Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If we reduced the amount of ecnl teams down to two instead of four, we would be competitive. It's just a talent pool issue vs number of players in the area.

There's nothing more we could do about it, a team from Idaho isn't going to compete with a team from Northern virginia, and a team from Northern Virginia isn't going to compete with a team from Southern California or Dallas who makes it to Nationals

Not sure that adds up. Dallas has 5 ecnl teams. The population isn't that different than DMV. How do you explain how they have so many more top teams?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Geez, I disappear for a few days and SD Surf Dad comes in calling people what he really is (a know it all).

FYI Surf dad, you should know that Bethesda from DMV made it all the way to Semi-finals last year and we’re eliminated in OT against the would be Nat’l Champions. Now, 2 of 3 North Atlantic teams just made through to Quarterfinals. Same goes for 09s. So much for what you know acting like the East Coast is crap. Three letters for ya, PDA.

Now, your other stupid comment about direct vs. possession. There is nothing wrong with either and direct is too often confused with “kickball”. Feel free to watch Spain play if you don’t understand. That is what is considered direct. Kickball is when your defense just kicks it over midfield and hopes the fast athletic player can run on top of it (NVA).

Lastly, I don’t think to my knowledge that SoCal experiences the extreme weather like we do. Go North and you can find large field houses. Go south and the weather is much more favorable for more months of outdoor training.

Lastly, for all the talk about “money”. It’s not just ECNL, it’s families that can afford non-stop training and home schooling who are truly successful. Not the league. Olivia Moultrie, Lily Yohannes, Alyssa and Gisele Thompson, and Mak Whitham. All $$$. Club soccer is a rich family sport, like it or not.

ECNL vs. GA isn’t even a worthy argument. You either get it or you don’t. It doesn’t take much research.

You have no idea what the f- you are talking about. Let Cali Dad speak.

Actually you have no idea. Feel free to educate yourself.

https://www.reuters.com/sports/soccer/spains-vertical-football-too-much-ageing-croatia-2024-06-15/

Oh, Reuters futbol analysis…lol. You are even more clueless than I imagined.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Geez, I disappear for a few days and SD Surf Dad comes in calling people what he really is (a know it all).

FYI Surf dad, you should know that Bethesda from DMV made it all the way to Semi-finals last year and we’re eliminated in OT against the would be Nat’l Champions. Now, 2 of 3 North Atlantic teams just made through to Quarterfinals. Same goes for 09s. So much for what you know acting like the East Coast is crap. Three letters for ya, PDA.

Now, your other stupid comment about direct vs. possession. There is nothing wrong with either and direct is too often confused with “kickball”. Feel free to watch Spain play if you don’t understand. That is what is considered direct. Kickball is when your defense just kicks it over midfield and hopes the fast athletic player can run on top of it (NVA).

Lastly, I don’t think to my knowledge that SoCal experiences the extreme weather like we do. Go North and you can find large field houses. Go south and the weather is much more favorable for more months of outdoor training.

Lastly, for all the talk about “money”. It’s not just ECNL, it’s families that can afford non-stop training and home schooling who are truly successful. Not the league. Olivia Moultrie, Lily Yohannes, Alyssa and Gisele Thompson, and Mak Whitham. All $$$. Club soccer is a rich family sport, like it or not.

ECNL vs. GA isn’t even a worthy argument. You either get it or you don’t. It doesn’t take much research.

You have no idea what the f- you are talking about. Let Cali Dad speak.

Actually you have no idea. Feel free to educate yourself.

https://www.reuters.com/sports/soccer/spains-vertical-football-too-much-ageing-croatia-2024-06-15/

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Geez, I disappear for a few days and SD Surf Dad comes in calling people what he really is (a know it all).

FYI Surf dad, you should know that Bethesda from DMV made it all the way to Semi-finals last year and we’re eliminated in OT against the would be Nat’l Champions. Now, 2 of 3 North Atlantic teams just made through to Quarterfinals. Same goes for 09s. So much for what you know acting like the East Coast is crap. Three letters for ya, PDA.

Now, your other stupid comment about direct vs. possession. There is nothing wrong with either and direct is too often confused with “kickball”. Feel free to watch Spain play if you don’t understand. That is what is considered direct. Kickball is when your defense just kicks it over midfield and hopes the fast athletic player can run on top of it (NVA).

Lastly, I don’t think to my knowledge that SoCal experiences the extreme weather like we do. Go North and you can find large field houses. Go south and the weather is much more favorable for more months of outdoor training.

Lastly, for all the talk about “money”. It’s not just ECNL, it’s families that can afford non-stop training and home schooling who are truly successful. Not the league. Olivia Moultrie, Lily Yohannes, Alyssa and Gisele Thompson, and Mak Whitham. All $$$. Club soccer is a rich family sport, like it or not.

ECNL vs. GA isn’t even a worthy argument. You either get it or you don’t. It doesn’t take much research.

You have no idea what the f- you are talking about. Let Cali Dad speak.

Anonymous wrote:Geez, I disappear for a few days and SD Surf Dad comes in calling people what he really is (a know it all).

FYI Surf dad, you should know that Bethesda from DMV made it all the way to Semi-finals last year and we’re eliminated in OT against the would be Nat’l Champions. Now, 2 of 3 North Atlantic teams just made through to Quarterfinals. Same goes for 09s. So much for what you know acting like the East Coast is crap. Three letters for ya, PDA.

