How did NVA/Loudoun do? Are they world class yet? Clock is ticking.

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Anonymous wrote:Unlike most people here my daughter is on a competing ECNL team but I'm not salty that Bethesda and Arlington are so good. Surprising that they're out because both of those teams were very impressive when we last played them. I figured one would make it to the finals. Great season and good luck next spring. We might have been happy to be there but outside of the SoCal blues game we hung in the other games, played more technical but couldn't score. Hit the post a few times, it is what it is, but a good experience nonetheless.

~MDU parent

You don't realize how much better soccer exists in SoCal, Dallas, etc. Teams that look "very impressive" here in the mid atlantic are routinely humbled this time of year. It happens over and over

Good question for these overhyped coaches everyone is running after in the DMV. It is in those tournaments when these coaches get humbled. Yet everyone is chasing. There is no good development in DMV. All clubs are money grab and these coaches are more like
Salespeople for the clubs. And the parents with extra income in the DMV are happy to shell and keep chasing air these coaches sell to them. FOMO, badges and lying to the kids making them think they are the best are the issues that need to be addressed in the DMV. Young players too pumped up then boom the reality hits in nationals.

Man what a hater. Im sorry your team didnt make it to San Diego.

It is not about hater. You need to wake up and see what the real issue is. It is not about San Diego or San Francisco. The reality question for everyone in this area is. Why California and and Texas teams are way better than the teams in the DMV? The DMV should have all the resources but honestly the coaching has never been there. It is a coaching and parents problem. Clubs never really develop anything. Bunch off sales people.

What’s different in California and Texas? Soccer culture. There are just more people who are soccer natives (coaches, parents, players) who have grown up with it, played with their friends and families, watched games on tv. NoVa and MD teams are made up of suburban kids whose parents don’t know the positions on a soccer field and are just trying to get them into name brand colleges.

This is true. Something that people dont understand or comprehend is that theres probably over a 500 different youth soccer clubs in Socal. You hear about the big clubs that play in the big leagues but theres so many more. Some have existed for 30/40 years and are content just playing to have fun. On top of that theres mexican leagues, indoor leagues, arena leagues, futsal leagues and 3-4 different levels of leagues for clubs to participate in. Also everyone knows everyone else in one way shape or form from the southern border of San Diego all the way up to Santa Barbara. What this means is "coaches" can't sneak their way onto the scene with an accent unless they can deliver on the field.

I would imagine other places are similar but likely not the same scale or population density.

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Anonymous wrote:0 Union 2010s are going to Bethesda

About 3-4 were actively recruited to cross the line, none of these players made the decision to go.

Glad to seE GOs
Coaches that is.

Anonymous wrote:0 Union 2010s are going to Bethesda

About 3-4 were actively recruited to cross the line, none of these players made the decision to go.

0 Union 2010s are going to Bethesda

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Anonymous wrote:Unlike most people here my daughter is on a competing ECNL team but I'm not salty that Bethesda and Arlington are so good. Surprising that they're out because both of those teams were very impressive when we last played them. I figured one would make it to the finals. Great season and good luck next spring. We might have been happy to be there but outside of the SoCal blues game we hung in the other games, played more technical but couldn't score. Hit the post a few times, it is what it is, but a good experience nonetheless.

~MDU parent

You don't realize how much better soccer exists in SoCal, Dallas, etc. Teams that look "very impressive" here in the mid atlantic are routinely humbled this time of year. It happens over and over

Good question for these overhyped coaches everyone is running after in the DMV. It is in those tournaments when these coaches get humbled. Yet everyone is chasing. There is no good development in DMV. All clubs are money grab and these coaches are more like
Salespeople for the clubs. And the parents with extra income in the DMV are happy to shell and keep chasing air these coaches sell to them. FOMO, badges and lying to the kids making them think they are the best are the issues that need to be addressed in the DMV. Young players too pumped up then boom the reality hits in nationals.

Man what a hater. Im sorry your team didnt make it to San Diego.

It is not about hater. You need to wake up and see what the real issue is. It is not about San Diego or San Francisco. The reality question for everyone in this area is. Why California and and Texas teams are way better than the teams in the DMV? The DMV should have all the resources but honestly the coaching has never been there. It is a coaching and parents problem. Clubs never really develop anything. Bunch off sales people.

What’s different in California and Texas? Soccer culture. There are just more people who are soccer natives (coaches, parents, players) who have grown up with it, played with their friends and families, watched games on tv. NoVa and MD teams are made up of suburban kids whose parents don’t know the positions on a soccer field and are just trying to get them into name brand colleges.

Anonymous wrote:It’s ok we’lll wait for them and your 2 best players per age group to join up in August. Already got one 2008 to cross the river. Kudos to Union management for helping write this narrative of folly. Please watch the games, they will be free by mid weekend. These weren’t exactly well coached nor executed games. Fortunately, talent always follows the coaches especially the ones we all know by initials

I am sure this is known among the Union and Bethesda 2010 teams but how many players are leaving Union 2010 to go with the coaches to Bethesda 2010? Asking for a friend.

