Anonymous wrote:2 GA clubs literally in the same place. Great.

Kind of like PDA Blue and PDA White in ECNL (and it is worse that they are the same club and you are forced to play their B team)

Anonymous wrote:What field space? Are you referring to the one with 4 teams practicing together at the same time?

Anonymous wrote:SYC parent... just having the fields in Springfield is a huge plus. With multiple kids, just couldn't do the many practices a week in Mclean or surrounding clubs (except maybe Brave). Great opportunity for the girls...

WOW, only 4 teams practicing together on the same field. I would love that. I've seen 6 and 7 different age groups (boys and girls) practicing together on the same field at SYC, with ages ranging between U9-U15. If you are not on the top teams at SYC, your kid will get left behind in development. And even the top teams suffer because of a lack of field space. They tell you that they are developing the players quick decision making and reactions, which is important and should be part of the training curriculum that encompasses more aspects of the game. For instance, it is impossible to teach team defense on 1/7th of a field. On the boys side, I've noticed that the majority of the MLS players are developed by other clubs (Mananas United, for instance) and then they just show up once a week for practice and come out for games. If you decide to join up with the SYC GA teams, Good Luck!!

Anonymous wrote:The older SYC girls' teams are doomed to be mediocre, tough to pull top talent from existing ECNL clubs. But 2012s is a different story.

As mentioned before on this thread it'll be interesting to see how many of the 2010s and 2011s come back. I think when they joined Union it was in 09 and a few left but likely late in the game for those to come back unless there is a lack of playing time. I'm sure for 09 and older they could possibly add new players from nearby clubs to strengthen those teams so I'm sure they'll be able to compete.

Anonymous wrote:The older SYC girls' teams are doomed to be mediocre, tough to pull top talent from existing ECNL clubs. But 2012s is a different story.

Gotta start somewhere. Hope their 2012 group stays together and makes some noise on the national level together.

The older SYC girls' teams are doomed to be mediocre, tough to pull top talent from existing ECNL clubs. But 2012s is a different story.

Alexandria girls will be at SYC ID sessions

Anonymous wrote:Curious to the impact that the GA will have at nearby clubs. Non-SYC parents, have you consider attending ID sessions or heard from other parents on your child's team. I have a DD at a nearby club's top team and I haven't heard much discussion about it.

In my experience, parents can be cagey about their kids trying out for different clubs. So I would not assume that lack of discussion means people aren't considering....

I have heard from some non-SYC parents who are considering or have already registered for the ID sessions. Geographic convenience seems to be a consideration in addition to the GA pathway.

Curious to the impact that the GA will have at nearby clubs. Non-SYC parents, have you consider attending ID sessions or heard from other parents on your child's team. I have a DD at a nearby club's top team and I haven't heard much discussion about it.

Anonymous wrote:No teams in nova can compete nationally on their own. You must have a partner. Even large clubs like Loudoun and Arlington have proved that. SYC will struggle.
On top of that, the GA is getting worse every year. The carry over DA teams like FCV had brought college coaches to their events but with them and other clubs in the DA now a shell of themselves, you will see fewer and fewer coaches at their events.

GA is getting worse every year? What's the metric on that?

And DA carry overs are a shell of themselves? You really should educate yourself before you make statements like that. Is GA on the same level currently as ECNL? No. But carryover clubs like FCV, Nationals, or TopHat have all had and maintained success post DA fallout. FCV has made some pretty poor business decisions and it is looking like they will now be a shell of themselves but to say that ex-DA clubs have all become worse and GA as a league has become worse is foolish.

Year after year GA has increased its share of the percentage of college commits, even to D1. A lot of the clubs that went into GA, they continued the USSF DA training model standard and it's worked. Give the turf war more time and the market will work itself out. MLS Next is the top of the boys pyramid, that tends to shut out clubs from access to the ECNL girls platform. If this trend continues and clubs that have access to MLS Next just field teams in GA for girls, the market will shift.

No teams in nova can compete nationally on their own. You must have a partner. Even large clubs like Loudoun and Arlington have proved that. SYC will struggle.
On top of that, the GA is getting worse every year. The carry over DA teams like FCV had brought college coaches to their events but with them and other clubs in the DA now a shell of themselves, you will see fewer and fewer coaches at their events.

Anonymous wrote:SYC parent... just having the fields in Springfield is a huge plus. With multiple kids, just couldn't do the many practices a week in Mclean or surrounding clubs (except maybe Brave). Great opportunity for the girls...

Do you think Brave only practices in Fairfax? Think again, you’ll be driving to Vienna and Oakton.

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Anonymous wrote:When are the ID sessions?

March 1st

Um. No. They start Friday

What field space? Are you referring to the one with 4 teams practicing together at the same time?

Anonymous wrote:SYC parent... just having the fields in Springfield is a huge plus. With multiple kids, just couldn't do the many practices a week in Mclean or surrounding clubs (except maybe Brave). Great opportunity for the girls...

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Anonymous wrote:It won't just be 2012s staying at SYC, its former SYC players coming back at 2010-11s. Going to McLean from Springfield or any points south is a nightmare. Many parents with a promise of the core group of SYC players making the decision to go back and keep the strongest girls together is a reality. ECNL may be superior league nationally pound for pound not sure anyone is on here arguing on that, but in VA theres a vacum now with FCV looking defunct. So there is an argument to be had that SYC with a strong tradition of developing technical players, comfortable expresssing themselves on the ball at the essential development years 6-12years old, could have the ability to field a more than competent GA team right now. Give them some time, but speed that time up if players leave ECNL clubs. FCV proved that with solid, technical teams, that stuck together for multiple years that they could monopolize a region in GA, and go to eveyr champions cups and be seen by the same power 5 coaches, as they would at the ECNL level

I'd be very surprised if more than a player or two returned to SYC. But as a longer-term strategy, can't see this as a bad move for SYC.

This quote about SYC having this loyalty over players is INSANE. What delusion are you coming from.

Honestly the original quote (9:10) looks like something copied and pasted from internal talking points of SYC.