How’s the 2023-24 season going?

Carlsbad7 said:
The thing about Abner is that he has proven ties to the USWNT and top colleges like UCLA. Ten years ago he had the Midas touch + if he pushed for a player they were moved to the front of the line. I doubt he's forgotten who to call to make things happen when he wants to.

Things are slowly starting to change. College soccer is starting to get played on TV + women's pro teams can actually fill the stands. Because of this the level of competition is going up. This puts pressure on recruiters to find more and more talent + king makers like Abner have less sway over who makes it to the next level.
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This is true. I'm noticing more commercials for women's college soccer too and even men's college soccer. More people filling the stands. Women's Soccer needs a true promoter/ambassador to flood the market. I mean there are thousands upon thousands of instagram accounts of young ladies who play soccer. We need to be flooding to games and promoting the sport. Between the girls, their friends, mom and dad, coaches, etc. etc., what a market to capture! It's good to see it growing ghough.

The ptb need to focus on building the audience. Every youth girl soccer player parent should be watching women's soccer on tv and elsewhere. Build the audience and the rewards will come. Maybe soccer needs a more educated audience too as it's more like chess than checkers and American viewers are impatient and blood thirsty? Many don't understand how physical soccer is too. I feel like women's soccer has less flopping than mens too. The women have more to prove maybe and coaches look for physical/athletic players that don't fall down.
 
I just got wind that the ex SD surf Ecnl player that had gone to Blues this season is no longer with the team and has left Blues 2010 mid season. Can anyone confirm this? And why she left Blues? Well, I just checked the roster and she is no longer there. What is going with the Blues team?
 
Veritas said:
I just got wind that the ex SD surf Ecnl player that had gone to Blues this season is no longer with the team and has left Blues 2010 mid season. Can anyone confirm this? And why she left Blues? Well, I just checked the roster and she is no longer there. What is going with the Blues team?
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She went back to Surf. I can only speculate on the reasons why so I won't add anything more than that.
 
way up said:
This is true. I'm noticing more commercials for women's college soccer too and even men's college soccer. More people filling the stands. Women's Soccer needs a true promoter/ambassador to flood the market. I mean there are thousands upon thousands of instagram accounts of young ladies who play soccer. We need to be flooding to games and promoting the sport. Between the girls, their friends, mom and dad, coaches, etc. etc., what a market to capture! It's good to see it growing ghough.

The ptb need to focus on building the audience. Every youth girl soccer player parent should be watching women's soccer on tv and elsewhere. Build the audience and the rewards will come. Maybe soccer needs a more educated audience too as it's more like chess than checkers and American viewers are impatient and blood thirsty? Many don't understand how physical soccer is too. I feel like women's soccer has less flopping than mens too. The women have more to prove maybe and coaches look for physical/athletic players that don't fall down.
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ESPN being able to carry formerly pac 12 women’s games on their channels and ESPN+ next year will also help locally. Recent Pac 12 media strategy was a pants pooping of epic proportions across all sports.
 
Veritas said:
I just got wind that the ex SD surf Ecnl player that had gone to Blues this season is no longer with the team and has left Blues 2010 mid season. Can anyone confirm this? And why she left Blues? Well, I just checked the roster and she is no longer there. What is going with the Blues team?
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Players leave for three reasons :
1.) Bad Coaching
2.) Playing Time
3.) Bad Culture

Having a chance to talk with family's over the last 3 months its amazing how bad it is out here. Some of these coaches put into a power position with little to no experience are destroying teams because of ego. If ECNL is the Best of the Best shouldn't the coaching be the same? If a coach is not willing to adapt to his teams abilities and what they do best but instead pushes for their own philosophy's and agendas the parents should push them out. Players shouldn't need to leave. Coaches should be fired. DOC's should be held accountable at this level as well do develop their coaching staff.

Effective coaching is critical to the success and growth of athletes and coaches should prioritize their players development over their own egos and agendas. Again, It's so important for clubs and organizations to hold coaches accountable for their actions and to provide resources for their coaches to continue to grow and improve as leaders. Ultimately, the well-being and success of the players should be the top priority for all involved. After all we are the ones paying their bills.
 
RobbieNorwood said:
Players leave for three reasons :
1.) Bad Coaching
2.) Playing Time
3.) Bad Culture

Having a chance to talk with family's over the last 3 months its amazing how bad it is out here. Some of these coaches put into a power position with little to no experience are destroying teams because of ego. If ECNL is the Best of the Best shouldn't the coaching be the same? If a coach is not willing to adapt to his teams abilities and what they do best but instead pushes for their own philosophy's and agendas the parents should push them out. Players shouldn't need to leave. Coaches should be fired. DOC's should be held accountable at this level as well do develop their coaching staff.

Effective coaching is critical to the success and growth of athletes and coaches should prioritize their players development over their own egos and agendas. Again, It's so important for clubs and organizations to hold coaches accountable for their actions and to provide resources for their coaches to continue to grow and improve as leaders. Ultimately, the well-being and success of the players should be the top priority for all involved. After all we are the ones paying their bills.
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You're presuming there's this big pool of amazing coaches to pick from. The lack of high quality coaching is a massive problem in the US. As far as what coaches should be coaching -- pretty sure Spain just set the bar on that.
 
