I mean this past year. I understand why you went back after Surf.
Say bye-bye-bye to Girls and Boys DA
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You have me confused. So you understand why we went back but don;t understand why we would leave the club again if I brag about it so much? I just want to make sure I understand. So it's pointless to go back to GDA then ECNL and then DPL and then GDA and now ECNL? Just messing with you dude. This has been tough on all of us. I don;t think Outlaw will care and it's legit question. Let me chew on that one.
vegasguy
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BTW, for those wondering, Scott was a good kid and never partied with me. That's the God's honest truth. Maybe that's why he went to Stanford and made Olympics and I never made it to the Big Leagues. I was good but I couldn;t hit that curve ball. I now know why after all these years. I have myself to blame too. I was smoking weed way too much and partying too much. Laguna was a hippie town and my older sister lived in the canyon with Timothy Leary. No joke. Big sister hanging with the stars. Manson visited as did some of the Beach Boys she would tell us at dinner table. I went surfing instead of going to the batting cages or take extra fielding at second base. I didn;t put the work in and by the time I got to HS, I was .250 hitter that hustled and showed up for the games stoned. Stupid meThis is a late volleyball bloomer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Fortune
Scott could not play volleyball worth beans as a freshman or sophomore in HS. I mean, I was way better skills wise. I could set really well, dig and serve. Scott had long arms and he could block ok, but his timing to spike was way off and we laughed at him. He was my teammate in hoops. He dreamed of playing on the Olympic team one day. However, that was for hoops and we all laughed at him. Next thing I know, he got a full ride to Stanford in Volleyball and I watched him play on TV for the USA in Volleyball and win gold. I was so happy for him and even told my wife how wrong I was about Bones
FC Dallas got screwed royally. They are the best boys club in the country and a top 10 girls club. Probably have the best facilities in the country, too. There are something like 20 YNT players at the club. No downward spiral. Quite the opposite.
However the rival Dallas clubs see an opportunity to go for the kill and are taking it. Same thing is happening in the former DA Frontier Conference at Austin (Lonestar) and Houston (Dash) and Oklahoma City (Energy).
The DA clubs in each of those towns are better than the local ECNL club (significantly so in most cases), but the ECNL clubs have coordinated to keep the ex-DA clubs out and plan to poach players.
Not exactly "unification of top clubs" like Lavers has presented, but the ECNL clubs are tickled pink with what has transpired. Meanwhile last year's ECNL players are nearly as nervous about all this as last year's DA Players. It's an open secret their coaches are now actively trying to replace them with new recruits.
Good times.
what’s interesting is the 7 teams in 40 years...and I’m sure they were excellent like his current team, which is ranked #1 in the country according to TDS.
That sucks. Kicker says its already happening at Beach & Legends. I think the timing of all this is piss poor for all of us. USSF don;t care about us at all. I felt like sh*t two years ago when my dd got locked out of all the fun and now some you know how it feels. However, I want all the top clubs playing together and I want a fair way to compete. How about this for ECNL idea. Take all the other top teams left out this year and make an "ECNL Independent League" for 2020-2021. They can take top four to playoffs. Too many good teams and lets stop all the poaching. Then in 2021-2022 season the ECNL can learn what are the best teams based on playing in the games and make their top tier league and then a regional league. Then we have a local tier 1 or flight one league where good local teams can be formed and actually challenge some of the ECNL teams. I predict parents will not want all this division. It sucks to move teams you guys and the girls have been through so much already.
Yup. He's a such a good man. Most honest and ethical coach out there. I swear to God that he never, ever talked ill told another club or coach. He has never, ever talked about another player or their family to me. That is a man of integrity. I went for the coach, not the club. My dd to this day says there is no one like Tad. I'm only sad because USSF changed the birth year and Tad lost half his team that he personally recruited for three years and my dd didn't get to finish her career with him. Kicker wants to know why I brag about Tad, I think you know why now
The Gapher is a great coach too. They compliment each other very well Meh. The problems you have had are your own fault. I don't feel sorry for you.
The problems some outstanding clubs/coaches/directors/girls/teams/families/trainers/club employees all across the country are having right now are not their fault. They simply made the mistake of trusting US Soccer. I feel very sorry for them.
Wow, that was meh or whatever that means. Why my fault and not your club doc fault for not applying a year ago? Who the hell do you think I trusted in 2017 for 4 days a week and 10 months out of the year too? I had their staff all over me and my dd bro. Man, that was harsh. I will still fell sorry for all of you. If one parent hurts, we all hurt is my motto. Just like I feel sorry for my friend who lost his wife a year ago and just lost his job. He has 3 kids. STX, it will be ok bro.
It is worse than that. Most top teams in the country are going to break up because ECNL wants to kill off the programs at DA clubs.
The da teams break up when top kids leave. The ecnl teams break up to make room for the top da kids.
Kids on both types of teams lose- except for the top 200 kids in the country. They get a more competitive league. The rest go through a lot of bother for nothing.
(And, if you think your kid is in the top 200, take off the parent goggles. Most of us who think that are wrong.)
Hold on there cowboy....what did I say was happening?
soccerfan123
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Are you serious? Delusional? Why would any parent let their player play for a league that would not include them in the showcases! What are they afraid of? No fields available, bs. I know, if you don't, you have been drinking the koolaid.
Most girls are going to quit at the rate were going. Might be good idea for some. So many other sports to play too. If ECNL was all that, why didnlt you guys tell your freaking Doc Heads that you all brag about to enroll in the ECNL last year? That is your outstanding clubs fault. They made you sleep in the bed with US Soccer and their lies the problem. That was a very bad choice by your clubs docs and now your all mad at US Soccer. Maybe get mad at your club for not seeing what I saw two years ago. NC Courage and Surf were the smart ones and all the Reals in Socal and CO. Maybe apply for next year and see what happens. Its just soccer you guys.
A lot of top academic schools use bench players to bring their APR up. Not all top players have the same top grades as the average student admitted, some do but a lot don't.
Opps. I thought you or maybe Tech said that coaches from ECNL were already calling your clubs goats? Maybe I read that wrong brah
I know many parents are calling the ECNL clubs, not the coaches from ECNL calling parents and poaching. STX is saying that is happenning in Texas as we speak. Its 90% the parents calling in SoCal. Like I sad months ago, they were already calling. Now they are calling the ECNL coach even more. Why? Because you slept with US Soccer. Not a good brand right now. You chose that bed and you were very very proud of US Soccer. You all bragged about it every week. You put down ECNL and called it names like corrupt, Monopoly and so on. Now you want in and want clubs like Rebels to be kicked out. I don;t think so. Them days are over. My advice to all your Docs. Take care of your customers and they won;t want to leave.I would be just fine without showcases. Especially at lower ages.
If we aren’t top 40 nationally, don’t make us fly.
If we are top 40, don’t make us fly to play some weak sauce opponent.
Only way that happens is if the parents don’t have enough faith in the Coaching staff at DA Clubs who have to swallow the bitter pill and play ECRL to prove their way up like Pats chose to do.
These times will show who really believes in “Follow the Coach, not the League”........