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Post by ecnlquestions on May 16, 2021 18:26:40 GMT -5
I don’t think so, you need to consider the 6 point NASA will lose from the cancellation of the ATL UTD games. Tough break for NASA, but Tennessee won the games they needed to win. Does NASA have games left? On the schedule, it shows 2 to play and w/o the ATL UTD games, everyone will play 19 right? It shows Chattanooga and Alliance are the only ones left. Unless these games have already been played and the results not posted. |
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Post by Brinker on May 16, 2021 18:38:35 GMT -5
Does NASA have games left? On the schedule, it shows 2 to play and w/o the ATL UTD games, everyone will play 19 right? It shows Chattanooga and Alliance are the only ones left. Unless these games have already been played and the results not posted. Games were played and NASA got 4 points in those games. |
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Post by flamengo100 on May 22, 2021 9:02:42 GMT -5
It looks like they lost to LSA U-14 1-0 Friday night. Where is that LSA team going to play next year since in other forums it's noted they lost MLS.
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Post by Brinker on May 22, 2021 13:29:24 GMT -5
NASA 07 has had lots of injuries this season, but they are +31 goal differential in ECNL. Scored 6 today playing up against a U15 team.
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Post by flix on May 22, 2021 13:45:22 GMT -5
NASA 07 has had lots of injuries this season, but they are +31 goal differential in ECNL. Scored 6 today playing up against a U15 team. Everybody has had injuries. You guys beat Rush Union.... what league do they play in? Every team can play up an age group against questionable competition. At the showcase your showing was 0-0, 0-0 and 2-4. 0-1 against LSA. |
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Post by Brinker on May 22, 2021 14:24:04 GMT -5
NASA 07 has had lots of injuries this season, but they are +31 goal differential in ECNL. Scored 6 today playing up against a U15 team. Everybody has had injuries. You guys beat Rush Union.... what league do they play in? Every team can play up an age group against questionable competition. At the showcase your showing was 0-0, 0-0 and 2-4. 0-1 against LSA. All true, they could have played better this season. But I prefer to focus on the positives — Unite Cup finalist, Jefferson Cup finalist, 2-2 draw with AU, 3 wins in Fall ECNL showcase, an earlier 2-0 win over LSA, and an overall good showing in ECNL (+31 GD). I am encouraged for their future, hope they stay together, and they are a great bunch of boys. |
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Post by rudy on May 22, 2021 15:08:04 GMT -5
AFU results...wow!
Club had a 2nd place finish at u17 and then the next best was a 7th. I would imagine they will lose players come tryouts.
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Post by atlfutboldad on May 22, 2021 17:29:30 GMT -5
Or gain players? Where is there playing time available? Works for college football recruiting.
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Post by rudy on May 22, 2021 17:56:18 GMT -5
I would say college coaches going to a showcase are going to watch teams at the top of the table not the bottom unless the bottom team happens to play the class at the top.
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Post by brookhaven07 on May 23, 2021 8:11:14 GMT -5
NASA 07’s two strikers are injured which has hurt their goal production. Getting them back should help them.
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Post by flix on May 23, 2021 8:51:47 GMT -5
So if a team’s top defenders get injured, is that an excuse for teams scoring on you? Seems like some parents have a reason or excuse for everything yet they seem critical of other teams.
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Post by onekickpop on May 23, 2021 13:22:18 GMT -5
So if a team’s top defenders get injured, is that an excuse for teams scoring on you? Seems like some parents have a reason or excuse for everything yet they seem critical of other teams. Not an excuse but a valid reason for sure. Let’s face it. U13/14 boys is a rough age no matter how you slice it. It’s hard for me to believe that there is a single team that ha me gone injury free all season. While I hesitate to talk about “star” or “top” players in youth soccer when it should take a contribution from 11 to play and win, most defenders play full games so if one goes down it certainly upsets the balance. Let’s face it. We are all heavily invested (financially and emotionally) to the boys and our teams. Some teams apparently get a bit more attention than others, but we have some pretty good youth teams from U13 and beyond in Georgia and the SE who i think are as good if not better than some of the best teams out there, |
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Post by soccerparent02 on May 23, 2021 14:20:17 GMT -5
Kid played defender at big 5 top club for several years after moving back from center mid. Coach took him out with 5 minutes left in first and sat at least firdt 5 in second. Those 10 minutes along with the half time minutes provided the needed rest. He experienced no injuries. I attribute it to his coaches approach to training and game day decisions.
