Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Such assholes on this thread. Are you really trying to trash a bunch of 14 year olds.....If you can't figure out that the 13-16 year old range is the probably the oddest time for a child and team, you are an idiot. Some kids get big fast...some not so much. Which is why W/Ls don't mean crap because that "loosing" kid that small and slow, if trained properly and improves on field IQ will surely catch up physically and dominate their once big kid they played at 14.

Many of those games—even the big losses were even match until all but the last 15 minutes when the much smaller team/FCB was gassed out. What is more telling is keeping the style under deep pressure which wasn’t done as the new team started in September, but started coming together over time. Progression is important. The way they looked last week versus how they played in September/October is a big difference. If they stick to method size will become less and less important. Playing teams with large rosters and 5’10-5’11” 13-14 year olds is actually good because the team isn’t relying on size advantage and is being forced to work around that, get creative, play quicker balls and “think fast”.

For a 13-year old, I’d rather have my kid on that side of the field and being challenged than winning big every game. The good thing with pro/rel is it sorts itself out. If it’s too much, it will adjust. Last year many losing Fall teams became winning spring teams through development, not physical growth. Free market is good, some parents want instant gratification.

We saw this--each player getting a ton of playing time and having TO PLAY TIRED, executing the same tactics while fatigued. This is one aspect of what I meant by placing player development over winning.

Not going to be everyone's cup of tea...but this is building great players.

Yep. Playing tired and keeping the brain and alertness going is something that will benefit them in the long run. Teams nowadays have huge rosters as it generates more $$ for the Club and the kids get less playing time--subbed out at the slightest sign of fatigue. It is sometimes a full 11 roster swap at half. It is hard to play and get moment when kids are being pulled on and off.

I love the smaller roster sizes.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Such assholes on this thread. Are you really trying to trash a bunch of 14 year olds.....If you can't figure out that the 13-16 year old range is the probably the oddest time for a child and team, you are an idiot. Some kids get big fast...some not so much. Which is why W/Ls don't mean crap because that "loosing" kid that small and slow, if trained properly and improves on field IQ will surely catch up physically and dominate their once big kid they played at 14.

Many of those games—even the big losses were even match until all but the last 15 minutes when the much smaller team/FCB was gassed out. What is more telling is keeping the style under deep pressure which wasn’t done as the new team started in September, but started coming together over time. Progression is important. The way they looked last week versus how they played in September/October is a big difference. If they stick to method size will become less and less important. Playing teams with large rosters and 5’10-5’11” 13-14 year olds is actually good because the team isn’t relying on size advantage and is being forced to work around that, get creative, play quicker balls and “think fast”.

For a 13-year old, I’d rather have my kid on that side of the field and being challenged than winning big every game. The good thing with pro/rel is it sorts itself out. If it’s too much, it will adjust. Last year many losing Fall teams became winning spring teams through development, not physical growth. Free market is good, some parents want instant gratification.

We saw this--each player getting a ton of playing time and having TO PLAY TIRED, executing the same tactics while fatigued. This is one aspect of what I meant by placing player development over winning.

Not going to be everyone's cup of tea...but this is building great players.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Such assholes on this thread. Are you really trying to trash a bunch of 14 year olds.....If you can't figure out that the 13-16 year old range is the probably the oddest time for a child and team, you are an idiot. Some kids get big fast...some not so much. Which is why W/Ls don't mean crap because that "loosing" kid that small and slow, if trained properly and improves on field IQ will surely catch up physically and dominate their once big kid they played at 14.

Many of those games—even the big losses were even match until all but the last 15 minutes when the much smaller team/FCB was gassed out. What is more telling is keeping the style under deep pressure which wasn’t done as the new team started in September, but started coming together over time. Progression is important. The way they looked last week versus how they played in September/October is a big difference. If they stick to method size will become less and less important. Playing teams with large rosters and 5’10-5’11” 13-14 year olds is actually good because the team isn’t relying on size advantage and is being forced to work around that, get creative, play quicker balls and “think fast”.

