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Anonymous wrote:At least Arlington has one or two standout ECNL teams on the girls side.

True test will come during the playoffs.

The true test is college commits. Every girl on the oldest Arlington Team is committed. That is what ECNL is about. Not playoffs.

Mediocre Arlington at it again, but this mom is right it’s about playing mediocre soccer at the ncaa level. Congrats ECNL!

All joking aside -- what if it is? What if that is what it all is about? Playing soccer -- helping get into a better school than you otherwise would have, maybe for money in D1, and go to college and live your life. What is that was the end game and no one cared if others though mediocre. Yale plays mediocre football at best. Most of that team end up as doctors, lawyers, bankers, and executives later in life. Do you think they cared that someone else thought they played mediocre football? Not for one second.

If that is the attitude about futbol, then just go to bleeping college - in this area most people paying and playing club have the money for college - and leave futbol to the futbolistas! Our game is not some vehicle for upper middle class white kids to bridge into the 1%…

Agree. At that point, why even bother? Just focus on getting into school. Another reason why the whole mixing of education and athletics is pointless.

First the research shows that sports and higher education play well together. 47 percent of female executives played a port in college. Second you can get into a better school with sports. Thirst there may be a little bit of money there. Fourth, yes these girls are all about getting into school. They get in early to their choice school.

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Anonymous wrote:At least Arlington has one or two standout ECNL teams on the girls side.

True test will come during the playoffs.

The true test is college commits. Every girl on the oldest Arlington Team is committed. That is what ECNL is about. Not playoffs.

Mediocre Arlington at it again, but this mom is right it’s about playing mediocre soccer at the ncaa level. Congrats ECNL!

All joking aside -- what if it is? What if that is what it all is about? Playing soccer -- helping get into a better school than you otherwise would have, maybe for money in D1, and go to college and live your life. What is that was the end game and no one cared if others though mediocre. Yale plays mediocre football at best. Most of that team end up as doctors, lawyers, bankers, and executives later in life. Do you think they cared that someone else thought they played mediocre football? Not for one second.

If that is the attitude about futbol, then just go to bleeping college - in this area most people paying and playing club have the money for college - and leave futbol to the futbolistas! Our game is not some vehicle for upper middle class white kids to bridge into the 1%…

I didn’t realize the Lord of Football was on this board! “Our game”?? Who made you the arbiter of approved motivation? You think girls should only play college soccer if they need the money? Young women who choose to give up thousands of little moments throughout middle school and high school just for the chance of playing a sport in college? To learn early what it takes to push through disappointment, to embrace success? To have what amounts to a corporate job interview while still a sophomore or junior in HS? I’m pretty confident that the kids you are excluding from being “futbolistas” both know the game better than you, and have sacrificed far more than you have to be able to make those decisions.

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Anonymous wrote:At least Arlington has one or two standout ECNL teams on the girls side.

True test will come during the playoffs.

The true test is college commits. Every girl on the oldest Arlington Team is committed. That is what ECNL is about. Not playoffs.

Mediocre Arlington at it again, but this mom is right it’s about playing mediocre soccer at the ncaa level. Congrats ECNL!

All joking aside -- what if it is? What if that is what it all is about? Playing soccer -- helping get into a better school than you otherwise would have, maybe for money in D1, and go to college and live your life. What is that was the end game and no one cared if others though mediocre. Yale plays mediocre football at best. Most of that team end up as doctors, lawyers, bankers, and executives later in life. Do you think they cared that someone else thought they played mediocre football? Not for one second.

If that is the attitude about futbol, then just go to bleeping college - in this area most people paying and playing club have the money for college - and leave futbol to the futbolistas! Our game is not some vehicle for upper middle class white kids to bridge into the 1%…

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Anonymous wrote:At least Arlington has one or two standout ECNL teams on the girls side.

True test will come during the playoffs.

The true test is college commits. Every girl on the oldest Arlington Team is committed. That is what ECNL is about. Not playoffs.

Mediocre Arlington at it again, but this mom is right it’s about playing mediocre soccer at the ncaa level. Congrats ECNL!

All joking aside -- what if it is? What if that is what it all is about? Playing soccer -- helping get into a better school than you otherwise would have, maybe for money in D1, and go to college and live your life. What is that was the end game and no one cared if others though mediocre. Yale plays mediocre football at best. Most of that team end up as doctors, lawyers, bankers, and executives later in life. Do you think they cared that someone else thought they played mediocre football? Not for one second.

If that is the attitude about futbol, then just go to bleeping college - in this area most people paying and playing club have the money for college - and leave futbol to the futbolistas! Our game is not some vehicle for upper middle class white kids to bridge into the 1%…

Agree. At that point, why even bother? Just focus on getting into school. Another reason why the whole mixing of education and athletics is pointless.

