Anonymous wrote:Take a step back and know what it’s all about in youth $occer. McLean just easily clawed back at least over half a million to a million dollars in annual registration fees for 2 teams across 6 ages and 20-25 kids on each team. The rest is window dressing.

Completely!!!! They had to change Leagues to do it, they don't believe they are doing anything better for your kid just their bottom line.
Their right I'm ok with that, but not leaving ECNL for that.

Take a step back and know what it’s all about in youth $occer. McLean just easily clawed back at least over half a million to a million dollars in annual registration fees for 2 teams across 6 ages and 20-25 kids on each team. The rest is window dressing.

I think the writing maybe on the wall but people don’t want to admit it. If Arlington leaves ECNL there will pretty much be no one left for them to play. MLS next
Is key for boys so it will help GA grow. ECNL girls getting a greater share of D1 scholarships is about the players in ECNL not the level of coaching. As that paradigm continues to shift, ECNL will have to make some hard choices or disband altogether in 5-10 years. My guess is ECNL combines into MLS next/GA and the process starts over until the next person at the top gets pissed and starts their own league. Right now ECNL sometimes goes to MLS showcase but with the age group changings that probably won’t happen either so it will hurt college recruiting for ECNL boys even more

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Anonymous wrote:This is why it's a great move for McLean. Take back control of your ship. At the end of the day on top of this being about soccer, it's also a business. All these problems sometimes come about because there's too many cooks in the kitchen and often don't share the same values or vision.

Which is the same reason Loudoun Soccer will do it. They are big enough and it's better for their business to be known everywhere as LS.

Some day GA may be the equal or better than ECNL. But that is not now. The key is college recruiting. ECNL is king. GA does ok with college recruiting so its not nothing. The 2006s recruiting was fine for GA but 2007 was bad and 2008 was worse. The top of the team and who knows where the line is top 5 or Top 8 will be ok on GA. No doubt about it. 6 or 9 -18 not so much. That is where the ECNL advantage is. College coaches spend more time with the mid and bottom of the ECNL rosters than they do with GA. Most top girls in the key recruiting years will not move to GA. There is going to be a lot of roster turnover on local teams I think.

Anonymous wrote:This is why it's a great move for McLean. Take back control of your ship. At the end of the day on top of this being about soccer, it's also a business. All these problems sometimes come about because there's too many cooks in the kitchen and often don't share the same values or vision.

Which is the same reason Loudoun Soccer will do it. They are big enough and it's better for their business to be known everywhere as LS.

This is why it's a great move for McLean. Take back control of your ship. At the end of the day on top of this being about soccer, it's also a business. All these problems sometimes come about because there's too many cooks in the kitchen and often don't share the same values or vision.

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Anonymous wrote:Theres nothing special about McLean girls its what can a core group with mommy and daddy's money. Is there a former player or professional athlete offspring in the mix who understand daily training benefits for comfort on the ball. All you need is a lot of money and 2-3 families who actually know how to indentify an elite trainer/coach. Thats how you get the team that can compete nationally - 09 + 10 VDA, 11 Arlington for example. Those parents are wealthy and invested. McLean always has the chance for the recipe and it happend in 2013, lets see if that teams goes to GA or not.

Parent's money doesn't play on the field. A parent can drop $10,000 a year and if their kid sucks they suck.

It's not about money. It's about TALENT. McLean has the best GIRLS talented players in the area. 2013 Green is just one example. Ranked top 10 in the nation for the last few years. There are other similar teams. Kids want to play on winning teams with other players are who talented and who WIN. That's why so many clubs hate McLean because they are a draw to any player who's actually good.

Now, the for the boys side it's a different story. But, for girl players McLean is the best spot.

The 2013 team is remnant of DB. He's gone and so is the talent after his departure. 2014 is not even in the same ballpark as 2013 and my sources say 2015 is even less so. It shows a trend that is not favorable and now moving to GA will not help bolster those teams it will only hurt.

Might be giving to much credit to DB, the 2013's are still ranked like top ten in country (on rankings app for whatever thats worth) and #1 in VA

I don't think so. No one is talking about the upcoming McLean Girls after 2013 for a reason.

