Anonymous
04/29/2020 12:43
Subject: Next season tryouts?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Heard from our DD ECNL coach. Not sure about tryouts. Will take all DA players though. Roster up to 30. Will rotate 18 girls for games. Thinks in fall there will only be local games and scrimmages. No overnight travel. IMO too bad Arlington, FCV and MU aren’t in ECNL. It’s going to be boring only playing 4 teams. Also in the winter they will bump down the weaker players. So beware accepting an offer for my DD team. I’m sure we can all speculate which club we are with. I’m not kidding. This was an actual conversation with an ECNL coach
McLean. Our team manager warned us already.
Said they are “helping the local kids who no longer have a league”. This is crap
But look at Louise's letter to you! She basically admits that you pay and they offer virtual soccer and use your money to maintain fields and pay coaches. The letter is disgusting money grab. Don't pay until next year if your ego can be put aside. Your DD is not playing anyway.
". . . In the meantime, our staff has remained hard at work developing new and innovative ways to reach our players, with a focus on individual development and maintenance of fitness. Although not optimal, we are doing our very best to stay connected and keep our players engaged. In the coming weeks, our coaches will continue with online team meetings and other communications. Further, we have provided access to the Techne training app, for all MYS travel players. We hope to allow our players to continue to develop during this time, both technically and tactically.
MYS will continue to maintain our fields and equipment, which are the tools and resources necessary to develop our players. We continue to plan for future training and meaningful competition, whenever that may resume. As soon as I have more information on fields opening and leagues resuming, I will reach out to share the latest news.
This is a time for unity. Together we will rise above this situation prepared and ready to play the game we all love. We will do everything possible to have our players back on the field when it is deemed safe to do so. We appreciate your patience as we navigate through these unprecedented times.
Sincerely, Louise Waxler, MYS Executive Director MYS Board of Directors"
We appreciate your patience and PLEASE KEEP PAYING! LOL.
Anonymous
04/29/2020 12:40
Subject: Next season tryouts?
Anonymous wrote:Of COURSE they want the “two tier” system. Follow the $$$$$$$$$. As stated before, you’re a real sucker to accept a spot on a B team paying A dollars to subsidize the valued players on that team. Not to mention the parents thinking they are in some sort of pro/rel system on the “ECNL regional” NPL teams.
If I didn’t know better, I’d swear ECNL staff police these threads and post regularly. As that’s probably not true, hope they are paying you well. I’m sure the sentiments will change once DC gets bumped off the A team for the next man/woman up.
Mclean BODs follow these threads and don't like it when parents talk. Yes they post.
Anonymous
04/29/2020 12:36
Subject: Next season tryouts?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Heard from our DD ECNL coach. Not sure about tryouts. Will take all DA players though. Roster up to 30. Will rotate 18 girls for games. Thinks in fall there will only be local games and scrimmages. No overnight travel. IMO too bad Arlington, FCV and MU aren’t in ECNL. It’s going to be boring only playing 4 teams. Also in the winter they will bump down the weaker players. So beware accepting an offer for my DD team. I’m sure we can all speculate which club we are with. I’m not kidding. This was an actual conversation with an ECNL coach
McLean. Our team manager warned us already.
Said they are “helping the local kids who no longer have a league”. This is crap
But look at Louise's letter to you! She basically admits that you pay and they offer virtual soccer and use your money to maintain fields and pay coaches. The letter is disgusting money grab. Don't pay until next year if your ego can be put aside. Your DD is not playing anyway.
". . . In the meantime, our staff has remained hard at work developing new and innovative ways to reach our players, with a focus on individual development and maintenance of fitness. Although not optimal, we are doing our very best to stay connected and keep our players engaged. In the coming weeks, our coaches will continue with online team meetings and other communications. Further, we have provided access to the Techne training app, for all MYS travel players. We hope to allow our players to continue to develop during this time, both technically and tactically.
