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MAP,you will never see me get personal with you again, my bad.
Did hell just freeze over and I missed the news report?
MAP,you will never see me get personal with you again, my bad.
Don't fucking tell anyone.Did hell just freeze over and I missed the news report?
Get a room you to.Don't fucking tell anyone.
I've been hacked!Get a room you to.
http://www.ussoccer.com/stories/201...6gnt-will-travel-to-belgium-for-three-matches
Congrats to the 4 SoCal players named to the roster! That is 20% of the team!! Funny how 3 of the 4 players play for Arsenal which will not be getting ECNL. I bet Legends have been hounding them non stop to be part of their GDA team. It doesn't seem like they need it.
The irony!If the Arsenal girls stay at their ECNL team then how does US Soccer explain that they don't need to be on a GDA team? If the goal of the GDA is to properly train girls for US Soccer then why would US soccer not insist they train on a GDA team? If they stay on an ECNL team then who needs the GDA? I think that is a bit of a predicament for US Soccer - they didn't think that Arsenal deserved a GDA but yet three of the current roster comes from Arsenal.
If the Arsenal girls stay at their ECNL team then how does US Soccer explain that they don't need to be on a GDA team? If the goal of the GDA is to properly train girls for US Soccer then why would US soccer not insist they train on a GDA team? If they stay on an ECNL team then who needs the GDA? I think that is a bit of a predicament for US Soccer - they didn't think that Arsenal deserved a GDA but yet three of the current roster comes from Arsenal.
The 04 has been in the 02 GNT pool since last year. Naturally, she's smaller than the other girls, but she's incredibly skilled and has very high soccer IQ. On top of that, she's very speedy and shifty, so even though she's small, she knows when to get rid of the ball and therefore avoids getting knocked off.Congrats to the four So Cal players that made the team. I am especially interested in the 04 that made the team. Any idea which player? I wonder why US Soccer would place the 04 on the GU16 team versus the GU15 team? Speaking along the same lines, why are the 03's not playing on the GU15 team?
While it's true one of the girls isn't a product of Arsenal until last year, there are 4 other girls who are (2 weren't called up for the U16 tournament). So there are a total of 5 players (2 '02s and 3 '03s) in the GNT pool, 4 are Arsenal "homegrown". That's still pretty impressive coming from one team.One of the players was a product of neither the ECNL nor the DA, but was part of a pretty good Fullerton Rangers squad, until recently.
"Where they come" from is a great mystery US Soccer is still trying to solve, or more accurate, resolve.
The question is why Arsenal isn't killing it in 02 ECNL. They've never missed more than 2 GNT players for a game, and they have lost even with full strength. In addition to the GNT players, they have other players on the ODP team, yet they are currently 5th in the 02 ECNL SW standings...
Speaking of playing as a team, the CalSouth 01 ODP team with at least 8 players who have been called up to the YNT (2 played up in U17 World Cup last year) lost 4-1 to the FL team (no YNT players) in the ODP National Championship. Granted the CalSouth team doesn't regularly play together, but neither does the FL ODP team.Yes, that is one of the big mysteries in the SW ECNL. Not only have they been invited to the GNT camps but also a large group of the team played together on the championship Cal South ODP team. Is it a coaching issue? or too many individual superstars that don't know how to play together successfully? I have heard many times the complaint about US Soccer selecting "superstars" but missing the boat about the girls being able to play as a team.
There are 2 other teams that I know of in another age group. 1 had 3 YNT players and the other had 4 YNT players and both never won an ECNL Championship nor their own conference title. So it's NOT an isolated issue.That is interesting. I wonder is it is a case of what often seems to happen on higher level teams where there are 3-4 exceptional players and a cast of really good players filling out the roster. Could be that Arsenal talent drops off a little quicker than other ECNL teams in the area or there is a big upset to the team dynamics when 2 GNT players are missing? Hard to say looking in but an interesting observation none the less.
I guess that also points to the corollary to this argument - which is top/elite players don't make the team successful. The middle 8-10 non-YNT, non-ODP could be the ultimate source of a team's ability to win it all.There are 2 other teams that I know of in another age group. 1 had 3 YNT players and the other had 4 YNT players and both never won an ECNL Championship nor their own conference title. So it's NOT an isolated issue.
Agreed. Blue collar players. Every team has them from youth to the professional level.I guess that also points to the corollary to this argument - which is top/elite players don't make the team successful. The middle 8-10 non-YNT, non-ODP could be the ultimate source of a team's ability to win it all.
While it's true one of the girls isn't a product of Arsenal until last year, there are 4 other girls who are (2 weren't called up for the U16 tournament). So there are a total of 5 players (2 '02s and 3 '03s) in the GNT pool, 4 are Arsenal "homegrown". That's still pretty impressive coming from one team.
The question is why Arsenal isn't killing it in 02 ECNL. They've never missed more than 2 GNT players for a game, and they have lost even with full strength. In addition to the GNT players, they have other players on the ODP team, yet they are currently 5th in the 02 ECNL SW standings...
IMO, has to do with team chemistry, how much the girls like each other translates to how much they will play for each other. Not to mention, the coach!I guess that also points to the corollary to this argument - which is top/elite players don't make the team successful. The middle 8-10 non-YNT, non-ODP could be the ultimate source of a team's ability to win it all.
A team where she got along with her teammates, where we got along with the parents, and the coach respects the players while teaching a possession/passing style of soccer.If your DD could join any 2001/2002 DA team, which team would you as a parent want her to join and why?