Give Bethesda some credit. The team just merged. Most of the girls have been focused on HS. The team has practiced once a week. This weekend might have been the first time they have practiced and they crushed respectable competition. I expect that they will only get better from here.

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Anonymous wrote:That was MDUnited's second team. SAC and MSI are superior than the teams in the other bracket but there was no real challenge for either Bethesda or McLean.

and its irrelevant.
Bethesda beat the #1 team in Virginia- a strong-ish McLean team.
This entire thread is talking about MD teams, and Bethesda proved who was the better team at the moment in the area. It was the first time they had played as a team together.

Time will tell when we see how they do against their ECNL opponents when their season picks up.
And how they do in the Bethesda Cup- theyll most likely be up against Baltimore Celtic, Clarkstown Elite, Crusa FC, World Class, etc.

Sorry, no they didn't.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5rS5tNmm2Y

Sloppy, sloppy play on both sides of whoever is playing McLean.

Sorry, they did. Is is that hard to do just a LITTLE research on this one before you reply and look dumb?

We are talking Bethesda ECNL team, (not Bethesdas 2nd team.) Who beat Mclean in the final yesterday.

McLean is not the #1 team in Virginia...

Stop drinking the kool-aid!

they are ranked #1 guy lol

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That was MDUnited's second team. SAC and MSI are superior than the teams in the other bracket but there was no real challenge for either Bethesda or McLean.

and its irrelevant.
Bethesda beat the #1 team in Virginia- a strong-ish McLean team.
This entire thread is talking about MD teams, and Bethesda proved who was the better team at the moment in the area. It was the first time they had played as a team together.

Time will tell when we see how they do against their ECNL opponents when their season picks up.
And how they do in the Bethesda Cup- theyll most likely be up against Baltimore Celtic, Clarkstown Elite, Crusa FC, World Class, etc.

Sorry, no they didn't.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5rS5tNmm2Y

Sloppy, sloppy play on both sides of whoever is playing McLean.

Sorry, they did. Is is that hard to do just a LITTLE research on this one before you reply and look dumb?

We are talking Bethesda ECNL team, (not Bethesdas 2nd team.) Who beat Mclean in the final yesterday.

McLean is not the #1 team in Virginia...

Stop drinking the kool-aid!

lol. ok, who is then mr soccer?

They are ECNL national champions.

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Anonymous wrote:That was MDUnited's second team. SAC and MSI are superior than the teams in the other bracket but there was no real challenge for either Bethesda or McLean.

and its irrelevant.
Bethesda beat the #1 team in Virginia- a strong-ish McLean team.
This entire thread is talking about MD teams, and Bethesda proved who was the better team at the moment in the area. It was the first time they had played as a team together.

Time will tell when we see how they do against their ECNL opponents when their season picks up.
And how they do in the Bethesda Cup- theyll most likely be up against Baltimore Celtic, Clarkstown Elite, Crusa FC, World Class, etc.

Sorry, no they didn't.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5rS5tNmm2Y

Sloppy, sloppy play on both sides of whoever is playing McLean.

McLean 05 is not playing the beautiful game like their current 19s. They win some games but it is parking the bus and kicking it long to their single striker. Just like the 04s. Maybe it will change when they recruit 10 new players next year or maybe not because of dilution.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That was MDUnited's second team. SAC and MSI are superior than the teams in the other bracket but there was no real challenge for either Bethesda or McLean.

and its irrelevant.
Bethesda beat the #1 team in Virginia- a strong-ish McLean team.
This entire thread is talking about MD teams, and Bethesda proved who was the better team at the moment in the area. It was the first time they had played as a team together.

Time will tell when we see how they do against their ECNL opponents when their season picks up.
And how they do in the Bethesda Cup- theyll most likely be up against Baltimore Celtic, Clarkstown Elite, Crusa FC, World Class, etc.

Sorry, no they didn't.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5rS5tNmm2Y

Sloppy, sloppy play on both sides of whoever is playing McLean.

Sorry, they did. Is is that hard to do just a LITTLE research on this one before you reply and look dumb?

We are talking Bethesda ECNL team, (not Bethesdas 2nd team.) Who beat Mclean in the final yesterday.

McLean is not the #1 team in Virginia...

Stop drinking the kool-aid!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That was MDUnited's second team. SAC and MSI are superior than the teams in the other bracket but there was no real challenge for either Bethesda or McLean.

and its irrelevant.
Bethesda beat the #1 team in Virginia- a strong-ish McLean team.
This entire thread is talking about MD teams, and Bethesda proved who was the better team at the moment in the area. It was the first time they had played as a team together.

Time will tell when we see how they do against their ECNL opponents when their season picks up.
And how they do in the Bethesda Cup- theyll most likely be up against Baltimore Celtic, Clarkstown Elite, Crusa FC, World Class, etc.

Sorry, no they didn't.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5rS5tNmm2Y

Sloppy, sloppy play on both sides of whoever is playing McLean.

Sorry, they did. Is is that hard to do just a LITTLE research on this one before you reply and look dumb?

We are talking Bethesda ECNL team, (not Bethesdas 2nd team.) Who beat Mclean in the final yesterday.

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Anonymous wrote:That was MDUnited's second team. SAC and MSI are superior than the teams in the other bracket but there was no real challenge for either Bethesda or McLean.

and its irrelevant.
Bethesda beat the #1 team in Virginia- a strong-ish McLean team.
This entire thread is talking about MD teams, and Bethesda proved who was the better team at the moment in the area. It was the first time they had played as a team together.

