G2010 - How’s the 2022 season going?

PassTheIPAandMove said:
Norcal lurker/"newbie" with my 2nd and final post on this thread, just to add some current flavor to this thread (though I do like the war stories -crush).

My daughter has been with the same club from the start. Just so happens that we were lucky enough that the local club is the biggest baddest club in California (all due respect to SD Surf and whomever the new Socal "superclub" is) at developing talent and they do it playing soccer the right way.
The norcal ECNL, ECRL, NPL standings speak for themselves in regards to being the top club in norcal. As such, it has been a constant stream of incoming talent that my daughter has had to compete with to maintain her spot. Steel sharpens steel though and my daughter has continued to develop on whatever level of team she's been at in the club.

I've known for a year now that due to life changes/forthcoming move our new local club would now be a GA club. Last year most of my daughters former teammates and good friends left the most dominant club to join other ECNL teams (all very good players but frozen out of the completely dominant ECNL team) as it was the first year of ECNL made increasingly chaotic because we had a local club granted new ECNL status. The politics of the stories I have heard have been very interesting and not something that I have any desire to have to deal with (though the dads who I still consider very good friends keep recruiting).

The time for the move has finally come. After lurking this board a long time, finally registering for an account and lurking some more I came to the exact same conclusion that Carlsbad posted above.

If your local club has a good coach that is backed by the club and has good teammates then the rest will work itself out over time. Will be moving on from the superclub rather than commute and live out of my car. I have nothing but positive things to say about the superclub as they did an excellent job with my DD. Our new local club "only" has a GA team but it does have all the right ingredients as per my above statement.

I'm sure I'll still hear about whats going on in ECNL from my friends and other GM dads, but all of that is just noise.

Best of luck to all the GOATS and their dads/moms.

Life is too short to be scoreboard/standing watching (even though many of the dads that do that are my good friends now at other ECNL clubs)
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Since you'll be new to GA heres some things to expect...

- Your kid will get treated like royalty by both players and coaches if you're coming from a top ECNL team.
- GA players know who all the top ECNL players are
- GA lower level teams have good players. What separates them from the better teams is coaching
- If you're coming from a top team you'll quickly be able to tell if the GA coach is good or not
- With all the right ingredients you will be able to run the local league
- Once you start playing against National GA teams (Top Hat, etc) you'll find out that they're roughly equivalent to top CA ECNL teams.
 
Carlsbad7 said:
Keep in mind that if you're not on the top 3-4 ECNL teams in Socal but rather the middle 5-8 you're getting screwed out of attending the playoffs.

A 5-8 level socal ECNL team would likely be top 1-3 in most other geographies which means you would attend the playoffs.

Once you get to the playoffs it wont matter because you'll still get beaten by the same teams but at least you're able to attend.

This is where GA makes sense if you're not on the top 3-4 ECNL socal teams.
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This is true
 
Surfer_dad said:
This is true
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My other favorite is parents that think recruiters will notice players on the team that's getting pummeled by a super team.

This will never happen.

Actually I take that back. If 1-2 players are on the losing team + its visually obvious that they're better than the rest of the team they might catch a recruiters attention. But this kind of action would also catch the attention of other coaches on better teams in the league who will also try to recruit them. Once this happens players usually wont stay on the losing team.
 
SuperSoccerStar said:
So no good gossip on tryout season. Come on people!!!
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No gossip, but a couple of games today for ECNL playoff spots.

San Juan and Force are playing in Norcal. Force stay in 3rd with a win or a tie.

LAFC is two points ahead of Slammers in Mojave. LAFC need a win or a tie against Eagles to keep their spot. A loss leaves them looking for help from Royals or Sporting.
 
SuperSoccerStar said:
So no good gossip on tryout season. Come on people!!!
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Mic check one-two


In SoCal's soccer scene, quite the sight, Four teams of girls with all their might, Slammers, Blues, Surf, and Eagles in flight, Trying out for each other teams, day and night.

Slammers Koge are quick, with a super team in sight, as they aim to be the best Team in the flight. Got the Blues seeing double, quite the fright, But Blues simply chuckle, showing their fight, Shining on the field, bright as sunlight.

Surf girls ride the game with great delight, Their smooth moves make Eagles take to flight, But Eagles aim high, with goals in sight, Their courage and skills, truly a highlight.

