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Anonymous wrote:The pp is saying that Arlington getting ecnl was the beginning of the end for McLean.

I think Mclean used to be primary club in this area that had ECNL so talents flocked over to Mclean to get noticed by college coaches. Once Arlington and Brave got the ECNL status + the decline of GA/DA, talents have more options and spread out. Not that any club is getting better or worse at developing talents but talents have more options to pick and more spread out over all.

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People like to say that clubs are doing a better job at developing etc. over another. The truth is that now there are many more options than just FCV and McLean as it was for many years. Talent is distributed and clubs are now focused on recruiting coaches and players to eventually attract even more talent.

Anonymous wrote:The pp is saying that Arlington getting ecnl was the beginning of the end for McLean.

I think Mclean used to be primary club in this area that had ECNL so talents flocked over to Mclean to get noticed by college coaches. Once Arlington and Brave got the ECNL status + the decline of GA/DA, talents have more options and spread out. Not that any club is getting better or worse at developing talents but talents have more options to pick and more spread out over all.

The pp is saying that Arlington getting ecnl was the beginning of the end for McLean.

McLean no longer has ECNL. Keep up

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Anonymous wrote:Long time McLean family, sorry to see this happen to McLean. First failed VA Union now FVU with a loss of the best coaches for the boys. But in the world of travel soccer nothing stays the same, things really changed for McLean when Arlington got ecnl.

RIP McLean gotta roll with the times!

Arlington isn't doing much better but so many factors that contributed to that. They seem to be doing ok on the younger sides so hopefully they are building the program to be better. FVU is likely going to get dissolved in 2 years and another merger.

A new ECNL girls director at McLean would work wonders. Having someone worried more about the club than their own pockets could change things quickly.

Anonymous wrote:Can I say that I'm grateful not to have a female soccer player. Ya'll have you taken leave of your senses!

RIGHT? Every thread

Anonymous wrote:Long time McLean family, sorry to see this happen to McLean. First failed VA Union now FVU with a loss of the best coaches for the boys. But in the world of travel soccer nothing stays the same, things really changed for McLean when Arlington got ecnl.

RIP McLean gotta roll with the times!

Arlington isn't doing much better but so many factors that contributed to that. They seem to be doing ok on the younger sides so hopefully they are building the program to be better. FVU is likely going to get dissolved in 2 years and another merger.

Anonymous wrote:Long time McLean family, sorry to see this happen to McLean. First failed VA Union now FVU with a loss of the best coaches for the boys. But in the world of travel soccer nothing stays the same, things really changed for McLean when Arlington got ecnl.

RIP McLean gotta roll with the times!

Nothing changed for McLean? Literally Arlington got ECNL and less than two years later McLean is out. Even the girl teams, which admittedly had some success.

You can’t be serious with this!

I don’t understand the MYs defenders, and I used to be one. We had a great club for girls, but it has been destroyed by bad coaching and mismanagement by the club. I understand the Board is trying hard to fix things, but we need to clean house at the club level.

The recent director hires are impressive and I hope they can turn things around, but they will have to try to steal kids from Arlington and Alexandria if they want to compete, which will be hard, particularly for the boy teams.

I am not sure what to expect for MYS girl teams going forward. 2013G has been a strong class, but I can’t imagine what the future holds. Even if they go to FVU, that is hardly MYS anymore. So how do we even measure success for McLean when they don’t have ECNL teams for our top girls? We just send them to FVU now.

Long time McLean family, sorry to see this happen to McLean. First failed VA Union now FVU with a loss of the best coaches for the boys. But in the world of travel soccer nothing stays the same, things really changed for McLean when Arlington got ecnl.

RIP McLean gotta roll with the times!

What matters is how they do at the playoffs. Based on previous year results - not great.

Anonymous wrote:Can I say that I'm grateful not to have a female soccer player. Ya'll have you taken leave of your senses!

Honestly, it’s insanity. All of it and everyone involved.

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Anonymous wrote:Both clubs overall are terrible. This merger did nothing to help. Boys side is horrendous and will be that way next season. Girls side only really 1-2 high performing team. I suspect FVU will no longer exist after 2 or so seasons. They don't have the facilities, coaches and are getting leftover kids who couldn't make another ECNL team.

This isn’t Spades so stop with the 1 possible 2 stuff. They have ONE high performing team and those kids will be graduating sooner than later. The mighty McLean looking more and more like Valor.

I don't get it, Mclean advertising 4 girls teams are headed to nationals, so how are we measuring high performance? Boys only have the 1 team that qualified .. so yes, boys have historically and likely will continue to struggle

Please stop already with Union qualified 4 teams to nationals. 2 champions league qualifiers is the headline. We are measuring performance with 2 champions league qualifiers. That is less than VDA and NVA. One more than BRAVE.

Nope. Brave Girls had two - 2008s and 2010s

Can I say that I'm grateful not to have a female soccer player. Ya'll have you taken leave of your senses!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Both clubs overall are terrible. This merger did nothing to help. Boys side is horrendous and will be that way next season. Girls side only really 1-2 high performing team. I suspect FVU will no longer exist after 2 or so seasons. They don't have the facilities, coaches and are getting leftover kids who couldn't make another ECNL team.

This isn’t Spades so stop with the 1 possible 2 stuff. They have ONE high performing team and those kids will be graduating sooner than later. The mighty McLean looking more and more like Valor.

I don't get it, Mclean advertising 4 girls teams are headed to nationals, so how are we measuring high performance? Boys only have the 1 team that qualified .. so yes, boys have historically and likely will continue to struggle

Please stop already with Union qualified 4 teams to nationals. 2 champions league qualifiers is the headline. We are measuring performance with 2 champions league qualifiers. That is less than VDA and NVA. One more than BRAVE.

I bet the kids on all those teams, VDA, NVA and Brave included all feel like they had successful seasons ...

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Both clubs overall are terrible. This merger did nothing to help. Boys side is horrendous and will be that way next season. Girls side only really 1-2 high performing team. I suspect FVU will no longer exist after 2 or so seasons. They don't have the facilities, coaches and are getting leftover kids who couldn't make another ECNL team.

This isn’t Spades so stop with the 1 possible 2 stuff. They have ONE high performing team and those kids will be graduating sooner than later. The mighty McLean looking more and more like Valor.

I don't get it, Mclean advertising 4 girls teams are headed to nationals, so how are we measuring high performance? Boys only have the 1 team that qualified .. so yes, boys have historically and likely will continue to struggle

Please stop already with Union qualified 4 teams to nationals. 2 champions league qualifiers is the headline. We are measuring performance with 2 champions league qualifiers. That is less than VDA and NVA. One more than BRAVE.