Anonymous
09/08/2025 12:07
Subject: Herndon club
Anonymous wrote:Herndon ECRL girls had a rough weekend.
They are going to have a rough weekend every weekend sadly.
Anonymous
09/08/2025 11:46
Subject: Herndon club
Herndon ECRL girls had a rough weekend.
Anonymous
09/08/2025 10:47
Subject: Herndon club
Anonymous wrote:We are at another club but an opponent team had a player not in the app and the referee wouldn't let him play.
They said in the webinar for managers that no one could play who could not be electronically checked in by the referees on the app (players or coaches).
Anonymous
09/08/2025 10:45
Subject: Herndon club
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Their girls teams scoring-
08/07 lost 6-0
09 lost 0-2
10 lost 8-1
11 lost 7-0
12 lost 6-1
13 won 2-1
My daughter plays on the 07/08 team and we started the game with only 10 players. One of our girls got hurt right before halftime and we had to play the second half with only 9.
How many girls are on the roster? Someone was complaining that they didn't put enough kids on some of the teams.
We have 16 on the roster.
Are you sure? There are only 13 girls showing up on the ECNL app for that team, which means only 13 girls were eligible to play in the game. They couldn't be checked in if they weren't listed in the app.
That’s interesting. Looking at PlayMetrics we have 16 girls.
Compare your Playmetrics roster with the roster of girls listed in the ECNL app. Were the girls missing from the games the girls missing from the list on the app?
Anonymous
09/08/2025 10:34
Subject: Herndon club
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Their girls teams scoring-
08/07 lost 6-0
09 lost 0-2
10 lost 8-1
11 lost 7-0
12 lost 6-1
13 won 2-1
My daughter plays on the 07/08 team and we started the game with only 10 players. One of our girls got hurt right before halftime and we had to play the second half with only 9.
How many girls are on the roster? Someone was complaining that they didn't put enough kids on some of the teams.
We have 16 on the roster.
Are you sure? There are only 13 girls showing up on the ECNL app for that team, which means only 13 girls were eligible to play in the game. They couldn't be checked in if they weren't listed in the app.
That’s interesting. Looking at PlayMetrics we have 16 girls.
Anonymous
09/08/2025 10:32
Subject: Herndon club
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Since there is a Herndon thread anyway- we played their girls team this weekend and their uniforms said Sterling on them. Did those two clubs merge?
I don't remember playing them last year. Did they even have girls teams last year?
I don't want to be unkind but anyone who knows girls soccer would know ahead of time that this Sterling/Herndon team will not be competitive in this league.
It seems kind of nasty to knowingly enter teams into a league where they will lose badly every game. Are they required to enter teams for boys and girls at every birth year to stay in RL?
I think Herndon and Sterling announced a merger for the older girls age groups. It was the only way they’d have enough for RL teams. And I agree that it’s hard on those girls because they are not at that level.
I am curious about your last question too. If the league requires girls and boys teams at all age groups I don’t see how Herndon can stay in RL when they do not even have girls teams at some of the younger age groups. Which would be a real shame for the boys.
I don’t understand how a club could let its girls side just fall apart like that… unless they never really had much of a girls side to begin with? And are leagues just recently starting to require teams for both boys and girls at all age groups?
Herndon is a small-ish club. All the small clubs have a hard time rostering girls teams for RL. There just are so few girls who play compared to boys side. Their only travel teams on the girls side are playing in RL. The larger clubs have 2 or more lower travel teams for development. Herndon is pulling kids straight from rec league into ECRL. Its simply impossible to have competitive teams with no player pool and you can't attract good players without an existing program.
I am not convinced that Herndon leadership sees what is potentially coming for next year. They may find themselves shut out of ECNL RL without younger girls teams to put in. It seems there are challenges with getting girls to play in the Herndon/Sterling area. There aren't as many in the first place, and the ones that do play apparently go to the bigger clubs that are very close by.
Anonymous
09/08/2025 10:24
Subject: Herndon club
We are at another club but an opponent team had a player not in the app and the referee wouldn't let him play.
Anonymous
09/08/2025 10:15
Subject: Herndon club
TM for another team here, we had a kid join the team late and were scrambling to get him approved so he could play this weekend. If they aren't in the app, they don't have a card and aren't rostered on the team yet.
If the girls who didn't show up for the game are also not showing up in the app, they didn't show up because they aren't eligible to play.
If the girls who didn't show up for the game are also not showing up in the app, they didn't show up because they aren't eligible to play.
