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Post by mightydawg on Apr 22, 2024 19:20:54 GMT -5
What happened to Alex Pineda? Don’t see him coaching any teams.
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Post by mightydawg on Mar 30, 2024 8:52:21 GMT -5
ECNL’s model of late has been to add high performing RL teams to NL. Since that is what ECNL uses, if we are being realistic, that is what we should look at. Using this criteria, nasa is only club with chance. Realistically, don’t think anyone is being promoted. If they were, would have been announced with formation of new conference
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Post by mightydawg on Mar 29, 2024 20:12:15 GMT -5
Looking at RL results, NASA is the only club with any argument to have 2nd team added.
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Post by mightydawg on Mar 25, 2024 15:40:49 GMT -5
River Ridge plays Sequoyah tomorrow, which will be a great game. Then April 11th they play Hillgrove which will be game of the year. I had probably just incorrectly thought RR would blow past Sequoyah, do you think it will be a close game? I looked at State brackets for 6A and it looks like they have region 6 and 7 matched up against one another which seems odd since six of the top ten teams in 6A are from those two regions. A lot of really good teams from those regions are going to have an early exit based on the brackets. That is just the draw this year. Those 2 regions are matched up against each other in every GHSA bracket this year. Changes year to year.
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Post by mightydawg on Mar 25, 2024 15:38:04 GMT -5
I’ve enjoyed being a member of this community and I see there are a lot of informed parents that have been around the soccer culture here in Georgia for years. I have a question for all parents regarding coaching from the sidelines. We recently attended a “high-level training program“ (not free)and I saw a Coach show the players one specific movement or technique. Coach then watched my son and several other players do it five or six times in a row the wrong way and said nothing at which point I suggested to my son to do it the right way and was told by Coach to let him do his job. considering the fact that he was trying to show the players specific way to do a specific thing and took the time to show them how and then watched them do it the wrong way with out saying a word bothered me in a real way. I know I’m not the coach but it stood out to me. Any insights ? If you are paying for someone to coach your kid, it is best to let the coach do his/her job. Coaching from the sideline can be confusing for the player. It is even worse if it not your kid and during a game. If you want to talk to your kid about it, do it at home and show them what to do.
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Post by mightydawg on Mar 25, 2024 14:08:03 GMT -5
Great game last night. Had to watch on univision understanding about every 5th word because not paying for Paramount +.
It was really hard to look at Mexico's paisley jerseys. What were they thinking?
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Post by mightydawg on Mar 20, 2024 15:28:54 GMT -5
I would give it a few weeks. Those teams are still in season, competing for playoff spots, etc. Mid-April and May is when players normally start coming to practices. For most teams, the spring season just started 2 weeks ago.
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Post by mightydawg on Mar 14, 2024 14:01:44 GMT -5
Only Atlanta team that I see with MLS Next is SSA.
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Post by mightydawg on Mar 12, 2024 9:53:01 GMT -5
According to the website, Atlanta Fire South, Georgia Storm and All In FC play in the league. I am sure that parents from those teams can share their experience. Looks a lot like E64.
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Post by mightydawg on Feb 29, 2024 13:31:53 GMT -5
I find it amusing that people in soccer think that size doesn't matter. Size and length of limbs have direct advantage especially in certain positions in soccer. We can always find players that are exceptional despite their physical attributes. If the Hawks or the Falcons were recruiting players at U12 the size that they will be in the future is extremely important its the same for soccer. Do you think the Hawks would invest ton of money and time into a 12yo who is technically gifted, extremely athletic and even large do to early development if they estimate he will be 5'10" when he is grown? No way. Do you think the soccer academies in Europe are not looking for size strength and speed? If you don't like to be measured poked prodded and told you will never amount to anything the Pro Sports Business is not for you. That is what ATL U is Pro Sports Business. Trae Young called and confirmed that yes, the Hawks invested tons of money in a player that is very small 6’0.5” for a basketball player. They thought his skills were more important than his height.
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Post by mightydawg on Feb 29, 2024 9:27:42 GMT -5
But if you don’t have monster sized athletes on the soccer field, how can you win?
