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The app’s algorithm is wrong, but it’s not THAT wrong.

Lets be better than citing a ranking tool as proof of anything. Plenty of clubs 2nd teams rank higher than their 1st just because 2nd teams have had more success in lower brackets at tournaments. It means nothing.

That’s not true, at least not with the Rankings app. Its algorithm is based on game scores in all league and tournament matches and the evolving quality (based on all of their game scores) of the teams played, each over the last 12 months. Show me a single example of a legitimate club’s second team that is ranked better than its first team. By ranking every team sequentially, the app has a massive level of false precision, but there is zero chance a team ranked 731 (Alex 2013) will be competitive with a team ranked in the top 150.

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Anonymous wrote:The 2012 and 2013 Alexandria teams could be strong. They have mostly stayed together, have been playing up, and 2012 performed well at Jeff cup against other ECNL teams. If they are willing to cut a few and pick up a few NL players who don’t get much time or top RL players, then they’ll contend. Maybe not SYC or NVA, but more than VRSC or McLean, and more than many RL teams.

You’re delusional. The Rankings app has the first 2013 Alexandria team ranked outside the top 700 nationally. Loudoun’s top team (next year’s NVA GA team) is 52, SYC’s is 73, and VRSC is 142. All of those teams are staying together for GA next year. McLean’s first team went to Union, but even their second team is 301. Alexandria’s first 2013 team didn’t even go to Jeff Cup.

Alexandria’s first 2012 team played three games at Jeff Cup, all against teams outside the app’s top 100, and they won once and drew twice.

The app’s algorithm is wrong, but it’s not THAT wrong.

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The app’s algorithm is wrong, but it’s not THAT wrong.

Lets be better than citing a ranking tool as proof of anything. Plenty of clubs 2nd teams rank higher than their 1st just because 2nd teams have had more success in lower brackets at tournaments. It means nothing.

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The app’s algorithm is wrong, but it’s not THAT wrong.

Anonymous wrote:The 2012 and 2013 Alexandria teams could be strong. They have mostly stayed together, have been playing up, and 2012 performed well at Jeff cup against other ECNL teams. If they are willing to cut a few and pick up a few NL players who don’t get much time or top RL players, then they’ll contend. Maybe not SYC or NVA, but more than VRSC or McLean, and more than many RL teams.

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Anonymous wrote:If kid is younger GA is going to be hands down better in RL The incoming GA teams have been beating down the future ECNL teams never mind the left overs in RL. Mclean Loudoun and SYC will dominate the area.

Loudoun will be made up of RL (or Black for 2013) team players, so they definitely will not dominate GA. The strongest GA teams will be NVA and SYC, then VRSC, as they are the only GA clubs that (1) have decent first teams pre-GA and (2) will fill their GA teams with players from those first teams. MYS's first team players went / are going to Union, so their GA teams will be filled with second and third team players. TSJ's and ASA's first teams are weak, so even if their GA teams keep their first team players, those GA teams will be not be competitive.

Again, depends on the age group. I think 8 girls left NVA's 09 team for Union after NVA went to GA. And while that's an older age group if we are talking about younger I'd get on a "top" GA team now than a "top" RL team b/c in a few years MYS should be stronger with GA more established there. The clubs left with RL will either feed into ECNL which probably isn't an option for this player or they wouldn't be asking or they're at a club without a direct path to ECNL at all.

Where are the 8 players being replaced on Union going? That could drastically improve an entire 2009 team in GA.

Anonymous wrote:GA top team vs ECNL RL top team for a kid that will never get a look from her club’s ECNL team?

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Anonymous wrote:If kid is younger GA is going to be hands down better in RL The incoming GA teams have been beating down the future ECNL teams never mind the left overs in RL. Mclean Loudoun and SYC will dominate the area.

Loudoun will be made up of RL (or Black for 2013) team players, so they definitely will not dominate GA. The strongest GA teams will be NVA and SYC, then VRSC, as they are the only GA clubs that (1) have decent first teams pre-GA and (2) will fill their GA teams with players from those first teams. MYS's first team players went / are going to Union, so their GA teams will be filled with second and third team players. TSJ's and ASA's first teams are weak, so even if their GA teams keep their first team players, those GA teams will be not be competitive.

Again, depends on the age group. I think 8 girls left NVA's 09 team for Union after NVA went to GA. And while that's an older age group if we are talking about younger I'd get on a "top" GA team now than a "top" RL team b/c in a few years MYS should be stronger with GA more established there. The clubs left with RL will either feed into ECNL which probably isn't an option for this player or they wouldn't be asking or they're at a club without a direct path to ECNL at all.

OP here: at a club with ECNL but the team only recruits from outside the club and is highly ranked nationally.

