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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ya’ll missing the forest. The purpose of ECNL is for college recruiting. It helps colleges find players and players find colleges. That’s why there are 44 teams in a “playoff”. Think of it like a job fair. If a player comes back from Seattle with several coach emails and invites (job leads and interviews), it’s a success. If the team wins but no coach interest it’s a failure. To the extent that winning is a goal it is only because it might enhance the true goal and give more chances for college interest. Those of you arguing over playing styles and tactics and national championships are so naive. [/quote]
And what have you won?

College soccer is terrible. Seriously, next time you see it on TV watch for a while. Especially women's college soccer. Wait until the end of the game and the coaches will start subbing like crazy completely slowing down the game. This will kill any kind of pressure that normally happens coaches have to sit back and watch the players they've picked work like crazy until the game is over. This is when goals generally happen because everyone is tired and likely to make mistakes.[/quote]
Last December I watched two southern womens teams play on TV. Unfortunately I don't remember which colleges they were but I do remember that they were both D1.

Neither team could keep the ball down and connect passes. Both teams were 100% kick and chase. At the end of the game both coaches started subbing to the point where it was unwatchable.

It was kind of like watching two all star tournament teams because it was all individual effort and no team tactics. What made it unwatchable is at the end both teams would kick the ball out over and over so their coach could sub players in. [/quote]

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