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Post by mightydawg on Feb 20, 2024 16:02:30 GMT -5
Just my opinion, but not sure if any of these GA additions put a dent in ECNL's overall lead. While I don't know all of these clubs well, I'd argue that 1 and 2 on your ECNL list list carry the most weight. Right, if you are keeping score v. tracking additions and subtractions, it would look like this: ECNL 3 v. GA 0 1. ECNL added Colorado Rush from GA 2. ECNL added Nationals from GA 3. ECNL added Ukies from GA GA 7 v. other soccer leagues 0 1. GA added Liverpool FC International Academy (CA) from somewhere 2. GA added SYC from somewhere 3. GA added Revolution from somewhere 4. GA added Seattle Celtic from somewhere 5. GA added Westside Metros FC from somewhere 6. GA added South Valley Surf from somewhere 7. GA added KC Scott Gallagher from somewhere
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Post by mightydawg on Feb 13, 2024 17:36:53 GMT -5
Honest question, because I do not know. Were any of the teams added by GA playing in ECNL? I assume this is an honest question. For Girls ECNL is the gold standard. Clubs are not leaving ECNL to go GA. No one is going to debate the best girls league. GA has lots of girls that are being recruited and will play in college. Nationals and Rush are great clubs who have placed lots of players in college. The Ukranian club is fairly new to GA but is in area that ECNL wants to grow in so there you go... Just like in ECNL, the GA clubs with better teams, place more girls in college than the bad ones. Honestly these moves wont change the power order in girls soccer 1) ENCL 2) Girls Academy... It wont change the amount of colleges that come to games in GA at all. I get that. I understand the quality that ECNL is getting. I want to know about the quality GA is getting. ECNL is like the SEC getting Texas and Oklahoma. I trying figure out if the GA moves are like Big Ten getting PAC 12 teams, or Big 12 getting American Athletic Cinference teams?
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Post by mightydawg on Feb 13, 2024 15:27:21 GMT -5
Current scoreboard... 1. GA was Promoted by US Soccer 2. GA added Liverpool FC International Academy (CA) 3. GA added SYC 4. GA added Revolution 5. GA added Seattle Celtic 1. ECNL added Colorado Rush 2. ECNL added Nationals 3. ECNL added Ukies Honest question, because I do not know. Were any of the teams added by GA playing in ECNL?
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Post by mightydawg on Feb 13, 2024 12:40:15 GMT -5
Those are big additions to ECNL
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Post by mightydawg on Feb 12, 2024 11:04:57 GMT -5
DA should have never expanded to Girls, Girls DA added no value other than creating a turf war. Boys DA had the right idea -- Alliance would have been the future, but the problem was they awarded so many clubs u12-u14 teams, and wouldn't give them the older teams. To me this was sustainable much longer anyway, unless those clubs put another Georgia United like alliance together. remember this -- DA started out as fully funded. it was very hard to get accepted, and AFU (might be wrong about afu) and AFC and been dropped. then it forced players hands and said, if we are paying for you, you can't play high school. Then maybe a season before AU came around they went from fully funded to a being subsidized. I don't remember the total number, but it was like $1500 for the entire season -- everything including travel for the player was included in this price -- great deal etc. This model goes away essentially when GA united folded because AU rolled into town - AU fully funded, everyone else agreed on a price $2K, price didn't include unis or travel fees Then around the same time, mls clubs are sick of losing to non-mls clubs (other reasons as well, but i like to be dramatic), so they push for a tiered division for the top 2 age groups (might have just been the top age group, hard to remember) -- the higher tier was MLS clubs and NCFC and that was basically it. UFA had just won the southeast division and they still got excluded etc. Total BS. covid hits -- federation freaks about funding, because they added girls as well, became unsustainable in their eyes etc, they pull the plug. Non mls clubs lose trust in mls clubs, their goal was always MLS only academy league etc.... Too risky to jump to their league, where they would make rules that benefited them etc. boys DA was far from perfect, but even after subsidized model went away and it switched back to pay to play model -- US soccer was very good at giving aid $$. The aid didn't just cover registration fees, it also covered travel fees. now with boys ecnl this is gone, maybe club gives some $$ for registration, but rarely would include or cover travel fees etc. Not sure on the boys side who else would be added from this area? I actually heard a rumor about lanier and was shocked!!! And therein lies the problem with MLS Next as well. At U15, U17, and U19, MLS Next has created an MLS academies only league so clubs that are non-MLS teams are left to twist in the wind and only play other non-MLS teams at that age groups. Kinds of loses the magic when you look at how it is actually set up. As a result, at U15, those kids are playing 10 league games in a year long season. That is simply not enough soccer games to develop as a player.
