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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is completely incorrect. Have you watched girls games? Id argue techincal skills are at a premium in girls games because they dont have that speed or strength that exists on the boys side. Yes, the best athletes are on the top teams but that is true on the boys side. I find boys soccer more kick and run than girls and I have both a boy and a girl. Sorry I think you are absolutely incorrect in your statement. Now, if you want to argue at the lower level it is easier for a top girl athlete to dominate than a boy fine. The drop off between say the top 10 or 15 teams in a state and the rest is far greater than the boys side but at the top, I find the girls game requires more rather than less technical skill.

Different poster. I’ve seen most of the 08 girls teams in ECNL/GA/ECNL-R/CCL and some of NCSL in VA, and if there is a technical team out there, I’ve yet to see them. I‘ve seen a few players on some teams here and there, but most are not even being put into a position to control and key their team’s offense. I’d like to be wrong about that, but haven’t seen it. A lot of the boys side is not that different, but there are some teams out there that lead with skill over physicality and athleticism.

How have you seen so many teams at different levels?

A ref, a coach, or both.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is completely incorrect. Have you watched girls games? Id argue techincal skills are at a premium in girls games because they dont have that speed or strength that exists on the boys side. Yes, the best athletes are on the top teams but that is true on the boys side. I find boys soccer more kick and run than girls and I have both a boy and a girl. Sorry I think you are absolutely incorrect in your statement. Now, if you want to argue at the lower level it is easier for a top girl athlete to dominate than a boy fine. The drop off between say the top 10 or 15 teams in a state and the rest is far greater than the boys side but at the top, I find the girls game requires more rather than less technical skill.

Different poster. I’ve seen most of the 08 girls teams in ECNL/GA/ECNL-R/CCL and some of NCSL in VA, and if there is a technical team out there, I’ve yet to see them. I‘ve seen a few players on some teams here and there, but most are not even being put into a position to control and key their team’s offense. I’d like to be wrong about that, but haven’t seen it. A lot of the boys side is not that different, but there are some teams out there that lead with skill over physicality and athleticism.

How have you seen so many teams at different levels?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is completely incorrect. Have you watched girls games? Id argue techincal skills are at a premium in girls games because they dont have that speed or strength that exists on the boys side. Yes, the best athletes are on the top teams but that is true on the boys side. I find boys soccer more kick and run than girls and I have both a boy and a girl. Sorry I think you are absolutely incorrect in your statement. Now, if you want to argue at the lower level it is easier for a top girl athlete to dominate than a boy fine. The drop off between say the top 10 or 15 teams in a state and the rest is far greater than the boys side but at the top, I find the girls game requires more rather than less technical skill.

Different poster. I’ve seen most of the 08 girls teams in ECNL/GA/ECNL-R/CCL and some of NCSL in VA, and if there is a technical team out there, I’ve yet to see them. I‘ve seen a few players on some teams here and there, but most are not even being put into a position to control and key their team’s offense. I’d like to be wrong about that, but haven’t seen it. A lot of the boys side is not that different, but there are some teams out there that lead with skill over physicality and athleticism.

Have you seen Richmond or VDA?

Anonymous wrote:This is completely incorrect. Have you watched girls games? Id argue techincal skills are at a premium in girls games because they dont have that speed or strength that exists on the boys side. Yes, the best athletes are on the top teams but that is true on the boys side. I find boys soccer more kick and run than girls and I have both a boy and a girl. Sorry I think you are absolutely incorrect in your statement. Now, if you want to argue at the lower level it is easier for a top girl athlete to dominate than a boy fine. The drop off between say the top 10 or 15 teams in a state and the rest is far greater than the boys side but at the top, I find the girls game requires more rather than less technical skill.

Different poster. I’ve seen most of the 08 girls teams in ECNL/GA/ECNL-R/CCL and some of NCSL in VA, and if there is a technical team out there, I’ve yet to see them. I‘ve seen a few players on some teams here and there, but most are not even being put into a position to control and key their team’s offense. I’d like to be wrong about that, but haven’t seen it. A lot of the boys side is not that different, but there are some teams out there that lead with skill over physicality and athleticism.

This is completely incorrect. Have you watched girls games? Id argue techincal skills are at a premium in girls games because they dont have that speed or strength that exists on the boys side. Yes, the best athletes are on the top teams but that is true on the boys side. I find boys soccer more kick and run than girls and I have both a boy and a girl. Sorry I think you are absolutely incorrect in your statement. Now, if you want to argue at the lower level it is easier for a top girl athlete to dominate than a boy fine. The drop off between say the top 10 or 15 teams in a state and the rest is far greater than the boys side but at the top, I find the girls game requires more rather than less technical skill.

Anonymous wrote:Elite general athletes don't always make the best soccer players. They DO make good goalkeepers but soccer also requires a lot of training and hundreds of hours with the ball no matter how athletic you are.

Usain bolt tried playing low level pro and couldn't do much (and he had played soccer growing up!!)

Yeah but we are talking middle school and high school age kids here. Usain Bolt would dominate in travel and soccer college. On the girls side it is just athleticism, physicality and speed from travel to the USWNT. Technical skills are just not that important or needed on the girls side. It is a different type of soccer vs the boy’s side. The speed of play is slow which increase the impact of fast and physical players.

Look at the new players trying out for your kid’s ECNL. A great technical player with average to above average speed needs other players to pass to and most coaches will pass on that type of player. A player with size, speed and physicality but average to below average technical skill will always be selected. That is the girls/women’s game.

The top players on the girls side are not the high IQ a great touch, accurate passing, passing with the proper weight and pace, curving balls, etc. The top girls are winning balls, running by other girls, knock other girls down and rarely passing.

Paulo Wanchope eschewed D1 basketball offers and did well as a player. Sebastian Janikowski eschewed a $1 million offer to play professional soccer in South America to go the football route and did ok. Grant Hill was a good soccer player and chose basketball. Did ok, too.

Neither one of these dudes was a goalkeeper.