MYS will continue to maintain our fields and equipment, which are the tools and resources necessary to develop our players. We continue to plan for future training and meaningful competition, whenever that may resume. As soon as I have more information on fields opening and leagues resuming, I will reach out to share the latest news.
This is a time for unity. Together we will rise above this situation prepared and ready to play the game we all love. We will do everything possible to have our players back on the field when it is deemed safe to do so. We appreciate your patience as we navigate through these unprecedented times.
Sincerely, Louise Waxler, MYS Executive Director MYS Board of Directors"
Anonymous
04/29/2020 12:32
Subject: Next season tryouts?
Anonymous wrote:Lots of factually incorrect rumors here. If you want to know expected roster sizes, contact the ECNL club directly. Hearing info from the horse's mouth is the most reliable way to go about making a decision.
Hi Louise.
Anonymous
04/26/2020 17:24
Subject: Next season tryouts?
Of COURSE they want the “two tier” system. Follow the $$$$$$$$$. As stated before, you’re a real sucker to accept a spot on a B team paying A dollars to subsidize the valued players on that team. Not to mention the parents thinking they are in some sort of pro/rel system on the “ECNL regional” NPL teams.
If I didn’t know better, I’d swear ECNL staff police these threads and post regularly. As that’s probably not true, hope they are paying you well. I’m sure the sentiments will change once DC gets bumped off the A team for the next man/woman up.
If I didn’t know better, I’d swear ECNL staff police these threads and post regularly. As that’s probably not true, hope they are paying you well. I’m sure the sentiments will change once DC gets bumped off the A team for the next man/woman up.
Anonymous
04/26/2020 17:10
Subject: Next season tryouts?
Anonymous wrote:I’m not claiming the ECNL 2 team is the same and equivalent to the ECNL 1 team. I’m just saying if they are doing this in NE league then they might try and do with MA conference too particularly in the bigger clubs like McLean and Loudoun. BRYC already poised to do it with their large player pool. VDA has also mentioned a composite team if you read these threads carefully.
ECNL seems to want the two tier system. As I understood, some NE teams fought it but then became mandatory. I think one of the reasons ECNL won’t admit more teams is they would rather their existing teams have this two tier system like NE.
The only very small benefit we have seen for someone on the ECNL II team is that all the teams play one weekend so the coaches see B team players more than a system where they never see them play. (Of course, you need a club that does watch multiple teams). Also If you keep the rosters reasonable, you can also have players move between teams. That works more when the teams are small. Still at the end of the day, it’s way too much travel and costs for a B team
Anonymous
04/26/2020 16:14
Subject: Next season tryouts?
Anonymous wrote:I’m not claiming the ECNL 2 team is the same and equivalent to the ECNL 1 team. I’m just saying if they are doing this in NE league then they might try and do with MA conference too particularly in the bigger clubs like McLean and Loudoun. BRYC already poised to do it with their large player pool. VDA has also mentioned a composite team if you read these threads carefully.
I’m still not following the overall point. It is still a B team no matter the league name. So it takes a composite team, breaks it up, puts kids 19-30 on the ECNL 2 team and now suddenly they are happy because they are paying ECNL prices to play against CYA and VSA?
It is a B team! So instead of claiming a player is DP player who gets to occasionally play with the ECNL squad they are just going to call ALL the players a composite, give them a patch and all is good?
Oh please, where do I sign up for this?
Anonymous
04/26/2020 15:48
Subject: Next season tryouts?
I’m not claiming the ECNL 2 team is the same and equivalent to the ECNL 1 team. I’m just saying if they are doing this in NE league then they might try and do with MA conference too particularly in the bigger clubs like McLean and Loudoun. BRYC already poised to do it with their large player pool. VDA has also mentioned a composite team if you read these threads carefully.
Anonymous
04/26/2020 15:06
Subject: Next season tryouts?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:^^^This would actually make perfect sense-each existing club gets an ECNL 1 and 2 league team of 11 each plus leftovers, and it strengthens existing clubs while keeping Richmond rolling in the dough. FCV would not have the player pool for two ECNL teams though Arlington would through promotion of red players and DA-hybrid players. Brilliant deduction! Already being done at Bethesda and other NE division clubs...
