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Anonymous wrote:Say what you want about McLean 05 but to go from the bottom of MA to 2nd place after losing 1/3 or more of the team is impressive. Also, you need to acknowledge that the team finished as a finalist at the Jefferson Cup Champions Division losing a close match to MRM Rush in the finals. The is heading to ECNL nationals. I am not an MYS ECNL parent but have watched the team play. They play great soccer which is a result of great training.

Actually they lost 9 of the 18, all starters. 3 to Arlington, 2 to FCV, 4 to Spirit/MU.

Clyde is a good coach.

Anonymous wrote:Say what you want about McLean 05 but to go from the bottom of MA to 2nd place after losing 1/3 or more of the team is impressive. Also, you need to acknowledge that the team finished as a finalist at the Jefferson Cup Champions Division losing a close match to MRM Rush in the finals. The is heading to ECNL nationals. I am not an MYS ECNL parent but have watched the team play. They play great soccer which is a result of great training.

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Anonymous wrote:Back to the original topic.

TSJ/FCV will survive and will gobble up some more players and clubs. How many, not sure ... but they have to in order to keep that monstrousity in business. I still see SYC, MU, BRYC, and possibly Arlington as potential targets. Yes, this is an opinion, not some insider info. This would consolidate big player pools and DA clubs into one "super nova" DA club. This club could then compete with the TopHats, PDAs and SD Surf's and would be a monopoly in an IMG-style, expensive program for uber-elite players in nova. Those parents would drive their kids for this. I mean, its closer than Bradenton, FL.

I suppose DA will survive simply as it is backed by USSF. Maybe some consolidation (which would be a good thing).

As long as DA is around, ECNL will continue to weaken in quality but gain ground in breadth and quantity. Not sure what this will end up meaning for the CCLs/NCSLs/EDPs of the world ... but l could see EDP and ECNL aligning at some point to counter the DA effect of limited choices and anti-competition and to keep the CCLs/NCSLs of the world in their lower tier place.


Clubs: McLean and Loudoun will survive and be ECNL, as will VDA. They are simply the best non-DA top-tier clubs with good sized player pools for their locale. Again, I think BRYC and MU's days are numbered as ECNL and DA clubs respectively. Beyond 2020, don't see these persisting (BRYC will remain, but not as ECNL). Arlington is strong enough to keep DA, but might be tempted to sell to TSJ-FDV in next few years. We shall see ...

Finally a post with substance delivered respectfully. Thank you even if there are parts I disagree with.

Anonymous wrote:Back to the original topic.

TSJ/FCV will survive and will gobble up some more players and clubs. How many, not sure ... but they have to in order to keep that monstrousity in business. I still see SYC, MU, BRYC, and possibly Arlington as potential targets. Yes, this is an opinion, not some insider info. This would consolidate big player pools and DA clubs into one "super nova" DA club. This club could then compete with the TopHats, PDAs and SD Surf's and would be a monopoly in an IMG-style, expensive program for uber-elite players in nova. Those parents would drive their kids for this. I mean, its closer than Bradenton, FL.

I suppose DA will survive simply as it is backed by USSF. Maybe some consolidation (which would be a good thing).

As long as DA is around, ECNL will continue to weaken in quality but gain ground in breadth and quantity. Not sure what this will end up meaning for the CCLs/NCSLs/EDPs of the world ... but l could see EDP and ECNL aligning at some point to counter the DA effect of limited choices and anti-competition and to keep the CCLs/NCSLs of the world in their lower tier place.


Clubs: McLean and Loudoun will survive and be ECNL, as will VDA. They are simply the best non-DA top-tier clubs with good sized player pools for their locale. Again, I think BRYC and MU's days are numbered as ECNL and DA clubs respectively. Beyond 2020, don't see these persisting (BRYC will remain, but not as ECNL). Arlington is strong enough to keep DA, but might be tempted to sell to TSJ-FDV in next few years. We shall see ...

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Anonymous wrote:Say what you want about McLean 05 but to go from the bottom of MA to 2nd place after losing 1/3 or more of the team is impressive. Also, you need to acknowledge that the team finished as a finalist at the Jefferson Cup Champions Division losing a close match to MRM Rush in the finals. The is heading to ECNL nationals. I am not an MYS ECNL parent but have watched the team play. They play great soccer which is a result of great training.

