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Anonymous wrote:Have any current Herndon players actually received an offer before tryouts? We have not heard anything, and top team tryouts start tomorrow for one of our kids. With the age group changes, there is some confusion about which team(s) kids should try out for. We were hoping there would be some sort of guidance from the current coach, especially for kids not already on the top team in their age group. If the coaches see a player as not ready for the top team, it would be nice to know that before wasting time attending that tryout.

They do their RL tryouts separately from their others? lol

Anonymous wrote:Have any current Herndon players actually received an offer before tryouts? We have not heard anything, and top team tryouts start tomorrow for one of our kids. With the age group changes, there is some confusion about which team(s) kids should try out for. We were hoping there would be some sort of guidance from the current coach, especially for kids not already on the top team in their age group. If the coaches see a player as not ready for the top team, it would be nice to know that before wasting time attending that tryout.

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Anonymous wrote:It looks like Herndon is not planning to have more than one team for most of the girls age groups? Do they have enough girls to fill each team next year? I think last year they did not have teams in some age groups.

They don’t. 2 of the older girl coaches are Sterling coaches, not Herndon.

Do your DD a favor and go somewhere else. The girl side has been rebuilding for 10+ years at this point and see where they are... NA and the board have and always will favor boys.

I don't understand this strategy considering the club is in ECNL RL. Doesn't that league tie the boys and girls together? It's really hard to rebuild once you have lost the trust of families.

The root of the problem is that they are forcing girls to play in ECNL RL who don't belong there in order to keep the boys in the league. Instead, if they really cared about the girls program, they would meet them where they are (which is mostly likely low-level NCSL) and develop them from there instead of forcing them to get clobbered every week, gaslighting them by telling them that "if you want to be the best, you have to play the best" and then wondering why the girls and the coaches turn over so fast. They're only interested in band-aid fixes on the girls side and only if it is in service to the boys side. This has been the problem since NA has been with the club and will be until he leaves.

Isn't this really a problem with the league for requiring girls teams in order for the boys to play there? If meeting girls where they are means dropping the top boys teams down to NCSL, that doesn't exactly seem fair to the boys either. It's a no-win situation. This seems like a long-term problem that Herndon is going to have to face.

Right, Herndon doesn't have a choice right now. They need a girls team in every age group for ECNL RL or they will lose the league. It would be better for everyone if Herndon can get MLS instead of ECNL. Then the girls can stay in NCSL.

And that's the Catch 22 because why would girls come to Herndon to fill out every age group when its clear that their best interests are not being served? And I don't buy the fact that ECNLR is going to kick them out - they've barely had any girls teams since before Covid and ECNLR waives the requirement for them every year.

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Anonymous wrote:It looks like Herndon is not planning to have more than one team for most of the girls age groups? Do they have enough girls to fill each team next year? I think last year they did not have teams in some age groups.

They don’t. 2 of the older girl coaches are Sterling coaches, not Herndon.

Do your DD a favor and go somewhere else. The girl side has been rebuilding for 10+ years at this point and see where they are... NA and the board have and always will favor boys.

I don't understand this strategy considering the club is in ECNL RL. Doesn't that league tie the boys and girls together? It's really hard to rebuild once you have lost the trust of families.

The root of the problem is that they are forcing girls to play in ECNL RL who don't belong there in order to keep the boys in the league. Instead, if they really cared about the girls program, they would meet them where they are (which is mostly likely low-level NCSL) and develop them from there instead of forcing them to get clobbered every week, gaslighting them by telling them that "if you want to be the best, you have to play the best" and then wondering why the girls and the coaches turn over so fast. They're only interested in band-aid fixes on the girls side and only if it is in service to the boys side. This has been the problem since NA has been with the club and will be until he leaves.

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Anonymous wrote:It looks like Herndon is not planning to have more than one team for most of the girls age groups? Do they have enough girls to fill each team next year? I think last year they did not have teams in some age groups.