For a 13-year old, I’d rather have my kid on that side of the field and being challenged than winning big every game. The good thing with pro/rel is it sorts itself out. If it’s too much, it will adjust. Last year many losing Fall teams became winning spring teams through development, not physical growth. Free market is good, some parents want instant gratification.

Anonymous wrote:Such assholes on this thread. Are you really trying to trash a bunch of 14 year olds.....If you can't figure out that the 13-16 year old range is the probably the oddest time for a child and team, you are an idiot. Some kids get big fast...some not so much. Which is why W/Ls don't mean crap because that "loosing" kid that small and slow, if trained properly and improves on field IQ will surely catch up physically and dominate their once big kid they played at 14.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just saw an FCB Escola team scrimmage today. We beat them, but they made great decisions, were (mostly) very technically skilled, and were very well-coached and -disciplined. They didn't have as many players on their roster, so they got fatigued late.

From an unbiased observer: it looks like a great program that, unfortunately, is stuck out in Leesburg.

"out in Leesburg." LOL

You do realize that Loudoun Soccer is the largest soccer club in Virginia right? And they also practice way out in Leesburg.

Sure, but until FCBEscola (and soon DCU, I guess), there was absolutely no reason for anyone not already in Loudoun to go out there for soccer.

The same can probably be said about wherever you are currently as well.

Yep! If someone was driving here from Leesburg 4x a week to play at our club, that would be ridiculous.

The FCBEscola is something different, though. Lots of clubs say something about sacrificing a winning record in order to develop players, but it appears that FCB actually does it. They didn't win a single game, but kept them close most of the time against some of the best programs in MD and VA. It's very clear that these young men have been taught to play soccer together as a team, as opposed to just being a collection of fast kids on the playground that someone recruited to wear the same shirts.

That philosophy is the selling point for FCB, and it appears that at their Virginia academy they deliver on it.

8 games: 8 defeats, 3 goals for and 30 against. Definitely delivering "something different" and "sacrificing a winning record". No doubt that they "kept them close most of the time against some of the best programs"... as long as you exclude the time when the other teams scored.
I have no problem with this, which is rather funny. The contempt for the other teams and their "fast kids on the playground that someone recruited to wear the same shirts" is more problematic...

It all just depends on your definition of the word “close” now, doesn’t it?

Don't be obtuse. 2-0, 2-1, and maybe even 3-0 are reasonably competitive.

Out of 8 games they got blown out 3 games. The other 5 games were 3 or less GD, and 3 of those were 2 goals or less margin. That was against the best non-DA teams in this region. That's really not bad.

They also tied Bethesda Blue 1-1 back in October.

Doesn’t sound competitive. Sounds as though they are not in the correct division.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just saw an FCB Escola team scrimmage today. We beat them, but they made great decisions, were (mostly) very technically skilled, and were very well-coached and -disciplined. They didn't have as many players on their roster, so they got fatigued late.

From an unbiased observer: it looks like a great program that, unfortunately, is stuck out in Leesburg.

"out in Leesburg." LOL

You do realize that Loudoun Soccer is the largest soccer club in Virginia right? And they also practice way out in Leesburg.

Sure, but until FCBEscola (and soon DCU, I guess), there was absolutely no reason for anyone not already in Loudoun to go out there for soccer.

The same can probably be said about wherever you are currently as well.

Yep! If someone was driving here from Leesburg 4x a week to play at our club, that would be ridiculous.

The FCBEscola is something different, though. Lots of clubs say something about sacrificing a winning record in order to develop players, but it appears that FCB actually does it. They didn't win a single game, but kept them close most of the time against some of the best programs in MD and VA. It's very clear that these young men have been taught to play soccer together as a team, as opposed to just being a collection of fast kids on the playground that someone recruited to wear the same shirts.

That philosophy is the selling point for FCB, and it appears that at their Virginia academy they deliver on it.

8 games: 8 defeats, 3 goals for and 30 against. Definitely delivering "something different" and "sacrificing a winning record". No doubt that they "kept them close most of the time against some of the best programs"... as long as you exclude the time when the other teams scored.
I have no problem with this, which is rather funny. The contempt for the other teams and their "fast kids on the playground that someone recruited to wear the same shirts" is more problematic...

