Anonymous
Post 03/01/2019 13:01     Subject: BRYC ECNL
Anonymous wrote:BRYC has a clear approach of development until u15 (not winning) and then winning & development in the older age groups. Some people are criticizing winning at the older age groups?

They have multiple players going to top universities on both boys and girls sides

That is the end goal of a Youth soccer club, so rather than judge an 05 or 07 team can we look at the end product.


You are over simplifying the issue of the younger vs older, at least on the girls side. Until the current younger become the older, there is little way to substantiate those claims.
Anonymous
Post 03/01/2019 12:48     Subject: BRYC ECNL
A link to 2018 boys going to play in college from BRYC

http://www.brycsoccer.com/bryc-in-college/class-of-2018-boys


Here is the girls

http://www.brycsoccer.com/bryc-in-college/class-of-2019-girls



If someone could follow up with the list of players from Any other club that is not ecnl or da that is doing this please post links below.
Anonymous
Post 03/01/2019 12:43     Subject: BRYC ECNL
BRYC has a clear approach of development until u15 (not winning) and then winning & development in the older age groups. Some people are criticizing winning at the older age groups?

They have multiple players going to top universities on both boys and girls sides

That is the end goal of a Youth soccer club, so rather than judge an 05 or 07 team can we look at the end product.




Anonymous
Post 03/01/2019 12:41     Subject: BRYC ECNL
Anonymous wrote:BRYC are playing in a national league with the best teams from multiple states at u13+

There is a club for everyone in this area and if you're kid is a B team level player BRYC is not for you.



What if my kid is a B player on an A team? Maybe there is a chance?
Anonymous
Post 03/01/2019 12:21     Subject: BRYC ECNL
BRYC are playing in a national league with the best teams from multiple states at u13+

There is a club for everyone in this area and if you're kid is a B team level player BRYC is not for you.

Anonymous
Post 03/01/2019 12:18     Subject: BRYC ECNL
Anonymous wrote:If you want to know where the crazies are look no further than this thread.



Discussion here seems pretty reasonable to me. Maybe that's because I'm one of the crazies...?

On a separate note, do you just look around on the internet all day for people to call out?
Anonymous
Post 03/01/2019 11:50     Subject: BRYC ECNL
If you want to know where the crazies are look no further than this thread.

Anonymous
Post 03/01/2019 11:43     Subject: Re:BRYC ECNL
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Pp is right. Boys ECNL needs a mass exodus from the DA like the girls had to be successful. Until then, BRYC boys are just another club of many in the area.


PP here. We thought about BRYC, DSes trained with them for a bit and were offered spots. We've also trained with a couple of the area DAs. The quality level isn't even close in the younger age groups (05 and younger). Can't really say for the older boys.

If there was a mass of Boys ECNL clubs in the immediate area, maybe would have considered it. But McLean and BRYC really got hung out to dry when those ECNL geniuses created the "Mid Atlantic" division. It's beyond ludicrous to travel 5 hours to a league game when there are literally no fewer than 20 teams within a 30 minute drive that can beat you. Binning the 2 VA teams with the Carolina's is going to damage their efforts to expand. If four or five clubs all go in together, maybe it would work. But who wants to be the 3rd NOVA club to tell their players that they have hundreds more dollars in travel, hotels, etc, just for league play?

Beyond that, ECNL is just a cute little patch if BRYC's 05 boys draw with LMVSC's second team (Rush for the Cup, Sep 2018).


The funny thing is that those parents think that their kid is automatically going to be better if they leave their current club b/c they will now be playing in ECNL. The club and competition doesn't automatically change your child's ability.
Anonymous
Post 03/01/2019 11:31     Subject: Re:BRYC ECNL
Anonymous wrote:Pp is right. Boys ECNL needs a mass exodus from the DA like the girls had to be successful. Until then, BRYC boys are just another club of many in the area.


PP here. We thought about BRYC, DSes trained with them for a bit and were offered spots. We've also trained with a couple of the area DAs. The quality level isn't even close in the younger age groups (05 and younger). Can't really say for the older boys.

If there was a mass of Boys ECNL clubs in the immediate area, maybe would have considered it. But McLean and BRYC really got hung out to dry when those ECNL geniuses created the "Mid Atlantic" division. It's beyond ludicrous to travel 5 hours to a league game when there are literally no fewer than 20 teams within a 30 minute drive that can beat you. Binning the 2 VA teams with the Carolina's is going to damage their efforts to expand. If four or five clubs all go in together, maybe it would work. But who wants to be the 3rd NOVA club to tell their players that they have hundreds more dollars in travel, hotels, etc, just for league play?

