How’s the 2023-24 season going?

Fieldsofgold said:
I agree, 2010 has a bunch of talent. PATS have earned their spot at the moment, with the addition of a strong center back and strong forwards, they are on the up and up. Surf will always be a force. Koge is working out the kinks but I predict will be a top competitor in the near future, they have the talent, athleticism and depth. Coaches need to get their egos in check.
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What’s the coaching component? It was only a couple months ago that the surf coach was catching a lot of heat on here….
 
MyKidsDriver said:
What’s the coaching component? It was only a couple months ago that the surf coach was catching a lot of heat on here….
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I'd say Surf was going through a transition period. New coach, means a fresh set of eyes on his players. He was also probably assessing what works with what. Also, if you speak to any ECNL coach, they'll all say the same thing. Tournaments don't mean anything to them. It's all about league. Hence why some teams had a little more success in tournament play and are off to a slow start in league and vice versa.

Coaching does matter, a lot in my opinion. We are still in the start in the start of the season. Lots of teams will gain some steam, some will lose early momentum, endure injuries and likely return players from injury.
 
SuperSoccerStar said:
They are not in second place but yes they are playing much better than last year when everyone knew it was an easy win. The league made an error with the standings and didn’t give blues their 4th win but yes pats are right up there good job for them! For sure!!!
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It’s too early … but there should be trophies given out for the first 4-5 games played..
 
Trojan_mule said:
@Veritas you're extremely with MVLA.. do you think they can take down the Mighty Surf? I know they beat them on the finals but I wonder if you can project call that game either way..
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it will definitely be a good game. Last year MVLA had #15 the striker guest play with 10’s during playoffs. If she is not with MVLA 10’s this season then their offense takes a hit and advantage goes to Surf as she drove a lot of the offense for MVLA in playoffs last season.
 
Veritas said:
it will definitely be a good game. Last year MVLA had #15 the striker guest play with 10’s during playoffs. If she is not with MVLA 10’s this season then their offense takes a hit and advantage goes to Surf as she drove a lot of the offense for MVLA in playoffs last season.
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We could just wait for Monday and see how they do against Beach, Breakers, and Eagles.

(It's like MVLA get to be honorary members of Mojave for a weekend. Should be fun.)

Any other games you think should be good?
 
Fieldsofgold said:
MVLA is a team a to watch. They do not need one player to make or break them. None of these Ecnl teams survive with just one top player. They all have great talent
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I totally agree but when you have 2 teams that are pretty much evenly matched. 1 solid player could make the difference. Especially a striker.
 
Veritas said:
it will definitely be a good game. Last year MVLA had #15 the striker guest play with 10’s during playoffs. If she is not with MVLA 10’s this season then their offense takes a hit and advantage goes to Surf as she drove a lot of the offense for MVLA in playoffs last season.
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mVLA is beautiful to watch - always enjoy getting a chance to watch any age group and the coaches are classy. Good luck everyone out there - enjoy the weekend.
 
Zeke said:
We could just wait for Monday and see how they do against Beach, Breakers, and Eagles.

(It's like MVLA get to be honorary members of Mojave for a weekend. Should be fun.)

Any other games you think should be good?
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My buddy shared that Slammers FC should win the ‘People’s Champ Award’ for being undefeated and disrespected as their club’s ‘B’ team. I heard they stuck it to the ‘A’ team and now showing up strong like Clipper fans, pounding their chests.. LOL. I wonder if they can appeal the schedulers to play MVLA.. again, they’re the MTV Choice Award, I mean People (Paper) Champs LOL.. so I’m told
 
CharlieMurfee said:
My buddy shared that Slammers FC should win the ‘People’s Champ Award’ for being undefeated and disrespected as their club’s ‘B’ team. I heard they stuck it to the ‘A’ team and now showing up strong like Clipper fans, pounding their chests.. LOL. I wonder if they can appeal the schedulers to play MVLA.. again, they’re the MTV Choice Award, I mean People (Paper) Champs LOL.. so I’m told
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crush said:
One of my dd old teams got beat by the "B" team. Parents on the "A" Team lost their sh*t and blamed the loss on coach. Me, I just sat there wondering why the top goats on the "B" team didn't make the "A" team. It was obvious there was a mistake, but the "A" Team coach picked his roster of 18 first and the "B" Team coach got the rest. "A" Team coach picked certain players because of what the parents brought to the game of PAY-FOR-PLAY. Congrats on Slammers for beating the A team.
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I saw a B team beat an A team once + the A team coach was running privates with the players on his team.

The A team parents were so pissed it was fun to watch.

After that game all the privates with the coach players stopped attending his sessions unless they wanted minutes or to play a certain position.
 
Carlsbad7 said:
I saw a B team beat an A team once + the A team coach was running privates with the players on his team.

The A team parents were so pissed it was fun to watch.

After that game all the privates with the coach players stopped attending his sessions unless they wanted minutes or to play a certain position.
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crush said:
I can top that A team v B team situation that some parents, players & coaches find themselves in during the season. It's actually sad to look back on all the pain caused by a few. This coach coached the A team and B team, yikes!!! Coach played games with the parents through privates and manipulation skilz. The more privates your kid participated in with coach, the better development coach can perform and better the chance for your kid to make coach's A Team. He would play with 8 families and their dds. Weekly mental abuse for all involved. The ones who went to most of coaches' privates got the A Team call up every week. Dude had 40+ players to make A team and a B team each week. The ass kissing from parents that went on each week at practice was crazy. The sad part, even top goats got manipulated by coach. For example, if your dd was starting her period and had some PMS going on, too bad, he would use that against the poor girl and play head games. Coach had no kids by the way. Tell her to stop crying and complaining of cramps. "Time to grow up and mature and stop the whining" coach would say. My pal lost his sh*t because he didn't have the extra cash on hand for privates. It 100% put his baby girl on the B team. She got called up to the A team towards the end of the season because a few quit the A team because coach was playing games and a big-time manipulator. He said he knows everyone in the great game and his recommendations are taken without questions. It cuts both ways coach would say, meaning you better STFU and pay extra for privates or B team it is and no recommendation from coach.
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Sounds like we're describing the same coach.

We never participated in the privates with coach sessions. I thought it was ethically wrong. But, for some of the newer players it did actually help them get up to speed more quickly.

When you're in the middle of all the drama + being manipulated by the coach sometimes it's hard to keep grounded. Parents of obviously lacking players are juicing the coach for minutes which is no big deal when you win but when you lose there's always a question about who should have been on the field. Also there's players on the B team who obviously should be on the A team but are being held back for whatever reason. (Usually $$$ via privates with coach)

In the end things tend to work themselves out. What I'm describing happened 4-5 years ago. The players who's parents were juicing the coach with privates grouped together and did a package deal + left for another club. All the talented B team players were moved up to the A team and the current team is better off than it ever would have been before. Just to make things even better the package deal group quickly fell apart at the new club and that team rarely wins now.
 
Veritas said:
I totally agree but when you have 2 teams that are pretty much evenly matched. 1 solid player could make the difference. Especially a striker.
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Until that striker comes across an attacking minded defender and the back line becomes quiet poison but ya still say the striker just had a bad game. Sometimes that solid player sits back watches like a hawk then bites hard.
 
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