They don’t. 2 of the older girl coaches are Sterling coaches, not Herndon.

Do your DD a favor and go somewhere else. The girl side has been rebuilding for 10+ years at this point and see where they are... NA and the board have and always will favor boys.

I don't understand this strategy considering the club is in ECNL RL. Doesn't that league tie the boys and girls together? It's really hard to rebuild once you have lost the trust of families.

The root of the problem is that they are forcing girls to play in ECNL RL who don't belong there in order to keep the boys in the league. Instead, if they really cared about the girls program, they would meet them where they are (which is mostly likely low-level NCSL) and develop them from there instead of forcing them to get clobbered every week, gaslighting them by telling them that "if you want to be the best, you have to play the best" and then wondering why the girls and the coaches turn over so fast. They're only interested in band-aid fixes on the girls side and only if it is in service to the boys side. This has been the problem since NA has been with the club and will be until he leaves.

Isn't this really a problem with the league for requiring girls teams in order for the boys to play there? If meeting girls where they are means dropping the top boys teams down to NCSL, that doesn't exactly seem fair to the boys either. It's a no-win situation. This seems like a long-term problem that Herndon is going to have to face.

Right, Herndon doesn't have a choice right now. They need a girls team in every age group for ECNL RL or they will lose the league. It would be better for everyone if Herndon can get MLS instead of ECNL. Then the girls can stay in NCSL.

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Anonymous wrote:It looks like Herndon is not planning to have more than one team for most of the girls age groups? Do they have enough girls to fill each team next year? I think last year they did not have teams in some age groups.

They don’t. 2 of the older girl coaches are Sterling coaches, not Herndon.

Do your DD a favor and go somewhere else. The girl side has been rebuilding for 10+ years at this point and see where they are... NA and the board have and always will favor boys.

I don't understand this strategy considering the club is in ECNL RL. Doesn't that league tie the boys and girls together? It's really hard to rebuild once you have lost the trust of families.

The root of the problem is that they are forcing girls to play in ECNL RL who don't belong there in order to keep the boys in the league. Instead, if they really cared about the girls program, they would meet them where they are (which is mostly likely low-level NCSL) and develop them from there instead of forcing them to get clobbered every week, gaslighting them by telling them that "if you want to be the best, you have to play the best" and then wondering why the girls and the coaches turn over so fast. They're only interested in band-aid fixes on the girls side and only if it is in service to the boys side. This has been the problem since NA has been with the club and will be until he leaves.

Isn't this really a problem with the league for requiring girls teams in order for the boys to play there? If meeting girls where they are means dropping the top boys teams down to NCSL, that doesn't exactly seem fair to the boys either. It's a no-win situation. This seems like a long-term problem that Herndon is going to have to face.

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Anonymous wrote:It looks like Herndon is not planning to have more than one team for most of the girls age groups? Do they have enough girls to fill each team next year? I think last year they did not have teams in some age groups.

They don’t. 2 of the older girl coaches are Sterling coaches, not Herndon.

Do your DD a favor and go somewhere else. The girl side has been rebuilding for 10+ years at this point and see where they are... NA and the board have and always will favor boys.

I don't understand this strategy considering the club is in ECNL RL. Doesn't that league tie the boys and girls together? It's really hard to rebuild once you have lost the trust of families.

The root of the problem is that they are forcing girls to play in ECNL RL who don't belong there in order to keep the boys in the league. Instead, if they really cared about the girls program, they would meet them where they are (which is mostly likely low-level NCSL) and develop them from there instead of forcing them to get clobbered every week, gaslighting them by telling them that "if you want to be the best, you have to play the best" and then wondering why the girls and the coaches turn over so fast. They're only interested in band-aid fixes on the girls side and only if it is in service to the boys side. This has been the problem since NA has been with the club and will be until he leaves.

