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Anonymous wrote:The 2014 group at SYC is the best around and getting stronger. You can complain about development and coaching...you can complain about kick ball...you can complain about "all they do is win". But what you really want to complain about is that you couldn't break into the roster if you tried. You say, "I wouldn't do it" but you've never been offered to.

If you can make it, training with and against that group every practice is worth ignoring the negatives. Any kid in that group is training outside of practice already so development will happen on multiple fronts. Forget about coaching and watch how competitive your training environment is. In other age groups there are teams around the DMV that have something similar...many of the top kids made it to one place. Their biggest crime is that they are good and win.

Winning Team = no development
Losing Team = "we are focused on development!"

🙄

SYC wins = ✅
SYC 2014 kids practice against some of the most aggressive kids in their age group = ✅
SYC sends kids to DCU = ✅
SYC kids at DCU/SYC don’t go pro = ✅
Arlington, VDA, Achilles and BSC kids go pro regularly and attend better academies than DCU = ✅

If you actually think False 8 is preparing you are actually dumber than this post. Do me a favor because I hate that all of that DMV talent is wasted at SYC. Spend an extra week after MIC, go to any small Spanish academy and get the blueprint on how to develop. Bring it back and it will be the opposite of what SYC is doing which is why you win but have no player production.

Your rep is only good at the 🇺🇸 water cooler, not in 🌎 futbol circles.

Anonymous wrote:The 2014 group at SYC is the best around and getting stronger. You can complain about development and coaching...you can complain about kick ball...you can complain about "all they do is win". But what you really want to complain about is that you couldn't break into the roster if you tried. You say, "I wouldn't do it" but you've never been offered to.

If you can make it, training with and against that group every practice is worth ignoring the negatives. Any kid in that group is training outside of practice already so development will happen on multiple fronts. Forget about coaching and watch how competitive your training environment is. In other age groups there are teams around the DMV that have something similar...many of the top kids made it to one place. Their biggest crime is that they are good and win.

Winning Team = no development
Losing Team = "we are focused on development!"

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’d like to see how 2 teams worth of kids are going to all play mlsnext in the fall. It’s going to be crazy to see all the kids move around

It is interesting and unusual that in the 2014s SYC has Pre-MLS Next, Pre-MLS Next A, and Pre-MLS Next II

SYC Pre-MLS Next won the top U13 division of ASK, SYC Pre-MLS Next A won the second U13 division of ASK, and SYC Pre-MLS Next II lost to SYC 2014 Blue in the final of the second U12 division of Arlington's tournament. SYC clearly has a strong cohort of 2014 boys! I am sure it will not be easy to get on the SYC U13 MLS Next team. I imagine the top kids who don't make it can walk on to other top NoVa teams.

Trust me, they already have

Yeah...because they didn't make SYC top team. These clubs are just waiting for the SYC rejects. That's how they improve their roster's. What does that say about the competition?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’d like to see how 2 teams worth of kids are going to all play mlsnext in the fall. It’s going to be crazy to see all the kids move around

It is interesting and unusual that in the 2014s SYC has Pre-MLS Next, Pre-MLS Next A, and Pre-MLS Next II

SYC Pre-MLS Next won the top U13 division of ASK, SYC Pre-MLS Next A won the second U13 division of ASK, and SYC Pre-MLS Next II lost to SYC 2014 Blue in the final of the second U12 division of Arlington's tournament. SYC clearly has a strong cohort of 2014 boys! I am sure it will not be easy to get on the SYC U13 MLS Next team. I imagine the top kids who don't make it can walk on to other top NoVa teams.

Trust me, they already have

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’d like to see how 2 teams worth of kids are going to all play mlsnext in the fall. It’s going to be crazy to see all the kids move around

It is interesting and unusual that in the 2014s SYC has Pre-MLS Next, Pre-MLS Next A, and Pre-MLS Next II

SYC Pre-MLS Next won the top U13 division of ASK, SYC Pre-MLS Next A won the second U13 division of ASK, and SYC Pre-MLS Next II lost to SYC 2014 Blue in the final of the second U12 division of Arlington's tournament. SYC clearly has a strong cohort of 2014 boys! I am sure it will not be easy to get on the SYC U13 MLS Next team. I imagine the top kids who don't make it can walk on to other top NoVa teams.

