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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I thought the 07 union team had lots of fancy college commits.  Can someone explain how they don’t go further?[/quote]

The truth is starting to show for clubs like Union, NVA, VDA and others. Getting to National Playoffs is really the minimum, I mean these huge clubs are attracting the top players in the DMV. These kids put so much of their time and money into personal training and getting better. Just from watching the matches, the technical and athletic level is really not that big of a difference, its the team development aspect that is the biggest factor.

Union 07s are a perfect example- extremely talented group of players...if its just a one off year then sure, but they have gotten bounced two years in a row now. For all clubs- Union, NVA, VDA etc....I would be taking a real hard look at the coaches, I mean these kids are all top D1 players....its really coming down to coaching. Regardless of what your "play style" is...its not being executed well and DMV is consistently losing in Nationals every single year. It's time for a big wake up call for clubs IMO, there needs to be a real look into what is actually being coached and where the gaps are, because the individual players are 100% not the problem. This isn't all teams and no single club in focus, just the DMV area as a whole....the coaching is really letting these girls down if they truly want to compete at Nationals.

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You are exactly correct.

But it's not all the coaches fault. DMV parents watch local wins very closely and will jump ship in a heartbeat. What ends up happening is coach's teach players to play the way that gives parents what they want, wins. This means from a young age players are taught to play direct and coaches and clubs recruit the biggest and fastest players they can find.

Unfortunately or fortunately depending on your perspective big and fast individual players that play direct is what college coaches are also looking for. Because the college game has infinite subs it makes more sense for college coaches to look for big fast and aggressive. This is because it's easier and faster to create a winning team this way.

Clubs like San Diego Surf teach players to play a combination of possession and direct. They teach defined set pieces from a young age for offense, mids, and defense. What ends up happening is they switch between possession (to wear direct teams out) and direct (once teams are worn out). The defined set pieces let Surf work the ball up the field and score at will especially after the other team is worn out from playing direct and chasing the ball when Surf is playing possession.

If you want to win on a national level coaches and parents need to change their thinking and focus on playing more like Surf. The problem with this is that DMV girls ECNL mentalities won't allow it to happen. Ironically it would be easier to implement a San Diego Surf style development program with a GA club in DMV. This is because there would be less expectations for local wins which would allow coaches to train in a more possession/direct style vs direct only.[/quote]

Why a GA club instead of ECNL?[/quote]

Girls ECNL on the east coast attracts the parents that want to be the best. If you don't know soccer and don't understand what's required to win on the national stage  wins are how you prove you're kid is the best.

This puts coaches in a difficult position if their DOC or Club either doesn't understand what's required to win on the national stage or doesn't care (ie just wants the money) they get forced into playing direct for local wins. This is occurring even if coach's know its not going to work when they play against the CA and TX teams.[/quote]

Sure people here would rather win than lsoe but I really do not think most parents here care about winning on a national level.  [/quote]

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