Spirit beat the nova team that beat and tied McLean. Neither ecnl team is any good.

Anonymous wrote:Say what you want about McLean 05 but to go from the bottom of MA to 2nd place after losing 1/3 or more of the team is impressive. Also, you need to acknowledge that the team finished as a finalist at the Jefferson Cup Champions Division losing a close match to MRM Rush in the finals. The is heading to ECNL nationals. I am not an MYS ECNL parent but have watched the team play. They play great soccer which is a result of great training.

Anonymous wrote:McLean merges with GFR after getting sued by a Ulittle girl's parents.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't have a dog in the race but continue to argue that if you are close to an elite soccer team, i.e. a team that plays in the top brackets of the top tournaments, you know that ECNL/DA remains a draw for the most talented players.

You can't judge a team at u15 or younger because the teams are not mature and not complete. McLean's 05 team was a disaster last year but this year is heading to the ECNL Nationals and has defeated some very strong teams in several tournaments. I believe that team lost about a half dozen players to the DA but then replaced those players with others from non-ECNL clubs. Loudoun will get better.

Again, the teams that will suffer are the nonECNL/DA teams as they lose talent to ECNL/DA teams. Even the weakest ECNL/DA team will beat most of the strongest non-ECNL/DA teams. There will always be stong non-ECNL/DA teams like Pipeline, South Shore Select and other clubs who will beat ECNL/DA clubs as South Shore did in at JeffCup.

McLean has a proven track record of developing players on the girls side so McLean 05 results are not surprising, particularly with Clyde Watson coaching them.

Clyde is good, but the results are not indicative of the strength of the team. The MA ECNL region is extremely weak except for the SC team.

Top 4 ECNL team from the 05 age group played a close game with MU in showcase in Feb. MU is a terrible team at the 05 age group.

While I agree with the sentiment about the competition against Spirit 05, which still exists, MU 05 has yet to play a game. They aren’t even a team yet. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves.

Yeah ok. Name changed. Very little else will change. MU/Spirit just completed an entire season. There simply isn't enough talent to go around to make MU very good.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't have a dog in the race but continue to argue that if you are close to an elite soccer team, i.e. a team that plays in the top brackets of the top tournaments, you know that ECNL/DA remains a draw for the most talented players.

You can't judge a team at u15 or younger because the teams are not mature and not complete. McLean's 05 team was a disaster last year but this year is heading to the ECNL Nationals and has defeated some very strong teams in several tournaments. I believe that team lost about a half dozen players to the DA but then replaced those players with others from non-ECNL clubs. Loudoun will get better.

Again, the teams that will suffer are the nonECNL/DA teams as they lose talent to ECNL/DA teams. Even the weakest ECNL/DA team will beat most of the strongest non-ECNL/DA teams. There will always be stong non-ECNL/DA teams like Pipeline, South Shore Select and other clubs who will beat ECNL/DA clubs as South Shore did in at JeffCup.

McLean has a proven track record of developing players on the girls side so McLean 05 results are not surprising, particularly with Clyde Watson coaching them.

Clyde is good, but the results are not indicative of the strength of the team. The MA ECNL region is extremely weak except for the SC team.

Top 4 ECNL team from the 05 age group played a close game with MU in showcase in Feb. MU is a terrible team at the 05 age group.

While I agree with the sentiment about the competition against Spirit 05, which still exists, MU 05 has yet to play a game. They aren’t even a team yet. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't have a dog in the race but continue to argue that if you are close to an elite soccer team, i.e. a team that plays in the top brackets of the top tournaments, you know that ECNL/DA remains a draw for the most talented players.

You can't judge a team at u15 or younger because the teams are not mature and not complete. McLean's 05 team was a disaster last year but this year is heading to the ECNL Nationals and has defeated some very strong teams in several tournaments. I believe that team lost about a half dozen players to the DA but then replaced those players with others from non-ECNL clubs. Loudoun will get better.

