Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As someone who did ECNL at u13 and u14 and is now unaffliated, save your money and wait unil u15 or u16 to join ECNL/GA/MLSN. You may be losing some time to gel with a specific high level team, but your kid will be better player unltimatley by not playing at this level during these development years. Too much is dependent on winning, which in the end means absolutely nothing to your kid becoming a better soccer player. Find a coach that believes in your kid, league and level doesn't matter, spend more time with the ball than in the car, and keep it fun. Competition will always be there and not really worth the money until you know college coaches are watching you compete.

So true. These NL leagues are so unnecessary at U13/14, some may even say U15. Nobody is coming to scout your games.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a 2013 daughter who is a strong player on the first team at a small club. We're trying to determine where she has the best chance of making the leap to an ECNL team for next season. The statement below is almost entirely uninformed, but it seems logical to me. Call it my hypothesis. I'm curious if others agree or disagree and if so why.

"It will be easier for 2013 girls not associated with PWSI, VSA, or Herndon to make the U13 ECNL team at VSA than it will be for 2013 girls not affiliated with Loudoun, McLean, Arlington, or Bethesda to make the ECNL team at NVA, FVU, Arlington, or Bethesda, respectively, because the current 2013G Pre-ECNL players at Loudoun, McLean, Arlington, and Bethesda, on average, are significantly stronger than the Pre-ECNL players at PWSI, VSA, and Herndon.

I'm honestly not trolling. ECNL (and GA) ID sessions are already starting to conflict with one another and she needs to decide which clubs to prioritize, knowing that she's at a disadvantage coming from a small club.

yep the VDA feeder clubs are a-lot weaker. NVA, Union, Arlington will be long shots. There are just too many kids. Now add those age groups are extremely strong. (it will be hard for your kid to get the appropriate ID.) they best way is to reach out to coaches prior to IDs and ask to go to a training session.

Without fail, every year a new crop of u-littles parents announcing just how strong their year is. A tradition like no other.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One barometer is if they can keep it about the players and be objective about it.

As this thread is about next year's U13 ECNL (and perhaps GA) teams, do you have a view on whether any of the current coaches of those teams are relatively stronger than the others?

Any coach posted here will be mocked and torn down. It’s the DCUM way.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One barometer is if they can keep it about the players and be objective about it.

As this thread is about next year's U13 ECNL (and perhaps GA) teams, do you have a view on whether any of the current coaches of those teams are relatively stronger than the others?

Anonymous wrote:As someone who did ECNL at u13 and u14 and is now unaffliated, save your money and wait unil u15 or u16 to join ECNL/GA/MLSN. You may be losing some time to gel with a specific high level team, but your kid will be better player unltimatley by not playing at this level during these development years. Too much is dependent on winning, which in the end means absolutely nothing to your kid becoming a better soccer player. Find a coach that believes in your kid, league and level doesn't matter, spend more time with the ball than in the car, and keep it fun. Competition will always be there and not really worth the money until you know college coaches are watching you compete.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One barometer is if they can keep it about the players and be objective about it.

As this thread is about next year's U13 ECNL (and perhaps GA) teams, do you have a view on whether any of the current coaches of those teams are relatively stronger than the others?

Anonymous wrote:One barometer is if they can keep it about the players and be objective about it.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a 2013 daughter who is a strong player on the first team at a small club. We're trying to determine where she has the best chance of making the leap to an ECNL team for next season. The statement below is almost entirely uninformed, but it seems logical to me. Call it my hypothesis. I'm curious if others agree or disagree and if so why.

"It will be easier for 2013 girls not associated with PWSI, VSA, or Herndon to make the U13 ECNL team at VSA than it will be for 2013 girls not affiliated with Loudoun, McLean, Arlington, or Bethesda to make the ECNL team at NVA, FVU, Arlington, or Bethesda, respectively, because the current 2013G Pre-ECNL players at Loudoun, McLean, Arlington, and Bethesda, on average, are significantly stronger than the Pre-ECNL players at PWSI, VSA, and Herndon.

I'm honestly not trolling. ECNL (and GA) ID sessions are already starting to conflict with one another and she needs to decide which clubs to prioritize, knowing that she's at a disadvantage coming from a small club.

yep the VDA feeder clubs are a-lot weaker. NVA, Union, Arlington will be long shots. There are just too many kids. Now add those age groups are extremely strong. (it will be hard for your kid to get the appropriate ID.) they best way is to reach out to coaches prior to IDs and ask to go to a training session.

Without fail, every year a new crop of u-littles parents announcing just how strong their year is. A tradition like no other.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a 2013 daughter who is a strong player on the first team at a small club. We're trying to determine where she has the best chance of making the leap to an ECNL team for next season. The statement below is almost entirely uninformed, but it seems logical to me. Call it my hypothesis. I'm curious if others agree or disagree and if so why.

"It will be easier for 2013 girls not associated with PWSI, VSA, or Herndon to make the U13 ECNL team at VSA than it will be for 2013 girls not affiliated with Loudoun, McLean, Arlington, or Bethesda to make the ECNL team at NVA, FVU, Arlington, or Bethesda, respectively, because the current 2013G Pre-ECNL players at Loudoun, McLean, Arlington, and Bethesda, on average, are significantly stronger than the Pre-ECNL players at PWSI, VSA, and Herndon.

I'm honestly not trolling. ECNL (and GA) ID sessions are already starting to conflict with one another and she needs to decide which clubs to prioritize, knowing that she's at a disadvantage coming from a small club.

yep the VDA feeder clubs are a-lot weaker. NVA, Union, Arlington will be long shots. There are just too many kids. Now add those age groups are extremely strong. (it will be hard for your kid to get the appropriate ID.) they best way is to reach out to coaches prior to IDs and ask to go to a training session.

Anonymous wrote:I have a 2013 daughter who is a strong player on the first team at a small club. We're trying to determine where she has the best chance of making the leap to an ECNL team for next season. The statement below is almost entirely uninformed, but it seems logical to me. Call it my hypothesis. I'm curious if others agree or disagree and if so why.

"It will be easier for 2013 girls not associated with PWSI, VSA, or Herndon to make the U13 ECNL team at VSA than it will be for 2013 girls not affiliated with Loudoun, McLean, Arlington, or Bethesda to make the ECNL team at NVA, FVU, Arlington, or Bethesda, respectively, because the current 2013G Pre-ECNL players at Loudoun, McLean, Arlington, and Bethesda, on average, are significantly stronger than the Pre-ECNL players at PWSI, VSA, and Herndon.

I'm honestly not trolling. ECNL (and GA) ID sessions are already starting to conflict with one another and she needs to decide which clubs to prioritize, knowing that she's at a disadvantage coming from a small club.

Anonymous wrote:I have a 2013 daughter who is a strong player on the first team at a small club. We're trying to determine where she has the best chance of making the leap to an ECNL team for next season. The statement below is almost entirely uninformed, but it seems logical to me. Call it my hypothesis. I'm curious if others agree or disagree and if so why.

"It will be easier for 2013 girls not associated with PWSI, VSA, or Herndon to make the U13 ECNL team at VSA than it will be for 2013 girls not affiliated with Loudoun, McLean, Arlington, or Bethesda to make the ECNL team at NVA, FVU, Arlington, or Bethesda, respectively, because the current 2013G Pre-ECNL players at Loudoun, McLean, Arlington, and Bethesda, on average, are significantly stronger than the Pre-ECNL players at PWSI, VSA, and Herndon.

I'm honestly not trolling. ECNL (and GA) ID sessions are already starting to conflict with one another and she needs to decide which clubs to prioritize, knowing that she's at a disadvantage coming from a small club.