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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostWhy would the former academy player stay with a bolts ecnl b team? Must have been one hell of a sales pitch. Let me guess you might get a da callup this year or perhaps go back to academy next year? Even the favorites who are made DP players almost never play in games. Why not go to a top npl team like nefc or GPS, or were you brainwashed into think those clubs won't get your kid into college. If you still wanted the regional showcase exposure Stars ecnl is an A team 15 minutes west of Action. But then again you would have taken little Johnny outside his self bubble.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostWow. This is so true.so they took 5or 6 kids to the academy and the rest were put on the b team ecln for bolts. This must have been tuff to swallow. The poster said nothing about a b academy team not sure what the other poster is smoking.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostECNL has a potential upside. NPL has a potential downside. The choice wasn't hard.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostWow. This is so true.so they took 5or 6 kids to the academy and the rest were put on the b team ecln for bolts. This must have been tuff to swallow. The poster said nothing about a b academy team not sure what the other poster is smoking.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThis really isn't any different than this past year. There were only 5 or 6 '01s on the U15/16 Bolts team, the rest were '00s. Obviously, if the team next year is mostly '01s and only a handful of '02s, they are picking up players who weren't on the DA team last year. The same will go for the year after next, so there is actually a pretty good chance that some of those '02 kids who play ECNL in the fall could make the DA team the following year. ECNL is just their new pre-academy team.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThis really isn't any different than this past year. There were only 5 or 6 '01s on the U15/16 Bolts team, the rest were '00s. Obviously, if the team next year is mostly '01s and only a handful of '02s, they are picking up players who weren't on the DA team last year. The same will go for the year after next, so there is actually a pretty good chance that some of those '02 kids who play ECNL in the fall could make the DA team the following year. ECNL is just their new pre-academy team.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostYes, and it gives the club a better way to retain players and give them a better place to play at a high level for another year, see how they develop. For the combined teams you really have to be stud to play as a younger player, like you said maybe 5-6 players. But that doesn't mean you won't make it the following year and should just hang it up.
Bolts organization clearly cares more about development, and realizes that not all '02s will be able to compete with '01s for roster spots this year, but that doesn't mean these kids won't develop into great players, perhaps even their best players, by the time they reach the U18/19 age group. It would be ridiculous to discard them now. Great that they have a way to keep these players developing, and, hopefully, ECNL will offer decent competition. If they were smart, they'd have some of the more promising ECNL '02s train with the DA team, or have them play a couple games as DPs.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostYes, pretty simple. Cut Revs apparently did not understand this or let overblown egos get in the way of obvious choice. So their kids will play NPL (div 3) for the next few years. BTW, heard BA is taking 02s to England this summer so seems Bolts are taking this group seriously.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostYes, and it gives the club a better way to retain players and give them a better place to play at a high level for another year, see how they develop. For the combined teams you really have to be stud to play as a younger player, like you said maybe 5-6 players. But that doesn't mean you won't make it the following year and should just hang it up.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostDon't you realize if he's not one of those 6 or so 02's who made the U17 DAP team ; the kid is a cut loser who has to play crap soccer for the ECNL team ? How horrible! seriously-- Its a great option and even better than DAP for many---The arguments against make no sense-
You must be one of those brilliant Revs dads who took his kid back to NPL. Enjoy it.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThis really isn't any different than this past year. There were only 5 or 6 '01s on the U15/16 Bolts team, the rest were '00s. Obviously, if the team next year is mostly '01s and only a handful of '02s, they are picking up players who weren't on the DA team last year. The same will go for the year after next, so there is actually a pretty good chance that some of those '02 kids who play ECNL in the fall could make the DA team the following year. ECNL is just their new pre-academy team.
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