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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How and why is Pipeline mentioned in this thread. Since you bring them up - they are underhanded and lied to parents and players about the collapse of the DA and their application to ECNL. I can start a thread on that crap alone - Baltimore Armour may not have all the results but they are absolutely a great bunch of coaches that truly care[/quote]

How did they “lie” about the collapse of the DA? They told parents it wasn’t going to happen? i’m confused.[/quote]

Sean and Santino had applied for ECNL many times but with fervor once they heard the DA was collapsing. They did not tell the players or coaches in the organization as they had to hear from outside sources. When the move was official, a scramble to keep BA loyalists occurred and they landed at SAC. Fine.

Pipeline leaders lied to parents telling them there was no other option and then charged more money for themselves.  The same people that recently released a family from their rosters just because the decided they didn’t fit the mold anymore a cut 3 girls from one family, multiple age groups.

I have no kid in either and I’m not affiliated with the org. Can’t someone just be nice and favorable about a club?  I can despise one club and what they stand for and compliment another - and not even have a kid on either. I am a baseball coach actually elsewhere and studied all Maryland teams for my kids future

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It's amazing how these stories mutate over time from people who have no idea.  I am not affiliated with either but have friends in both and have heard both sides...many, many  times :D .  Pipeline and BA(SAC) had a partnership for the DA.  It was always an uneasy partnership because Pipeline wanted to retain talent on their teams and not gut them for the BA partnership.  Plus, parents didn't want to drive past Pipeline fields to go to Columbia and liked the coaches at Pipeline.

Pipeline was kind of stuck at the U13 and above levels as an organization because they didn't have their own platform to retain top talent with ECNL and DA so of course they would want to have a direct link to ECNL.  There were also long standing disagreements in how the DA was operating and the partnership between SAC and Pipeline.  Pipeline applied for ECNL and was accepted.  It was in their best interest to do so, especially after the DA collapse where they had no direct link to elite level leagues anymore.  What should they have done?  Just said we have great teams but nowhere to play at a higher level?

I think both organizations are actually pretty good.  It's hard to say otherwise if you are being objective.  I just don't understand all the hate...well, I guess I do because Pipeline took a lot of the BA players including the top talent and coach (Santino from Pipeline coached the BA team) on the girls side and now have a direct line to ECNL on the boys side, which isn't as strong as MLSNEXT, but it's a very solid platform for kids to be seen if that's what they want.
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