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Post by cluelesssoccerparent on May 25, 2021 17:18:10 GMT -5
Hi!
Which ECNL teams should my child try out for this week? Any to avoid
08 boy
thank you!
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Post by Brinker on May 25, 2021 19:25:14 GMT -5
Hi! Which ECNL teams should my child try out for this week? Any to avoid 08 boy thank you! Hard to answer without knowing your situation or location. In general 07 and 08 ECNL teams are already established so if you are not on the team already, you may want to choose more than one to try out at ... staggered times of try outs during the day will impact your choices. Weaker teams may have more availability than top programs. |
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Post by soccernotfootball on May 28, 2021 11:03:33 GMT -5
Everybody has had injuries. You guys beat Rush Union.... what league do they play in? Every team can play up an age group against questionable competition. At the showcase your showing was 0-0, 0-0 and 2-4. 0-1 against LSA. All true, they could have played better this season. But I prefer to focus on the positives — Unite Cup finalist, Jefferson Cup finalist, 2-2 draw with AU, 3 wins in Fall ECNL showcase, an earlier 2-0 win over LSA, and an overall good showing in ECNL (+31 GD). I am encouraged for their future, hope they stay together, and they are a great bunch of boys. NASA is a good team. I would have rather seen them go to the playoffs than TN... the ATLUTD situation really screwed those guys and the players deserved better. |
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Post by flix on May 28, 2021 11:27:20 GMT -5
All true, they could have played better this season. But I prefer to focus on the positives — Unite Cup finalist, Jefferson Cup finalist, 2-2 draw with AU, 3 wins in Fall ECNL showcase, an earlier 2-0 win over LSA, and an overall good showing in ECNL (+31 GD). I am encouraged for their future, hope they stay together, and they are a great bunch of boys. NASA is a good team. I would have rather seen them go to the playoffs than TN... the ATLUTD situation really screwed those guys and the players deserved better. Hey I looked at NASA’s record and something jumped out at me...... you guys drew 3-3 with Tennessee, LOST 1-0 to Chattanooga, LOST 1-2 to Concorde Platinum and drew 0-0 to FC Alliance. Only Tennessee finished higher than you out of those teams. That’s 10 (TEN) points you dropped with 8 against teams with less points than NASA. Yet, you continue to harp on AU? Perhaps if your team was more consistent we would be having a different dialogue? There’s always next year! |
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Post by ecnlquestions on May 28, 2021 11:55:19 GMT -5
All true, they could have played better this season. But I prefer to focus on the positives — Unite Cup finalist, Jefferson Cup finalist, 2-2 draw with AU, 3 wins in Fall ECNL showcase, an earlier 2-0 win over LSA, and an overall good showing in ECNL (+31 GD). I am encouraged for their future, hope they stay together, and they are a great bunch of boys. NASA is a good team. I would have rather seen them go to the playoffs than TN... the ATLUTD situation really screwed those guys and the players deserved better. What happened with the AU situation was fair. All scores were wiped from everybody. It wouldn’t have been fair on Tennessee if NASA got credited with two comfortable wins against AU08s. I know that AU team lost a lot of games but they were a very good team, I’d be interested to see some of those games in a year once that team has developed physically. What cost NASA is the result against Alliance, if you can’t score against a team that has conceded 73 goals in 18 games with a playoff spot on the line you probably don’t deserve to go. |
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Post by mightydawg on May 28, 2021 11:59:35 GMT -5
All true, they could have played better this season. But I prefer to focus on the positives — Unite Cup finalist, Jefferson Cup finalist, 2-2 draw with AU, 3 wins in Fall ECNL showcase, an earlier 2-0 win over LSA, and an overall good showing in ECNL (+31 GD). I am encouraged for their future, hope they stay together, and they are a great bunch of boys. NASA is a good team. I would have rather seen them go to the playoffs than TN... the ATLUTD situation really screwed those guys and the players deserved better. I would always prefer that it be local teams competing for championships. With that being said, would you feel the same way if the shoe was on the foot? If NASA had lost to AU U14s (like it did in Unite Cup) and Tennessee had beaten AU U13, which resulted in NASA being kept out of playoffs, would you still think the results should stand? If all AU games were changed to forfeits, Tennessee still goes over NASA |
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Post by brookhaven07 on May 28, 2021 12:11:50 GMT -5
To be fair, they had a draw and then a loss to AU 07s.