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Anonymous wrote:Unlike most people here my daughter is on a competing ECNL team but I'm not salty that Bethesda and Arlington are so good. Surprising that they're out because both of those teams were very impressive when we last played them. I figured one would make it to the finals. Great season and good luck next spring. We might have been happy to be there but outside of the SoCal blues game we hung in the other games, played more technical but couldn't score. Hit the post a few times, it is what it is, but a good experience nonetheless.

~MDU parent

You don't realize how much better soccer exists in SoCal, Dallas, etc. Teams that look "very impressive" here in the mid atlantic are routinely humbled this time of year. It happens over and over

Good question for these overhyped coaches everyone is running after in the DMV. It is in those tournaments when these coaches get humbled. Yet everyone is chasing. There is no good development in DMV. All clubs are money grab and these coaches are more like
Salespeople for the clubs. And the parents with extra income in the DMV are happy to shell and keep chasing air these coaches sell to them. FOMO, badges and lying to the kids making them think they are the best are the issues that need to be addressed in the DMV. Young players too pumped up then boom the reality hits in nationals.

Man what a hater. Im sorry your team didnt make it to San Diego.

It is not about hater. You need to wake up and see what the real issue is. It is not about San Diego or San Francisco. The reality question for everyone in this area is. Why California and and Texas teams are way better than the teams in the DMV? The DMV should have all the resources but honestly the coaching has never been there. It is a coaching and parents problem. Clubs never really develop anything. Bunch off sales people.

So Cal alone has what 25 million ppl? Meanwhile you have 3 ECNL clubs in a small area of MD pulling from each other. Not to mention a trip across the bridge to VA. Also helps when you can play year round soccer and not have to rely on Futsal during the winter months.

But you keep on hating.

Keep on pumping. Next year you will get that Natty just by pumping.

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Anonymous wrote:Unlike most people here my daughter is on a competing ECNL team but I'm not salty that Bethesda and Arlington are so good. Surprising that they're out because both of those teams were very impressive when we last played them. I figured one would make it to the finals. Great season and good luck next spring. We might have been happy to be there but outside of the SoCal blues game we hung in the other games, played more technical but couldn't score. Hit the post a few times, it is what it is, but a good experience nonetheless.

~MDU parent

You don't realize how much better soccer exists in SoCal, Dallas, etc. Teams that look "very impressive" here in the mid atlantic are routinely humbled this time of year. It happens over and over

Good question for these overhyped coaches everyone is running after in the DMV. It is in those tournaments when these coaches get humbled. Yet everyone is chasing. There is no good development in DMV. All clubs are money grab and these coaches are more like
Salespeople for the clubs. And the parents with extra income in the DMV are happy to shell and keep chasing air these coaches sell to them. FOMO, badges and lying to the kids making them think they are the best are the issues that need to be addressed in the DMV. Young players too pumped up then boom the reality hits in nationals.

Man what a hater. Im sorry your team didnt make it to San Diego.

It is not about hater. You need to wake up and see what the real issue is. It is not about San Diego or San Francisco. The reality question for everyone in this area is. Why California and and Texas teams are way better than the teams in the DMV? The DMV should have all the resources but honestly the coaching has never been there. It is a coaching and parents problem. Clubs never really develop anything. Bunch off sales people.

So Cal alone has what 25 million ppl? Meanwhile you have 3 ECNL clubs in a small area of MD pulling from each other. Not to mention a trip across the bridge to VA. Also helps when you can play year round soccer and not have to rely on Futsal during the winter months.

But you keep on hating.

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Anonymous wrote:Unlike most people here my daughter is on a competing ECNL team but I'm not salty that Bethesda and Arlington are so good. Surprising that they're out because both of those teams were very impressive when we last played them. I figured one would make it to the finals. Great season and good luck next spring. We might have been happy to be there but outside of the SoCal blues game we hung in the other games, played more technical but couldn't score. Hit the post a few times, it is what it is, but a good experience nonetheless.

~MDU parent

You don't realize how much better soccer exists in SoCal, Dallas, etc. Teams that look "very impressive" here in the mid atlantic are routinely humbled this time of year. It happens over and over

Good question for these overhyped coaches everyone is running after in the DMV. It is in those tournaments when these coaches get humbled. Yet everyone is chasing. There is no good development in DMV. All clubs are money grab and these coaches are more like
Salespeople for the clubs. And the parents with extra income in the DMV are happy to shell and keep chasing air these coaches sell to them. FOMO, badges and lying to the kids making them think they are the best are the issues that need to be addressed in the DMV. Young players too pumped up then boom the reality hits in nationals.

Man what a hater. Im sorry your team didnt make it to San Diego.

