Agreed. This is certainly true of any top level teams - boys girls young and old.
The big tryouts are mostly marketing event for the clubs it seems. The teams are all but decided before the tryout.
Big year coming up 2012 ecnl
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Agreed. This is certainly true of any top level teams - boys girls young and old.
The big tryouts are mostly marketing event for the clubs it seems. The teams are all but decided before the tryout.
TheStr1kerz
SILVER
clown response
Tryouts also help form the "B" team and in some cases the "C" team.
irishvirus
BRONZE
Fair play, mate. The team is fierce but I don't view them as the top 10.
right , Blues is better than both of them
NewbieMama
SILVER
Have to agree. who have they beat in your top 10 besides Eagles?
Striker562
BRONZE
Thanks again to everyone, I’ll keep everyone posted where we end up , hopefully she gets some offers
irishvirus
BRONZE
Outside of a tie with Beach over the summer they have not been particularly close and seem to be trending in the wrong direction.
TheStr1kerz
SILVER
blues/surf/hb are great teams top to bottom...the middle of the list teams have a handful of great players but really the 4-15 spots in this age group anyone can beat anyone whoever had a better day
Striker562
BRONZE
have to agree with those top 3 in this age group, my DD team played SD surf, Rebels, and RSL royals at surf college cup at the beginning of this month, they tied all 3, each game they could of won or lost it was great competition for sure
Striker562
BRONZE
My DD team had a great showing this past weekend if Vegas cup, 5-0 against solar, 3-2 L against blues lime(what a great freaking game that was) and 10-0 win against a Phoenix rising team that had no business being in our bracket, all in all great weekend of soccer for the girls, we didn’t advance out of group, but I think if we would of been in any other group we might of have made it out, got unlucky being in blues lime group 
RandomSoccerFan
PREMIER
It looks like they overperformed in 2 out of 3 games and should be proud of a fantastic weekend. But Solar was the RL team, and Phoenix Rising was an NPL team that was expected to lose by over 7 goals. There certainly isn't any shame in losing a close game to the #1 ranked team in the country, let alone the state.
Striker562
BRONZE
Honestly was a bad team we beat them 5-0, blues beat them 3-0 im sure could of been more, and yes against rising score was 9-0 at half, coach moved forward to defense and defense to forward 15min into game, second half just told the girls to plan possession
Striker562
BRONZE
Wasn’t a bad team is what I meant(solar)
RandomSoccerFan
PREMIER
You're completely right, and it looks like Solar labels their #1 team at that age RL. They are showing #15 in the country, for what it's worth. All is sorted in the naming once at the 2011G (U13) level.
Striker562
BRONZE
They were a good team, think we had more possession and more chances, my daughter hit two great freekick against them that definitely helped out the score, in the older ages solar usually takes over as the best team from Texas it seems rite? I love that team rankings apps but feel like my DD daughters team gets little to no love on there
, But I get it we are in SoCal and play the better competition for now, I think once we go Ecnl and play more out of states teams(hopefully do well) our ranking will go up 
RandomSoccerFan
PREMIER
I love that team rankings apps but feel like my DD daughters team gets little to no love on there
Checks notes... Uh, the team you are describing is #15 out of 4,048 rated teams nationwide, or in the top 0.3%. This is based solely on the teams they are playing and their performance against them. What would love look like, if this is classified as little to no love? Looking at game history, the Vegas Cup is the first time in 35 games that the team has overperformed their current rating, since back in June last year. There aren't many underperforms either, so it sure looks to be a reasonable approximation at this point.
Willy Falcon
SILVER
First year of ECNL should be about where your DD will have the most playing time. My opinion is the 1st year of ECNL is like a transition year. Lot's of things start changing in the 1st 1-2 years of 11v11, especially in the ECNL level.
Word to the wise: Stay out of the sideline politics, focus on your DD only and make sure your DD is still having fun.
Welcome to the jungle.
Biggest adjustment for you parents entering ecnl for your first time is substitutions. You can’t re-enter after being subbed out for the half. So if someone gets hurt or is too tired to go on and gets subbed off the field and you’ve used all your subs that half you’re playing down a player.
Teams are playing to win and some coaches get very particular. They might not play your DD for a variety of reasons, they don’t like the weight of their passes, or if they don’t bend their knees on defense or whatever minute detail and use that to not play your kid. There’s back end deals being made all the time about how much play time or what position a kid is going to play too with some coaches and it won’t make sense sometimes as to why x player is on the field over y player. Playtime isn’t sometimes earned and coaches will still run with their aces even if they miss a month of practices. So it’s an adjustment so get ready. You always feel bad for the kid who flew to Az to not touch the field.
You’re at the age of acl tears. 14 girls in the 2010 age group by my count have torn their ACL’s since starting ECNL.
Your team might have a 20 win season but 1/2 your team including starters are going to be replaced by outside players coming in. Not to mention done girls are hitting maturity earlier than others which will play a role where your DD sits on the totem pole as there’s some girls who are little women out there playing against girls who are still little kids.
And as mentioned above, if you’re not in direct contact with coaches and practicing with these core groups who are going to make the foundation of the ecnl team then you’re already too late at this point of the game. Politics are huge and just remember, you can always pay your way out of an ECNL contract and get a release.
Take a deep breath and just be grateful for whatever opportunities come your way and pray for your DDs continued health and hopefully continued enjoyment of the ecnl rat race going forward.
Teams are playing to win and some coaches get very particular. They might not play your DD for a variety of reasons, they don’t like the weight of their passes, or if they don’t bend their knees on defense or whatever minute detail and use that to not play your kid. There’s back end deals being made all the time about how much play time or what position a kid is going to play too with some coaches and it won’t make sense sometimes as to why x player is on the field over y player. Playtime isn’t sometimes earned and coaches will still run with their aces even if they miss a month of practices. So it’s an adjustment so get ready. You always feel bad for the kid who flew to Az to not touch the field.
You’re at the age of acl tears. 14 girls in the 2010 age group by my count have torn their ACL’s since starting ECNL.
Your team might have a 20 win season but 1/2 your team including starters are going to be replaced by outside players coming in. Not to mention done girls are hitting maturity earlier than others which will play a role where your DD sits on the totem pole as there’s some girls who are little women out there playing against girls who are still little kids.
And as mentioned above, if you’re not in direct contact with coaches and practicing with these core groups who are going to make the foundation of the ecnl team then you’re already too late at this point of the game. Politics are huge and just remember, you can always pay your way out of an ECNL contract and get a release.
Take a deep breath and just be grateful for whatever opportunities come your way and pray for your DDs continued health and hopefully continued enjoyment of the ecnl rat race going forward.
What a lovely picture you paint lol. Maybe my dd should try tennis.
This is very true and a very honest response. ECNL is a rat race.