Now, your other stupid comment about direct vs. possession. There is nothing wrong with either and direct is too often confused with “kickball”. Feel free to watch Spain play if you don’t understand. That is what is considered direct. Kickball is when your defense just kicks it over midfield and hopes the fast athletic player can run on top of it (NVA).

Lastly, I don’t think to my knowledge that SoCal experiences the extreme weather like we do. Go North and you can find large field houses. Go south and the weather is much more favorable for more months of outdoor training.

Lastly, for all the talk about “money”. It’s not just ECNL, it’s families that can afford non-stop training and home schooling who are truly successful. Not the league. Olivia Moultrie, Lily Yohannes, Alyssa and Gisele Thompson, and Mak Whitham. All $$$. Club soccer is a rich family sport, like it or not.

ECNL vs. GA isn’t even a worthy argument. You either get it or you don’t. It doesn’t take much research.

Anonymous wrote:Geez, I disappear for a few days and SD Surf Dad comes in calling people what he really is (a know it all).

FYI Surf dad, you should know that Bethesda from DMV made it all the way to Semi-finals last year and we’re eliminated in OT against the would be Nat’l Champions. Now, 2 of 3 North Atlantic teams just made through to Quarterfinals. Same goes for 09s. So much for what you know acting like the East Coast is crap. Three letters for ya, PDA.

Now, your other stupid comment about direct vs. possession. There is nothing wrong with either and direct is too often confused with “kickball”. Feel free to watch Spain play if you don’t understand. That is what is considered direct. Kickball is when your defense just kicks it over midfield and hopes the fast athletic player can run on top of it (NVA).

Lastly, I don’t think to my knowledge that SoCal experiences the extreme weather like we do. Go North and you can find large field houses. Go south and the weather is much more favorable for more months of outdoor training.

Lastly, for all the talk about “money”. It’s not just ECNL, it’s families that can afford non-stop training and home schooling who are truly successful. Not the league. Olivia Moultrie, Lily Yohannes, Alyssa and Gisele Thompson, and Mak Whitham. All $$$. Club soccer is a rich family sport, like it or not.

ECNL vs. GA isn’t even a worthy argument. You either get it or you don’t. It doesn’t take much research.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:BTW I'm typing all this from CA with a u14 kid that's been playing competitive soccer since she was 5. Yes, there's competitive soccer at age 5 in Socal.

I like commenting here just to argue with the idiots who think the know everything but get blown out every year in playoffs and west coast tournaments.

I'm telling you how Surf wins all the time. It's not magic. It's a refined core program that they follow from when the players are u6 all the way to when they're u16. Nobody takes shortcuts players, coaches, or parents.

Just stop, Surf wins all the time because they're viewed as the best club in San Diego for 20+ years and pull players from smaller clubs. Yes they develop a handful of their own, but most players start/develop at uLittles in a smaller club and then go to Surf as they get older.

It's much more than that but believe what you want.

okay champ, you know all

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:BTW I'm typing all this from CA with a u14 kid that's been playing competitive soccer since she was 5. Yes, there's competitive soccer at age 5 in Socal.

I like commenting here just to argue with the idiots who think the know everything but get blown out every year in playoffs and west coast tournaments.

I'm telling you how Surf wins all the time. It's not magic. It's a refined core program that they follow from when the players are u6 all the way to when they're u16. Nobody takes shortcuts players, coaches, or parents.

Just stop, Surf wins all the time because they're viewed as the best club in San Diego for 20+ years and pull players from smaller clubs. Yes they develop a handful of their own, but most players start/develop at uLittles in a smaller club and then go to Surf as they get older.

It's much more than that but believe what you want.

Anonymous wrote:If we reduced the amount of ecnl teams down to two instead of four, we would be competitive. It's just a talent pool issue vs number of players in the area.

There's nothing more we could do about it, a team from Idaho isn't going to compete with a team from Northern virginia, and a team from Northern Virginia isn't going to compete with a team from Southern California or Dallas who makes it to Nationals

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:BTW I'm typing all this from CA with a u14 kid that's been playing competitive soccer since she was 5. Yes, there's competitive soccer at age 5 in Socal.

I like commenting here just to argue with the idiots who think the know everything but get blown out every year in playoffs and west coast tournaments.

I'm telling you how Surf wins all the time. It's not magic. It's a refined core program that they follow from when the players are u6 all the way to when they're u16. Nobody takes shortcuts players, coaches, or parents.

Just stop, Surf wins all the time because they're viewed as the best club in San Diego for 20+ years and pull players from smaller clubs. Yes they develop a handful of their own, but most players start/develop at uLittles in a smaller club and then go to Surf as they get older.

Anonymous wrote:BTW I'm typing all this from CA with a u14 kid that's been playing competitive soccer since she was 5. Yes, there's competitive soccer at age 5 in Socal.

I like commenting here just to argue with the idiots who think the know everything but get blown out every year in playoffs and west coast tournaments.

I'm telling you how Surf wins all the time. It's not magic. It's a refined core program that they follow from when the players are u6 all the way to when they're u16. Nobody takes shortcuts players, coaches, or parents.