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Post by mightydawg on Feb 9, 2024 14:28:23 GMT -5
Why on earth would Nasa and Concorde drop and play in a lower level league then ECNL. Maybe for the their second teams. Nationally MLS Next is considered a higher level league than ECNL for boys. This is primarily because MLS Academies play in MLS Next. Sounds like the propaganda has worked. While MLS Academies may be considered a higher level, I have yet to see non-MLS academy teams be considered better than ECNL teams.
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Post by mightydawg on Feb 9, 2024 14:25:52 GMT -5
lajolla39 can give us the inside scoop. and definitely nothing to worry about. GAL is strong as ever. There's no inside scoop. The rumor was started by a soccer trainer in Buffalo, NY that grew up in Michigan. It was picked up by a college soccer person on twitter that said he's received multiple DMs confirming. Nobody else has been able to confirm. I'd put the rumor at a 50/50 chance of happening for 1-2 of the clubs. If true the cats out of the bag and GA is contacting the clubs thinking about leaving + offering to give them the world if they stay. (Guaranteed number of Player IDs, Automatic Showcase Access. MLS Next access, etc) What does GA have to do with MLS Next? I thought that those were 2 separately operated leagues. I know they formed a strategic relationship (whatever that means) back in 2020 but how would one influence who plays in the other. Completely different goals between the leagues.
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Post by mightydawg on Feb 6, 2024 16:50:49 GMT -5
ECNL is fairly new for boys so not much history. Give it time and boys teams will begin the migration to mls next. Most of the talented mls academy players I have seen came from ecnl clubs. They will want their compensation. Personally, I think this has the added goal by the MLS to push good young players towards MLS Next clubs or maybe on the outside chance, have one or two ECNL clubs go the way of MLS Next also... Why would this push good young players towards MLS Next Clubs? They are not receiving any of the money. I can see why it would push ECNL clubs to get a foothold in MLS Next. Just don't understand the motivation for the player.
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Post by mightydawg on Feb 5, 2024 10:51:56 GMT -5
No U15 league this spring? What are they doing with the trap players?
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Post by mightydawg on Jan 30, 2024 10:34:46 GMT -5
At the Showcase Atlanta College Showcase back in December, they charged per vehicle. However, they is a national events series so that may have played a role.
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Post by mightydawg on Jan 26, 2024 14:38:48 GMT -5
Not the kind of rankings our new friend from California is hung up on… I see UFA has ECNL, ECNL-R, E64, NPL, SCCL teams. Which teams are club wide and which are location specific? How do they prioritize E64 vs NPL vs SCCL-C and is the same location always in the same league year over year? Just kind of curious how you know where you stand in the club and why it seems like every time we play one of their teams half the roster has turned. I think that ECNL and ECNL-R are club wide leagues but they are run out of Forsyth. The other leagues out of specific locations. It is used to be that E64 was out of Norcross and NPL was out of Lawrenceville (for boys) if those locations could field those teams. If not, everything is out of Forsyth.
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Post by mightydawg on Jan 24, 2024 12:18:56 GMT -5
every league needs a team that you can count on getting points against.... Sat/Sunday games become a tough affair for sure, always nice to have a few 'easier' games on the schedule. Chattanooga's issues to me are it's very inconsistent on who shows up to play. Some times, they have a full time, other times they are struggling to find 11 players. Seem to be much more dynamic player pool and variability from game to game, but could be wrong. Problem is that the 2 easiest teams in the conference (Chattanooga and FC Alliance) are travel partners so get both in the same weekend. Also, is interesting that Chattanooga is the only club in the conference without ECRL. Chattanooga just does not have the player pool.
