Anonymous
Post 09/24/2024 10:08     Subject: Fairfax Union Girls ECNL
2010s and 09s will upset a lot of teams this year
Anonymous
Post 09/24/2024 09:49     Subject: Fairfax Union Girls ECNL
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What age group is NVA doing this?


All of them. NVA is the place to play.


Serious question I'm the dote from Philly, which age is NVA the place to play?
Anonymous
Post 09/24/2024 09:16     Subject: Fairfax Union Girls ECNL
Anonymous wrote:What age group is NVA doing this?


All of them. NVA is the place to play.
Anonymous
Post 09/24/2024 08:19     Subject: Fairfax Union Girls ECNL
What age group is NVA doing this?
Anonymous
Post 09/24/2024 08:01     Subject: Fairfax Union Girls ECNL
Anonymous wrote:FVU found out how weak they were against VDA. Now it’s back to work to try and figure out that puzzle.


No puzzle to figure out. I read up on this thread and it seems as though the conversation was which team benefited the most from new players joining their team. I say both FVU and VDA will represent Virginia well in San Diego next summer. OfCourse if they continue to play well as NVA is better than both teams, they are just having a slow start. NVA will be the team to beat in the Mid Atlantic.
Anonymous
Post 09/23/2024 19:00     Subject: Fairfax Union Girls ECNL
FVU found out how weak they were against VDA. Now it’s back to work to try and figure out that puzzle.
Anonymous
Post 09/23/2024 14:11     Subject: Fairfax Union Girls ECNL
The "testing new tactics and experimenting with lineups" excuse was in jest folks.

Every team is trying to win their league cup games, and nobody ever wants to lose to a local rival.
Anonymous
Post 09/23/2024 13:54     Subject: Fairfax Union Girls ECNL
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why would a team not try to win a cup game? easy answer, they wouldn't. Anything to the contrary is just an excuse on underperformance and parents being in denial


Makes sense I was confused as I am new to soccer. Figured this was a strategy since FVU is normally a strong club and do not have to rely on cup with making the playoffs


Why wouldn’t fvu try to win?
Anonymous
Post 09/23/2024 13:43     Subject: Fairfax Union Girls ECNL
Anonymous wrote:Why would a team not try to win a cup game? easy answer, they wouldn't. Anything to the contrary is just an excuse on underperformance and parents being in denial


Makes sense I was confused as I am new to soccer. Figured this was a strategy since FVU is normally a strong club and do not have to rely on cup with making the playoffs
Anonymous
Post 09/23/2024 11:06     Subject: Fairfax Union Girls ECNL
Colleges will love FVU why else does ECNL matter
Anonymous
Post 09/23/2024 09:11     Subject: Fairfax Union Girls ECNL
Why would a team not try to win a cup game? easy answer, they wouldn't. Anything to the contrary is just an excuse on underperformance and parents being in denial
Anonymous
Post 09/22/2024 21:32     Subject: Fairfax Union Girls ECNL
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain what a cup game is vs regular season?


Mostly right, but this has nothing to do with a local club merger, league cup is part of every conference, not just the mid-Atlantic.


Why would a team not try to win a cup game? Or was that a parent playing down their losses to experimentation?


FVU coaches know what really matters.
Anonymous
Post 09/22/2024 21:20     Subject: Fairfax Union Girls ECNL
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain what a cup game is vs regular season?


Mostly right, but this has nothing to do with a local club merger, league cup is part of every conference, not just the mid-Atlantic.


Why would a team not try to win a cup game? Or was that a parent playing down their losses to experimentation?
Anonymous
Post 09/22/2024 21:14     Subject: Fairfax Union Girls ECNL
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain what a cup game is vs regular season?


Because of team mergers in the Mid Atlantic the cup games will give the winner an automatic spot to the playoffs. There will be 4 groups. BEACH, VDA, and FVU are in one group. NVA, Richmond, and Arlington are in another group. Then the NC teams will follow the same format. Brackets aren't out but I imagine the winner of VA will play the winner of NC for that automatic bid.



Mostly right, but this has nothing to do with a local club merger, league cup is part of every conference, not just the mid-Atlantic.
Anonymous
Post 09/22/2024 21:06     Subject: Fairfax Union Girls ECNL
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This is ridiculous lol but entertaining. The short of it is there is a long season ahead of both teams. However as of now VDA had the better weekend. But saying the scores in the 2010s game came from PWSI players is pointless as it took a team to build the plays out from the back and for FVU parents to say the reason for the weekend losses is due to the merger or missing players is horrible as well. This was cup games and the teams will meet again in league play.


Based on scores, FVU coaches were probably testing new tactics and experimenting with lineups. VDA chest thumping is not new.



This is spot on. Based on the scores, it appears that nearly every VDA opponent is taking this strategy vs VDA this year.