Isn't this really a problem with the league for requiring girls teams in order for the boys to play there? If meeting girls where they are means dropping the top boys teams down to NCSL, that doesn't exactly seem fair to the boys either. It's a no-win situation. This seems like a long-term problem that Herndon is going to have to face.

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Anonymous wrote:It looks like Herndon is not planning to have more than one team for most of the girls age groups? Do they have enough girls to fill each team next year? I think last year they did not have teams in some age groups.

They don’t. 2 of the older girl coaches are Sterling coaches, not Herndon.

Do your DD a favor and go somewhere else. The girl side has been rebuilding for 10+ years at this point and see where they are... NA and the board have and always will favor boys.

I don't understand this strategy considering the club is in ECNL RL. Doesn't that league tie the boys and girls together? It's really hard to rebuild once you have lost the trust of families.

The root of the problem is that they are forcing girls to play in ECNL RL who don't belong there in order to keep the boys in the league. Instead, if they really cared about the girls program, they would meet them where they are (which is mostly likely low-level NCSL) and develop them from there instead of forcing them to get clobbered every week, gaslighting them by telling them that "if you want to be the best, you have to play the best" and then wondering why the girls and the coaches turn over so fast. They're only interested in band-aid fixes on the girls side and only if it is in service to the boys side. This has been the problem since NA has been with the club and will be until he leaves.

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Anonymous wrote:It looks like Herndon is not planning to have more than one team for most of the girls age groups? Do they have enough girls to fill each team next year? I think last year they did not have teams in some age groups.

They don’t. 2 of the older girl coaches are Sterling coaches, not Herndon.

Do your DD a favor and go somewhere else. The girl side has been rebuilding for 10+ years at this point and see where they are... NA and the board have and always will favor boys.

I don't understand this strategy considering the club is in ECNL RL. Doesn't that league tie the boys and girls together? It's really hard to rebuild once you have lost the trust of families.

The root of the problem is that they are forcing girls to play in ECNL RL who don't belong there in order to keep the boys in the league. Instead, if they really cared about the girls program, they would meet them where they are (which is mostly likely low-level NCSL) and develop them from there instead of forcing them to get clobbered every week, gaslighting them by telling them that "if you want to be the best, you have to play the best" and then wondering why the girls and the coaches turn over so fast. They're only interested in band-aid fixes on the girls side and only if it is in service to the boys side. This has been the problem since NA has been with the club and will be until he leaves.

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Anonymous wrote:It looks like Herndon is not planning to have more than one team for most of the girls age groups? Do they have enough girls to fill each team next year? I think last year they did not have teams in some age groups.

They don’t. 2 of the older girl coaches are Sterling coaches, not Herndon.

Do your DD a favor and go somewhere else. The girl side has been rebuilding for 10+ years at this point and see where they are... NA and the board have and always will favor boys.

I don't understand this strategy considering the club is in ECNL RL. Doesn't that league tie the boys and girls together? It's really hard to rebuild once you have lost the trust of families.

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Anonymous wrote:It looks like Herndon is not planning to have more than one team for most of the girls age groups? Do they have enough girls to fill each team next year? I think last year they did not have teams in some age groups.

They don’t. 2 of the older girl coaches are Sterling coaches, not Herndon.

Do your DD a favor and go somewhere else. The girl side has been rebuilding for 10+ years at this point and see where they are... NA and the board have and always will favor boys.

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Anonymous wrote:It looks like Herndon is not planning to have more than one team for most of the girls age groups? Do they have enough girls to fill each team next year? I think last year they did not have teams in some age groups.

They don’t. 2 of the older girl coaches are Sterling coaches, not Herndon.

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Anonymous wrote:the replacement guy for AM was bumped down to u-little teams only after taking over the u16, u13 and u12 black teams, draw your conclusions.

I wondered about that. Were there complaints?

Not sure about the other two teams but some 2013s are leaving. Parents chose the team for AM and were not impressed.