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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is sad is that I have seen ECNL games that did not look any better than the video. I once watched a Bethesda ECNL team play an FC Starts team with college coaches in the stand barely better than the teams playing. The Bethesda team could not get the ball into its offensive half. ECNL is over-rated. The training is great but the quality of players varies greatly. This is not a knock against Bethesda but outside of the oldest ECNL team, the rest of the program ranked in the bottom half of the NE division. I believe one of the teams did not win a single game.

Let's also remember that the above video is against a DC Charter School and that team fielded by Potomac, Maret, GDS and Georgetown Visitationare much more compeititive.

BTW, I doubt the freshan would send that video to college coaches. Given that she scored 40+ goals in 20 games, I imagine she had more than a few games where she scored multiple goals against stronger competition, which likely included ECNL-defenders and goalies, who she torched. Highlights from those games would attract the attention of DI coaches.  [/quote]

If all of her goals look like the 3 in that game she will get limited interest. Mid major D1's and D3's will like her but not top D1.

The problem is there is no variety in how she scores. For a 5'10" Freshman I'd expect to see lots of headers from set pieces but that team cannot sustain pressure in the final third to even get an occasional corner or cross off. And the opponent was bad to boot.

What happens when she goes to a UNC ID camp and all the top forwards on the East caost and West coast all raise their hands and get the forward positions in the small sided and full scrimmage and she is stuck playing outside back? It is unlikely that she has ever played any other position behind the forwards. As someone said earlier, she is a great athlete who plays soccer. There is little to see here as a serious soccer player.

She is likely having the time of her life and doing great in school soccer and that should be good enough. She will have many fond memories to enjoy and those can't be taken away or ever held against her.[/quote]

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