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Anonymous wrote:At least Arlington has one or two standout ECNL teams on the girls side.

True test will come during the playoffs.

The true test is college commits. Every girl on the oldest Arlington Team is committed. That is what ECNL is about. Not playoffs.

Mediocre Arlington at it again, but this mom is right it’s about playing mediocre soccer at the ncaa level. Congrats ECNL!

All joking aside -- what if it is? What if that is what it all is about? Playing soccer -- helping get into a better school than you otherwise would have, maybe for money in D1, and go to college and live your life. What is that was the end game and no one cared if others though mediocre. Yale plays mediocre football at best. Most of that team end up as doctors, lawyers, bankers, and executives later in life. Do you think they cared that someone else thought they played mediocre football? Not for one second.

If that is the attitude about futbol, then just go to bleeping college - in this area most people paying and playing club have the money for college - and leave futbol to the futbolistas! Our game is not some vehicle for upper middle class white kids to bridge into the 1%…

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Anonymous wrote:At least Arlington has one or two standout ECNL teams on the girls side.

True test will come during the playoffs.

The true test is college commits. Every girl on the oldest Arlington Team is committed. That is what ECNL is about. Not playoffs.

Mediocre Arlington at it again, but this mom is right it’s about playing mediocre soccer at the ncaa level. Congrats ECNL!

All joking aside -- what if it is? What if that is what it all is about? Playing soccer -- helping get into a better school than you otherwise would have, maybe for money in D1, and go to college and live your life. What is that was the end game and no one cared if others though mediocre. Yale plays mediocre football at best. Most of that team end up as doctors, lawyers, bankers, and executives later in life. Do you think they cared that someone else thought they played mediocre football? Not for one second.

If that is the attitude about futbol, then just go to bleeping college - in this area most people paying and playing club have the money for college - and leave futbol to the futbolistas! Our game is not some vehicle for upper middle class white kids to bridge into the 1%…

Agree. At that point, why even bother? Just focus on getting into school. Another reason why the whole mixing of education and athletics is pointless.

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Anonymous wrote:At least Arlington has one or two standout ECNL teams on the girls side.

True test will come during the playoffs.

The true test is college commits. Every girl on the oldest Arlington Team is committed. That is what ECNL is about. Not playoffs.

Mediocre Arlington at it again, but this mom is right it’s about playing mediocre soccer at the ncaa level. Congrats ECNL!

All joking aside -- what if it is? What if that is what it all is about? Playing soccer -- helping get into a better school than you otherwise would have, maybe for money in D1, and go to college and live your life. What is that was the end game and no one cared if others though mediocre. Yale plays mediocre football at best. Most of that team end up as doctors, lawyers, bankers, and executives later in life. Do you think they cared that someone else thought they played mediocre football? Not for one second.

If that is the attitude about futbol, then just go to bleeping college - in this area most people paying and playing club have the money for college - and leave futbol to the futbolistas! Our game is not some vehicle for upper middle class white kids to bridge into the 1%…

This is an interesting debate. As a middle-class family in the area in ECNL, we do not have the money saved for college. Be it, a college soccer scholarship for most is probably only 25% to 50%. We push academics first with the hopes for both academic and sports scholarships.

While we spend a lot on Club Soccer, the benefits of the cost are worth it. Most importantly our children stay busy all of the time and are less likely to get caught up in the riff raff of drugs, crime, etc. Second is the life skill of learning how to work with a team, being a leader, following direction, staying healthy and many other reasons. If it wasn't soccer, it would be gymnastics, softball, lacrosse, basketball, or pick your poison.

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Anonymous wrote:At least Arlington has one or two standout ECNL teams on the girls side.

True test will come during the playoffs.

The true test is college commits. Every girl on the oldest Arlington Team is committed. That is what ECNL is about. Not playoffs.

Mediocre Arlington at it again, but this mom is right it’s about playing mediocre soccer at the ncaa level. Congrats ECNL!

All joking aside -- what if it is? What if that is what it all is about? Playing soccer -- helping get into a better school than you otherwise would have, maybe for money in D1, and go to college and live your life. What is that was the end game and no one cared if others though mediocre. Yale plays mediocre football at best. Most of that team end up as doctors, lawyers, bankers, and executives later in life. Do you think they cared that someone else thought they played mediocre football? Not for one second.

If that is the attitude about futbol, then just go to bleeping college - in this area most people paying and playing club have the money for college - and leave futbol to the futbolistas! Our game is not some vehicle for upper middle class white kids to bridge into the 1%…

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Anonymous wrote:At least Arlington has one or two standout ECNL teams on the girls side.

True test will come during the playoffs.

The true test is college commits. Every girl on the oldest Arlington Team is committed. That is what ECNL is about. Not playoffs.

Mediocre Arlington at it again, but this mom is right it’s about playing mediocre soccer at the ncaa level. Congrats ECNL!