It all just depends on your definition of the word “close” now, doesn’t it?

Don't be obtuse. 2-0, 2-1, and maybe even 3-0 are reasonably competitive.

Out of 8 games they got blown out 3 games. The other 5 games were 3 or less GD, and 3 of those were 2 goals or less margin. That was against the best non-DA teams in this region. That's really not bad.

They also tied Bethesda Blue 1-1 back in October.

Doesn’t sound competitive. Sounds as though they are not in the correct division.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just saw an FCB Escola team scrimmage today. We beat them, but they made great decisions, were (mostly) very technically skilled, and were very well-coached and -disciplined. They didn't have as many players on their roster, so they got fatigued late.

From an unbiased observer: it looks like a great program that, unfortunately, is stuck out in Leesburg.

"out in Leesburg." LOL

You do realize that Loudoun Soccer is the largest soccer club in Virginia right? And they also practice way out in Leesburg.

Sure, but until FCBEscola (and soon DCU, I guess), there was absolutely no reason for anyone not already in Loudoun to go out there for soccer.

The same can probably be said about wherever you are currently as well.

Yep! If someone was driving here from Leesburg 4x a week to play at our club, that would be ridiculous.

The FCBEscola is something different, though. Lots of clubs say something about sacrificing a winning record in order to develop players, but it appears that FCB actually does it. They didn't win a single game, but kept them close most of the time against some of the best programs in MD and VA. It's very clear that these young men have been taught to play soccer together as a team, as opposed to just being a collection of fast kids on the playground that someone recruited to wear the same shirts.

That philosophy is the selling point for FCB, and it appears that at their Virginia academy they deliver on it.

8 games: 8 defeats, 3 goals for and 30 against. Definitely delivering "something different" and "sacrificing a winning record". No doubt that they "kept them close most of the time against some of the best programs"... as long as you exclude the time when the other teams scored.
I have no problem with this, which is rather funny. The contempt for the other teams and their "fast kids on the playground that someone recruited to wear the same shirts" is more problematic...

It all just depends on your definition of the word “close” now, doesn’t it?

Don't be obtuse. 2-0, 2-1, and maybe even 3-0 are reasonably competitive.

Out of 8 games they got blown out 3 games. The other 5 games were 3 or less GD, and 3 of those were 2 goals or less margin. That was against the best non-DA teams in this region. That's really not bad.

They also tied Bethesda Blue 1-1 back in October.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just saw an FCB Escola team scrimmage today. We beat them, but they made great decisions, were (mostly) very technically skilled, and were very well-coached and -disciplined. They didn't have as many players on their roster, so they got fatigued late.

From an unbiased observer: it looks like a great program that, unfortunately, is stuck out in Leesburg.

"out in Leesburg." LOL

You do realize that Loudoun Soccer is the largest soccer club in Virginia right? And they also practice way out in Leesburg.

Sure, but until FCBEscola (and soon DCU, I guess), there was absolutely no reason for anyone not already in Loudoun to go out there for soccer.

The same can probably be said about wherever you are currently as well.

Yep! If someone was driving here from Leesburg 4x a week to play at our club, that would be ridiculous.

The FCBEscola is something different, though. Lots of clubs say something about sacrificing a winning record in order to develop players, but it appears that FCB actually does it. They didn't win a single game, but kept them close most of the time against some of the best programs in MD and VA. It's very clear that these young men have been taught to play soccer together as a team, as opposed to just being a collection of fast kids on the playground that someone recruited to wear the same shirts.

That philosophy is the selling point for FCB, and it appears that at their Virginia academy they deliver on it.

8 games: 8 defeats, 3 goals for and 30 against. Definitely delivering "something different" and "sacrificing a winning record". No doubt that they "kept them close most of the time against some of the best programs"... as long as you exclude the time when the other teams scored.
I have no problem with this, which is rather funny. The contempt for the other teams and their "fast kids on the playground that someone recruited to wear the same shirts" is more problematic...