It is not about hater. You need to wake up and see what the real issue is. It is not about San Diego or San Francisco. The reality question for everyone in this area is. Why California and and Texas teams are way better than the teams in the DMV? The DMV should have all the resources but honestly the coaching has never been there. It is a coaching and parents problem. Clubs never really develop anything. Bunch off sales people.

Really the CA and TX teams are just the top of a bigger pyramid. There is talent in NoVa but just Balkanized into many smaller teams. Many if the biggest SoCal clubs cover areas the size/population of all of NoVa or more.

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Anonymous wrote:Unlike most people here my daughter is on a competing ECNL team but I'm not salty that Bethesda and Arlington are so good. Surprising that they're out because both of those teams were very impressive when we last played them. I figured one would make it to the finals. Great season and good luck next spring. We might have been happy to be there but outside of the SoCal blues game we hung in the other games, played more technical but couldn't score. Hit the post a few times, it is what it is, but a good experience nonetheless.

~MDU parent

You don't realize how much better soccer exists in SoCal, Dallas, etc. Teams that look "very impressive" here in the mid atlantic are routinely humbled this time of year. It happens over and over

Good question for these overhyped coaches everyone is running after in the DMV. It is in those tournaments when these coaches get humbled. Yet everyone is chasing. There is no good development in DMV. All clubs are money grab and these coaches are more like
Salespeople for the clubs. And the parents with extra income in the DMV are happy to shell and keep chasing air these coaches sell to them. FOMO, badges and lying to the kids making them think they are the best are the issues that need to be addressed in the DMV. Young players too pumped up then boom the reality hits in nationals.

Man what a hater. Im sorry your team didnt make it to San Diego.

It is not about hater. You need to wake up and see what the real issue is. It is not about San Diego or San Francisco. The reality question for everyone in this area is. Why California and and Texas teams are way better than the teams in the DMV? The DMV should have all the resources but honestly the coaching has never been there. It is a coaching and parents problem. Clubs never really develop anything. Bunch off sales people.

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Anonymous wrote:Unlike most people here my daughter is on a competing ECNL team but I'm not salty that Bethesda and Arlington are so good. Surprising that they're out because both of those teams were very impressive when we last played them. I figured one would make it to the finals. Great season and good luck next spring. We might have been happy to be there but outside of the SoCal blues game we hung in the other games, played more technical but couldn't score. Hit the post a few times, it is what it is, but a good experience nonetheless.

~MDU parent

You don't realize how much better soccer exists in SoCal, Dallas, etc. Teams that look "very impressive" here in the mid atlantic are routinely humbled this time of year. It happens over and over

Good question for these overhyped coaches everyone is running after in the DMV. It is in those tournaments when these coaches get humbled. Yet everyone is chasing. There is no good development in DMV. All clubs are money grab and these coaches are more like
Salespeople for the clubs. And the parents with extra income in the DMV are happy to shell and keep chasing air these coaches sell to them. FOMO, badges and lying to the kids making them think they are the best are the issues that need to be addressed in the DMV. Young players too pumped up then boom the reality hits in nationals.

Pretty much. None of the “superstar” male girl coaches played at even a modest level themselves. Most are like “Milos”, the tennis coach from Seinfeld. Hard to teach what you can’t do nor really even understand.

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Anonymous wrote:Unlike most people here my daughter is on a competing ECNL team but I'm not salty that Bethesda and Arlington are so good. Surprising that they're out because both of those teams were very impressive when we last played them. I figured one would make it to the finals. Great season and good luck next spring. We might have been happy to be there but outside of the SoCal blues game we hung in the other games, played more technical but couldn't score. Hit the post a few times, it is what it is, but a good experience nonetheless.

~MDU parent

You don't realize how much better soccer exists in SoCal, Dallas, etc. Teams that look "very impressive" here in the mid atlantic are routinely humbled this time of year. It happens over and over

I didn't watch the games so I can't comment if they got humbled, but I think it's fair to say Bethesda and Arlington would be considered top 25 teams in the country based on their results, at least in the 2011 group. That's pretty damn good IMO.

SoCal Blues players were all very strong, fast/high motor types. Bethesda is more technical and disciplined. Not saying they would beat SoCal but from a soccer purist perspective, Bethesda plays a better style of soccer. Not taking anything away from SoCal blues they're definitely top notch.

Preferred style is just that, a preference. Winning requires putting the ball in the back of the net. Passing around the back without a purpose doesn't count as it doesn't advance the team forward. Yeah you may connect 12 passes on a sequence and lose it in the attacking third just to be countered by a team that just has flat out better athletes. Athleticism reigns supreme on the girls side for much longer than it does the boys.

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Anonymous wrote:2011: none
2012: csa
2010: union

I’d add Bethesda to the 2011 list.

They lost 5-1

Anonymous wrote:2011: none
2012: csa
2010: union

I’d add Bethesda to the 2011 list.