Anonymous
12/13/2025 09:56
Subject: High School Soccer - Boys
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:One thing that we didn't expect with high school soccer is just how long the practices are.
If your kid is the type who always works hard, it will be completely exhausting to have a 2.5 hour practice, even with a fair amount of 'dead' time (meaning, they completely waste an hour but still have 1.5 hours where it's intense if, as a player, you make it intense).
Training/playing on the school team every day after school, plus 4 days a week for club, with multiple games per week once the season starts, plus a club game on the weekends, is a crazy schedule.
Apart from being physically exhausted, it gives them very little time for studying/homework, plus no chance to do other extracurriculars.
This is why many kids don't WANT to play both club and school -- especially boys who realize that, even if they are ECNL starters, they are borderline, at best, to be recruited for Div I or desirable Div II or III schools.
No body lays club amd high school at the same time in our area. With a mls waiver, they may go to one practice a week. ENCL teams don’t practice during the high school season.
If you play for a Virginia private high school then your season is Fall and overlaps the ECNL/MLSN season.
Anonymous
12/13/2025 09:45
Subject: High School Soccer - Boys
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I think they had one younger player. They won but there were probably two better team in the region at least 1 that was better than them overall. And Herndon had many VDA and Arlington players which teams beat the mls next teams on a regular basis. Last year The u-19 Arlington team was better than all the mls next teams in the area. Besides playing in mls next tournaments the non mls an academy’s provide very little. Mid coaching and mid playing style.
I mean, they won the whole state championship. So they beat everyone. Which team do you think was somehow better than the team that won?
Well they lost to one team twice and beat another team in PKs. All 3 of those teams were very good and could have won states easily. They had 5 loses. As mentioned earlier that region in particular is very good and has better quality than you will see from any 15 year old team academy team.
Anonymous
12/13/2025 09:28
Subject: High School Soccer - Boys
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I think they had one younger player. They won but there were probably two better team in the region at least 1 that was better than them overall. And Herndon had many VDA and Arlington players which teams beat the mls next teams on a regular basis. Last year The u-19 Arlington team was better than all the mls next teams in the area. Besides playing in mls next tournaments the non mls an academy’s provide very little. Mid coaching and mid playing style.
I mean, they won the whole state championship. So they beat everyone. Which team do you think was somehow better than the team that won?[/quote]
The team his kid played on of course
Anonymous
12/13/2025 09:27
Subject: High School Soccer - Boys
Anonymous wrote:I think they had one younger player. They won but there were probably two better team in the region at least 1 that was better than them overall. And Herndon had many VDA and Arlington players which teams beat the mls next teams on a regular basis. Last year The u-19 Arlington team was better than all the mls next teams in the area. Besides playing in mls next tournaments the non mls an academy’s provide very little. Mid coaching and mid playing style.
I mean, they won the whole state championship. So they beat everyone. Which team do you think was somehow better than the team that won?
Anonymous
12/13/2025 09:22
Subject: High School Soccer - Boys
Yeah I mean there are about 6 good clubs(non academy) in NOVA. None of them are great. Go to the one that is closest to your house, don’t try and drive through the traffic for practices. I think this is what most people already do as you can see certain schools have more MLS next players based on their school location and 90% are playing high school by the time they are juniors/seniors.
Anonymous
12/13/2025 08:53
Subject: High School Soccer - Boys
I think they had one younger player. They won but there were probably two better team in the region at least 1 that was better than them overall. And Herndon had many VDA and Arlington players which teams beat the mls next teams on a regular basis. Last year The u-19 Arlington team was better than all the mls next teams in the area. Besides playing in mls next tournaments the non mls an academy’s provide very little. Mid coaching and mid playing style.
Anonymous
12/13/2025 08:11
Subject: High School Soccer - Boys
Herndon High School won for boys in the biggest school division in Virginia. I don't think they had any MLS players.
Anonymous
12/12/2025 19:22
Subject: High School Soccer - Boys
Anonymous wrote:If they want to play high school. Let them play. MLS next is no better than the top programs 10 years ago and they all played high school back then. MLS is a scam overall. NOVA has way too many teams and most of the kids are not even playing college soccer, but we continue to play bc some get recruited. Let them play both and stop falling for their bs. Plus overall high school soccer is a higher level at least in the liberty district and probably Concorde too compared to what my child saw as a 9th and 10th grader playing MLS Next.
Nothing is stopping these boys from playing for the school they attend for *checks notes* the last 4 years of their adolescence with their friends…
Literally allowing mlsnext to dictate your life’s choices is purely an act of cowardice and fear. Like letting the value we put on a piece of paper (money) control our lives.
