Anonymous
Post 04/28/2021 10:31     Subject: 2005 and 2004 girl ID says for SYC/McLean “alliance”
There are always players cut every year from the ECNL team-usually 3-4.
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2021 10:04     Subject: 2005 and 2004 girl ID says for SYC/McLean “alliance”
Anonymous wrote:Cutting an ECNL player for a player that has never played at that level. Not a McLean parent but this is not going to happen and shouldn’t happen.


Why not? Surely any player should be cut for a better player?

If you are cutting an ECNl player it is for making room for another ECNl player.


I don't get this. I agree that it is likely many of the best kids are already playing ECNL, but certainly not all of them. And your approach would guarantee that those kids would never make it into ECNL since you would never cut anyone who was already on an ECNL team for someone who wasn't.

Anonymous
Post 04/28/2021 10:01     Subject: 2005 and 2004 girl ID says for SYC/McLean “alliance”
Anonymous wrote:Cutting an ECNL player for a player that has never played at that level. Not a McLean parent but this is not going to happen and shouldn’t happen. If you are cutting an ECNl player it is for making room for another ECNl player. The alliance is about the future.


Yep if your kid did not make the cut at u13 it is over.
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2021 09:49     Subject: 2005 and 2004 girl ID says for SYC/McLean “alliance”
Anonymous wrote:I think there is always room for talented new players. The reality is that the SYC Boys is stronger than McLean boys so a player in the boys team is likely to have more of a shot at making the ECNL team. McLean Girls is the dominate player between the two clubs. I think the reality is that if there are very strong players on the SYC Girls 04 or 05 team, they will have the ability to make the McLean team.


With mls next for all ages I don’t think you will see top SYC boys wanting to play ecnl at all. Maybe a few McLean kids will want to try out for he mls teams at older ages.
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2021 09:48     Subject: 2005 and 2004 girl ID says for SYC/McLean “alliance”
Cutting an ECNL player for a player that has never played at that level. Not a McLean parent but this is not going to happen and shouldn’t happen. If you are cutting an ECNl player it is for making room for another ECNl player. The alliance is about the future.
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2021 09:45     Subject: 2005 and 2004 girl ID says for SYC/McLean “alliance”
Anonymous wrote:Given the the 05G ECNL team has about 24 girls on the roster already, I doubt any outsiders have a shot of making that team, or if they do, ever seeing the field.


Not involved in any way - but the team's record is W4L2D1 - scarcely a world beating result. Surely there is the possibility that some of the current roster get cut to make room for better players?
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2021 09:43     Subject: 2005 and 2004 girl ID says for SYC/McLean “alliance”
Anonymous wrote:Right. There has been nothing stopping the SYC girls from trying out for MYS ECNL previously, so what is the new incentive for older girls at SYC to suddenly decide to try out? As such, why would one expect there to be that many older girls currently at SYC capable of making the alliance team?

I think this is more about creating a pipeline/expectation at the younger age at SYC that when they get to U13, if they want to play ECNL, they try out for the alliance team, rather than go to BRYC or VDA.


What’s stopping them? Notifying us 11pm for a tryout the day prior.
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2021 09:41     Subject: 2005 and 2004 girl ID says for SYC/McLean “alliance”
Right. There has been nothing stopping the SYC girls from trying out for MYS ECNL previously, so what is the new incentive for older girls at SYC to suddenly decide to try out? As such, why would one expect there to be that many older girls currently at SYC capable of making the alliance team?

I think this is more about creating a pipeline/expectation at the younger age at SYC that when they get to U13, if they want to play ECNL, they try out for the alliance team, rather than go to BRYC or VDA.
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2021 09:26     Subject: 2005 and 2004 girl ID says for SYC/McLean “alliance”
I think there is always room for talented new players. The reality is that the SYC Boys is stronger than McLean boys so a player in the boys team is likely to have more of a shot at making the ECNL team. McLean Girls is the dominate player between the two clubs. I think the reality is that if there are very strong players on the SYC Girls 04 or 05 team, they will have the ability to make the McLean team.
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2021 07:48     Subject: 2005 and 2004 girl ID says for SYC/McLean “alliance”
Given the the 05G ECNL team has about 24 girls on the roster already, I doubt any outsiders have a shot of making that team, or if they do, ever seeing the field.
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2021 07:12     Subject: Re:2005 and 2004 girl ID says for SYC/McLean “alliance”

The 21st and 28th dates have been up on the website for a while now fwiw.
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2021 07:09     Subject: 2005 and 2004 girl ID says for SYC/McLean “alliance”
They are having more player sessions in May-but are invite only, I believe.
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2021 07:08     Subject: Re:2005 and 2004 girl ID says for SYC/McLean “alliance”
Anonymous wrote:That is exactly how it sounds.


And to hold the carrot out for the girls to ensure that they stay at syc with the hope of one day making the marvelous mclean ecnl team.
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2021 06:38     Subject: Re:2005 and 2004 girl ID says for SYC/McLean “alliance”
That is exactly how it sounds.
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2021 01:05     Subject: 2005 and 2004 girl ID says for SYC/McLean “alliance”
I work the late shift, I get home, I read through emails. Thanks for telling me that today, DD will have her ECNL tryout. Wait and maybe a date in the future gee thanks. Not one SYC girl from the 2006 and older will get looked at objectively, especially not this last minute notice for U17 and U18 seasons.

This partnership was done solely with the boys in mind.