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Anonymous wrote:So… who will finish higher? Arlington or Fairfax?

Arlington likely has the edge in my view.

Arlington. Union will take a while to mesh, if they ever do. 10 new players do not integrate over night.

Yeah but it's 10 new players that came from the same team. If they don't mesh quickly, you can chalk it up to the coaching. Most of those 10 have played together for a few years now.

10 players from a bottom of the table team though?

10 good players. Can’t blame them for crap NVA coaching.

That NVA coach has actually won a conference and finished above 5th place before neither of those things MV can say he has done before.

PL also managed to ruin the 09 team that won the conference at u13 and u15? U16 they finished 7th? U17 everybody leaves!

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Anonymous wrote:The Onion also has horrific coaching. 6th would be lucky!!!

Perhaps but Bethesda will finish last in 09 so does it even matter?

LOL. MV not everyone that insults you is from Bethesda. The whole area thinks you are garbage.

Yeah, you don’t know much about the 09 North Atlantic…maybe have a chance to beat MDU and Pipeline? Maybe? Bottom 3 finish at best even with new players.

And…

1. VDA
2. RU
3. CSA
4. Courage
5. Arlington
6. FVU
7. Fusion
8. Beach
9. Wilmington

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Anonymous wrote:The Onion also has horrific coaching. 6th would be lucky!!!

Perhaps but Bethesda will finish last in 09 so does it even matter?

LOL. MV not everyone that insults you is from Bethesda. The whole area thinks you are garbage.

Yeah, you don’t know much about the 09 North Atlantic…maybe have a chance to beat MDU and Pipeline? Maybe? Bottom 3 finish at best even with new players.

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Anonymous wrote:So… who will finish higher? Arlington or Fairfax?

Arlington likely has the edge in my view.

Arlington. Union will take a while to mesh, if they ever do. 10 new players do not integrate over night.

Yeah but it's 10 new players that came from the same team. If they don't mesh quickly, you can chalk it up to the coaching. Most of those 10 have played together for a few years now.

10 players from a bottom of the table team though?

10 good players. Can’t blame them for crap NVA coaching.

That NVA coach has actually won a conference and finished above 5th place before neither of those things MV can say he has done before.

Exactly. PL has won the division and gotten kids committed.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So… who will finish higher? Arlington or Fairfax?

Arlington likely has the edge in my view.

Arlington. Union will take a while to mesh, if they ever do. 10 new players do not integrate over night.

Yeah but it's 10 new players that came from the same team. If they don't mesh quickly, you can chalk it up to the coaching. Most of those 10 have played together for a few years now.

10 players from a bottom of the table team though?

10 good players. Can’t blame them for crap NVA coaching.

That NVA coach has actually won a conference and finished above 5th place before neither of those things MV can say he has done before.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So… who will finish higher? Arlington or Fairfax?

Arlington likely has the edge in my view.

Arlington. Union will take a while to mesh, if they ever do. 10 new players do not integrate over night.

Yeah but it's 10 new players that came from the same team. If they don't mesh quickly, you can chalk it up to the coaching. Most of those 10 have played together for a few years now.

10 players from a bottom of the table team though?

10 good players. Can’t blame them for crap NVA coaching.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So… who will finish higher? Arlington or Fairfax?

Arlington likely has the edge in my view.

Arlington. Union will take a while to mesh, if they ever do. 10 new players do not integrate over night.

Yeah but it's 10 new players that came from the same team. If they don't mesh quickly, you can chalk it up to the coaching. Most of those 10 have played together for a few years now.

10 players from a bottom of the table team though?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So… who will finish higher? Arlington or Fairfax?

Arlington likely has the edge in my view.

Arlington. Union will take a while to mesh, if they ever do. 10 new players do not integrate over night.

Yeah but it's 10 new players that came from the same team. If they don't mesh quickly, you can chalk it up to the coaching. Most of those 10 have played together for a few years now.

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Anonymous wrote:The Onion also has horrific coaching. 6th would be lucky!!!

Perhaps but Bethesda will finish last in 09 so does it even matter?

LOL. MV not everyone that insults you is from Bethesda. The whole area thinks you are garbage.

This is true. What a reputation MV has.

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Anonymous wrote:The Onion also has horrific coaching. 6th would be lucky!!!

Perhaps but Bethesda will finish last in 09 so does it even matter?

LOL. MV not everyone that insults you is from Bethesda. The whole area thinks you are garbage.

Anonymous wrote:So… who will finish higher? Arlington or Fairfax?

Arlington likely has the edge in my view.

Arlington. Union will take a while to mesh, if they ever do. 10 new players do not integrate over night.

So… who will finish higher? Arlington or Fairfax?

Arlington likely has the edge in my view.

Anonymous wrote:These type of threads are always a blast on this forum...they always devolve in a similar fashion where it's well this or that or whatever.

I realize that the VDA 2009 team has pulled in a bunch of quality players from many different teams and they have been the recipients of getting a lot of positive PR from their current coach. They most likely would have ended up where they have regardless.

And the RU 2009 team has mostly been made of girls who have come up from the RU program and who also had a coach who was well connected... they probably would have had the same occur as the VDA group.

And similar things can be said at some of the other top programs in the MA as well...

At this point at U17 the top players are concentrating not on recruitment but on development and growth...

Oh well, this seems to be a whole lot about nothing...

That’s what you get in Richmond. Those teams come up together and there isn’t much turnover except when they bring in players from the beach area or Charlottesville or Roanoke. They also don’t have players leaving for greener pastures like all of the northern Virginia teams do.

There’s always a lot of turnover in northern Virginia. When you get into the later high school ages, most of the best players congregate to the best team.

I think it’s wrong to discredit the core Vda team though. It’s a really good team that started off not as a good team. They got better and they added some amazing players.

Vda won the MA and Richmond went further in the playoffs. They are easily the best two teams in the age group in Virginia.

They also love playing each other. There is healthy respect between the players and coaches. Something that crazy northern Virginia soccer dads don’t understand.

These type of threads are always a blast on this forum...they always devolve in a similar fashion where it's well this or that or whatever.

I realize that the VDA 2009 team has pulled in a bunch of quality players from many different teams and they have been the recipients of getting a lot of positive PR from their current coach. They most likely would have ended up where they have regardless.

And the RU 2009 team has mostly been made of girls who have come up from the RU program and who also had a coach who was well connected... they probably would have had the same occur as the VDA group.

And similar things can be said at some of the other top programs in the MA as well...

At this point at U17 the top players are concentrating not on recruitment but on development and growth...

Oh well, this seems to be a whole lot about nothing...

Both VDA and RU 2009s have had fantastic coaching and guidance over the last year, to go along with great talent and results. A combination of all of these things leads to positive results with college recruiting. It’s very simple when you look at it all…

Unfortunately, our area just does not have enough quality coaching and individuals who are connected enough to guide the kids properly.