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Post by Soccerhouse on Nov 13, 2013 14:43:24 GMT -5
In your opinion, what ever standard you think means the best. best because they offer both boys and girls teams, best at developing, best at winning.
In your opinion, which club is the best in the state?
I'm sure I left off someone important! sorry in advance!!!
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Post by spectator on Nov 13, 2013 15:35:01 GMT -5
As far as Girls teams go - Top Hat has a national reputation and produces some of the best teams in GA and the Southeast. No, we don't play there - geographically challenged to get all the way down to those fields - but since my child has played U9 Academy through now at U14 - Top Hat teams have consistently been at the top of the age group year over year.
Now at many older ages, what Top Hat does lack is depth. Too much emphasis on that Elite level team and not enough bringing up the second and third teams to A levels. In that regard, you have a couple of different tactics:
1 - multiple locations to pool talent. UFA, Concorde and SSA are spread out enough that they can have multiple top level teams in an age group. But at some ages, the disparity is pretty wide.
2 - depth of the club. NASA has 2 teams in Athena A or a team in every level across multiple age groups in Girls. It's a large club so there's a deeper talent pool.
As for the rest - Augusta - for girls - is coming on strong. The U14 team just moved up to Athena A this Fall and performed well. I see other Augusta teams - for girls - also achieving higher levels. Others I'd put in that bracket are AFC and Norcross. At least on the girls side, I've seen teams doing very well and some depth to that.
Can't speak to boys programs but Concorde and Rush have the reputation of being strong programs at that gender.
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Post by casamesa on Nov 13, 2013 21:48:55 GMT -5
New to forum. Would love to vote but not enough exposure to all clubs to provide educated opinion. Having a girl in the academy program I would agree with spectator's assessment. My assumption would be that "best" would be very difficult to statistically determine. Player development + results + program stability and consistency = best club philosophy + results = best Least investment = best.  Kidding |
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Post by Soccerhouse on Nov 13, 2013 22:10:55 GMT -5
welcome @casemesa
glad to have ya.
yea, its not a simple question, it often changes from month to month. hey some folks might vote for a club because they have the best concession stand. might be a future poll.
big thing for me is do they practice what they preach in academy, development vs winning. playing the right way vs banging it from the back in 6v6 and 8v8. how well do the u13 and above teams perform along with their style of play.
are their quality coaches with experience regardless of the players level (ie, first, second, third team).
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Post by soccertwins on Nov 14, 2013 6:48:32 GMT -5
Hard to not vote for your current club if you are happy there. Otherwise, why not tryout at the "best" club for your family. I realize there are circumstances which make it difficult to join a club (cost, distance, etc) but there are many products to choose from if the current situation isn't ideal.
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Post by Soccerhouse on Nov 14, 2013 9:40:36 GMT -5
and if anyone is worried about identities, neither the admin or poll creators can see who everyone voted for. They only can see who has voted.
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Post by spectator on Nov 14, 2013 12:03:20 GMT -5
Hard to not vote for your current club if you are happy there. Otherwise, why not tryout at the "best" club for your family. I realize there are circumstances which make it difficult to join a club (cost, distance, etc) but there are many products to choose from if the current situation isn't ideal. We are very happy at our current club - but my vote was for which club I think is the "best" for girls based on performance and reputation nationally. My answer explained that and mentioned shortfalls with my choice. Overall "Best" is subjective based on age, gender, level, and cost/quality of concession stand coffee (kidding). We love where we are now - but we also know our kid will never be on an elite level national team. She loves the game, her coach and her teammates and an A/B level team is where she should be. That makes our club "best" for us! |
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Post by lovethegame on Nov 18, 2013 19:27:03 GMT -5
Tophat is a very good club, but I believe Concorde Fire is stronger when you take into account every age group. Four of five of their girls teams are ranked first in the Southeast Conference in ECNL. So, when it comes to girls, my vote is for Concorde Fire.
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