Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So what’s the consensus on clubs that fared well this weekend? Clubs that didnt?
U11 top bracket. Bethesda beats pipeline
U12 top bracket Michigan beats pipeline
U12 second bracket. Bethesda beats Arlington
U13 top bracket. Richmond beats Michigan
U13 third bracket. Bethesda beats loudon (beats pipeline in semis)
U14 top bracket. Loudon beats fcv
FCV v. Loudoun results - the future of Loudoun county soccer ... which is so hotly debated in this forum.
U14. Loudoun beats FCV in final 1-0.
U13. FCV doesn’t get out of group round (2nd bracket) Loudoun finishes as runner up in 3rd bracket. They’ve played common opponent Maryland United and lost by similar scores in the last year. Looks like a toss up.
U12. Loudoun finished 2-1 in top bracket losing 1-0 to Pipeline (runner up) in group stage. FCV has team in 6th bracket. Group stage elimination.
U11. Loudoun finished last in top bracket group. FCV in bottom bracket. Group stage elimination.
So at youngest ages Loudoun is doing better as far as bracket placement, with 07s and 08s being neck and neck. If FCV recruits Loudoun’s players as usual, then as teams age up FCV will take the mantle, but given no DA, not sure that will happen anymore. If Loudoun’s ECNL patch lures some of top FCV players over to Loudoun ... then Loudoun will pull ahead. Or, if BRYC and TSJ do some deal and TSJ stops paying for Evergreen field space, the best Loudoun based FCV players will move to Loudoun. We shall see. If they had stayed joined at the top level they’d have some great (best in country) teams, with better combined coaching and would likely be ECNL now with no TSJ involved. But good rivalry which is fun.