Anonymous
10/03/2025 07:22
Subject: Does Herndon still have a Pre-ECNL program or ECNL-RL?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:So kids train and "play" for Sterling but any official game they are playing for Herndon and West Virginia?
What does Sterling get out of this?
Shitty Herndon capelli uniforms that never come in and losing 0-10+ every single game since they belong in NCSL.
Supposedly, they felt it would help them get accepted to GA/Aspire/MLSN if they already had ECNL. But, it's an absolutely terrible decision. Pretty soon there won't be a single club in the area that isn't GA/ECNL for girls. That was a nice distinguishing factor for Sterling. Now there's only ODFC and Leesburg FC. It's quite difficult to find a travel team in Loudoun who isn't chasing GA/ECNL. Not everyone cares about that or wants to pay that when they don't care about it. The only other option is rec, but that level of skill/competition is completely boring for a child who has been playing travel for 4+ years.
But can’t you just play for a Loudoun team that is in NCSL? Or are you saying Loudouns 3rd team is equivalent to the Herndon RL team?
Loudoun East trains in Sterling and plays in NCSL. Girls' coaches are great.
They also have a roster of what like 25? My point is that if you don't desire going to one of the bigger clubs (Revolution, Loudoun, STJ, GFR, etc) and your kiddo doesn't care about chasing college pathways like every single other club in Loudoun, but you still want to do travel vs rec, there are basically no options that fit that. The only ones left for girls are ODFC, Leesburg FC, and Sterling (which is now no longer a realistic option because they want to chase everyone else instead of just doing what they were doing). So that basically leaves two clubs in Loudoun.
The only thing that’s big in Revolution is the FAMILY
Anonymous
10/02/2025 19:05
Subject: Does Herndon still have a Pre-ECNL program or ECNL-RL?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:So kids train and "play" for Sterling but any official game they are playing for Herndon and West Virginia?
What does Sterling get out of this?
Shitty Herndon capelli uniforms that never come in and losing 0-10+ every single game since they belong in NCSL.
Supposedly, they felt it would help them get accepted to GA/Aspire/MLSN if they already had ECNL. But, it's an absolutely terrible decision. Pretty soon there won't be a single club in the area that isn't GA/ECNL for girls. That was a nice distinguishing factor for Sterling. Now there's only ODFC and Leesburg FC. It's quite difficult to find a travel team in Loudoun who isn't chasing GA/ECNL. Not everyone cares about that or wants to pay that when they don't care about it. The only other option is rec, but that level of skill/competition is completely boring for a child who has been playing travel for 4+ years.
But can’t you just play for a Loudoun team that is in NCSL? Or are you saying Loudouns 3rd team is equivalent to the Herndon RL team?
Loudoun East trains in Sterling and plays in NCSL. Girls' coaches are great.
How many teams does Loudoun East have?
Anonymous
10/02/2025 16:37
Subject: Does Herndon still have a Pre-ECNL program or ECNL-RL?
Anonymous wrote:Loudoun east has 25 players per team?
No. My DD plays for Loudoun East and there are 18 players on her team.
Anonymous
10/02/2025 15:00
Subject: Does Herndon still have a Pre-ECNL program or ECNL-RL?
Loudoun east has 25 players per team?
Anonymous
10/02/2025 13:47
Subject: Does Herndon still have a Pre-ECNL program or ECNL-RL?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:So kids train and "play" for Sterling but any official game they are playing for Herndon and West Virginia?
What does Sterling get out of this?
Shitty Herndon capelli uniforms that never come in and losing 0-10+ every single game since they belong in NCSL.
Supposedly, they felt it would help them get accepted to GA/Aspire/MLSN if they already had ECNL. But, it's an absolutely terrible decision. Pretty soon there won't be a single club in the area that isn't GA/ECNL for girls. That was a nice distinguishing factor for Sterling. Now there's only ODFC and Leesburg FC. It's quite difficult to find a travel team in Loudoun who isn't chasing GA/ECNL. Not everyone cares about that or wants to pay that when they don't care about it. The only other option is rec, but that level of skill/competition is completely boring for a child who has been playing travel for 4+ years.
But can’t you just play for a Loudoun team that is in NCSL? Or are you saying Loudouns 3rd team is equivalent to the Herndon RL team?
Loudoun East trains in Sterling and plays in NCSL. Girls' coaches are great.
They also have a roster of what like 25? My point is that if you don't desire going to one of the bigger clubs (Revolution, Loudoun, STJ, GFR, etc) and your kiddo doesn't care about chasing college pathways like every single other club in Loudoun, but you still want to do travel vs rec, there are basically no options that fit that. The only ones left for girls are ODFC, Leesburg FC, and Sterling (which is now no longer a realistic option because they want to chase everyone else instead of just doing what they were doing). So that basically leaves two clubs in Loudoun.
Loudoun East is an offshoot of Loudoun - not really Loudoun proper. Kind of like "Loudoun Lite" - it is exactly what you are describing.
Anonymous
10/02/2025 12:19
Subject: Does Herndon still have a Pre-ECNL program or ECNL-RL?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:So kids train and "play" for Sterling but any official game they are playing for Herndon and West Virginia?
What does Sterling get out of this?
Shitty Herndon capelli uniforms that never come in and losing 0-10+ every single game since they belong in NCSL.
Supposedly, they felt it would help them get accepted to GA/Aspire/MLSN if they already had ECNL. But, it's an absolutely terrible decision. Pretty soon there won't be a single club in the area that isn't GA/ECNL for girls. That was a nice distinguishing factor for Sterling. Now there's only ODFC and Leesburg FC. It's quite difficult to find a travel team in Loudoun who isn't chasing GA/ECNL. Not everyone cares about that or wants to pay that when they don't care about it. The only other option is rec, but that level of skill/competition is completely boring for a child who has been playing travel for 4+ years.
But can’t you just play for a Loudoun team that is in NCSL? Or are you saying Loudouns 3rd team is equivalent to the Herndon RL team?
Loudoun East trains in Sterling and plays in NCSL. Girls' coaches are great.
They also have a roster of what like 25? My point is that if you don't desire going to one of the bigger clubs (Revolution, Loudoun, STJ, GFR, etc) and your kiddo doesn't care about chasing college pathways like every single other club in Loudoun, but you still want to do travel vs rec, there are basically no options that fit that. The only ones left for girls are ODFC, Leesburg FC, and Sterling (which is now no longer a realistic option because they want to chase everyone else instead of just doing what they were doing). So that basically leaves two clubs in Loudoun.
Anonymous
10/02/2025 08:54
Subject: Does Herndon still have a Pre-ECNL program or ECNL-RL?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:So kids train and "play" for Sterling but any official game they are playing for Herndon and West Virginia?
What does Sterling get out of this?
Shitty Herndon capelli uniforms that never come in and losing 0-10+ every single game since they belong in NCSL.
Supposedly, they felt it would help them get accepted to GA/Aspire/MLSN if they already had ECNL. But, it's an absolutely terrible decision. Pretty soon there won't be a single club in the area that isn't GA/ECNL for girls. That was a nice distinguishing factor for Sterling. Now there's only ODFC and Leesburg FC. It's quite difficult to find a travel team in Loudoun who isn't chasing GA/ECNL. Not everyone cares about that or wants to pay that when they don't care about it. The only other option is rec, but that level of skill/competition is completely boring for a child who has been playing travel for 4+ years.
But can’t you just play for a Loudoun team that is in NCSL? Or are you saying Loudouns 3rd team is equivalent to the Herndon RL team?
Loudoun East trains in Sterling and plays in NCSL. Girls' coaches are great.