Boys Central D1 thread

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Gonk won 2-0 in a scrimmage against Ludlow today. Starting lineup has 10 seniors and one strong junior. Could finally bring central mass a state championship

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Yeah, bit of a meaningless scrimmage. Really, since JF left, Algonquin is looking a bit lost. Very different from his philosophy of including seniors as much as possible. KM believes in just putting MPS or fast/aggressive kids on the team no matter what the grade/age/size, and the team's starting to lose it's soul. There's no development in Freshman/JV, (inferior coaching to town soccer, iMHO) and while the Gonk is likely to do well this year in Cmass (as usual) courtesy of a very strong senior club presence, next year is likely to be a mess. Only 3 or 4 jrs made the v team after tryouts, which just shows you how little talent there is in the grade. It'll be interesting. Like I said, they should do well this season and play some good soccer. Very different picture next year.

The other sad thing is how obvious KM is making it that you need to join MPS to have a spot on the team (he placed his own freshman MPS kid on varsity, as predicted by posters last year). There it is: the money factor. Those with it are set, those without, go without. It's still not going to help that much, because if you're a second tier MPS kid, let's face it, you're not as good as a D! first tier MAPLE kid, even if KM thinks you're getting good training. Sad that this is all so ego-driven. I'll be skipping Gonk games this season & catching W'boro, Fralmingham & Natick instead. Less obvious agendas in view. And some good soccer.

You are a clown. I am glad you are so damm knowledgable. You have absolutely no clue.

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i AGREE 100%!! THERE WILL NEVER BE THE "SOUL" THAT EXISTED WHEN JF WAS AT THE HELM!

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Man, with all this vitriolic (and anonymous) macho energy, I'm surprised anyone wants to coach there. Glad my spawn doesn't go there anyway.

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Gonk won 2-0 in a scrimmage against Ludlow today. Starting lineup has 10 seniors and one strong junior. Could finally bring central mass a state championship

Hmmm.hate to seem like a doubter, but this year's goalie lost everything for them last year. The decision to start the #1 DAP U18goalie on the field all year ultimately ended in defeat in the end for the gonk. Right now the team has, as far as I know, one striker, the coach's fresman son (Bill Bradley, anyone?) Yes, with 10 mostly-talented seniors (well coached in clubs, even those outside of MPS) they should have a great run in CMass, injuries aside. Still, I see them struggling outside CMss. They don't all play on the sameMPS teams. Some of the teams have had dreadful records. I think Ken's got his work cut out for him next year. Being lucky enough to have all these tremendous club senior players is fortunate, but the situation with juniors is fairly dire, unless they can convince some DAP kids to move in.

I realize coach is still burning after losing states to the wind last year, and the year before that was a missing injured T Guzzi. This year? No excuses?

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With Regionals ending tomorrow and the high school season 7 1/2 weeks away, predictions on the upcoming HS season.

A team may rise from the north county this year that hasn't been on anyone's radar.

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You are a clown. I am glad you are so damm knowledgable. You have absolutely no clue.

Burn....are you a gonk kid? I've said it before and I'll say it again - offer an alternative opinion. Then posters are getting a second point of view. Your juvenile rant isn't particularly useful in passing on any pertinent info.

Just saying...maybe try again when you've come up with some ideas.

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Hmmm.hate to seem like a doubter, but this year's goalie lost everything for them last year. The decision to start the #1 DAP U18goalie on the field all year ultimately ended in defeat in the end for the gonk. Right now the team has, as far as I know, one striker, the coach's fresman son (Bill Bradley, anyone?) Yes, with 10 mostly-talented seniors (well coached in clubs, even those outside of MPS) they should have a great run in CMass, injuries aside. Still, I see them struggling outside CMss. They don't all play on the sameMPS teams. Some of the teams have had dreadful records. I think Ken's got his work cut out for him next year. Being lucky enough to have all these tremendous club senior players is fortunate, but the situation with juniors is fairly dire, unless they can convince some DAP kids to move in.

I realize coach is still burning after losing states to the wind last year, and the year before that was a missing injured T Guzzi. This year? No excuses?

My understanding is that they have a strong sophomore class

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A team may rise from the north county this year that hasn't been on anyone's radar.

Hope so. It would be nice to have some contenders. How's Wachusett & Norbridge? Not to mention Marlborough?

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My understanding is that they have a strong sophomore class

Only the MPS kids. Ha Ha. We'll see how well the JV team does. Just kidding, it's a good group of kids with about 5-6 possible v players for next year. He'll need to fill about 10 spots after the seniors leave.

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Hope so. It would be nice to have some contenders. How's Wachusett & Norbridge? Not to mention Marlborough?

Sorry, should i have said North Middlesex?

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Burn....are you a gonk kid? I've said it before and I'll say it again - offer an alternative opinion. Then posters are getting a second point of view. Your juvenile rant isn't particularly useful in passing on any pertinent info.

Just saying...maybe try again when you've come up with some ideas.

The only juvenile rant is you always bashing the coach and how JF was some sort of god. JF absolutely blew in his first coaching stint at Marlboro. He was fortunate enough to have some talent at the Gonk. How about that bucko?

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Best team this year in cmass is not in div 1.

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Best team this year in cmass is not in div 1.

Wow - care to share?

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Hmmm.hate to seem like a doubter, but this year's goalie lost everything for them last year. The decision to start the #1 DAP U18goalie on the field all year ultimately ended in defeat in the end for the gonk. Right now the team has, as far as I know, one striker, the coach's fresman son (Bill Bradley, anyone?) Yes, with 10 mostly-talented seniors (well coached in clubs, even those outside of MPS) they should have a great run in CMass, injuries aside. Still, I see them struggling outside CMss. They don't all play on the sameMPS teams. Some of the teams have had dreadful records. I think Ken's got his work cut out for him next year. Being lucky enough to have all these tremendous club senior players is fortunate, but the situation with juniors is fairly dire, unless they can convince some DAP kids to move in.

I realize coach is still burning after losing states to the wind last year, and the year before that was a missing injured T Guzzi. This year? No excuses?

That was probably one of the most ill-informed posts of all time. The DAP U18 Goalie went on to be a all-New England field player and the goalie that replaced him was all-league. The team's striker is not the coaches son, but rather another u18 DAP player who is a division one commit. Your facts are terribly wrong.