Teams face increased competition for the top players, (who are increasingly attending college showcases).
More teams consolidate and the best teams--academy soccer, club soccer and high school teams--battle to attract and retain the right player mix.
Stay tuned. This is bound to be good.
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3;52 yes they saw a lot of money that they have invested in her. I think that is part of it. with many international opportunities opening up and may be even more when our kids can take advantage of it, that's the way to go.
6:53 agreed. but now i am late at the office actually doing work. :) peace everyone. tomorrow's another day. and after what FL just experienced, thank our lucky stars. we have good kids. passionate about their sports as are their parents. maybe the parents are a wee bit more passionate.
Then please explain how a 2019 NPL player gets recruited into Duke?
legacy? booster? contributing alum? their entire roster isn't full of kids that were invited to a camp.
a lot of Got Soccer Points. :) how about a good player? probably went to an school id camp and kept in touch. as prior poster said, not all on the roster is a nat camp invitee.
That's right some of the lesser knows are basically recruited walk ons. Especially those in state kids going to state schools.
Bet the house!
congrats to PAC
gave PDA a run for its money!
Looking good for next year
congrats they lost lol
2-1. nice of the gal who played up to score. PAC looks promising for next season.
Without VDA to occupy the basement PAC will have to improve to become respectable. Did they get any Central PAarea kids to come over from HMMS or even from Penn Fusion? Somehow people think that VDA going ECNL is some indictment of the DA, when really a club of that quality being included in the ECNl is the reverse.
Isn't that a respectable result? The game scorer is a U17/U16 so obviously some good kids that will move up. Surely the will pick up some MD kids and maybe some PF leftovers. I see them making improvements. That conference is wide open next year. While PF seems like the likely favorite, I can't think of any notables in the younger age group. Most of the other clubs have already moved up that talent. Like Spirit/MD, Breakers, TopHat, Slammers, Solar Chelsea, FC Dallas, Dash, Crossfire, Colorado, etc. Most of the tougher talent is U18/U19 already. And, you have the regulars like Sophie Smith, Brianna Pinto, Jalen Howell, to name a few that were this age group and are still in the League playing.
Will be interesting to see how they fare for next season.
Well... I have no idea if the top PDA players played or not, so the result is of uncertain significance frankly. My question is, did you get any kids to come over from Central Pa or Penn Fusion? That's what will make a difference frankly. As you said the other teams are already playing the talent up so you will face even more competition from them next year. Your low to midling performances against the weakened u17 eams will not necessarily translate. You don't have the quality players at this point to consistently generate success ...yet.
I was at the game pda did play most of their top players. Pac scored first.
Adding to the other poster, even stars who is not doing well overall including ecnl has their ynt studs playing at this age group.
They are not all weakened in conf. U16/17 Pac played pf pretty close too.
I am talking about overall, outside this conf.
Yeah pf played their full 16/17 squad vs pac to a 1-0 game. And Pac played some young kids up, including scorer vs pda, in the u18/19 games. Pf won easily 6 or 5 to 0.
Pac is improving. That is what we can draw from all of this.
Why all the PAC talk? Any additional mergers in the works?
I checked the game report. All o the PDA best attacking players played. Their best attacking midfielders also played. Their best 6 and two centerbacks did not play. An excellent result in my opinion for PAC and maybe they won't get destroyed next year.
Thank you. That's what I was saying. A team/club on the upswing.
They contained PDA's attack. Just wondering, why can't they do the same with Penn Fusions attack? On paper it looks like PDA is more powerful in the attack since they got their waiver players back.
It was more than not containing pf's attack. Pf was able to balance the entire field from front to back. Pda didnt. Also I think pda looked past the PAC game.
I was at these games since my daughter plays for them. A team on the upswing.
315 Balance the entire field? I mean if PAC parked the bus against PDA why would PDA "balance the field"? Instead they would overload the attacking third to break through. maybe I misunderstand what you mean by balance.
Not the other poster, but I disagree. If you keep the ball and play it around the entire field, you force the other team to break from its line to try to get the ball. And, you can tire out some of the players as they play chase the ball.
I've watched teams top load and just turn the ball over and over and over by being dispossessed, low percentage shots or shots not on frame at all.
Umm that's ok if you are that good and confident in possession -which i have seen no youth team that good that they don't risk a dangerous "unbalanced" tunrover AND you have the lead.