And no, PDA has two ECNL teams. Nobody is going to pay ECNL prices to be NPL.
They do at Bethesda-have an ECNL 1 and 2 team each with 18 on roster-in NE conference they have their own ECNL regional league. Maybe that will happen in MA too.
ECNL 2 by any other name is just a B team. Stop with claiming they are the same thing. If you are ECNL 2 you are NPL or a B team. You are NOT the ECNL team. You get a patch that is all.
Why would anyone leave a club like FCV to wear the patch of a B team?
PDA places two teams per age group in actual ECNL league play, and even there, one of the teams is still the B team and does not get the priority or showcasing opportunities of the A team.
A B team is a B team no matter what the patch or how much you pay.
Anonymous
04/26/2020 15:01
Subject: Next season tryouts?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Lots of factually incorrect rumors here. If you want to know expected roster sizes, contact the ECNL club directly. Hearing info from the horse's mouth is the most reliable way to go about making a decision.
VDA will not do this.
Not sure I understand...VDA won’t carry a large roster size (30 players) or VDA won’t be honest to players when trying to make a decision?
Anonymous
04/26/2020 14:57
Subject: Next season tryouts?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:^^^This would actually make perfect sense-each existing club gets an ECNL 1 and 2 league team of 11 each plus leftovers, and it strengthens existing clubs while keeping Richmond rolling in the dough. FCV would not have the player pool for two ECNL teams though Arlington would through promotion of red players and DA-hybrid players. Brilliant deduction! Already being done at Bethesda and other NE division clubs...
And no, PDA has two ECNL teams. Nobody is going to pay ECNL prices to be NPL.
They do at Bethesda-have an ECNL 1 and 2 team each with 18 on roster-in NE conference they have their own ECNL regional league. Maybe that will happen in MA too.
Anonymous
04/26/2020 14:54
Subject: Next season tryouts?
Anonymous wrote:^^^This would actually make perfect sense-each existing club gets an ECNL 1 and 2 league team of 11 each plus leftovers, and it strengthens existing clubs while keeping Richmond rolling in the dough. FCV would not have the player pool for two ECNL teams though Arlington would through promotion of red players and DA-hybrid players. Brilliant deduction! Already being done at Bethesda and other NE division clubs...
And no, PDA has two ECNL teams. Nobody is going to pay ECNL prices to be NPL.
Anonymous
04/26/2020 14:52
Subject: Next season tryouts?
Anonymous wrote:^^^This would actually make perfect sense-each existing club gets an ECNL 1 and 2 league team of 11 each plus leftovers, and it strengthens existing clubs while keeping Richmond rolling in the dough. FCV would not have the player pool for two ECNL teams though Arlington would through promotion of red players and DA-hybrid players. Brilliant deduction! Already being done at Bethesda and other NE division clubs...
The problem is committing to be on a ECNL B team. There are lots of desperate and dumb people out there but nobody is leaving a current situation for a patch on a B team.
It doesn’t mean it isn’t what Richmond doesn’t hope to do but don’t argue about “dilution” again.
Anonymous
04/26/2020 14:45
Subject: Next season tryouts?
^^^This would actually make perfect sense-each existing club gets an ECNL 1 and 2 league team of 11 each plus leftovers, and it strengthens existing clubs while keeping Richmond rolling in the dough. FCV would not have the player pool for two ECNL teams though Arlington would through promotion of red players and DA-hybrid players. Brilliant deduction! Already being done at Bethesda and other NE division clubs...
Anonymous
04/26/2020 14:42
Subject: Next season tryouts?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Lots of factually incorrect rumors here. If you want to know expected roster sizes, contact the ECNL club directly. Hearing info from the horse's mouth is the most reliable way to go about making a decision.
VDA will not do this.
If VDA or any club believes another club WILL do this FOMO will make all of them do this.
Nobody wants to fall behind the other.