Correct. Sharks has had several very successful teams, some that are doing well in ECNL as we speak. San Diego parents would be wise to gravitate there if the goal is to have their kid start and play major minutes on an ECNL team with lots of opportunity for exposure. The post above is correct… the club is ripe for a parent-orchestrated super team at various age groups… both boys and girls. Not everyone can or wants to play for Surf, where the shiny new object is always waiting in the wings. Plus, Surf is instituting the player pool system for the girls under Deza, so an ECNL offer is not necessarily an ECNL offer for everyone on the team. Buyer beware.You have to understand that there's politics behind who's in and who's out. The DOCs + Leadership at different clubs have all known each other for sometimes 30+ years. The only thing you can count on 100% is which way the money flows. This is why I said Surf likes having Sharks in ECNL. It gives them a monopoly on most of the talent in SD.
One thing parents need to understand is that clubs (Surf) doesn't care if players come from SDSC, Albion, Sharks, Rebels, etc. If your daughter or son is better than the players they have on their teams they'll try to recruit. This is why being a big fish in a small pond (playing at Sharks) can have it's advantages. Coaches know talent when they see it + don't really care about loyalty. (unless it's to their specific team)
Also not all Sharks teams suck. Duarte Andrade's B2009 team won presidents level state cup in 2020...
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I thought I may have missed something as I read your comment.
To me this seems like Sharks are ripe at multiple levels for a parent super team to take over + make a run at ECNL.
Should Steal LVSA from GA. That club is putting out some talent.
Right now Sharks are not fielding good teams.
At some point in the past LVSA was kicked out of ECNL. Not sure why exactly, but whatever happened may be the reason they are not back in.
This is very true. And in most age groups, Surf's ECRL team is a lot better than Shark's ECNL team. This indicates, players are more willing to play at Surf's 2nd team than Shark's ECNL team. The flow of good players continue to be moving from Sharks to Surf. Not sure what Sharks is doing but they can't seem to compete with Surf's 2nd team.
Duarte is a very good coach and a fierce competitor. He's the exception at Sharks though and his B2009 is no longer with him. I hope they will be able to keep that team together because they are a good group and Duarte has done a good job training and recruiting great players.You have to understand that there's politics behind who's in and who's out. The DOCs + Leadership at different clubs have all known each other for sometimes 30+ years. The only thing you can count on 100% is which way the money flows. This is why I said Surf likes having Sharks in ECNL. It gives them a monopoly on most of the talent in SD.
One thing parents need to understand is that clubs (Surf) doesn't care if players come from SDSC, Albion, Sharks, Rebels, etc. If your daughter or son is better than the players they have on their teams they'll try to recruit. This is why being a big fish in a small pond (playing at Sharks) can have it's advantages. Coaches know talent when they see it + don't really care about loyalty. (unless it's to their specific team)
Also not all Sharks teams suck. Duarte Andrade's B2009 team won presidents level state cup in 2020...
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Duarte runs a futsal group for boys and girls https://www.socalfutsalclub.com/ and I'm sure has been recruiting for the last year.
Great idea. Hope City or Albion is reading this.
I don't see a huge advantage for either of those clubs to beg for entry into ECNL. Sometimes it's nice being the top dog . I would add West Coast to the group. Parents are feeling pretty good about the GA right now. Good season, good product, good vibe. Staffs at Albion,City, WC are well connected. They will place girls in college and YNT pools.
I think GAL is a great 2nd tier league keeping ECNL honest at the moment but in San Diego and SOCAL , there aren't many quality GAL teams to play.
I don’t think this year will be any different (results wise) than before Covid for all clubs. You have to keep in mind that recruiting and games and in general didn’t exist 6 months ago.