Anonymous
09/08/2025 10:10
Subject: Herndon club
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Their girls teams scoring-
08/07 lost 6-0
09 lost 0-2
10 lost 8-1
11 lost 7-0
12 lost 6-1
13 won 2-1
My daughter plays on the 07/08 team and we started the game with only 10 players. One of our girls got hurt right before halftime and we had to play the second half with only 9.
How many girls are on the roster? Someone was complaining that they didn't put enough kids on some of the teams.
We have 16 on the roster.
Are you sure? There are only 13 girls showing up on the ECNL app for that team, which means only 13 girls were eligible to play in the game. They couldn't be checked in if they weren't listed in the app.
Anonymous
09/08/2025 10:02
Subject: Herndon club
If ECNL doesn't want to lose more clubs from RL to MLSnext 2, they need to let clubs enter teams just on the boys side. The reason they insist upon it now is because they don't want to get involved in the scheduling. If all clubs have to have teams at all ages/sexes, the clubs can be told to work out the schedule with each other. If some don't have girls teams, its more hassle for the ECRL admin.
Anonymous
09/08/2025 09:59
Subject: Herndon club
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Since there is a Herndon thread anyway- we played their girls team this weekend and their uniforms said Sterling on them. Did those two clubs merge?
I don't remember playing them last year. Did they even have girls teams last year?
I don't want to be unkind but anyone who knows girls soccer would know ahead of time that this Sterling/Herndon team will not be competitive in this league.
It seems kind of nasty to knowingly enter teams into a league where they will lose badly every game. Are they required to enter teams for boys and girls at every birth year to stay in RL?
I think Herndon and Sterling announced a merger for the older girls age groups. It was the only way they’d have enough for RL teams. And I agree that it’s hard on those girls because they are not at that level.
I am curious about your last question too. If the league requires girls and boys teams at all age groups I don’t see how Herndon can stay in RL when they do not even have girls teams at some of the younger age groups. Which would be a real shame for the boys.
I don’t understand how a club could let its girls side just fall apart like that… unless they never really had much of a girls side to begin with? And are leagues just recently starting to require teams for both boys and girls at all age groups?
Herndon is a small-ish club. All the small clubs have a hard time rostering girls teams for RL. There just are so few girls who play compared to boys side. Their only travel teams on the girls side are playing in RL. The larger clubs have 2 or more lower travel teams for development. Herndon is pulling kids straight from rec league into ECRL. Its simply impossible to have competitive teams with no player pool and you can't attract good players without an existing program.
Anonymous
09/08/2025 09:54
Subject: Herndon club
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Their girls teams scoring-
08/07 lost 6-0
09 lost 0-2
10 lost 8-1
11 lost 7-0
12 lost 6-1
13 won 2-1
My daughter plays on the 07/08 team and we started the game with only 10 players. One of our girls got hurt right before halftime and we had to play the second half with only 9.
How many girls are on the roster? Someone was complaining that they didn't put enough kids on some of the teams.
We have 16 on the roster.
That is a little low, not as bad at the boys team with 15 or the girls team with 13?. But not good for high school age kids, they have so many injuries, schedule conflicts.
Anonymous
09/08/2025 09:53
Subject: Herndon club
Anonymous wrote:Not a Herndon parent, but had an away game there at Arrowhead this weekend. I thought they were whingers but oh no. Beautiful park completely ruined by boorish locals! Ref was on crowd control like a bouncer all game, and pickup games shouldn't be allowed adjacent to the field when league games are on.
The county needs to send out employee to supervise access to this field.
This was our experience at an away game there last season. all kinds of crazy behavior we did not see at any other field all year.
Unfortunately I think the warm up field is a bad design choice in a county that has pick up player issues.
Anonymous
09/08/2025 09:52
Subject: Herndon club
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Their girls teams scoring-
08/07 lost 6-0
09 lost 0-2
10 lost 8-1
11 lost 7-0
12 lost 6-1
13 won 2-1
My daughter plays on the 07/08 team and we started the game with only 10 players. One of our girls got hurt right before halftime and we had to play the second half with only 9.
How many girls are on the roster? Someone was complaining that they didn't put enough kids on some of the teams.
We have 16 on the roster.
Anonymous
09/08/2025 09:49
Subject: Herndon club
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Their girls teams scoring-
08/07 lost 6-0
09 lost 0-2
10 lost 8-1
11 lost 7-0
12 lost 6-1
13 won 2-1
My daughter plays on the 07/08 team and we started the game with only 10 players. One of our girls got hurt right before halftime and we had to play the second half with only 9.
How many girls are on the roster? Someone was complaining that they didn't put enough kids on some of the teams.