DB had the 2011’s too. How’s that working out?

Is that any fault of his? Prior to U13 a few years back the strong 2011 groups were Arlington, McLean and PWSI. Then came all the alliances aside from Arlington who continue to grow and get better.

only one of those teams is making history while the others are just history

The one making history didn't have to deal with any alliances.

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Anonymous wrote:Theres nothing special about McLean girls its what can a core group with mommy and daddy's money. Is there a former player or professional athlete offspring in the mix who understand daily training benefits for comfort on the ball. All you need is a lot of money and 2-3 families who actually know how to indentify an elite trainer/coach. Thats how you get the team that can compete nationally - 09 + 10 VDA, 11 Arlington for example. Those parents are wealthy and invested. McLean always has the chance for the recipe and it happend in 2013, lets see if that teams goes to GA or not.

Parent's money doesn't play on the field. A parent can drop $10,000 a year and if their kid sucks they suck.

It's not about money. It's about TALENT. McLean has the best GIRLS talented players in the area. 2013 Green is just one example. Ranked top 10 in the nation for the last few years. There are other similar teams. Kids want to play on winning teams with other players are who talented and who WIN. That's why so many clubs hate McLean because they are a draw to any player who's actually good.

Now, the for the boys side it's a different story. But, for girl players McLean is the best spot.

The 2013 team is remnant of DB. He's gone and so is the talent after his departure. 2014 is not even in the same ballpark as 2013 and my sources say 2015 is even less so. It shows a trend that is not favorable and now moving to GA will not help bolster those teams it will only hurt.

Might be giving to much credit to DB, the 2013's are still ranked like top ten in country (on rankings app for whatever thats worth) and #1 in VA

I don't think so. No one is talking about the upcoming McLean Girls after 2013 for a reason.

DB had the 2011’s too. How’s that working out?

Is that any fault of his? Prior to U13 a few years back the strong 2011 groups were Arlington, McLean and PWSI. Then came all the alliances aside from Arlington who continue to grow and get better.

only one of those teams is making history while the others are just history

The one making history didn't have to deal with any alliances.

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Anonymous wrote:Theres nothing special about McLean girls its what can a core group with mommy and daddy's money. Is there a former player or professional athlete offspring in the mix who understand daily training benefits for comfort on the ball. All you need is a lot of money and 2-3 families who actually know how to indentify an elite trainer/coach. Thats how you get the team that can compete nationally - 09 + 10 VDA, 11 Arlington for example. Those parents are wealthy and invested. McLean always has the chance for the recipe and it happend in 2013, lets see if that teams goes to GA or not.

Parent's money doesn't play on the field. A parent can drop $10,000 a year and if their kid sucks they suck.

It's not about money. It's about TALENT. McLean has the best GIRLS talented players in the area. 2013 Green is just one example. Ranked top 10 in the nation for the last few years. There are other similar teams. Kids want to play on winning teams with other players are who talented and who WIN. That's why so many clubs hate McLean because they are a draw to any player who's actually good.

Now, the for the boys side it's a different story. But, for girl players McLean is the best spot.

The 2013 team is remnant of DB. He's gone and so is the talent after his departure. 2014 is not even in the same ballpark as 2013 and my sources say 2015 is even less so. It shows a trend that is not favorable and now moving to GA will not help bolster those teams it will only hurt.

Might be giving to much credit to DB, the 2013's are still ranked like top ten in country (on rankings app for whatever thats worth) and #1 in VA

I don't think so. No one is talking about the upcoming McLean Girls after 2013 for a reason.

DB had the 2011’s too. How’s that working out?

Is that any fault of his? Prior to U13 a few years back the strong 2011 groups were Arlington, McLean and PWSI. Then came all the alliances aside from Arlington who continue to grow and get better.

only one of those teams is making history while the others are just history

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Anonymous wrote:Theres nothing special about McLean girls its what can a core group with mommy and daddy's money. Is there a former player or professional athlete offspring in the mix who understand daily training benefits for comfort on the ball. All you need is a lot of money and 2-3 families who actually know how to indentify an elite trainer/coach. Thats how you get the team that can compete nationally - 09 + 10 VDA, 11 Arlington for example. Those parents are wealthy and invested. McLean always has the chance for the recipe and it happend in 2013, lets see if that teams goes to GA or not.

