To be more specific..... Who seems to be faring better in direct competition?Any thoughts on the matchups between the DA and ECNL teams?
Not too many top teams are at this tournament no?To be more specific..... Who seems to be faring better in direct competition?
It shouldn't matter if they are top teams or not. If the philosophy is that the best of the best are in the academy system then every academy team should win every game against a non-DA team. So far, it is about 50-50. As I have said before, there are some excellent DA teams and some excellent ECNL teams and then the rest of the conferences for each are not the best of the best. Would love to see a true national championship - 1st place DA team against 1st place ECNL team in the final championship match. That would be fun to watch.
That would make sense but your/we are still eliminating a good fraction of club teams. I agree there are good DA teams and good ECNL teams but well never see the best of the best at these tournaments.It shouldn't matter if they are top teams or not. If the philosophy is that the best of the best are in the academy system then every academy team should win every game against a non-DA team. So far, it is about 50-50. As I have said before, there are some excellent DA teams and some excellent ECNL teams and then the rest of the conferences for each are not the best of the best. Would love to see a true national championship - 1st place DA team against 1st place ECNL team in the final championship match. That would be fun to watch.
That would make sense but your/we are still eliminating a good fraction of club teams. I agree there are good DA teams and good ECNL teams but well never see the best of the best at these tournaments.
Any thoughts on the matchups between the DA and ECNL teams?
It shouldn't matter if they are top teams or not. If the philosophy is that the best of the best are in the academy system then every academy team should win every game against a non-DA team. So far, it is about 50-50. As I have said before, there are some excellent DA teams and some excellent ECNL teams and then the rest of the conferences for each are not the best of the best. Would love to see a true national championship - 1st place DA team against 1st place ECNL team in the final championship match. That would be fun to watch.
Likely 95% of the best players play either DA or ECNL. By they way you all sound like a broken record, DA vs ECNL, true national champion, dilution of leagues, one league should always beat another, etc. Why does DPL need to exist? DA? ECNL? Flight #1 teams are just as good as those teams! Let’s not forget Premier! How about those great AYSO players! Or only if our best athletes played soccer instead of other sports. I say give it a break and just enjoy the games that are played. Even the best teams lose games.
Likely? What is that guess based on?
We had a girl from our team join a DA team and starts. 4th best field player from our team. She tried out, other 3 didn’t. Why? Cost, girls like current coaching, and they like playing with the girls that are on the team. Factor that over all the teams and I’d say 95% is way too high.
That doesn’t mean that the best teams aren’t from ECNL or DA, but that there are hundreds of girls at just the 05 level that are as good as DA and ECNL girls.
Sorry but your percentage is off, you may know some 00/01 teams if you are in DA/ECNL. However you are way off, my DD plays for Rebels Elite 01 Marquez, the commits from that team alone are higher than some DA/ECNL teams alone. Having watched them play in Nationals and Far West Regionals, lets not take anything away from Coast Premier and California Regional League. I feel very safe saying that their are way more than 5% of girls who could easily be on any number of DA/ECNL teams. Coaching is the biggest factor in staying in a top team. Team chemistry is a good second. Everything else usually follows, and by that I mean success.Only based on girls not boys. My knowledge of the 00/01 scene. Not based on younger age groups. If you look at the D1/2 commitments my feel is that you would be around 95%. I trust that those coaches know talent.
I can second what your saying. Your rebels team is very good and could easily compete/beat many DA1 teams. My daughters team plays your 00 teams which are the same. My daughters team has almost entire team D1 committed and my dd turned down DA1 and ECNL since 9th grade because she didn’t want to commute and wanted to play HS. Most of the girls could of played DA but choose to stay local and together. I can guarantee there are MANY in the same boat and there is more than one path to a college commitment. Talent is talent wherever you play.Sorry but your percentage is off, you may know some 00/01 teams if you are in DA/ECNL. However you are way off, my DD plays for Rebels Elite 01 Marquez, the commits from that team alone are higher than some DA/ECNL teams alone. Having watched them play in Nationals and Far West Regionals, lets not take anything away from Coast Premier and California Regional League. I feel very safe saying that their are way more than 5% of girls who could easily be on any number of DA/ECNL teams. Coaching is the biggest factor in staying in a top team. Team chemistry is a good second. Everything else usually follows, and by that I mean success.
I know that ECNL teams have played and lost to these premier teams with premier players. It would be nice to see if DA would be willing to do the same. I predict that some DA teams wouldn't want to play against these premier teams.
Sorry but your percentage is off, you may know some 00/01 teams if you are in DA/ECNL. However you are way off, my DD plays for Rebels Elite 01 Marquez, the commits from that team alone are higher than some DA/ECNL teams alone. Having watched them play in Nationals and Far West Regionals, lets not take anything away from Coast Premier and California Regional League. I feel very safe saying that their are way more than 5% of girls who could easily be on any number of DA/ECNL teams. Coaching is the biggest factor in staying in a top team. Team chemistry is a good second. Everything else usually follows, and by that I mean success.
I know that ECNL teams have played and lost to these premier teams with premier players. It would be nice to see if DA would be willing to do the same. I predict that some DA teams wouldn't want to play against these premier teams.
Sorry but your percentage is off, you may know some 00/01 teams if you are in DA/ECNL. However you are way off, my DD plays for Rebels Elite 01 Marquez, the commits from that team alone are higher than some DA/ECNL teams alone. Having watched them play in Nationals and Far West Regionals, lets not take anything away from Coast Premier and California Regional League. I feel very safe saying that their are way more than 5% of girls who could easily be on any number of DA/ECNL teams. Coaching is the biggest factor in staying in a top team. Team chemistry is a good second. Everything else usually follows, and by that I mean success.
I know that ECNL teams have played and lost to these premier teams with premier players. It would be nice to see if DA would be willing to do the same. I predict that some DA teams wouldn't want to play against these premier teams.
Sorry but your percentage is off, you may know some 00/01 teams if you are in DA/ECNL. However you are way off, my DD plays for Rebels Elite 01 Marquez, the commits from that team alone are higher than some DA/ECNL teams alone. Having watched them play in Nationals and Far West Regionals, lets not take anything away from Coast Premier and California Regional League. I feel very safe saying that their are way more than 5% of girls who could easily be on any number of DA/ECNL teams. Coaching is the biggest factor in staying in a top team. Team chemistry is a good second. Everything else usually follows, and by that I mean success.
I know that ECNL teams have played and lost to these premier teams with premier players. It would be nice to see if DA would be willing to do the same. I predict that some DA teams wouldn't want to play against these premier teams.