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Post by mightydawg on Jan 24, 2024 10:30:08 GMT -5
Now, if you want to look at dropping teams from ECNL, the obvious answers are Chattanooga and FC Alliance, but then you would have no ECNL pathway in Tennessee except for Nashville. Here are how the clubs finished (current standings for 2011 and 2010 since they play in spring) across all age groups:
1. NTH--17.5, best 1, worst 6, avg. 2.92 2. Concorde Plat.--21, best 1, worst 9, avg 3.5 tie 3. GSA--25, best 3, worst 6, avg 4.17 tie 3. UFA--25, best 2, worst 7, avg 4.17 5. CESA--29, best 2, worst 10, avg. 4.83 6. Surf--41.5, best 4, worst 11 avg. 6.92 7. Tenn--44, best 1, worst 12, avg. 7.33 8. SC U--47.5, best 1.5, worst 11, avg. 7.92 9. Alabama--50, best 5, worst 13, avg. 8.33 10. AFU--50.5, best 3, worst 12, avg 8.41 11. Concorde Prem.--57, best 6, worst 12, avg 9.5 12. FC Alliance--68, best 8, worst 13. avg. 11.33 13. Chattanooga--70, best 9, worst 13, avg. 11.66
First number is finished based upon points per game.
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Post by mightydawg on Jan 24, 2024 9:58:17 GMT -5
Let's take NTH for example. The 2009 ECRL team has been to ECRL National Finals (last 8 teams in the country) each of the last 2 seasons and qualified for regionals again this year. They have also beaten a number of ECNL teams and played other ECNL really close games. They would finish middle of the pack in SE ECNL and likely qualify for playoffs particularly if placed in the Western division opposite of its ECNL team, like was done with the 2 Concorde teams. That team undoubtedly would deserve to move up to ECNL.
However, ECNL is a club based competition so have to look at how each age group would fair. 2011--currently 6th in standings 2010--currently 3rd in standings 2008--3rd in division (7th overall) 2007--1st in division (1st overall)--qualified for Regional playoffs 2006--1st in division (3rd overall)--qualified for Regional Playoffs
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Post by mightydawg on Jan 24, 2024 9:38:12 GMT -5
If you look at boys ECRL results, no club really merits getting a second team. NASA has 3 teams at top of RL but the other 3 age groups are not very good. GSA is similar. CESA is also similar. But no club is dominating RL across age groups to make a compelling argument. If you look at any league's results it's hard to justify teams being there from one year to the next. There are ECNL teams that have been at or near the bottom of the table years on end and ECNL-R teams that have been at or near the top more often than not. It's just a crappy system. No disagreement there. But that was not the question. The question was about other clubs getting a 2nd ECNL spot.
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Post by mightydawg on Jan 23, 2024 19:02:05 GMT -5
If you look at boys ECRL results, no club really merits getting a second team. NASA has 3 teams at top of RL but the other 3 age groups are not very good. GSA is similar. CESA is also similar. But no club is dominating RL across age groups to make a compelling argument.
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Post by mightydawg on Jan 22, 2024 13:47:46 GMT -5
Honestly, why do we allow clubs to schedule these kinds of tournaments in January? I keep saying we (the parents) allow this foolishness to keep occurring... When did these tournaments in January start up? I have a U17 and a U14, both started club soccer at U10 and neither one has ever played a January tournament in Georgia. Presidents Day weekend in February is the earliest I can remember them playing in a tournament. Through the years both of their teams have started spring season practices the first week of February. Use to start first week in February with the SSA tournament. Then Concorde girls, then Concorde boys. My guess is other clubs have moved to January to keep from conflicting with those tournaments.
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Post by mightydawg on Jan 20, 2024 13:26:23 GMT -5
What are your thoughts on the new limit to stoppage rules adopted by the MLS for the 2024 season? The off-field treatment rule: This rule requires any player who remains down with a "suspected" injury for at least 15 seconds to leave the field and sit out for at least 2 minutes. I call it the Neymar rule... The timed substitution rule: This rule requires players to exit within 10 seconds or risk your replacement having to wait another 1 minute to enter the game... I like it. Interested to see how it works. Gets back to playing soccer and not spend the entire second half laying on the ground.
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Post by mightydawg on Jan 19, 2024 16:41:05 GMT -5
Private clubs have pretty much replaced the parks and recreation departments. It is true is pretty much every sport. High schools are really the only thing that continues to offer multiple sports, close to home. With the exception of football, recruiting for college is almost entirely at the club level.
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