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Anonymous wrote:What's astounding is colleges don't just swoop in and fill their roster needs from the couple of clubs in the area worthy of discussion and call it a day. Why colleges choose ANYONE outside of the MLSNext (formerly DA) or ECNL teams is beyond me. There's ZERO reason not to just call up Arlington, Bethesda, Loudoun, FCV, McLean, SYC, fill your spots and BAM. Done recruiting for the year. Why ANY school has to stoop so low as to recruit anyone from an EDP, CCL, NCSL team is beyond me. This would make recruiting so much more streamlined and quality of college teams would improve.

ECNL afraid to allow SYC to join cause they would smash through the league

MLS Next is a better platform than ECNL is for boys. SYC does not want to be in ECNL and the girls are now in ECNL via Union.

Simply untrue. MLS NEXT has no stability. When DA folded, most of the players jumped ship to ECNL. ECNL is the stable preferred league for coaches.

Correcto. MYS has blocked Arlington from joining ECNL for years and when they finally couldn't they needed an answer for their boys program (which has really struggled in ECNL). They entered the partnership with SYC solely for the boys, and any of the 1-2 girls (per age group) would just be an added bonus. When SYC then got awarded MLS Next, well let's just say there's been an element of distrust new to the equation to this partnership. MLS Next is just branding for recruitment; it's MLS 2.

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Anonymous wrote:What's astounding is colleges don't just swoop in and fill their roster needs from the couple of clubs in the area worthy of discussion and call it a day. Why colleges choose ANYONE outside of the MLSNext (formerly DA) or ECNL teams is beyond me. There's ZERO reason not to just call up Arlington, Bethesda, Loudoun, FCV, McLean, SYC, fill your spots and BAM. Done recruiting for the year. Why ANY school has to stoop so low as to recruit anyone from an EDP, CCL, NCSL team is beyond me. This would make recruiting so much more streamlined and quality of college teams would improve.

Yes. These other leagues often confuse many college coaches. You really have to be plugged into travel soccer to understand the different leagues and the way they are marketed to parents. If only these other leagues would go away. Any college coach worth his/her salt knows the bench warmer at MLSnext or ECNL is a far better player vs anyone else in the age group.

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Anonymous wrote:What's astounding is colleges don't just swoop in and fill their roster needs from the couple of clubs in the area worthy of discussion and call it a day. Why colleges choose ANYONE outside of the MLSNext (formerly DA) or ECNL teams is beyond me. There's ZERO reason not to just call up Arlington, Bethesda, Loudoun, FCV, McLean, SYC, fill your spots and BAM. Done recruiting for the year. Why ANY school has to stoop so low as to recruit anyone from an EDP, CCL, NCSL team is beyond me. This would make recruiting so much more streamlined and quality of college teams would improve.

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Anonymous wrote:My son joined Bethesda Super Y this year. A few of the new parents were asking which clubs in NOVA/DC go to the big name college showcases like Dallas Cup, Surf Cup, Disney, Adidas Potomac, and all the big ticket best of the a country tournaments? My son plays for an ECNL club, but we really only do Jefferson Cup, Bethesda Cup, and one down in Raleigh. Are there local clubs who go to Disney or surf?

SYC goes to Disney. I don't think a college recruiter has ever picked a player from the showcase though. Big waste of $$$.

Lol. You’re stupid as hell! That’s one of the nations biggest recruiting hub. Troll person^^^

Really? Then tell me who has gotten picked from this area at the "nations biggest recruiting hub" in the past couple of years?????

You do realize how stupid you sound, right? Perhaps you are unaware how recruiting works. It’s so rare that a player goes to one showcase and gets recruited and offered a roster spot for a Univeristy based on one showing. This is an event that draws hundreds of coaches and Elite level players so that they begin forging long-term recruiting relationships with one another — or solidifying their relationship by the coaches seeing how a player stacks up against other high level players from all corners of the nation. A player can be exposed to a coach that would never ever see them play outside of this tournament. So my question to you is how do you know that one of these SYC or NOVA players didn’t solidify their chances to play ncaa hall or benefit from the tournament?