It all just depends on your definition of the word “close” now, doesn’t it?

Don't be obtuse. 2-0, 2-1, and maybe even 3-0 are reasonably competitive.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just saw an FCB Escola team scrimmage today. We beat them, but they made great decisions, were (mostly) very technically skilled, and were very well-coached and -disciplined. They didn't have as many players on their roster, so they got fatigued late.

From an unbiased observer: it looks like a great program that, unfortunately, is stuck out in Leesburg.

"out in Leesburg." LOL

You do realize that Loudoun Soccer is the largest soccer club in Virginia right? And they also practice way out in Leesburg.

Sure, but until FCBEscola (and soon DCU, I guess), there was absolutely no reason for anyone not already in Loudoun to go out there for soccer.

The same can probably be said about wherever you are currently as well.

Yep! If someone was driving here from Leesburg 4x a week to play at our club, that would be ridiculous.

The FCBEscola is something different, though. Lots of clubs say something about sacrificing a winning record in order to develop players, but it appears that FCB actually does it. They didn't win a single game, but kept them close most of the time against some of the best programs in MD and VA. It's very clear that these young men have been taught to play soccer together as a team, as opposed to just being a collection of fast kids on the playground that someone recruited to wear the same shirts.

That philosophy is the selling point for FCB, and it appears that at their Virginia academy they deliver on it.

8 games: 8 defeats, 3 goals for and 30 against. Definitely delivering "something different" and "sacrificing a winning record". No doubt that they "kept them close most of the time against some of the best programs"... as long as you exclude the time when the other teams scored.
I have no problem with this, which is rather funny. The contempt for the other teams and their "fast kids on the playground that someone recruited to wear the same shirts" is more problematic...

It all just depends on your definition of the word “close” now, doesn’t it?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just saw an FCB Escola team scrimmage today. We beat them, but they made great decisions, were (mostly) very technically skilled, and were very well-coached and -disciplined. They didn't have as many players on their roster, so they got fatigued late.

From an unbiased observer: it looks like a great program that, unfortunately, is stuck out in Leesburg.

"out in Leesburg." LOL

You do realize that Loudoun Soccer is the largest soccer club in Virginia right? And they also practice way out in Leesburg.

Sure, but until FCBEscola (and soon DCU, I guess), there was absolutely no reason for anyone not already in Loudoun to go out there for soccer.

The same can probably be said about wherever you are currently as well.

Yep! If someone was driving here from Leesburg 4x a week to play at our club, that would be ridiculous.

The FCBEscola is something different, though. Lots of clubs say something about sacrificing a winning record in order to develop players, but it appears that FCB actually does it. They didn't win a single game, but kept them close most of the time against some of the best programs in MD and VA. It's very clear that these young men have been taught to play soccer together as a team, as opposed to just being a collection of fast kids on the playground that someone recruited to wear the same shirts.

That philosophy is the selling point for FCB, and it appears that at their Virginia academy they deliver on it.

8 games: 8 defeats, 3 goals for and 30 against. Definitely delivering "something different" and "sacrificing a winning record". No doubt that they "kept them close most of the time against some of the best programs"... as long as you exclude the time when the other teams scored.
I have no problem with this, which is rather funny. The contempt for the other teams and their "fast kids on the playground that someone recruited to wear the same shirts" is more problematic...

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just saw an FCB Escola team scrimmage today. We beat them, but they made great decisions, were (mostly) very technically skilled, and were very well-coached and -disciplined. They didn't have as many players on their roster, so they got fatigued late.

From an unbiased observer: it looks like a great program that, unfortunately, is stuck out in Leesburg.

"out in Leesburg." LOL

You do realize that Loudoun Soccer is the largest soccer club in Virginia right? And they also practice way out in Leesburg.

Sure, but until FCBEscola (and soon DCU, I guess), there was absolutely no reason for anyone not already in Loudoun to go out there for soccer.

The same can probably be said about wherever you are currently as well.

