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Anonymous wrote:I noticed that on the boys side, the vast majority of the kids who made the regional team were the ones who made it last year.. A few of the kids were good, but many were average players in comparison to the others. There was an outstanding CB who didn't make it (no not my son) and I was very surprised.

Yea the core of that list is cemented early on and it's VERY tough to bump one of those player off. By about u13/14 the top youth soccer squads are set and very little changes past that.

If a player is good enough, they will break through.

I would hope so, but not so sure it's worth it for VA boys after watching the tournament and the ID camp. I just looked through past regional teams and they are highly weighted with PA and NY kids. The previous 07 team had zero VA boys on it. Eastern PA district had 20. Hello? Also noticed that the online ODP regional tournament schedule redirected to the Eastern PA Youth Soccer website. Should have been a clue right there.

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Anonymous wrote:I noticed that on the boys side, the vast majority of the kids who made the regional team were the ones who made it last year.. A few of the kids were good, but many were average players in comparison to the others. There was an outstanding CB who didn't make it (no not my son) and I was very surprised.

Yea the core of that list is cemented early on and it's VERY tough to bump one of those player off. By about u13/14 the top youth soccer squads are set and very little changes past that.

If a player is good enough, they will break through.

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Anonymous wrote:when will the list to represent east region be announced?

So don't know if all age groups were like this, but at the end of the second day they made the boys who didnt make it watch the players who did play against each other. Ninety plus degrees out, they've been busting their asses for two straight days, then fully insult them making them sit through a game for a team they didn't make. We've been to many tryouts, but have never seen that much flagrant disregard for the kids.

What age group was this?

That was 08 boys. Normally at tryouts, they just thank the kids for coming and say we'll let you know kind of thing. These coaches made the kids, who never had a sniff of the best field, sit and watch a final game with the kids who had been told they made it. Many parents were pissed with them adding insult to injury.

Wow. I hope parents say something. I found the East region camp to be a mess this year (I have a daughter). Not well organized, minimal field time (the coach couldn’t handle more than one small group at a time and had the others standing on the sideline and observing for 20 min at a time), minimal scrimmaging. Just a complete waste of time and money.

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Anonymous wrote:when will the list to represent east region be announced?

So don't know if all age groups were like this, but at the end of the second day they made the boys who didnt make it watch the players who did play against each other. Ninety plus degrees out, they've been busting their asses for two straight days, then fully insult them making them sit through a game for a team they didn't make. We've been to many tryouts, but have never seen that much flagrant disregard for the kids.

What age group was this?

That was 08 boys. Normally at tryouts, they just thank the kids for coming and say we'll let you know kind of thing. These coaches made the kids, who never had a sniff of the best field, sit and watch a final game with the kids who had been told they made it. Many parents were pissed with them adding insult to injury.

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Anonymous wrote:when will the list to represent east region be announced?

So don't know if all age groups were like this, but at the end of the second day they made the boys who didnt make it watch the players who did play against each other. Ninety plus degrees out, they've been busting their asses for two straight days, then fully insult them making them sit through a game for a team they didn't make. We've been to many tryouts, but have never seen that much flagrant disregard for the kids.

What age group was this?

Anonymous wrote:I noticed that on the boys side, the vast majority of the kids who made the regional team were the ones who made it last year.. A few of the kids were good, but many were average players in comparison to the others. There was an outstanding CB who didn't make it (no not my son) and I was very surprised.

Yea the core of that list is cemented early on and it's VERY tough to bump one of those player off. By about u13/14 the top youth soccer squads are set and very little changes past that.

Anonymous wrote:when will the list to represent east region be announced?

So don't know if all age groups were like this, but at the end of the second day they made the boys who didnt make it watch the players who did play against each other. Ninety plus degrees out, they've been busting their asses for two straight days, then fully insult them making them sit through a game for a team they didn't make. We've been to many tryouts, but have never seen that much flagrant disregard for the kids.

when will the list to represent east region be announced?

Most of the boys team is pre-selected.

The girls pool hasn’t been announced yet has it? How could they announce the boys so fast when theirs was after the girls?

I noticed that on the boys side, the vast majority of the kids who made the regional team were the ones who made it last year.. A few of the kids were good, but many were average players in comparison to the others. There was an outstanding CB who didn't make it (no not my son) and I was very surprised.

My DD attended. Overall it was a great experience. She liked the coaches, it was challenging and she had fun and made some new friends. I liked the camp director and thought they did a great job overall.

Who had a player attend the girls ID session. What was your thoughts?

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Anonymous wrote:[b]pivotal player in the tournament for the team[b]

Care to share which league he/she plays in? ECNL, MLS-next, NCSL, ODSL, CCL, etc...

ECNL. She scored or assisted with 70% of the goals for the team and I can’t give her a reason why she wasn’t ID.

She was making the other players look bad.

Funny but true. Maybe they got the email wrong and since VA didn’t publish their nomination one may never know.

Doesn't the ECNL have their own ID camps and tournaments? Just wondering why a member of a full ECNL club would do ODP?

Because they can.

Remember this is the USA and girl travel soccer. Assists are not important only goals are important. This is why you should never pass!

Are offers still being sent? MD nominated list count keeps going up. What’s that about?

$$$$$$$$$

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Anonymous wrote:[b]pivotal player in the tournament for the team[b]

Care to share which league he/she plays in? ECNL, MLS-next, NCSL, ODSL, CCL, etc...

ECNL. She scored or assisted with 70% of the goals for the team and I can’t give her a reason why she wasn’t ID.

She was making the other players look bad.

Funny but true. Maybe they got the email wrong and since VA didn’t publish their nomination one may never know.

Doesn't the ECNL have their own ID camps and tournaments? Just wondering why a member of a full ECNL club would do ODP?

Because they can.

Remember this is the USA and girl travel soccer. Assists are not important only goals are important. This is why you should never pass!

Are offers still being sent? MD nominated list count keeps going up. What’s that about?