Beyond that, ECNL is just a cute little patch if BRYC's 05 boys draw with LMVSC's second team (Rush for the Cup, Sep 2018).
Anonymous
Post 03/01/2019 10:35     Subject: Re:BRYC ECNL
Pp is right. Boys ECNL needs a mass exodus from the DA like the girls had to be successful. Until then, BRYC boys are just another club of many in the area.
Anonymous
Post 03/01/2019 09:26     Subject: Re:BRYC ECNL
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Yeah... But they will win!


The boys u12 pre ECNL team is about get a complete overhaul at the end of spring. the recruiting (poaching) process has already started . Look for more than a few kids coming over from Arlington as DC united academy players move to there. As well as a few LMVSC coming in too.


I have no doubt that they're recruiting, but gimme a break. No one is going to leave DC United (voluntarily) for BRYC. No one is going to leave Arlington DA (voluntarily). LMVSC would look like a lateral move, but I don't know that BRYC would like the players they get from LMVSC.

Just stop. They have a good team at the 07B level and their best bet for leveling up would be trying to pick off 07s from SYC whose parents are disgruntled about the coach/TD situation.

But seriously--if a kid is anything more than a marginal player on any of the teams mentioned (including SYC), why in the world would you go to BRYC? So you can play half your games in the Carolinas, with the bonus of parents being treated like sh!t by the TD? The older boys' teams are already established and doing well, but for anyone 05 and younger, the only reason you would go to BRYC is because you can't make it at any of the other good clubs.
Anonymous
Post 03/01/2019 06:57     Subject: Re:BRYC ECNL
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:Yeah... But they will win!


The boys u12 pre ECNL team is about get a complete overhaul at the end of spring. the recruiting (poaching) process has already started . Look for more than a few kids coming over from Arlington as DC united academy players move to there. As well as a few LMVSC coming in too.


So what usually happens to the players already there ? Do they move them down or cut them ?


Usually they are given the option to move down, but, many players tend to either look for other clubs or its pretty common at that age they stop playing competitively at that high of level. It tends to be more of a blow for the parents. They get the reality check that my ds is so elite after all. the boy usually take it ok. While the parents feel embarrassed and left out of the mix.


I think original poster may be BSing. No way the coach would tell him that they are recruiting especially if OP is a parent with kids on the team.


I would agree with that. However that particular team is on the smaller size physically and you can only squeeze so much out of them. This is where you see kids starting to develop both in skill and physically maturing in size. Ive heard the TD over there is hungry to win another national title. The talk has been the current 07s aren't what they feel they need to make a strong push and the need to reload that group.



It's all about winning on both the boys and girls sides.
That's the scottish / european way --- not this pansy american way that is concerned with developing the kids.
kids should be playing to win, and if you can't accept that, you should move on.


I hope this was sarcasm. Playing to win at the youth levels is exactly why US Youth Soccer is a joke and Scottish soccer for that matter.


+1000.
Anonymous
Post 03/01/2019 06:31     Subject: Re:BRYC ECNL
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:Yeah... But they will win!


The boys u12 pre ECNL team is about get a complete overhaul at the end of spring. the recruiting (poaching) process has already started . Look for more than a few kids coming over from Arlington as DC united academy players move to there. As well as a few LMVSC coming in too.


So what usually happens to the players already there ? Do they move them down or cut them ?


Usually they are given the option to move down, but, many players tend to either look for other clubs or its pretty common at that age they stop playing competitively at that high of level. It tends to be more of a blow for the parents. They get the reality check that my ds is so elite after all. the boy usually take it ok. While the parents feel embarrassed and left out of the mix.


I think original poster may be BSing. No way the coach would tell him that they are recruiting especially if OP is a parent with kids on the team.


I would agree with that. However that particular team is on the smaller size physically and you can only squeeze so much out of them. This is where you see kids starting to develop both in skill and physically maturing in size. Ive heard the TD over there is hungry to win another national title. The talk has been the current 07s aren't what they feel they need to make a strong push and the need to reload that group.



It's all about winning on both the boys and girls sides.
That's the scottish / european way --- not this pansy american way that is concerned with developing the kids.
kids should be playing to win, and if you can't accept that, you should move on.


I hope this was sarcasm. Playing to win at the youth levels is exactly why US Youth Soccer is a joke and Scottish soccer for that matter.
Anonymous
Post 02/28/2019 23:22     Subject: Re:BRYC ECNL
Yeah, but should you try to win at all costs? Certain players barely see the field. I am taking 10 minutes a game. If you don’t want to develop them, just cut them. Keeping players just as practice players is a terrible thing.
Anonymous
Post 02/28/2019 23:19     Subject: Re:BRYC ECNL
A national title? A USYSA national title?