My opinion knowing a bit about all the teams having my kid's team played them all at various points in time- PAC couldn't manage the top end attacking players of PF (assuming they played in the games- if not i am totally wrong lol), but could manage PDA's. PDAs defense is very good one of the best in the country. They support an almost as good attack. But the attack alone cannot support itself. To have scored a goal even without their top two CB and holding mid is still an accomplishment for PAC and i think they will be better next year. PF gives up a lot of goals. The score a lot too. If teams can't generate enough to challenge their defense they will run over them in the attack.
against PAC, PF was able to handle balancing the entire field pretty easily in all of the games played against it and their UNC kid only played in the first according to the game reports.
the depth on the PDA roster is one to envy especially defensive line and middles. not all teams have that luxury and especially in GDA when you have to play everyone a certain percentage. PAC is in the same boat as others including PF, mostly younger players that get a lot of playing time and some are still developing. Lucky for them they have some very good top level players to balance it out most times.
But it is all part of the development process. FC VA is part of that boat too. This conference should be very interesting next year. I see the gap closing as far as levels of talent. All the teams are on the upswing. This isn't like some of the other conferences that will take maybe another year or so to correct. It's been a good experience. Good luck to those heading out to post season. Make our conference proud.
Of interest perhaps to you 1:19 three of PF top kids were once PAC players.
real attacking talent is rare and its graduating. this will all be a lot tighter next year. Goals will be at a premium.
On many teams.
1:55 I am not considering those that left for college midseason. It is about the kids that showed up for the full season. I call the others guest players.
1:55 but then you understand how good the instruction can be.
On the early graduation note and essentially leaving your team, it appears that not many kids did this. Most of the high level kids stayed put. I expect most will be at the showcases eith their teams. Storied clubs like pda, real colorado, solar, tophat, casl/courage, crossfire probably dont encourage it.
wonder if that trend will ever become popular again now that US Soccer is running the show. that may be why so many did not leave. they didn't want to poke the US Soccer bear by leaving their product.
451 Well I know all three of them and they all played on multiple teams including boys teams at the same time that they were developing at PAC. The UNC kid was only there a year or two so I am not sure how much "credit" we can give to PAC for her, but the twins played there until they left to play at PF. But you have to acknowledge that they had other chefs in that kitchen. They were always doing ODP, guest playing or secondary rostering on older teams and boys teams. Some of those teams I know really well :). So looked to me like they were getting hyper developed by a "village". Was it too much? The UNC kid is an athletic marvel. She probably would have been as successful anywhere. The twins are not particularly athletic so I think their development was important to their success. Credit at least in part to PAC. I hope they really put the same effort into the girls programs as they have the boys. PAC could easily rival PF in as few as a couple years.
7:27. True. probably they will be just as punitive for kids who are a no show for postseason play too.
my kid has played with the PAC/PF girls. Very good players. Good things on the horizon for all of them.
I happened upon this blog accidently. I enjoy reading the banter, the hype, the predictions (games, clubs dissolving, teams going bust, leagues that will never form...GDA, the tips, the info on coaches, where to get good cleats, all of it).
Best wishes to all of your girls in their next soccer lives and in whatever they do when they aren't playing. Remember, all of these are just wonderful memories.
Maybe 10 years from now a ball and a pair of cleats won't be so darn expensive.
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Really good WCup games going on. Argentina we are rooting for you. Manager needs to go. He is dividing instead of inspiring. GE had a great win down a man. Ronaldo is well being Ronaldo; Mr. $$$$.
Too bad US missed, they would be right in the thick of it with this new coach. Would like to see them do what NCAA BasketB does; a relegation bracket for a championship (NET). Four years to think about it.
10:40 in 8 years they are expanding from 32 nations to 48 with 16 groups of 3 teams then the knock out round
When the WC will be here in the states. GO USA
Any summer events?
Anyone? Soccer Blogger Fatigue Syndrome?
Its pretty much over for this age group. My kid is in College already! On to bigger and better things.
Had some good times and met some great people.
Should not be so hard to stay focused on the goal. There is a lot of work to be done to create a really great environment for the kids. They deserve it.
Best wishes to all and hope your kids continue to love the game and play it to the best of their abilities
KJ
Best wishes to you and your daughter as well. See all of you at the next level. Just keep it real all.
Why didn't PA Strikers go to U19 usys nationals?
Kids are reporting for college practices
Never met a college coach that would have an issue with players going to nationals. Strange. This is a prime example of why the ECNL and then GDA came to be. USYS is a joke.
Seriously? There are plenty of college coaches that would have a major issue with kids missing training. Their jobs are on the line based on the team's performance. They are going to want it teed up as best they can. How many Penn Fusion seniors went to "nationals"? I heard they had a team full of ninth graders who didn't make the first teams at their age groups. How about NYCSC they didn't even go with a half a**ed team at all. What about McLean were they at full force in Seattle?
But the teams went right? Strikers took another teams spot. Maybe in the watered down usys they could have at least had a draw instead of 3 losses.
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PDA has gone down hill at this age group. We’re new to the club. Coach is a complete bitch and absolutely ridiculous we don’t have full fields to train on.
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