What’s the worst a kid is gonna face for playing for their school? A reprisal and / or expulsion from a club? WOW like there aren’t any other clubs in this cesspool called NOVA.
Anonymous
12/12/2025 19:08
Subject: High School Soccer - Boys
If they want to play high school. Let them play. MLS next is no better than the top programs 10 years ago and they all played high school back then. MLS is a scam overall. NOVA has way too many teams and most of the kids are not even playing college soccer, but we continue to play bc some get recruited. Let them play both and stop falling for their bs. Plus overall high school soccer is a higher level at least in the liberty district and probably Concorde too compared to what my child saw as a 9th and 10th grader playing MLS Next.
Anonymous
11/21/2025 11:03
Subject: Re:High School Soccer - Boys
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Which school will be the first to be caught using MLS next players?
Lightridge or Riverside
Both programs, if the kids follow the rules will be significantly worse than last year. Last year, most of the kids were ECNL which wasn't an issue. Both schools loss a ton of top end seniors too.
Actually, it was mls next (superior to ECNL) which explains they’re overpowered squads. Don’t hold your breath on these programs following the rules, after all its NoVa where you must crush anyone and everyone by any means possible. Forget integrity and sportsmanship.
That being said, those holding the title of ‘head coach’ will truly be exposed if they do not have those squads anymore. 😅
Interesting spring 2026 is an understatement for those who follow HS soccer.
Anonymous
11/21/2025 10:40
Subject: Re:High School Soccer - Boys
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Which school will be the first to be caught using MLS next players?
Lightridge or Riverside
Both programs, if the kids follow the rules will be significantly worse than last year. Last year, most of the kids were ECNL which wasn't an issue. Both schools loss a ton of top end seniors too.
Anonymous
11/21/2025 07:25
Subject: Re:High School Soccer - Boys
Anonymous wrote:Which school will be the first to be caught using MLS next players?
Lightridge or Riverside
Anonymous
11/20/2025 10:01
Subject: High School Soccer - Boys
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why would they give waivers to play for private schools but not for public schools?
The families lie and tell the league it's a condition that they play for the PRIVATE high school because of their scholarship or a part of the admissions requirements.
Yeah, it is such a joke right now. Either allow it (and allow the clubs to make the decision) or ban it for everyone. The fact that they favor/reward the kids going to these expensive private schools is insane.
All the private school Alexandria kids play HS. And, yeah- not a condition of admission or scholarship. These HS don’t give scholarships.
It’s just a joke now. But, unfortunately, some of the public school kids are hurt by the rules since they are honest.
Hurt how?
Hurt in that they are honest and some moved to ECNL in order to play HS or didn’t play HS because you know- they were ethical and followed the rules. It’s the typical thing is this country- the “good” and moral get screwed.
Never understood why someone would voluntarily choose to sign-up for MLS Next then be devastated to not play HS
You literally chose not to play HS
You underestimate the sense of entitlement in these parts
Anonymous
11/20/2025 09:09
Subject: High School Soccer - Boys
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why would they give waivers to play for private schools but not for public schools?
The families lie and tell the league it's a condition that they play for the PRIVATE high school because of their scholarship or a part of the admissions requirements.
Yeah, it is such a joke right now. Either allow it (and allow the clubs to make the decision) or ban it for everyone. The fact that they favor/reward the kids going to these expensive private schools is insane.
All the private school Alexandria kids play HS. And, yeah- not a condition of admission or scholarship. These HS don’t give scholarships.
It’s just a joke now. But, unfortunately, some of the public school kids are hurt by the rules since they are honest.
Hurt how?
Hurt in that they are honest and some moved to ECNL in order to play HS or didn’t play HS because you know- they were ethical and followed the rules. It’s the typical thing is this country- the “good” and moral get screwed.
Never understood why someone would voluntarily choose to sign-up for MLS Next then be devastated to not play HS
You literally chose not to play HS
Anonymous
11/20/2025 09:07
Subject: High School Soccer - Boys
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why would they give waivers to play for private schools but not for public schools?
The families lie and tell the league it's a condition that they play for the PRIVATE high school because of their scholarship or a part of the admissions requirements.
Yeah, it is such a joke right now. Either allow it (and allow the clubs to make the decision) or ban it for everyone. The fact that they favor/reward the kids going to these expensive private schools is insane.
All the private school Alexandria kids play HS. And, yeah- not a condition of admission or scholarship. These HS don’t give scholarships.
It’s just a joke now. But, unfortunately, some of the public school kids are hurt by the rules since they are honest.
Hurt how?
Hurt in that they are honest and some moved to ECNL in order to play HS or didn’t play HS because you know- they were ethical and followed the rules. It’s the typical thing is this country- the “good” and moral get screwed.