This sounds like a marketing piece from a club or the tournament.

Almost all of SYC boys are going to Radford or Longwood. You think they made those connections at Disney? Take the trip for the competition and experience. Don't go for the carrot of somehow making connections with schools that are outside the region. Very few NOVA players go outside 4-5 hours away and you can connect with those schools through Jefferson Cup, Bethesda and other events within day's drive.

Exactly. The Club's coach made those connections happened. Not Disney!

Sounds like you guys only play Jefferson. That’s fine, but I think Disney helped my child.

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Anonymous wrote:My son joined Bethesda Super Y this year. A few of the new parents were asking which clubs in NOVA/DC go to the big name college showcases like Dallas Cup, Surf Cup, Disney, Adidas Potomac, and all the big ticket best of the a country tournaments? My son plays for an ECNL club, but we really only do Jefferson Cup, Bethesda Cup, and one down in Raleigh. Are there local clubs who go to Disney or surf?

SYC goes to Disney. I don't think a college recruiter has ever picked a player from the showcase though. Big waste of $$$.

Lol. You’re stupid as hell! That’s one of the nations biggest recruiting hub. Troll person^^^

Really? Then tell me who has gotten picked from this area at the "nations biggest recruiting hub" in the past couple of years?????

You do realize how stupid you sound, right? Perhaps you are unaware how recruiting works. It’s so rare that a player goes to one showcase and gets recruited and offered a roster spot for a Univeristy based on one showing. This is an event that draws hundreds of coaches and Elite level players so that they begin forging long-term recruiting relationships with one another — or solidifying their relationship by the coaches seeing how a player stacks up against other high level players from all corners of the nation. A player can be exposed to a coach that would never ever see them play outside of this tournament. So my question to you is how do you know that one of these SYC or NOVA players didn’t solidify their chances to play ncaa hall or benefit from the tournament?

This sounds like a marketing piece from a club or the tournament.

Almost all of SYC boys are going to Radford or Longwood. You think they made those connections at Disney? Take the trip for the competition and experience. Don't go for the carrot of somehow making connections with schools that are outside the region. Very few NOVA players go outside 4-5 hours away and you can connect with those schools through Jefferson Cup, Bethesda and other events within day's drive.

Exactly. The Club's coach made those connections happened. Not Disney!

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Anonymous wrote:My son joined Bethesda Super Y this year. A few of the new parents were asking which clubs in NOVA/DC go to the big name college showcases like Dallas Cup, Surf Cup, Disney, Adidas Potomac, and all the big ticket best of the a country tournaments? My son plays for an ECNL club, but we really only do Jefferson Cup, Bethesda Cup, and one down in Raleigh. Are there local clubs who go to Disney or surf?

SYC goes to Disney. I don't think a college recruiter has ever picked a player from the showcase though. Big waste of $$$.

Lol. You’re stupid as hell! That’s one of the nations biggest recruiting hub. Troll person^^^

Really? Then tell me who has gotten picked from this area at the "nations biggest recruiting hub" in the past couple of years?????

You do realize how stupid you sound, right? Perhaps you are unaware how recruiting works. It’s so rare that a player goes to one showcase and gets recruited and offered a roster spot for a Univeristy based on one showing. This is an event that draws hundreds of coaches and Elite level players so that they begin forging long-term recruiting relationships with one another — or solidifying their relationship by the coaches seeing how a player stacks up against other high level players from all corners of the nation. A player can be exposed to a coach that would never ever see them play outside of this tournament. So my question to you is how do you know that one of these SYC or NOVA players didn’t solidify their chances to play ncaa hall or benefit from the tournament?

This sounds like a marketing piece from a club or the tournament.

Almost all of SYC boys are going to Radford or Longwood. You think they made those connections at Disney? Take the trip for the competition and experience. Don't go for the carrot of somehow making connections with schools that are outside the region. Very few NOVA players go outside 4-5 hours away and you can connect with those schools through Jefferson Cup, Bethesda and other events within day's drive.