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Post by soccernotfootball on May 28, 2021 12:25:35 GMT -5
NASA is a good team. I would have rather seen them go to the playoffs than TN... the ATLUTD situation really screwed those guys and the players deserved better. What happened with the AU situation was fair. All scores were wiped from everybody. It wouldn’t have been fair on Tennessee if NASA got credited with two comfortable wins against AU08s. I know that AU team lost a lot of games but they were a very good team, I’d be interested to see some of those games in a year once that team has developed physically. What cost NASA is the result against Alliance, if you can’t score against a team that has conceded 73 goals in 18 games with a playoff spot on the line you probably don’t deserve to go. No it wasn't fair. It's points per game and NASA had good results wiped away. TN played AU once and lost - so wiping the results didn't hurt them at all. And it's not NASAs fault if AU runs out 08s. You play the team in front of you. Other teams played those 08s and didn't get results. |
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Post by mightydawg on May 28, 2021 12:27:21 GMT -5
To be fair, they had a draw and then a loss to AU 07s. Ok. I have no idea what that has to do with the question I asked. The correct answer to the problem of AU not finishing its ECNL season and playing different teams against different opponents is what is the equitable decision, not I want it to be a particular way because it benefits me. There are several ways to make an equitable decision none of which result in NASA in the playoffs. You could have AU forfeit every game so every team gets 6 points added to the current standing. You could have AU removed from the standings, which is what was done, and the standings are just based upon the games played against the regular ECNL teams. Those are really the only equitable options. |
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Post by soccernotfootball on May 28, 2021 12:29:10 GMT -5
NASA is a good team. I would have rather seen them go to the playoffs than TN... the ATLUTD situation really screwed those guys and the players deserved better. Hey I looked at NASA’s record and something jumped out at me...... you guys drew 3-3 with Tennessee, LOST 1-0 to Chattanooga, LOST 1-2 to Concorde Platinum and drew 0-0 to FC Alliance. Only Tennessee finished higher than you out of those teams. That’s 10 (TEN) points you dropped with 8 against teams with less points than NASA. Yet, you continue to harp on AU? Perhaps if your team was more consistent we would be having a different dialogue? There’s always next year! I don't know about TN but Chattanooga not only used trap players but you never knew what team they'd run out. Concorde Platinum used trap players as well... the Alliance game was definitely a bad result. But you play who's in front of you... whether it's 08s or 06 trap players. I still think NASA got screwed. It's one thing to know the terms of the game before it's played... it's entirely another when the terms are changed after everything is said and done. |
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Post by soccernotfootball on May 28, 2021 12:33:49 GMT -5
To be fair, they had a draw and then a loss to AU 07s. Ok. I have no idea what that has to do with the question I asked. The correct answer to the problem of AU not finishing its ECNL season and playing different teams against different opponents is what is the equitable decision, not I want it to be a particular way because it benefits me. There are several ways to make an equitable decision none of which result in NASA in the playoffs. You could have AU forfeit every game so every team gets 6 points added to the current standing. You could have AU removed from the standings, which is what was done, and the standings are just based upon the games played against the regular ECNL teams. Those are really the only equitable options. There's also another option... since it's PPG, you let NASA keep their results. TN lost to AU - wiping results clearly benefits them over NASA and I wouldn't define that as equitable. And since it's PPG, AU didn't have to finish the games. Don't wipe results. Count everything that was played. Some teams may have played one or two more games but since it's points per game - that's where you leave the standings. That would have been more equitable. |
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Post by onekickpop on May 28, 2021 20:16:13 GMT -5
Tough results but don’t lose sight of NASA as a club. The AU changes move 2 more NASA teams into first place. Overall as a club but the NASA boys and TopHat Girls did pretty well this year. I’ve heard specifically that the 14’s had a lot of issues with coaching and injury.
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