Albion SC (East County specifically)

[Homer619]

All the 2012 teams scrimmaged before the Albion Showcase. The EC EA2 team performed VERY well in those scrimmages compared to the other 2 lower teams.

I believe the current iteration of EC EA2 is a mix of players that stuck around Albion after Jason and Mike left for City and took a mix of EA2 and flight 1 players with them.

 

[East County Soccer Dad]

I could see crusaders getting AD if mls is looking to add

 

[Rollonyoubears]

I could see crusaders getting AD if mls is looking to add

Does Crusaders have any good teams anymore? All the people I know who play there are looking to leave...

 

[sandiegofutbolguy]

Not sure how Crusader's boys teams are.
Last year they had a very solid 2010 that played EA2 under CVFC.

When they didn't get to keep that or go to EA their top players left.

 

[SoccerMommingIt]

Does Crusaders have any good teams anymore? All the people I know who play there are looking to leave...

B2013 F2 had a decent team. They've had a few solid players playing with the same coach for a number of years from what I've seen whenever we've played them over the past 3 years.

 

[Erasmus]

All the 2012 teams scrimmaged before the Albion Showcase. The EC EA2 team performed VERY well in those scrimmages compared to the other 2 lower teams.

The EA2 team is heads and shoulders above all 3 Academy teams Albion fields at that age group. They also won head-to-head against the EA squad, but that squad was previously playing EA2 and was rebadged as EA when MM brought his EC crew to Albion and was given the EA2 slot. Honestly, the "correct" thing for Albion to do is to send their B12 EA team back to EA2 and assemble an EA squad out of the remnants of the EC EA2 roster and the MLSN kids that get pushed down after moving some of the truly excellent EC players onto those rosters.

But we all know parents will just go packing if their kids are "sent down" a level, so that would never happen.

 

[Scrub It Kook]

The EA2 team is heads and shoulders above all 3 Academy teams Albion fields at that age group. They also won head-to-head against the EA squad, but that squad was previously playing EA2 and was rebadged as EA when MM brought his EC crew to Albion and was given the EA2 slot. Honestly, the "correct" thing for Albion to do is to send their B12 EA team back to EA2 and assemble an EA squad out of the remnants of the EC EA2 roster and the MLSN kids that get pushed down after moving some of the truly excellent EC players onto those rosters.

But we all know parents will just go packing if their kids are "sent down" a level, so that would never happen.

I think the likely scenario is to move a couple players around to finish Spring Season (if they stay) and then re-boot the AD, EA & EA2 teams with the age matrix change.

 

[East County Soccer Dad]

Looks like there is a new EA director that will be taking over 2010 and 2012 ea2 teams

 

[sandiegofutbolguy]

2015 and 2017 girls teams moving over to rush.

 

[nbsdsailor]

So far it seems many of the B12 EA2 squad are sticking it out with Albion. Helps that several are getting moved all the way up to MLSN HD.

Looks like my son will be joining this year Albion EA2. His buddy is one of those boys who moved up . How do you like the team?