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Post by Keeper on Aug 8, 2022 13:16:49 GMT -5
Youth sports begin the season in the hottest month of the year, and I think that is just bananas, especially after a lazy summer. It's particularly scarier because most training grounds lack ice. You can halt disaster in its tracks by placing ice behind a dehydrated person's neck, between their armpits, or between their legs. This should keep them alive until the paramedics arrive, preventing a tragedy even though an ice bath is desired... I’ve said before, we need to push back to the actual seasons. Fall sports start in Sept and wrap up in Dec/Jan. I’d rather play “southern cold” game in December & January over what we through past weekend and the next few weekends. . Spring games should go to June or at least the beginning of Summer in late June. August always be an off season month.
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Post by Keeper on Aug 5, 2022 20:08:53 GMT -5
According to the ECNL website, Concorde has 19 players on platinum. That means assuming no injuries, 1 player per game will have to sit out. Are you saying there are more than the 19 players listed on the roster? I believe there are 22 players. 3 are goalies, couple ACL issues. One of the goalies is an 08, and there are unofficially two other 08s that play up. I think two of the players don’t even live in Georgia. So they may be fine if they play just one goalie at 16-18 players. Still sounds like a mess. They can all club pass to the RL teams, not sure if a Platinum to Premier club pass works so with 4 teams I’m sure they’ll find them spots to play.
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Post by Keeper on Aug 1, 2022 17:21:32 GMT -5
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Post by Keeper on Jul 30, 2022 8:39:18 GMT -5
This is the Champion League team list for U13s. SCCL brackets and game dates got released today. Could you list the U13 champions league teams for boys? SSA 10B Blue-HA Atlanta Fire 2010B Elite Alpharetta Ambush SC B10 Red NTH NASA 10 SCCL Elite Roswell Santos '10 Boys First Team CF 10B SCCL Champions GSA 10B Premier UFA 10B Red Rush Union B2010 Rush
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Post by Keeper on Jul 29, 2022 23:24:30 GMT -5
Ufa 11 Premier is playing U13 champions league. Couple 2010 coaches not at all happy and they expected them to take the U13 ECRL spot. NTH Tophat 10 SCCL Yellow GSA 10G Premier CF 11G South Black 10G SSA Yellow-TW UFA 11G Premier NTH Tophat 11 Pre GA Gold UFA 10G Red Atlanta Fire 2010G Elite Rush Union G2010 Royal So does this mean the Tophat 2011s are playing up in SCCL-C? I’m confused what this list represents. This is the Champion League team list for U13s. SCCL brackets and game dates got released today.
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Post by Keeper on Jul 29, 2022 23:23:29 GMT -5
Ufa 11 Premier is playing U13 champions league. Couple 2010 coaches not at all happy and they expected them to take the U13 ECRL spot. NTH Tophat 10 SCCL Yellow GSA 10G Premier CF 11G South Black 10G SSA Yellow-TW UFA 11G Premier NTH Tophat 11 Pre GA Gold UFA 10G Red Atlanta Fire 2010G Elite Rush Union G2010 Royal I heard from a UFA 10G Red parent that they were going to do P1. What about Ambush? Tennessee and Alabama teams? I think they (U13 parents) would be super pissed if they took the U13 ECRL spot. Ambush Red (what’s left of it) dropped to P1. No Tenn, Alabama or oddly Concorde 2010s in SCCL.
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Post by Keeper on Jul 29, 2022 19:12:37 GMT -5
I would say UFA for 2009. Tophat for 2010. I have a 2010 and know many 2009. I am not sure for 2008. UFA 2011 team is very very strong but played up last year for regular season and struggled a little in tournaments against their own age group. Rumor is they will play U13 SCCL Champions League but not sure how many games they will play against their own age group and whether those will be 11v11 or 9v9. Personally not sure if playing up is the right thing for them. Anyone know is GSA or CF 2011 playing up? Ufa 11 Premier is playing U13 champions league. Couple 2010 coaches not at all happy and they expected them to take the U13 ECRL spot. NTH Tophat 10 SCCL Yellow GSA 10G Premier CF 11G South Black 10G SSA Yellow-TW UFA 11G Premier NTH Tophat 11 Pre GA Gold UFA 10G Red Atlanta Fire 2010G Elite Rush Union G2010 Royal
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Post by Keeper on Jul 19, 2022 23:00:26 GMT -5
Tryouts = this is how much it costs and we take all paying customers. Since Kostas took over I haven’t heard of any players getting cut from the pool.
