Anonymous wrote:Adding Omar Ismail to the boys side is fantastic - he's one of the best coaches in the region. This team is improved from what was already a really strong group.

Agreed. Have seen him in other contexts and he is a perfect add for those top age groups on the boys side. He will be first rate. I posted in the fall that one of the big clubs needed to grab him.

Adding Omar Ismail to the boys side is fantastic - he's one of the best coaches in the region. This team is improved from what was already a really strong group.

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Anonymous wrote:How is the 2005 girls team? DD's SYC team is falling apart and we're looking for options.

Why is the team falling apart?

I won't speak for anybody else, I think there is a variety of reasons. Are you familiar with the Arlington 2005 girls team?

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Anonymous wrote:First year in ECNL, Arlington will probably struggle and this coaching slate is going to look a lot different next year.

Bizarre comment since Arlington has played all of the NOVA ECNL teams already.

ASA won't struggle their 09 Pre-ECNL team is one of the top in the state (played against them and tried out); add a few or more outside club and they will be very strong.

Anonymous wrote:My current Arlington player has her offer.

ECNL coaching slate:
2009s - Gerardo Ramirez & Molly Menchel (Assistant Mo Tayari)
2008s - Mo Tayari (Assistant Julia Roberts)
2007s - Haytham Mansur (Assistant Nicci Wright)
2006s - Nicci Wright (Assistant Molly Menchel)
2005s - Declan Coll (Assistant Julia Roberts)
2004/03 - Gerardo Ramirez & Nicci Wright.

You know that the academy teams are the only ones, right? There's a whole universe of people outside of those teams waiting to see what will happen with their own kids. If you wanted to contribute constructively instead of just bragging, you could give more information about the year, when you got the offer, and when you have to give a decision to help other parents gets a sense of the timeline for when they might hear about their own kids.

Anonymous wrote:First year in ECNL, Arlington will probably struggle and this coaching slate is going to look a lot different next year.

Bizarre comment since Arlington has played all of the NOVA ECNL teams already.

German was from Mclean
Nicci was from Mclean
Yassi was from Mclean
Haytham was from Mclean
Molly was from Mclean
Marc was from Mclean
Matt was from Mclean
The Director of Operations was from Mclean

Anonymous wrote:First year in ECNL, Arlington will probably struggle and this coaching slate is going to look a lot different next year.

Why does this mean it will look different next year? Arlington definitely believes in changing coaches every 2-3 years, but there have been exceptions. Some clubs the coach stays with the team for years. You can argue both sides.

Anonymous wrote:Molly Menchel is good? Gerardo is not from Mclean?

A coach is only as good as his/her players.

Anonymous wrote:How is the 2005 girls team? DD's SYC team is falling apart and we're looking for options.

Why is the team falling apart?

First year in ECNL, Arlington will probably struggle and this coaching slate is going to look a lot different next year.

How is the 2005 girls team? DD's SYC team is falling apart and we're looking for options.

I see Arlington is still trying to pretend that there's an "Academy" that they're part of. Give it up, bubbas.

Molly Menchel is good? Gerardo is not from Mclean?

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Anonymous wrote:Both Molly and Haytham moved over from MYS.

Is Julia Roberts from McLean? She was on the email as an assistant coach for 2008s and 2005s.

yes