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Anonymous wrote:If kid is younger GA is going to be hands down better in RL The incoming GA teams have been beating down the future ECNL teams never mind the left overs in RL. Mclean Loudoun and SYC will dominate the area.

Loudoun will be made up of RL (or Black for 2013) team players, so they definitely will not dominate GA. The strongest GA teams will be NVA and SYC, then VRSC, as they are the only GA clubs that (1) have decent first teams pre-GA and (2) will fill their GA teams with players from those first teams. MYS's first team players went / are going to Union, so their GA teams will be filled with second and third team players. TSJ's and ASA's first teams are weak, so even if their GA teams keep their first team players, those GA teams will be not be competitive.

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Anonymous wrote:If kid is younger GA is going to be hands down better in RL The incoming GA teams have been beating down the future ECNL teams never mind the left overs in RL. Mclean Loudoun and SYC will dominate the area.

Loudoun will be made up of RL (or Black for 2013) team players, so they definitely will not dominate GA. The strongest GA teams will be NVA and SYC, then VRSC, as they are the only GA clubs that (1) have decent first teams pre-GA and (2) will fill their GA teams with players from those first teams. MYS's first team players went / are going to Union, so their GA teams will be filled with second and third team players. TSJ's and ASA's first teams are weak, so even if their GA teams keep their first team players, those GA teams will be not be competitive.

I agree. Do you think McLean will continue to go FVU or a one year plan because of DB? It will be really interesting to see how 2012, 2013, etc migrate over time. Stay with club in GA or look to go ECNL over time. I suppose a lot of this has to do with whether ECNL continues to stay the stronger platform for girls.

Nearly the entire MYS 2013 first team is going to Union. None of those first team players are staying at MYS GA. Not a single one. Contrast Loudoun, SYC, and VRSC 2013 first teams, who are moving as blocks to their club's GA teams and in fact have picked up quality players. Maybe MYS will become a more attractive draw over time, especially if GA begins to catch ECNL as a league, but 2025-26 is going to be ugly for MYS.

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Anonymous wrote:If soccer is the priority and she can make a GA team, then I would not even think about ECNL-R, although I would stay away from TSJFC and ASA in GA. If she wants to play multiple sports now and isn’t focused on playing soccer in college, then ECNL-R may be a better option. Most of the GA teams in DMV will be light years ahead of the ECNL-R teams in the area, although a step (or three) behind the local ECNL teams.

Agree if you are going to SYC, VRSC, McLean, NVA or Loudoun, go GA. Think the hardest decision would be do you leave Arlington, GFR, Vienna, Stafford RL team for Alexandria.

I would go to the Alexandria tryouts and see what the turnout is like. Probably enough talent from those RL teams to put together a decent GA team.

You're missing the point. GA is much stronger than ECNL-RL. If you're filling your GA team with RL players, you're not going to be competitive in GA.

Agree, if you're going GA you'll want to be on a team competitive in the GA, and one stacked with RL players will not be competitive. It may become competitive after a few years.. maybe. But not out the gate.

That's the problem with this argument though. There are a bunch of brand, spanking new GA teams all around, but the player pool to choose from has not changed. Most of these new GA teams are going to be filled with former RL players (or RL level players). It's not like here all of a sudden is a new pool of better players from which these new GA teams can select from.

Anonymous wrote:GA top team vs ECNL RL top team for a kid that will never get a look from her club’s ECNL team?

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Anonymous wrote:If kid is younger GA is going to be hands down better in RL The incoming GA teams have been beating down the future ECNL teams never mind the left overs in RL. Mclean Loudoun and SYC will dominate the area.

Loudoun will be made up of RL (or Black for 2013) team players, so they definitely will not dominate GA. The strongest GA teams will be NVA and SYC, then VRSC, as they are the only GA clubs that (1) have decent first teams pre-GA and (2) will fill their GA teams with players from those first teams. MYS's first team players went / are going to Union, so their GA teams will be filled with second and third team players. TSJ's and ASA's first teams are weak, so even if their GA teams keep their first team players, those GA teams will be not be competitive.

Again, depends on the age group. I think 8 girls left NVA's 09 team for Union after NVA went to GA. And while that's an older age group if we are talking about younger I'd get on a "top" GA team now than a "top" RL team b/c in a few years MYS should be stronger with GA more established there. The clubs left with RL will either feed into ECNL which probably isn't an option for this player or they wouldn't be asking or they're at a club without a direct path to ECNL at all.

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Anonymous wrote:No data yet (only guesses) but hopefully RL team will play Aspire teams and then we shall see which B league is the better one.

The top RL teams will be better than the top Aspire teams.

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ECNL
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Aspire

For 2025-26, with a few possible exceptions (eg, NVA and SYC teams may be closer to ECNL than other GA teams).

Those two clubs' Aspire teams are also going to be stronger than most ECNLRL teams. Not all teams but most.