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Post by Keeper on Jun 27, 2022 23:20:28 GMT -5
On the girls side, other than Concorde bringing home the Natty in U18/19 and a few exceptions here and there, things are not going so well for the SE teams at ECNL Nationals: U17--no SE teams advanced out of group stage U16--Concorde Platinum advanced to knockout stage but lost in round of 16. U15--no SE teams advanced out of group stage U14--Concorde Platinum advanced out of group. Knockout game is tomorrow U13--2 NC teams advanced out of group stage. Champs! True but I believe some of the U17 teams were somewhat unlucky as they were 2-1 but did not advance due to goal differential. I was surprised that both the UFA U13 teams (ECNL and ECRL) were not able to do better given their 20-1-1 SE region records. That is concerning. I do find the timing on these championships frustrating as many teams are not the same ones that played all season. This is true for GA, ECNL and USYS as well. completely agree that our season ends to early buts mainly a southern thing. Our tryouts and the season should be pushed back. Have tryouts start July 1 instead of May 1. Push the season to end after school ends, or when the rest of the country finishes the school year. Then the teams that earned those spots actually play in these championships vs new players looking to make a name. That and who wouldn’t rather play games in December then August.
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Post by Keeper on Jun 25, 2022 16:40:34 GMT -5
Question is…will he play soccer or golf 🤣. Isn’t the MLS like a golf game? Slow, boring, not very athletic or skilled and has to many long balls.
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Post by Keeper on Jun 20, 2022 20:04:50 GMT -5
Which Nationals are you talking about? There’s like 8 National championships now, more soccer titles then boxing belts.
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Post by Keeper on Jun 16, 2022 16:02:48 GMT -5
Expect a good bit of travel. Not a lot of Atlanta clubs still in there.
Expect trips to Savannah United, Dalton Red Wolves and NSA, Macon, TRAC, Madison, UFA South GA/Tifton, and I’m sure another random club that’s looking for decent U12 competition.
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Post by Keeper on Jun 10, 2022 12:29:07 GMT -5
That’s Impact, run by NSE who do all the Gatlinburg and Fc Alliance tournaments too.
Badger Creek fields are usually pretty good quality as Ga Soccer uses them for GPL and NLP games.
Competition will be hit or miss as that’s the same weekend of Afc lightning, steamers, Rysa girls and NASA. Massively watered down weekend.
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Post by Keeper on Jun 5, 2022 23:18:50 GMT -5
Busta (Andrea) is amazing. Was one of the best things at DDYSC, and was caught up with the mismanagement at Ufa Norcross. Would have loved to have had her coach our daughters anytime.
Quality coach who’s coached academy and higher level. Only thing is I doubt she stays in the mess that is Inter Atlanta, probably one of the most toxic and mismanaged clubs around.
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Post by Keeper on Jun 3, 2022 12:14:13 GMT -5
AFU is not making hay. They will be bottom half of the table again and win less than 40% of their games in 08 boys. And most other age groups too. Bad clubs don't become good overnight or because they hired a retread coach who was pushed out at his previous club. Sometimes they stumble into a decent age group (u17 boys last year). But the culture has not changed there and the best players will always leave. It is not a destination club and the coaches are average at best. Occasionally, a culture shift happens in youth soccer (NASA the last 3 years) but most likely scenario is clubs continue to be what they've always been. AFU is mediocre and I don't see that changing any time soon. Hilarious! someone sipping that Hatorade this morning. Must be a Hoover disciple. 🤨
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Post by Keeper on Jun 3, 2022 12:10:27 GMT -5
Haves and have nots. I know a club who’s U19s are flush with them. The Girls only team will have four Gks while the boys side had 8 varsity starting GKs come out for two teams.
All castaways from Big 6 clubs at an SCCL club.
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Post by Keeper on Jun 2, 2022 10:00:26 GMT -5
Seems like they took UFA's colors and made them boring......Little too plain for me..... Wait those Nikes look boring compared to that blah Ufa adidas kit? I mean black on black is a classic but the darker Nike grey vs the beige and basic Adidas grey is a not contest. Nike wins again. But yes why can’t we add anything other then Black, Red, & dark (Royal/Navy) blue. I’ve got a virtual high five for anyone that can name a Georgia club that doesn't use one of those colors. Only one that comes to mind is TYSA and their green and yellows.
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Post by Keeper on Jun 1, 2022 21:06:33 GMT -5
Haha! Funny they went back to a Black bag after using the Grey ones so they’ll know the players that don’t buy the new one. Sharp kit for sure but the Black, Grey and a red jerseys just look like them trying to be AFU now.
