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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To the PP who referenced coaching and recruiting. here is my honest view of local clubs. You have great technical coaches and great tactical coaches. There are few if any I know who successfully do both. Technical development happens at the younger ages while tactical development happens at the older ages. McLean is great at taking technically strong kids and teaching them tactics. These kids develop a higher soccer IQ and tactical abilities than kids at other clubs, which is why DI college coaches at elite schools will take the 24th-ranked kid off the u18/u19 roster where VDA, Loudoun or Arlington would be get lucky such an offer for their top kid. I know kids who were elite level who chose to leave their elite ECNL club for McLean because they wanted to learn to play in order to play at the next level. Any parent with an elite player knows the truth of the above. Again, McLean is not for everyone. [/quote]

At McLean on the younger ECNL boys teams they are neither strong technically or tactically.  Mostly weak players from a technical perspective and athletically are just lacking. And how do you expect the tactical game to do if you don't have technically strong players?  Players are being played in new positions like there was no communication between coaches when switching every year.  Either the communication is really lacking or the new coach thinks they know better.. Tactically you would think you would put a player in a position they're used to playing and are good at.  Seems like this is a strategy so kids will get frustrated and look elsewhere to play so McLean can bring in new recruits.  Also, if McLean is a good club they should be getting results at the younger age groups and not getting blown out of games.  And if you're going to recruit players at the ECNL level at least make sure they are at the ECNL or Academy level team's at their current club.  [/quote]

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