Yep! If someone was driving here from Leesburg 4x a week to play at our club, that would be ridiculous.

The FCBEscola is something different, though. Lots of clubs say something about sacrificing a winning record in order to develop players, but it appears that FCB actually does it. They didn't win a single game, but kept them close most of the time against some of the best programs in MD and VA. It's very clear that these young men have been taught to play soccer together as a team, as opposed to just being a collection of fast kids on the playground that someone recruited to wear the same shirts.

That philosophy is the selling point for FCB, and it appears that at their Virginia academy they deliver on it.

8 games: 8 defeats, 3 goals for and 30 against. Definitely delivering "something different" and "sacrificing a winning record". No doubt that they "kept them close most of the time against some of the best programs"... as long as you exclude the time when the other teams scored.
I have no problem with this, which is rather funny. The contempt for the other teams and their "fast kids on the playground that someone recruited to wear the same shirts" is more problematic...

LOL, if you've seen the Doradus 05 team play you'd know exactly what he was talking about. In fact, the top 5 teams in that division all pretty much fit that description.

That FCB 05B team has some talented players, and is able to apply the Barca style of play (I would not say the same about every team at FCB). They are just missing one or two man-children to put at forward and their results would be much better. TBF, you could probably say the same about a lot of boys teams in the U13-U15 age range.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just saw an FCB Escola team scrimmage today. We beat them, but they made great decisions, were (mostly) very technically skilled, and were very well-coached and -disciplined. They didn't have as many players on their roster, so they got fatigued late.

From an unbiased observer: it looks like a great program that, unfortunately, is stuck out in Leesburg.

"out in Leesburg." LOL

You do realize that Loudoun Soccer is the largest soccer club in Virginia right? And they also practice way out in Leesburg.

Sure, but until FCBEscola (and soon DCU, I guess), there was absolutely no reason for anyone not already in Loudoun to go out there for soccer.

The same can probably be said about wherever you are currently as well.

Yep! If someone was driving here from Leesburg 4x a week to play at our club, that would be ridiculous.

The FCBEscola is something different, though. Lots of clubs say something about sacrificing a winning record in order to develop players, but it appears that FCB actually does it. They didn't win a single game, but kept them close most of the time against some of the best programs in MD and VA. It's very clear that these young men have been taught to play soccer together as a team, as opposed to just being a collection of fast kids on the playground that someone recruited to wear the same shirts.

That philosophy is the selling point for FCB, and it appears that at their Virginia academy they deliver on it.

8 games: 8 defeats, 3 goals for and 30 against. Definitely delivering "something different" and "sacrificing a winning record". No doubt that they "kept them close most of the time against some of the best programs"... as long as you exclude the time when the other teams scored.
I have no problem with this, which is rather funny. The contempt for the other teams and their "fast kids on the playground that someone recruited to wear the same shirts" is more problematic...

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just saw an FCB Escola team scrimmage today. We beat them, but they made great decisions, were (mostly) very technically skilled, and were very well-coached and -disciplined. They didn't have as many players on their roster, so they got fatigued late.

From an unbiased observer: it looks like a great program that, unfortunately, is stuck out in Leesburg.

"out in Leesburg." LOL

You do realize that Loudoun Soccer is the largest soccer club in Virginia right? And they also practice way out in Leesburg.

Sure, but until FCBEscola (and soon DCU, I guess), there was absolutely no reason for anyone not already in Loudoun to go out there for soccer.

The same can probably be said about wherever you are currently as well.

Yep! If someone was driving here from Leesburg 4x a week to play at our club, that would be ridiculous.

The FCBEscola is something different, though. Lots of clubs say something about sacrificing a winning record in order to develop players, but it appears that FCB actually does it. They didn't win a single game, but kept them close most of the time against some of the best programs in MD and VA. It's very clear that these young men have been taught to play soccer together as a team, as opposed to just being a collection of fast kids on the playground that someone recruited to wear the same shirts.

That philosophy is the selling point for FCB, and it appears that at their Virginia academy they deliver on it.