Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Both Bethesda and VDA 2006s placed 3rd in their groups. Both struggled a lot and ended up where they should based on their play.

Who asked?

Sorry BSC or VDA Dad. This is just a poor performance from arguably the better teams in this area. Wondering if this is the teams/coaches choking or they are benefit to overall low quality of play in this area.

I don't know where you came from but you don't know much about the 2006 age group. GSA is #8 in the USA and Challenge is rated just behind Bethesda at #23. Sure, GSA put a hurting on us, they are a great team. We tied Challenge in a very competitive game as expected. We won over Portland 2-0 as expected.

Just another Bethesda or ECNL hater posting anonymously. I really wonder what Club you are from standing on your pedestal looking down at anyone. Certainly not the GA.

As for quality of play, the problem here is not low quality, it is too many clubs in one area. Look at PDA who pretty much has a monopoly on millions of people. The same can be said of Solar SC, Eclipse and MVLA. Those four clubs should be expected to make the final four every year with it's assets and outreach. NOBODY in DMV can compete with those machines.

In GA you have Tophat, Michigan Nationals, NEFC, CULM and IMG. Very similar situation with the exception of IMG who draws players in based on School Merit. Also very hard to compete with those size clubs.

The problem in our area will never go away. Ever. If a ECNL or GA team makes a final four, they are an outlier and should be considered an exceptional team. These girls in our area have the odds stacked against them.

Only one girls team from our entire area made a Final Four in ages U17 and under. That is the FCV 04s. And just to give you and idea of just how hard it would be for an ECNL team to do this, there is not one single GA team rated in the top 10 in the 2004 year.

Summary - tough year for both ECNL and GA teams in our area. A big congrats to the FCV 04s! Good luck to everyone on your newly rostered teams and lets hope for a better showing next year!!!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The elephant in the room is simply dilution. There are to many options for players to play in these leagues. All these teams are above average but none are truly exceptional when you get out of this area. It will take a few of these punches straight to the face on a true national level for this fact to sink in with parents on this board.

ON the plus side there are more kids getting opportunities to be showcased that would never have had the opportunity before but it also means that there will no longer be any super teams that come out of NOVA.

100%. There is too much dilution and delusion in this area....

Name one super team that ever came out of NOVA..ever.

You guys are the only ones that suffer delusional thoughts. We have a lot of very talented girl players in NOVA. Even FCVs best ever team, with Freshman playing at Duke and UVA, didn’t win the national championship.

Just a month ago, some of you were bragging about how FCV 05 had all these kids called into the virtual camp. Well….how did they do is a weak GA playoff

America is bigger than Europe. It’s not easy winning a national championship. So sit down and let the kids compete.

Calm down there buddy....I was agreeing with you.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Both Bethesda and VDA 2006s placed 3rd in their groups. Both struggled a lot and ended up where they should based on their play.

Who asked?

Sorry BSC or VDA Dad. This is just a poor performance from arguably the better teams in this area. Wondering if this is the teams/coaches choking or they are benefit to overall low quality of play in this area.

I don't know where you came from but you don't know much about the 2006 age group. GSA is #8 in the USA and Challenge is rated just behind Bethesda at #23. Sure, GSA put a hurting on us, they are a great team. We tied Challenge in a very competitive game as expected. We won over Portland 2-0 as expected.

Just another Bethesda or ECNL hater posting anonymously. I really wonder what Club you are from standing on your pedestal looking down at anyone. Certainly not the GA.

As for quality of play, the problem here is not low quality, it is too many clubs in one area. Look at PDA who pretty much has a monopoly on millions of people. The same can be said of Solar SC, Eclipse and MVLA. Those four clubs should be expected to make the final four every year with it's assets and outreach. NOBODY in DMV can compete with those machines.

In GA you have Tophat, Michigan Nationals, NEFC, CULM and IMG. Very similar situation with the exception of IMG who draws players in based on School Merit. Also very hard to compete with those size clubs.

The problem in our area will never go away. Ever. If a ECNL or GA team makes a final four, they are an outlier and should be considered an exceptional team. These girls in our area have the odds stacked against them.

Only one girls team from our entire area made a Final Four in ages U17 and under. That is the FCV 04s. And just to give you and idea of just how hard it would be for an ECNL team to do this, there is not one single GA team rated in the top 10 in the 2004 year.

Summary - tough year for both ECNL and GA teams in our area. A big congrats to the FCV 04s! Good luck to everyone on your newly rostered teams and lets hope for a better showing next year!!!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The elephant in the room is simply dilution. There are to many options for players to play in these leagues. All these teams are above average but none are truly exceptional when you get out of this area. It will take a few of these punches straight to the face on a true national level for this fact to sink in with parents on this board.

ON the plus side there are more kids getting opportunities to be showcased that would never have had the opportunity before but it also means that there will no longer be any super teams that come out of NOVA.

100%. There is too much dilution and delusion in this area....

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Both Bethesda and VDA 2006s placed 3rd in their groups. Both struggled a lot and ended up where they should based on their play.

Who asked?

Sorry BSC or VDA Dad. This is just a poor performance from arguably the better teams in this area. Wondering if this is the teams/coaches choking or they are benefit to overall low quality of play in this area.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The elephant in the room is simply dilution. There are to many options for players to play in these leagues. All these teams are above average but none are truly exceptional when you get out of this area. It will take a few of these punches straight to the face on a true national level for this fact to sink in with parents on this board.

ON the plus side there are more kids getting opportunities to be showcased that would never have had the opportunity before but it also means that there will no longer be any super teams that come out of NOVA.

100%. There is too much dilution and delusion in this area....

Anonymous wrote:The elephant in the room is simply dilution. There are to many options for players to play in these leagues. All these teams are above average but none are truly exceptional when you get out of this area. It will take a few of these punches straight to the face on a true national level for this fact to sink in with parents on this board.

ON the plus side there are more kids getting opportunities to be showcased that would never have had the opportunity before but it also means that there will no longer be any super teams that come out of NOVA.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No one has ever claimed Loudoun (Girls) is a top notch ECNL club. They are 3rd tier out of 4. That is not in top 50% but not in bottom 20% either. And yes my kid plays for Loudoun. So I am being pretty fair in this observation. They won’t win any championships. Similar to VDA and Maryland United. Middle tier to 3rd tier. Some ages are better some are worse. This is all fine.

I’d take this over FCV. Rather be on a mid tier ECNL team than a top GA team any day. Losing is part of the development process. If all that was important was beating lower competition, you could do the FCV model but in a league with less travel (EDP, CCL) and cost and get the same result vs similar competition.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Both Bethesda and VDA 2006s placed 3rd in their groups. Both struggled a lot and ended up where they should based on their play.

Who asked?

Sorry BSC or VDA Dad. This is just a poor performance from arguably the better teams in this area. Wondering if this is the teams/coaches choking or they are benefit to overall low quality of play in this area.

Same benefit FCV enjoys that is nationally average teams in the area to beat, but lack standing when facing teams from other parts of the country. Maybe next year.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Both Bethesda and VDA 2006s placed 3rd in their groups. Both struggled a lot and ended up where they should based on their play.

Who asked?

Sorry BSC or VDA Dad. This is just a poor performance from arguably the better teams in this area. Wondering if this is the teams/coaches choking or they are benefit to overall low quality of play in this area.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Both Bethesda and VDA 2006s placed 3rd in their groups. Both struggled a lot and ended up where they should based on their play.

Who asked?

Anonymous wrote:Are these games still going on? If so the ecnl he's in as longer than the EPL season... Do kids really need to be playing this many games?