RobbieNorwood said:
Players leave for three reasons :
1.) Bad Coaching
2.) Playing Time
3.) Bad Culture

Having a chance to talk with family's over the last 3 months its amazing how bad it is out here. Some of these coaches put into a power position with little to no experience are destroying teams because of ego. If ECNL is the Best of the Best shouldn't the coaching be the same? If a coach is not willing to adapt to his teams abilities and what they do best but instead pushes for their own philosophy's and agendas the parents should push them out. Players shouldn't need to leave. Coaches should be fired. DOC's should be held accountable at this level as well do develop their coaching staff.

Effective coaching is critical to the success and growth of athletes and coaches should prioritize their players development over their own egos and agendas. Again, It's so important for clubs and organizations to hold coaches accountable for their actions and to provide resources for their coaches to continue to grow and improve as leaders. Ultimately, the well-being and success of the players should be the top priority for all involved. After all we are the ones paying their bills.
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AR aka King Midas used to be THE coach back in the day. 10 years ago everything he touched turned into gold today they say he’s lost his touch. Not sure what the problem is with this year’s team or how they say he ruined the 06’s. But players leaving mid season is for sure not a good thing. He used to have the midas touch. I guess not anymore.
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Veritas said:
AR aka King Midas used to be THE coach back in the day. 10 years ago everything he touched turned into gold today they say he’s lost his touch. Not sure what the problem is with this year’s team or how they say he ruined the 06’s. But players leaving mid season is for sure not a good thing. He used to have the midas touch. I guess not anymore.View attachment 18922
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This has to be AI Veritas, si?
 
NorCalDad said:
You're presuming there's this big pool of amazing coaches to pick from. The lack of high quality coaching is a massive problem in the US. As far as what coaches should be coaching -- pretty sure Spain just set the bar on that.
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Coaching is a critical component of sports success and identifying talented coaches is indeed a challenge. While there may not be a "big pool" of amazing coaches available, organizations can use a variety of methods to locate and attract talented individuals, including referrals, networking, and scouting. Additionally, training and development programs can help build actual coaching skills. I presume, high level experience is necessary for an ECNL job. Its the DOC's job to actively seek out new hires on a regular basis and make sure these coaches are doing their jobs. Got a real hard time shelling out thousands on BAD coaching.
 
Veritas said:
Watching the USA vs. Colombia match, it was clear the USA team struggled with basic passes and touch. This isn't just a US Soccer issue, but a reflection of the pay-to-play system in youth soccer. Colombia looked like they'd played together for years, while the USA seemed disjointed, as if they'd just met. This highlights the need to reevaluate our development model.
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First, Columbia made it to the quarters in World Cup. Second, US easily beat Columbia in game two 3-0. Third, many teams can hold better teams down, as well as beat them (ref UCI beating UCLA in first round NCAA). One issue is the USWNT doesn't play together enough, these games come right in the middle of NWSL playoffs. Another one is working in better younger players, which it looks like they are doing this time. Concerning college. One big issue is the colleges play two weeks together, then the season starts. Another 2-3 weeks together before starting the season would be a huge benefit.
 
CitySC and FRAM won their brackets at GA Champions Cup this weekend. This means two things.

1. Both teams will get preferential seeding at GA finals.
2. Both teams are in the top 5 of GA (at the 2010 level)

This also sets up a possibility that both GA and ECNL G2010 winners this season could be from Socal.

 
Maybe, even hopefully, but there are still a number of GA teams above both that would be expected to beat either of them pretty handily. The top teams are almost 2 goals stronger, and there is a large gap from #6 in the country to #35 in the country. Anything can happen on the day, and who knows who will show up with their best game - but it sure looks like neither will be the national champions for GA at 2010 given the game results so far.
 
RandomSoccerFan said:
Maybe, even hopefully, but there are still a number of GA teams above both that would be expected to beat either of them pretty handily. The top teams are almost 2 goals stronger, and there is a large gap from #6 in the country to #35 in the country. Anything can happen on the day, and who knows who will show up with their best game - but it sure looks like neither will be the national champions for GA at 2010 given the game results so far.
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This is one of those situations where ranking alone doesn't really help. Because both City and FRAM won their bracket this means they won't have to play Nationals, South Shore Select, or TopHat (the other bracket winners) initially in the next national event. Many of the top teams will have knocked each other out before playing bracket winners. This is a huge advantage. It's kind of like playing on a Surf team at Surf Cup. ;-)

Something else was occurring which you can't really see in rankings but it was very obvious when watching top GA teams play. Many of the top GA teams have very strong forwards and offensive players. However they're lacking on the defensive side. When pushed more into a defensive game they didn't know what to do + fell apart. My guess is that this is occurring because the top GA teams in their respective regional leagues tend to dominate the other clubs.

In Socal ECNL the top teams are very good because they play each other a lot + it's always a matter of exploiting where the opponent is weakest. This means they have a good offense, defense, mids, goal, etc.
 
Not gonna lie, I’m kind of disappointed that Top Hat didn’t stick around a few days longer to scrimmage against some of the ECNL teams out here like Hawaii and a few other teams have done in the past after traveling from far to make the most out of their trip.
 
Carlsbad7 said:
This is one of those situations where ranking alone doesn't really help. Because both City and FRAM won their bracket this means they won't have to play Nationals, South Shore Select, or TopHat (the other bracket winners) initially in the next national event. Many of the top teams will have knocked each other out before playing bracket winners. This is a huge advantage. It's kind of like playing on a Surf team at Surf Cup. ;-)
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Winning their bracket is a huge advantage, and a big win for the team - but if they want to be national champions they have to face one of the top clubs above them at some point, right? But some of them will certainly be knocked out by eachother before the semifinals/finals happen, which always helps.
 
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