Parent's money doesn't play on the field. A parent can drop $10,000 a year and if their kid sucks they suck.

It's not about money. It's about TALENT. McLean has the best GIRLS talented players in the area. 2013 Green is just one example. Ranked top 10 in the nation for the last few years. There are other similar teams. Kids want to play on winning teams with other players are who talented and who WIN. That's why so many clubs hate McLean because they are a draw to any player who's actually good.

Now, the for the boys side it's a different story. But, for girl players McLean is the best spot.

The 2013 team is remnant of DB. He's gone and so is the talent after his departure. 2014 is not even in the same ballpark as 2013 and my sources say 2015 is even less so. It shows a trend that is not favorable and now moving to GA will not help bolster those teams it will only hurt.

Might be giving to much credit to DB, the 2013's are still ranked like top ten in country (on rankings app for whatever thats worth) and #1 in VA

I don't think so. No one is talking about the upcoming McLean Girls after 2013 for a reason.

DB had the 2011’s too. How’s that working out?

Is that any fault of his? Prior to U13 a few years back the strong 2011 groups were Arlington, McLean and PWSI. Then came all the alliances aside from Arlington who continue to grow and get better.

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Anonymous wrote:Theres nothing special about McLean girls its what can a core group with mommy and daddy's money. Is there a former player or professional athlete offspring in the mix who understand daily training benefits for comfort on the ball. All you need is a lot of money and 2-3 families who actually know how to indentify an elite trainer/coach. Thats how you get the team that can compete nationally - 09 + 10 VDA, 11 Arlington for example. Those parents are wealthy and invested. McLean always has the chance for the recipe and it happend in 2013, lets see if that teams goes to GA or not.

Parent's money doesn't play on the field. A parent can drop $10,000 a year and if their kid sucks they suck.

It's not about money. It's about TALENT. McLean has the best GIRLS talented players in the area. 2013 Green is just one example. Ranked top 10 in the nation for the last few years. There are other similar teams. Kids want to play on winning teams with other players are who talented and who WIN. That's why so many clubs hate McLean because they are a draw to any player who's actually good.

Now, the for the boys side it's a different story. But, for girl players McLean is the best spot.

The 2013 team is remnant of DB. He's gone and so is the talent after his departure. 2014 is not even in the same ballpark as 2013 and my sources say 2015 is even less so. It shows a trend that is not favorable and now moving to GA will not help bolster those teams it will only hurt.

Might be giving to much credit to DB, the 2013's are still ranked like top ten in country (on rankings app for whatever thats worth) and #1 in VA

I don't think so. No one is talking about the upcoming McLean Girls after 2013 for a reason.

DB had the 2011’s too. How’s that working out?

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Anonymous wrote:So MYS go GA or GA Aspire?

MYS Team 1 - GA
MYS Team 2 Aspire

Where are they going to get a team 1 from? They only have ECRL teams which definitely won’t be able to compete in GA.

They are hoping the old Mclean kids that went to Union will return.

Good luck with that

This will serve Mclean and everyone. They created messed up partnerships that did not work for anybody and ruined boys and girls seasons. Now, at least, I want to think they will be more stable.

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Anonymous wrote:So MYS go GA or GA Aspire?

MYS Team 1 - GA
MYS Team 2 Aspire

Where are they going to get a team 1 from? They only have ECRL teams which definitely won’t be able to compete in GA.

They are hoping the old Mclean kids that went to Union will return.

They'll be just fine in GA Virginia

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Anonymous wrote:So MYS go GA or GA Aspire?

MYS Team 1 - GA
MYS Team 2 Aspire

Where are they going to get a team 1 from? They only have ECRL teams which definitely won’t be able to compete in GA.

They are hoping the old Mclean kids that went to Union will return.