Anonymous wrote:Speaking of ID sessions, BRYC is hosting EIGHT for the 2010/2011 age groups.

Have their numbers really been that decimated?

Yes. BRYC is on the struggle bus.

Speaking of ID sessions, BRYC is hosting EIGHT for the 2010/2011 age groups.

Have their numbers really been that decimated?

Anonymous wrote:In ECNL it’s my understanding Virginia is the ONLY state with a March 1st ECNL club to ECNL club transfer opening date, when every other state has a May 1st transfer date. Does anyone know the real reason? Does it have to do with ECNL HQ being located in Virginia? Local club politics? Can Maryland ECNL players move to a Virginia ECNL club beginning March 1st but not the other way around?

POLITICS! A couple of clubs that are underperforming and can’t get the best of their players, to keep up marketing themselves as some of the better ECNL clubs they recruit talent from neighborhood clubs.

Anonymous wrote:What do you do for fall club/HS schedule? Is it just up to the coaches which you attend or do you double up?

We play HS soccer in fall in MD. They held practices but they were optional/not encouraged for kids playing HS soccer. Only players that went were those not on HS soccer, because there is no extra time during HS soccer! One of my kids had games, the other did not (which was disappointing). I guess it's up to the coaches.

Anonymous wrote:My kid plays HS soccer in the Fall.

By HS, all of the boys are at HS practices and games in VA so nobody is at practice---just a small mixed group that aren't playing HS or have a Fall private school season/or come from MD.

It's not an issue by 9th in ECNL because most games are over.

What do you do for fall club/HS schedule? Is it just up to the coaches which you attend or do you double up?

My kid plays HS soccer in the Fall.

By HS, all of the boys are at HS practices and games in VA so nobody is at practice---just a small mixed group that aren't playing HS or have a Fall private school season/or come from MD.

It's not an issue by 9th in ECNL because most games are over.

In ECNL it’s my understanding Virginia is the ONLY state with a March 1st ECNL club to ECNL club transfer opening date, when every other state has a May 1st transfer date. Does anyone know the real reason? Does it have to do with ECNL HQ being located in Virginia? Local club politics? Can Maryland ECNL players move to a Virginia ECNL club beginning March 1st but not the other way around?

Ah yea… duh! This pay to play soccer and why our women’s program will continue to fail. But I’m just here to get my DD 5k off of college. Totally worth it!

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Anonymous wrote:ECNL mess led to chaos.

No VA encl is a mess. MD just started and can only send offers starting in May 1. It's a shame that players don't come to practice. That's bad on the parents.

No its on the coach, have more dynamic pratices that doesn't include half the team playing on a seperate field. Players are looking outside of their current team environment for a reason, if you just exclude them moving forward whats the benefit of going to practice? Its always the club and the coaches responsibility, we are consumers we should be able to do what we want, and deal with the repurcussions.

So it's all about you and you don't care about the rest of the team? No wonder VA is such a mess.

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Anonymous wrote:ECNL mess led to chaos.

No VA encl is a mess. MD just started and can only send offers starting in May 1. It's a shame that players don't come to practice. That's bad on the parents.

No its on the coach, have more dynamic pratices that doesn't include half the team playing on a seperate field. Players are looking outside of their current team environment for a reason, if you just exclude them moving forward whats the benefit of going to practice? Its always the club and the coaches responsibility, we are consumers we should be able to do what we want, and deal with the repurcussions.

Anonymous wrote:ECNL mess led to chaos.

No VA encl is a mess. MD just started and can only send offers starting in May 1. It's a shame that players don't come to practice. That's bad on the parents.

I wonder about this too. How do they really know how many spots they will have available? Do they already know which of their players are leaving?

Plus, aren't many players rusty from not playing full field outdoor games much over the winter?

ECNL mess led to chaos.

They do them early to benefit the clubs and not the kids. I agree that it is terrible to have the entire spring season every year be a transition between teams and/or tryouts and wondering who will keep their spots.

My child plays on an ECNL-RL team, so we go through the "who will move up to the top team or leave for a different club top team" in March and then we go through the regular travel tryouts in late April - late May. It is all exhausting and seems pretty pointless, honestly.

Can someone please why these ID sessions are taken place so early. The Spring season just started for most clubs and ID sessions have already taken place. Many players on our team are talking about how they've received offers for other team etc and it is having an impact on the team. Those same players are skipping our practices to practice with their new team.