at the college level.[/quote]

With Pride recently offering a high school program and the 2023s really being their first group to compete with CLC for talent it is too early to make any comments on Pride's ability (or not) to get players recruited and how this compares to CLC.

Who knows what is posted on this board is true, but assuming what one poster presented is accurate and six 2025 Pride players are leaving for CLC, KMG should be jumping on this quickly to understand why. We know some on this board will say the answer is her. Important thing is to find out why and address the issue(s) head on. Especially given that Pride will have clearly developed good players that another club actively pursued; and in line with another poster the 2023 and 2024 teams are viewed as equal to their CLC counterparts in terms of talent and play. Too early to judge recruitment right now, but will have this answer soon.[/quote]

The KMG factor is real.  The AS 22 team had a lot of girls either not tryout or turn down roster spots once it was known that KMG was coaching the 22 AS team.  That is nothing to do with Pride vs Capital but a real issue out there.

The Pride girls were in full attendance at the Capital pre tryout clinics just fyi. [/quote]

KMG may be a jerk, but the results speak for themselves. Over the course of the past few years I watched as my kids team initially beat Pride, then was evenly matched, then Pride surpassed and consistently whooped our team by a lot. It wasn't a fluke - this looks to be true of Pride at all ages across the board. I don't know if it is coaching, training, or player recruiting, but something is going right at Pride.  She may be a witch as people on this message board are saying, but she is proven to be highly effective in terms of team development and getting the best out of her players. You have to be impressed that she has quickly built a winning club at all age levels. It would seem like serious players would value that over warm fuzzy feelings.[/quote]

Other than the recent win with the 26 team, not sure what you "define" as success per say for the Pride teams.  They still aren't beating the top MD clubs, didn't win any of the age divisions in NGLL and the HS teams are faring about the same as the Capital teams. I guess if you call that success then so be it, to each their own.  Serious players value strong coaching and player development and then yes, success, but at what expense? The craziness only goes so far.  The 25 team seems to have had some strong players but definitely has to show the issues if they all left for a club that most on here say isn't as "good".  [/quote]

Success is relative. Yes Pride struggles to beat Hero's and M&D, but they are more successful vs the next tier (Skywalkers, MDUnited etc.) But who doesn't struggle vs those two teams? For the DMV area, Pride normally has the greatest level of success vs. the MD teams. They did not win a NGLL league, but had 3 teams in the semi's which is more than any other club outside of Hero's and M&D. It is troublesome to see them losing so many 2025's given their success. Assuming DC Urban is correct. Which I assume is always the case. :)[/quote]

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