Again, the teams that will suffer are the nonECNL/DA teams as they lose talent to ECNL/DA teams. Even the weakest ECNL/DA team will beat most of the strongest non-ECNL/DA teams. There will always be stong non-ECNL/DA teams like Pipeline, South Shore Select and other clubs who will beat ECNL/DA clubs as South Shore did in at JeffCup.

McLean has a proven track record of developing players on the girls side so McLean 05 results are not surprising, particularly with Clyde Watson coaching them.

Clyde is good, but the results are not indicative of the strength of the team. The MA ECNL region is extremely weak except for the SC team.

Top 4 ECNL team from the 05 age group played a close game with MU in showcase in Feb. MU is a terrible team at the 05 age group.

Hopefully MU and the team in question play again soon.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't have a dog in the race but continue to argue that if you are close to an elite soccer team, i.e. a team that plays in the top brackets of the top tournaments, you know that ECNL/DA remains a draw for the most talented players.

You can't judge a team at u15 or younger because the teams are not mature and not complete. McLean's 05 team was a disaster last year but this year is heading to the ECNL Nationals and has defeated some very strong teams in several tournaments. I believe that team lost about a half dozen players to the DA but then replaced those players with others from non-ECNL clubs. Loudoun will get better.

Again, the teams that will suffer are the nonECNL/DA teams as they lose talent to ECNL/DA teams. Even the weakest ECNL/DA team will beat most of the strongest non-ECNL/DA teams. There will always be stong non-ECNL/DA teams like Pipeline, South Shore Select and other clubs who will beat ECNL/DA clubs as South Shore did in at JeffCup.

McLean has a proven track record of developing players on the girls side so McLean 05 results are not surprising, particularly with Clyde Watson coaching them.

Clyde is good, but the results are not indicative of the strength of the team. The MA ECNL region is extremely weak except for the SC team.

Top 4 ECNL team from the 05 age group played a close game with MU in showcase in Feb. MU is a terrible team at the 05 age group.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't have a dog in the race but continue to argue that if you are close to an elite soccer team, i.e. a team that plays in the top brackets of the top tournaments, you know that ECNL/DA remains a draw for the most talented players.

You can't judge a team at u15 or younger because the teams are not mature and not complete. McLean's 05 team was a disaster last year but this year is heading to the ECNL Nationals and has defeated some very strong teams in several tournaments. I believe that team lost about a half dozen players to the DA but then replaced those players with others from non-ECNL clubs. Loudoun will get better.

Again, the teams that will suffer are the nonECNL/DA teams as they lose talent to ECNL/DA teams. Even the weakest ECNL/DA team will beat most of the strongest non-ECNL/DA teams. There will always be stong non-ECNL/DA teams like Pipeline, South Shore Select and other clubs who will beat ECNL/DA clubs as South Shore did in at JeffCup.

McLean has a proven track record of developing players on the girls side so McLean 05 results are not surprising, particularly with Clyde Watson coaching them.

Clyde is good, but the results are not indicative of the strength of the team. The MA ECNL region is extremely weak except for the SC team.

Top 4 ECNL team from the 05 age group played a close game with MU in showcase in Feb. MU is a terrible team at the 05 age group.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't have a dog in the race but continue to argue that if you are close to an elite soccer team, i.e. a team that plays in the top brackets of the top tournaments, you know that ECNL/DA remains a draw for the most talented players.

You can't judge a team at u15 or younger because the teams are not mature and not complete. McLean's 05 team was a disaster last year but this year is heading to the ECNL Nationals and has defeated some very strong teams in several tournaments. I believe that team lost about a half dozen players to the DA but then replaced those players with others from non-ECNL clubs. Loudoun will get better.

Again, the teams that will suffer are the nonECNL/DA teams as they lose talent to ECNL/DA teams. Even the weakest ECNL/DA team will beat most of the strongest non-ECNL/DA teams. There will always be stong non-ECNL/DA teams like Pipeline, South Shore Select and other clubs who will beat ECNL/DA clubs as South Shore did in at JeffCup.

McLean has a proven track record of developing players on the girls side so McLean 05 results are not surprising, particularly with Clyde Watson coaching them.