Time will tell when we see how they do against their ECNL opponents when their season picks up.
And how they do in the Bethesda Cup- theyll most likely be up against Baltimore Celtic, Clarkstown Elite, Crusa FC, World Class, etc.

Sorry, no they didn't.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5rS5tNmm2Y

Sloppy, sloppy play on both sides of whoever is playing McLean.

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Anonymous wrote:That was MDUnited's second team. SAC and MSI are superior than the teams in the other bracket but there was no real challenge for either Bethesda or McLean.

and its irrelevant.
Bethesda beat the #1 team in Virginia- a strong-ish McLean team.
This entire thread is talking about MD teams, and Bethesda proved who was the better team at the moment in the area. It was the first time they had played as a team together.

Time will tell when we see how they do against their ECNL opponents when their season picks up.
And how they do in the Bethesda Cup- theyll most likely be up against Baltimore Celtic, Clarkstown Elite, Crusa FC, World Class, etc.

But can they beat pipeline?

Anonymous wrote:That was MDUnited's second team. SAC and MSI are superior than the teams in the other bracket but there was no real challenge for either Bethesda or McLean.

You are probably right, but WAGs also had a bunch of 6-0, 5-0 scores at the group stage in this age group. The top teams in both tournaments did not have much of a challenge in this age group at the group stage.

Anonymous wrote:That was MDUnited's second team. SAC and MSI are superior than the teams in the other bracket but there was no real challenge for either Bethesda or McLean.

and its irrelevant.
Bethesda beat the #1 team in Virginia- a strong-ish McLean team.
This entire thread is talking about MD teams, and Bethesda proved who was the better team at the moment in the area. It was the first time they had played as a team together.

Time will tell when we see how they do against their ECNL opponents when their season picks up.
And how they do in the Bethesda Cup- theyll most likely be up against Baltimore Celtic, Clarkstown Elite, Crusa FC, World Class, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:Bethesda 05 ECNL beat McLean 05 ECNL today in Discovery Cup finals.

It is impressive that both made it to finals. But at least today Bethesda was the better team.

So the top 5 are:

1 FCV
2 Bethesda
3 McLean
4 Metro United
5 Arlington

(Would love to see Pipeline or Baltimore Armour beat one of these teams this year but until it happens they don’t make the top 5)

What’s Impressive about getting to the discovery cup finals? The group stage was a joke.

1. Pipeline
2. Fcv
3. Bethesda
4. Metro
5. VDA

Can you please explain why think VDA 05 is better than McLean 05 and Arlington 05? They lost to McLean. Arlington is second place in their division of DA behind FCV for 05.

Agree here...I don't think VDA cracks the top 5 and is actually near the bottom. I mentioned before the season they would experience a dip this season based on the coaching staff and player moves. That seems to be showing in their results.

What sort of player movement? Where did the players go?

I'm not going to call players out, current or former, but the coaches made some very, very poor choices in my unprofessional humble opinion.

That was MDUnited's second team. SAC and MSI are superior than the teams in the other bracket but there was no real challenge for either Bethesda or McLean.

Anonymous wrote:I agree that the Discovery Cup group stage was a joke. One side basically had the B team of two ECNL clubs competing against ECNL teams. Discovery is not relevant other than a chance for teams with HS players to get together before their actual tournament season begins.

Why is Discovery cup groups stage a joke? Bethesda ECNL 05 had to face 2 teams that are in top 100 nationally during the group stage. Granted, McLean had a much easier groupt, but Maryland United ECNL team still finished last in that group. By comparison, North Toronto, which won its group in the top bracket of WAGs had to face only 1 team ranked in the top 100 during the group stage, Delaware FC and Beach FC, which also won their groups in the top bracket of WAGs face ZERO team ranked in the top 100 nationally. One could easily make an argument that in this age group it was easier for a top team to advance from the group stage in WAGs.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bethesda 05 ECNL beat McLean 05 ECNL today in Discovery Cup finals.

It is impressive that both made it to finals. But at least today Bethesda was the better team.

So the top 5 are:

1 FCV
2 Bethesda
3 McLean
4 Metro United
5 Arlington

(Would love to see Pipeline or Baltimore Armour beat one of these teams this year but until it happens they don’t make the top 5)

What’s Impressive about getting to the discovery cup finals? The group stage was a joke.

1. Pipeline
2. Fcv
3. Bethesda
4. Metro
5. VDA

Can you please explain why think VDA 05 is better than McLean 05 and Arlington 05? They lost to McLean. Arlington is second place in their division of DA behind FCV for 05.

Agree here...I don't think VDA cracks the top 5 and is actually near the bottom. I mentioned before the season they would experience a dip this season based on the coaching staff and player moves. That seems to be showing in their results.

What sort of player movement? Where did the players go?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bethesda 05 ECNL beat McLean 05 ECNL today in Discovery Cup finals.

It is impressive that both made it to finals. But at least today Bethesda was the better team.

So the top 5 are:

1 FCV
2 Bethesda
3 McLean
4 Metro United
5 Arlington

(Would love to see Pipeline or Baltimore Armour beat one of these teams this year but until it happens they don’t make the top 5)

What’s Impressive about getting to the discovery cup finals? The group stage was a joke.

1. Pipeline
2. Fcv
3. Bethesda
4. Metro
5. VDA

Can you please explain why think VDA 05 is better than McLean 05 and Arlington 05? They lost to McLean. Arlington is second place in their division of DA behind FCV for 05.

Agree here...I don't think VDA cracks the top 5 and is actually near the bottom. I mentioned before the season they would experience a dip this season based on the coaching staff and player moves. That seems to be showing in their results.