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Anonymous wrote:It's pretty bad that we can't praise the soccer clubs that do a good job. McLean BRYC and FCV have been doing their part to elevate woman's soccer, rather than criticize we should appreciate what they do. I can think of 30 clubs in the DMV area that wishes they could do for their players what those clubs do.

Umm...they are the legacy ECNL clubs in the area. Players were drawn to those clubs to participate.

Someone said it best earlier, the player should claim credit for their accomplishment. There are many area trainers and coaches who are not ECNL affiliates who do a great job. Lots of private training too. Ultimately, it's the player's innate talent, drive, and effort that gets them noticed and recruited, by the clubs you mention and colleges.

The clubs have not built the players. It's quite the opposite.

.. if a kid that leaves McLean at 18 to play at UNC had stayed at gunston rather than leave at 13 do you think they would be going to UNC?

If the player didn’t leave Gunston would McLean have had as talented a team? Did McLean fundamentally change the player creating the opportunity or did the exposure that McLean offered create the opportunity? At some point UNC had to make a choice for a player and in that moment it is WHO the player fundamentally is a person and as a soccer player that makes the biggest difference.

They went to the club for the recruiting platform, not to "be developed." Whomever worked with that fictitious kid at Gunston up to U13 did a great job in teaching them the basic skills needed to make it at the ECNL level. The player had the talent and displayed the effort needed to be recruit-level. I think that same player would be recruited whether they were at McLean, BRYC, or FCV.

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Anonymous wrote:It's pretty bad that we can't praise the soccer clubs that do a good job. McLean BRYC and FCV have been doing their part to elevate woman's soccer, rather than criticize we should appreciate what they do. I can think of 30 clubs in the DMV area that wishes they could do for their players what those clubs do.

Umm...they are the legacy ECNL clubs in the area. Players were drawn to those clubs to participate.

Someone said it best earlier, the player should claim credit for their accomplishment. There are many area trainers and coaches who are not ECNL affiliates who do a great job. Lots of private training too. Ultimately, it's the player's innate talent, drive, and effort that gets them noticed and recruited, by the clubs you mention and colleges.

The clubs have not built the players. It's quite the opposite.

.. if a kid that leaves McLean at 18 to play at UNC had stayed at gunston rather than leave at 13 do you think they would be going to UNC?

If the player didn’t leave Gunston would McLean have had as talented a team? Did McLean fundamentally change the player creating the opportunity or did the exposure that McLean offered create the opportunity? At some point UNC had to make a choice for a player and in that moment it is WHO the player fundamentally is a person and as a soccer player that makes the biggest difference.

Anonymous wrote:Northern Virginia ECNL Clubs Total Points

BRYC 139
McLean 129
Vda 91
Loudoun 56

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Anonymous wrote:It's pretty bad that we can't praise the soccer clubs that do a good job. McLean BRYC and FCV have been doing their part to elevate woman's soccer, rather than criticize we should appreciate what they do. I can think of 30 clubs in the DMV area that wishes they could do for their players what those clubs do.

Umm...they are the legacy ECNL clubs in the area. Players were drawn to those clubs to participate.

Someone said it best earlier, the player should claim credit for their accomplishment. There are many area trainers and coaches who are not ECNL affiliates who do a great job. Lots of private training too. Ultimately, it's the player's innate talent, drive, and effort that gets them noticed and recruited, by the clubs you mention and colleges.

The clubs have not built the players. It's quite the opposite.

.. if a kid that leaves McLean at 18 to play at UNC had stayed at gunston rather than leave at 13 do you think they would be going to UNC?

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Anonymous wrote:It's pretty bad that we can't praise the soccer clubs that do a good job. McLean BRYC and FCV have been doing their part to elevate woman's soccer, rather than criticize we should appreciate what they do. I can think of 30 clubs in the DMV area that wishes they could do for their players what those clubs do.

Umm...they are the legacy ECNL clubs in the area. Players were drawn to those clubs to participate.

Someone said it best earlier, the player should claim credit for their accomplishment. There are many area trainers and coaches who are not ECNL affiliates who do a great job. Lots of private training too. Ultimately, it's the player's innate talent, drive, and effort that gets them noticed and recruited, by the clubs you mention and colleges.

The clubs have not built the players. It's quite the opposite.

Are you serious with the last sentence?

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Anonymous wrote:It's pretty bad that we can't praise the soccer clubs that do a good job. McLean BRYC and FCV have been doing their part to elevate woman's soccer, rather than criticize we should appreciate what they do. I can think of 30 clubs in the DMV area that wishes they could do for their players what those clubs do.

Umm...they are the legacy ECNL clubs in the area. Players were drawn to those clubs to participate.

Someone said it best earlier, the player should claim credit for their accomplishment. There are many area trainers and coaches who are not ECNL affiliates who do a great job. Lots of private training too. Ultimately, it's the player's innate talent, drive, and effort that gets them noticed and recruited, by the clubs you mention and colleges.

The clubs have not built the players. It's quite the opposite.

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Anonymous wrote:It's pretty bad that we can't praise the soccer clubs that do a good job. McLean BRYC and FCV have been doing their part to elevate woman's soccer, rather than criticize we should appreciate what they do. I can think of 30 clubs in the DMV area that wishes they could do for their players what those clubs do.

Umm...they are the legacy ECNL clubs in the area. Players were drawn to those clubs to participate.

Someone said it best earlier, the player should claim credit for their accomplishment. There are many area trainers and coaches who are not ECNL affiliates who do a great job. Lots of private training too. Ultimately, it's the player's innate talent, drive, and effort that gets them noticed and recruited, by the clubs you mention and colleges.

The clubs have not built the players. It's quite the opposite.

Anonymous wrote:It's pretty bad that we can't praise the soccer clubs that do a good job. McLean BRYC and FCV have been doing their part to elevate woman's soccer, rather than criticize we should appreciate what they do. I can think of 30 clubs in the DMV area that wishes they could do for their players what those clubs do.

Anonymous wrote:So the answer is no. And with 11 players returning next year from the U19s, it will be interesting to see how many u17s will be moved to the composite team.

And isn't the Navy commit an 01?

Anonymous wrote:Navy and UConn on the U17s?

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Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't say any club is putting more in certain schools, every club has spells where there are players going to top schools and then spells where they are going to mid level schools, McLean are going to have a ton of top recruits in the 2019-2020 classes, BRYC Will follow that up with amazing 2021-2022 classes. FCV has plenty of very good recruits heading to college this summer.

BRYC has a lot of top recruits in college right now, including the big 10 player of the year & USYNT Player Kaleigh Riehl at Penn State.

Really, like who (besides Riehl) --- I checked the their website, not a lot (if any) of girls at high end top 25 schools right now ---- which is where I would expect to find top recruits. Is their website info inaccurate?

In the top 25 right now BRYC players
Vanderbilt - Myra Konte
Penn State - Kayleigh Riehl
Princeton - Natalie Larkin
Tennessee - Kelsey Kiley & Amy Thomson

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