Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are any of the ECNL or DA teams still holding tryouts?

Arlington still looking for players

Who will be coaching 04 DA Arlington

Anonymous wrote:Are any of the ECNL or DA teams still holding tryouts?

Arlington still looking for players

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If they win, he’ll treat them well. If these lose, he’ll sit in a chair and pout. After a losing game he will tell them they are worthless and not even fit for HS soccer. (He discouraged all his 03s not to play HS, btw) The 04s had him as a coach before. I am not sure why people think this is good coaching. Can you imagine your child’s teacher behaving in such a way....[/quote]

My daughter has loved every minute playing for him, our only regret is not bringing her to play for him earlier. The girls have to work hard but he has fun with them, is an awesome coach and we are very happy.
(I have never seen him sit down and pout)

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Parents always say that but the kids always say something different.

Are any of the ECNL or DA teams still holding tryouts?

[quote=Anonymous]If they win, he’ll treat them well. If these lose, he’ll sit in a chair and pout. After a losing game he will tell them they are worthless and not even fit for HS soccer. (He discouraged all his 03s not to play HS, btw) The 04s had him as a coach before. I am not sure why people think this is good coaching. Can you imagine your child’s teacher behaving in such a way....[/quote]

My daughter has loved every minute playing for him, our only regret is not bringing her to play for him earlier. The girls have to work hard but he has fun with them, is an awesome coach and we are very happy.
(I have never seen him sit down and pout)

I’ve not heard many positive things about that particular braddock road coach.

If they win, he’ll treat them well. If these lose, he’ll sit in a chair and pout. After a losing game he will tell them they are worthless and not even fit for HS soccer. (He discouraged all his 03s not to play HS, btw) The 04s had him as a coach before. I am not sure why people think this is good coaching. Can you imagine your child’s teacher behaving in such a way....

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Even if they do ok, the coach will still treat them like crap and look for better players. Plus there's no way they'll get his full attention as long as he's coaching the his favorites, the 03s[/quote]

My daughter plays for his 02 ECNL team and she has a great relationship with her coach, he has a fantastic relationship with his players which is why they all work so hard for him. He does have a very successful 03 team that have been together for years but what he has done for my daughter and her team is amazing. They have all gotten so much better. 2 teams qualifying for ECNL playoffs and having so many top schools looking at players is really cool! [/quote]

They work hard for him because they are scared of him
As long your daughter can help him win, she'll have a great relationship with him.

[quote=Anonymous]Even if they do ok, the coach will still treat them like crap and look for better players. Plus there's no way they'll get his full attention as long as he's coaching the his favorites, the 03s[/quote]

My daughter plays for his 02 ECNL team and she has a great relationship with her coach, he has a fantastic relationship with his players which is why they all work so hard for him. He does have a very successful 03 team that have been together for years but what he has done for my daughter and her team is amazing. They have all gotten so much better. 2 teams qualifying for ECNL playoffs and having so many top schools looking at players is really cool!

Even if they do ok, the coach will still treat them like crap and look for better players. Plus there's no way they'll get his full attention as long as he's coaching the his favorites, the 03s

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:BRYC 05's are 8th out of 8 teams in their division
BRYC 04's are 7th out of 8 teams in their division

Are BRYC teams just unlucky? What’s the deal with the 04s and 05s? Should they be holding open tryouts rather than just invite only?

The 04s will be coached by the 03&02 coach next year. They will do great.

For their sake they better. If they don't the coach will start ignoring them and look for better players...

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:BRYC 05's are 8th out of 8 teams in their division
BRYC 04's are 7th out of 8 teams in their division

Are BRYC teams just unlucky? What’s the deal with the 04s and 05s? Should they be holding open tryouts rather than just invite only?

The 04s will be coached by the 03&02 coach next year. They will do great.

Looks like some shake-ups in the u13 VYSA state cup... ouch

http://www.vysa.com/schedules/Spring/90913513-br.html

Stafford must have been pretty excited after that win over Loudoun red

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it's helpful for folks on the board, my daughter got a WS email last year saying thanks for coming to (one) ID session, you don't need to come to any more ID sessions because you will be made an offer in about X weeks, welcome to the team. I don't think that was a terribly common occurrence, because other girls who eventually made the team did go to multiple ID sessions.

That is similar if not identical to the email sent out today that we saw.

Thanks.

ws is doing the same process this year as they did last year. early offers + id sessions to complete the rosters. not sure what parents being told.

Anonymous wrote:The trend? For Who? US Soccer? The same people that run DA? Who approved the game schedule?

Meaningful games? You mean league games?

Sound like a parrot

Truth is the are trying to keep cost down to compete with DA. Truth Is, they can't do it.

says the DA parrot himself