Switching sides so much, oh what a plight, In the sunny SoCal, quite the dynamite, A wild soccer tryout, causing quite the excite, In the midst of chaos, they shine so bright.
 
Any truth to the rumors I heard this weekend that blues lost their taller goalie and eagles lost their starting center back? If so, what is the motivation for leaving right before ECNL playoffs and will they be able to play for other teams that qualify? I guess there is no transfer window….
 
MyKidsDriver said:
Any truth to the rumors I heard this weekend that blues lost their taller goalie and eagles lost their starting center back? If so, what is the motivation for leaving right before ECNL playoffs and will they be able to play for other teams that qualify? I guess there is no transfer window….
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No idea on the players but below answers questions about how players can switch ECNL clubs.

"An ECNL registered player may not play for more than one club in ECNL competitions during the ECNL season, unless: (i) the director of coaching of both the prior club and proposed new club consent to the transfer in writing; (ii) the new club has an available spot on an ECNL roster; and (iii) the ECNL commissioner consents to such transfer in writing"

My guess is that parents are just trying to lock down a spot on a super team before next season starts. Looking at the rules above Clubs need to approve player transfers mid season. I bet clubs approve all transfer requests because it's just not worth the hassle + nobody wants to be labeled as petty.
 
Technically, that player can play with the new club. Although there is a roster freeze for playoffs on May 1st, a team can add up to 2 players so long as they are also playing with that team for next season (see attached from ECNL Resources link).IMG_1492.png
 
Carlsbad7 said:
No idea on the players but below answers questions about how players can switch ECNL clubs.

"An ECNL registered player may not play for more than one club in ECNL competitions during the ECNL season, unless: (i) the director of coaching of both the prior club and proposed new club consent to the transfer in writing; (ii) the new club has an available spot on an ECNL roster; and (iii) the ECNL commissioner consents to such transfer in writing"

My guess is that parents are just trying to lock down a spot on a super team before next season starts. Looking at the rules above Clubs need to approve player transfers mid season. I bet clubs approve all transfer requests because it's just not worth the hassle + nobody wants to be labeled as petty.
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I think this last part is actually wrong - “I bet clubs approve all transfer requests because it's just not worth the hassle + nobody wants to be labeled as petty.” Pretty sure someone on here or soccerparentlife said that blues granted one or more releases but then opposed transfer a few months ago.
 
MyKidsDriver said:
I think this last part is actually wrong - “I bet clubs approve all transfer requests because it's just not worth the hassle + nobody wants to be labeled as petty.” Pretty sure someone on here or soccerparentlife said that blues granted one or more releases but then opposed transfer a few months ago.
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Maybe that's true. But not approving is a sword that cuts both ways. You might win in the short term but eventually positions will change + Blues will be the one that's not able to take on new recruits because another club wont approve in retaliation.
 
Zeke said:
No gossip, but a couple of games today for ECNL playoff spots.

San Juan and Force are playing in Norcal. Force stay in 3rd with a win or a tie.

LAFC is two points ahead of Slammers in Mojave. LAFC need a win or a tie against Eagles to keep their spot. A loss leaves them looking for help from Royals or Sporting.
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Looks like Eagles handled LAFC comfortably, but LAFC got the help they needed from Sporting.
 
CharlieMurfee said:
I would say a California team has a strong chance in taking it. It won’t be easy because North Texas and teams from Florida are formidable. As many have seen, style of play gets thrown out the window when pressure is applied..
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Good point about pressure. I think Surf and MVLA still have a good chance as any as they are the strongest ball-possession teams. Hopefully for MVLA, they have the forward who usually plays the 09s play with the 10s. IMO she's one of the top 2010s nation-wide.
 
CharlieMurfee said:
I would say a California team has a strong chance in taking it. It won’t be easy because North Texas and teams from Florida are formidable. As many have seen, style of play gets thrown out the window when pressure is applied..
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Two North Atlantic (NA) teams handled FL Premier in South Carolina, one of those teams is 6th in the NA too, so I'd be more concerned with one of those three teams coming from the NA confernce (all in top 21 currently) than anyone from FL cause the SE is a weaker conference otherwise. I agree that SoCal and Texas are the favorites though. Excited to get back out there to San Diego for nationals, relocated back to East Coast this past summer and the quality of soccer just isnt the same back East even if North Atlantic is top quality out here its not the same, but you all knew that already right Jajaaja
 
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