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Anonymous wrote:syc scrimmaged Arlington and tied 1-1

but duh, SYC was messing around with rosters and Arlington wasn't. Because, you know, only MLSN teams that don't win pre-season games are tinkering with lineups.

What's the importance of winning a preseason game?

That is precisely the point. Everyone on this board glazes MLSN teams and provides excuse after excuse any time they lose a game.

Do you people not understand the concept of preseason games being used as a lab to see what you have and what you need to work on for the upcoming season?

Or is this board just for recreational ignorant soccer parents?

Everyone understands it but the people who think that if a MLSN team loses a preseason match it’s because they are tinkering rosters but the ECNL didn’t tinker their roster. Everyone regardless of their particular acronym is tinkering in preseason and therefore anyone can lose and none of it matters. That is the point that some people refuse to understand in their obsession with the MLSN > ECNL narrative.

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Anonymous wrote:syc scrimmaged Arlington and tied 1-1

but duh, SYC was messing around with rosters and Arlington wasn't. Because, you know, only MLSN teams that don't win pre-season games are tinkering with lineups.

What's the importance of winning a preseason game?

That is precisely the point. Everyone on this board glazes MLSN teams and provides excuse after excuse any time they lose a game.

Do you people not understand the concept of preseason games being used as a lab to see what you have and what you need to work on for the upcoming season?

Or is this board just for recreational ignorant soccer parents?

Anonymous wrote:SYC can't even beat an ECNL team

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Anonymous wrote:syc scrimmaged Arlington and tied 1-1

but duh, SYC was messing around with rosters and Arlington wasn't. Because, you know, only MLSN teams that don't win pre-season games are tinkering with lineups.

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Anonymous wrote:syc scrimmaged Arlington and tied 1-1

but duh, SYC was messing around with rosters and Arlington wasn't. Because, you know, only MLSN teams that don't win pre-season games are tinkering with lineups.

What's the importance of winning a preseason game?

That is precisely the point. Everyone on this board glazes MLSN teams and provides excuse after excuse any time they lose a game.

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Anonymous wrote:syc scrimmaged Arlington and tied 1-1

but duh, SYC was messing around with rosters and Arlington wasn't. Because, you know, only MLSN teams that don't win pre-season games are tinkering with lineups.

What's the importance of winning a preseason game?

That is precisely the point. Everyone on this board glazes MLSN teams and provides excuse after excuse any time they lose a game.

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Anonymous wrote:syc scrimmaged Arlington and tied 1-1

but duh, SYC was messing around with rosters and Arlington wasn't. Because, you know, only MLSN teams that don't win pre-season games are tinkering with lineups.

What's the importance of winning a preseason game?

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Anonymous wrote:syc scrimmaged Arlington and tied 1-1

but duh, SYC was messing around with rosters and Arlington wasn't. Because, you know, only MLSN teams that don't win pre-season games are tinkering with lineups.

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Anonymous wrote:So I'm curious. Since SYC does not develop players, which clubs do?

IMO - Arlington, NVA, VDA, Bethesda - though they all have their own ups and downs. Families should sign a one-year contract with the coach best for their kid's development and reassess every year. Arlington seems to have the best overall group of coaches. Bethesda has a monopoly on talent in Montgomery County. VDA plays hungry, and is more blue collar than Arlington and other places. NVA produces results if you can survive the politics. Generalizations with exceptions - but that's what you'll hear and experience from many.

Part of development is being able to play against high level of competition and practice with teammates that are similarly competitive and focused. So Bethesda is the only one I would consider in the list above. We’ve not considered ECNL/EDP 1 clubs because the players want to play in high school and don’t seem to take their training seriously (DS observation after practicing with a few of them over the years).

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Anonymous wrote:syc scrimmaged Arlington and tied 1-1

but duh, SYC was messing around with rosters and Arlington wasn't. Because, you know, only MLSN teams that don't win pre-season games are tinkering with lineups.

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Anonymous wrote:So I'm curious. Since SYC does not develop players, which clubs do?

IMO - Arlington, NVA, VDA, Bethesda - though they all have their own ups and downs. Families should sign a one-year contract with the coach best for their kid's development and reassess every year. Arlington seems to have the best overall group of coaches. Bethesda has a monopoly on talent in Montgomery County. VDA plays hungry, and is more blue collar than Arlington and other places. NVA produces results if you can survive the politics. Generalizations with exceptions - but that's what you'll hear and experience from many.