Our league can’t even get a complete schedule out in the second week of play. Not much hope that “fairness” and scheduling is being done well.
Not so sure that identifying yourself as a beach parent will absolve you of all bias.
You would definitely know something about bias, especially when it comes to Beach.
Complain to your club and your club brings the issue to ECNL meetings. Member clubs decide if the issue is worth addressing. If it's worth addressing potential resolutions are defined and voted on.
Based on the ECNL website organization and score update time and accuracy I find no reason to believe they are "on top of things" in general. Since clubs can change dates after the release, there is little motivation for ECNL to even care. Also, in the older age groups, many girls are taking official visits this fall with a "backlog" due to COVID. As several posters mentioned, as long as they play, does it really matter when?
My dd came up to me this moorning and asked if her team has a chance at playoffs after her tough hard fought feels like 110 playing on turf game loss Saturday 3pm and then the almost miracle upset game at 9am the next day against the #1 club in the country. It does matter brah to us who care about fairness. I will tell my kidd top 44 now make plahoffs so maybe a chance. GDA had awesome website and the whole thing early on hooked this proud papa bear hwak dad. However, something behind the curtain was what was tbeir downfall. I voted yes all thw way for GDA before the truth came out with a few of the Docs who lied 24/7. Anyway, I will tell my goat to tell coach only one game a weekend and thats it. Two games under 24 hours is dumb & dangerous. No collegge teams play back to back.Based on the ECNL website organization and score update time and accuracy I find no reason to believe they are "on top of things" in general. Since clubs can change dates after the release, there is little motivation for ECNL to even care. Also, in the older age groups, many girls are taking official visits this fall with a "backlog" due to COVID. As several posters mentioned, as long as they play, does it really matter when?
That reminds me, I'll add two more things that DA did better than ECNL (the first one is days off between games in the playoffs and an added day off in the showcases). Their website was much better - easier to navigate, more accurate, more information (game scorecards, statistics, etc.), and they streamed playoff games. Wish they would have taken those few things DA did better and incorporated them into the "ECNL AD" (after DA). My apologies. I digress. What thread is this again?
When did Surf become the #1 Club in the Country? I think Slammers, Solar, Blues, Cincinnati United, Tophat and MVLA all may have something to say about that.
MOO!!! They were crowned #1 two years ago GDA. 11 Nattys and 20 YNT call ups puts then #1 in my book. Slammers #1 ECNL this year but missing top teams. Thats why we were hoping to catch Surf after a hard fought game against Slams. I was joking around you guys btw. Pleasw dont take my Satire serious. I already know what u18/19 is all about. Kicker, we lost 1-2. Lots of injuries from both teams and I hear a few were out on visits. Its all good and Im.sorry for my satire the last 3 years. Too many of us took me too serious. Love you man )
I love you too because we dont see eye to eye on everything but we speak from heart.
I bet if you compared financials- Surf is the #1 team in the country.
........And you still standing by 18 year olds playing at 3pm, 100+turf heat=super gnarly hot game? Then drive home and then wakie up. That 18 year old up for big game against one of the top girls yputh soccer clubs with also one of the best technical directors in the world bro. So yes, our team was at a disadvatage if your trying to be fair. Tell you all what, wtf cares anyways. My dd is after pro anyways.......lol. Why is it smart or.not.dangerous to go back to back under 18 hours?
To add to that, with the sub rules in place, Coaches should be managing minutes/workloads on weekends with multiple games.
Money doesn’t play the games….
I agree but my kid is running XC and they run 8k Mon-Fri on hilly terrain. Weight train on Saturdays.
The only thing that would be of concern is weight training…especially if she’s under 16yrs old…but that also depends on what you’re classifying as weight training.
Strength training. Lite dumbbells, bands, push-ups, pull ups, and sit ups.
Is she also playing soccer? 25 miles a week for XC at training pace plus races plus a full club soccer schedule and a game on most weekends is an excessive amount of running. Your daughter’s body will find this out for itself.
Yeah, I am up to 3 things they got right. I'm pretty sure I won't find any more. The way they caused upheaval simply by coming and then going - is the definition of a shit show and that's without considering the other things they got wrong along the way.
You know, I am not sure they will expand the U19 playoffs beyond Seattle. Typically, they will be up there for 4 games with two off days. No way to whittle it down to a champion with 4 games and 44 teams. Has anyone found anything definitive about U19 playoffs?