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Post by Keeper on Jun 1, 2022 21:03:40 GMT -5
Shocking that Concorde would go with the Nike kits that are backordered and why AFU had to go to the White sleeved ones. Concorde changed it supplier this year. Where are you seeing that they are on backorder? That’s what Nike and Lloyd’s rep told us at AFU. AFU originally wanted that same kit too. The AFU Blue kit is the same jersey but we’re told that the Red and Black jersey would be delayed till late Fall. Concorde is with Soccer.com now so maybe they got their hands on enough or that’s why they dropped the All Whites.
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Post by Keeper on Jun 1, 2022 21:00:50 GMT -5
Yusuf has been great to AFU since leaving Ufa. A club that actually cares about him now instead of being lied to and passed over.
The 08 ECNL boys he cut all but 2 of the returners and brought in nearly half his old Ufa RL team and a couple of concorde players too. Add in new additions to the RL team means the 08 ECNL/RL boys at AFU will look and feel a whole lot different.
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Post by Keeper on Jun 1, 2022 12:47:24 GMT -5
Concorde uniforms are out. I have a picture but don't know how to post a picture on here. Uniforms are all black with white trim, all gray with black trim, and 3rd jersey is red with white trim. Keepers uniforms are all orange and all green. Shocking that Concorde would go with the Nike kits that are backordered and why AFU had to go to the White sleeved ones.
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Post by Keeper on May 29, 2022 23:57:46 GMT -5
I don't, sorry. Guessing someone here will know soon and post it. U18/19 Premier and a younger girls academy team, (not sure the age group)sorry. Eddie has the 2011 Girls SCCL 1 and 2010 Ecnl Premier teams. Lot of players moving from adidas to Nike in those groups.
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Post by Keeper on May 28, 2022 22:12:01 GMT -5
Was that Atlanta United 2 they had starting? Didn’t recognize a single name in that starting lineup.
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Post by Keeper on May 27, 2022 22:09:32 GMT -5
Asking for a friend… (we’re done, phew!) 08 girl, best player on small club team. Is there any chance getting on ECNL at big club? How about ECNL-R? I think a coach from one of the bigger clubs expressed interest at a tournament, but she is trying out at another club. Just going to tryouts. Could not make ID clinic. Boys side may be different but most of the ECNL rosters are already filled. If the coach hasn’t seen them yet gonna be really hard to push through ECNL politics. Especially at Concorde and Ufa. Tell the parents they need to go ahead and reach out and get on the coaches radar.
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Post by Keeper on May 26, 2022 21:31:54 GMT -5
Are any of the Big 6 actually doing champions league this fall? Main branches only I mean. Figured those will be for like Ufa Metro & Concorde Columbus now that they don’t have to place a team in there anymore. Both UFA and AFU are doing SCCL Champions at main branch. You sure? Pretty sure Mirza told us most AFU teams would be dropping to Premier. Especially with South taking all the E64 spots as they had a lot of their teams already in SCCL Club.
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Post by Keeper on May 26, 2022 19:13:42 GMT -5
Are any of the Big 6 actually doing champions league this fall? Main branches only I mean. Figured those will be for like Ufa Metro & Concorde Columbus now that they don’t have to place a team in there anymore.
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Post by Keeper on May 26, 2022 10:05:49 GMT -5
Spenser is the Chamblee coach that cost them State. Seemed good with older boys and girls. He and his brother Riley both played for Gregg at Concorde so they come from that type of soccer.
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Post by Keeper on May 25, 2022 9:38:38 GMT -5
Now vote, how many have made or gone out specifically for tacos since this poll went up?
🙋🏻♂️🙋🏻♂️🙋🏻♂️
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Post by Keeper on May 25, 2022 9:37:02 GMT -5
ECNL typically spreads them out more evenly, but hasn’t released their 22/23 dates yet. My guess is they’ll do them the same weekends so players can’t do both. Plus there’s only so many off weekends one can host these events when you look at schedules nationwide.
Heard Rush Union through Rush Select may put their 2010 SCCL team in a couple. As well as their 04s and 08 Boys too. Just depends on what Lobos Rush and Coastal Rush have as well since all they all have to share the E64 slot. .
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Post by Keeper on May 22, 2022 21:30:32 GMT -5
GA Soccer Park has Tacos every Saturday during regular season. So bring your dollar for parking and 3 for $5 for tacos. They don't charge for parking anymore, but even if they did, the tacos were worth it. Best field lunch ever. Best statement ever made on this board. Those tacos are totally worth dealing with Concorde parents and constant planes flying over.
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