All joking aside -- what if it is? What if that is what it all is about? Playing soccer -- helping get into a better school than you otherwise would have, maybe for money in D1, and go to college and live your life. What is that was the end game and no one cared if others though mediocre. Yale plays mediocre football at best. Most of that team end up as doctors, lawyers, bankers, and executives later in life. Do you think they cared that someone else thought they played mediocre football? Not for one second.

If that is the attitude about futbol, then just go to bleeping college - in this area most people paying and playing club have the money for college - and leave futbol to the futbolistas! Our game is not some vehicle for upper middle class white kids to bridge into the 1%…

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Anonymous wrote:At least Arlington has one or two standout ECNL teams on the girls side.

True test will come during the playoffs.

The true test is college commits. Every girl on the oldest Arlington Team is committed. That is what ECNL is about. Not playoffs.

Mediocre Arlington at it again, but this mom is right it’s about playing mediocre soccer at the ncaa level. Congrats ECNL!

All joking aside -- what if it is? What if that is what it all is about? Playing soccer -- helping get into a better school than you otherwise would have, maybe for money in D1, and go to college and live your life. What is that was the end game and no one cared if others though mediocre. Yale plays mediocre football at best. Most of that team end up as doctors, lawyers, bankers, and executives later in life. Do you think they cared that someone else thought they played mediocre football? Not for one second.

If that is the attitude about futbol, then just go to bleeping college - in this area most people paying and playing club have the money for college - and leave futbol to the futbolistas! Our game is not some vehicle for upper middle class white kids to bridge into the 1%…

Anonymous wrote:There are too many girls ECNL and GA teams in the DMV. Houston is a much bigger market and they have 4 clubs, 2 ECNL and 2 GA. Even after the McBrave merger, we have 5 ECNL and 3 GA, which is asinine. There isn’t enough nationally competitive player talent in the area to field that many competitive teams or enough nationally capable coaching talent in the area to develop enough players. In time, McBrave will combine with Arlington and the loser of the FCV - VRSC war will go away in some fashion, and we’ll still have 1 and perhaps 2 too many ECNL / GA teams. But the massive gap between the area’s ECNL and GA teams, on the one hand, and the ECNLR teams, on the other hand, will be narrowed to something that is more appropriate.

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Anonymous wrote:At least Arlington has one or two standout ECNL teams on the girls side.

True test will come during the playoffs.

The true test is college commits. Every girl on the oldest Arlington Team is committed. That is what ECNL is about. Not playoffs.

Mediocre Arlington at it again, but this mom is right it’s about playing mediocre soccer at the ncaa level. Congrats ECNL!

All joking aside -- what if it is? What if that is what it all is about? Playing soccer -- helping get into a better school than you otherwise would have, maybe for money in D1, and go to college and live your life. What is that was the end game and no one cared if others though mediocre. Yale plays mediocre football at best. Most of that team end up as doctors, lawyers, bankers, and executives later in life. Do you think they cared that someone else thought they played mediocre football? Not for one second.

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Anonymous wrote:At least Arlington has one or two standout ECNL teams on the girls side.

True test will come during the playoffs.

The true test is college commits. Every girl on the oldest Arlington Team is committed. That is what ECNL is about. Not playoffs.

Mediocre Arlington at it again, but this mom is right it’s about playing mediocre soccer at the ncaa level. Congrats ECNL!

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Anonymous wrote:Funny, nobody mentioned Bethesda. That is also a viable option. Seems like they probably have roster spots across a few ages over there.

Due to HS soccer being different seasons, crossing state lines doesn't work well.

Bethesda Families,

This coming August 2024, Bethesda Soccer Club will offer a girl's high school fall program. In recent years, more of our top players have chosen not to participate with their high school teams, and paired with the growing number of Virginia-based players in our club, this is now a necessary step.

This program is optional for the players in our club. Still, for players who desire to train and play in the club environment year-round and for our VA-based families, this will provide the needed structure to support all Bethesda Soccer Club members.

This program will be open to all ECNL high school-aged players. As our club looks to expand our facilities, we plan to offer three days of technical training followed by a weight/speed and agility session. We will also bio-band the players and have them train with one of our top boys' teams each week, which will be based on level. In addition to the training, the team will play games in August, September, and October and end the season in early November.

Bethesda's goal will be to provide an alternative to high school soccer and improve these players technically, tactically, and physically during this window. We will hold a Zoom call in May to discuss this in more detail: a Zoom link and time to come in a follow-up email.
Thanks,
Bethesda Soccer Club

Workshopping an email coach? Because BSC players have not received this

Yes we did

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Anonymous wrote:At least Arlington has one or two standout ECNL teams on the girls side.

True test will come during the playoffs.

The true test is college commits. Every girl on the oldest Arlington Team is committed. That is what ECNL is about. Not playoffs.