Trust me, they already have

So is this just a weird thing with the 2014 year? Or does SYC always have dozens of u12 guys who are able to move onto MLs Next teams?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’d like to see how 2 teams worth of kids are going to all play mlsnext in the fall. It’s going to be crazy to see all the kids move around

It is interesting and unusual that in the 2014s SYC has Pre-MLS Next, Pre-MLS Next A, and Pre-MLS Next II

SYC Pre-MLS Next won the top U13 division of ASK, SYC Pre-MLS Next A won the second U13 division of ASK, and SYC Pre-MLS Next II lost to SYC 2014 Blue in the final of the second U12 division of Arlington's tournament. SYC clearly has a strong cohort of 2014 boys! I am sure it will not be easy to get on the SYC U13 MLS Next team. I imagine the top kids who don't make it can walk on to other top NoVa teams.

Trust me, they already have

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’d like to see how 2 teams worth of kids are going to all play mlsnext in the fall. It’s going to be crazy to see all the kids move around

It is interesting and unusual that in the 2014s SYC has Pre-MLS Next, Pre-MLS Next A, and Pre-MLS Next II

SYC Pre-MLS Next won the top U13 division of ASK, SYC Pre-MLS Next A won the second U13 division of ASK, and SYC Pre-MLS Next II lost to SYC 2014 Blue in the final of the second U12 division of Arlington's tournament. SYC clearly has a strong cohort of 2014 boys! I am sure it will not be easy to get on the SYC U13 MLS Next team. I imagine the top kids who don't make it can walk on to other top NoVa teams.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’d like to see how 2 teams worth of kids are going to all play mlsnext in the fall. It’s going to be crazy to see all the kids move around

It is interesting and unusual that in the 2014s SYC has Pre-MLS Next, Pre-MLS Next A, and Pre-MLS Next II

SYC Pre-MLS Next won the top U13 division of ASK, SYC Pre-MLS Next A won the second U13 division of ASK, and SYC Pre-MLS Next II lost to SYC 2014 Blue in the final of the second U12 division of Arlington's tournament. SYC clearly has a strong cohort of 2014 boys! I am sure it will not be easy to get on the SYC U13 MLS Next team. I imagine the top kids who don't make it can walk on to other top NoVa teams.

Anonymous wrote:I’d like to see how 2 teams worth of kids are going to all play mlsnext in the fall. It’s going to be crazy to see all the kids move around

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are there any clubs actually develp the players in Nova? Especially when the players are U14/15 younger?

In general, I think a lot of coaches in NOVA are stressed out, working 2 jobs, commuting and dealing with all the problems that (an expensive, crowded and busy place to live) occurs here. I have come across a lot of well-meaning coaches. But, they barely make it to practice on time, throw out some pinnes and pug goals and run the same practice sessions over and over: you know the one (small sided scrimmages, some rondos, a new 3 v3 game variation and then a bigger scrimmage.) They run the same one over and over. The technical director never stops by, the director of coaching never stops by. They don't put that much into their sessions and the development is minimal.

But, players can develop faster/ better when they play with other high level players. This is where placing your kid at any competitive club help with their development. Find a level that will challenge your player and they will improve. We are on a 2nd team now, and my player has peaked... so I have to get them to a better group. I find the coaching is less important than the quality of the players they will be practicing with to be more important.

Just my 2 cents.

YES! This is essentially the reason for this discussion. There is no doubt that SYC has a large group of high-level players, particularly in the 2014 age group. It seems like a good place for kids in this U12-U14 transitional age to train with other motivated and talented players. But as ever the question is what is the environment like? TBH I don't mind a coach who just runs a basic practice and lets the kids get lots of touches, movement, and competition. What I don't want is a toxic environment that robs the kids of joy for the game because of the ego of the coach or club director (I'm looking at you_____)