2011 Girls

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Relying heavily on size and athleticism isn't a good long term strategy. Once puberty hits, size begins to even out and those who have been working on skills will pass the others by. Focusing on the A team is important to clubs - it brings people in the door - but it shouldn't be their only focus. B team level players actually have a lot of other options out there and will leave if they're dissatisfied

Consider this: there is always an extra B team player to fill the void. There are only so many A team players.

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SSS 1-1-1 in Champions cup. So much for “flagship” title. SSS pops are very quiet now. NEFC will overtake them

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SSS 1-1-1 in Champions cup. So much for “flagship” title. SSS pops are very quiet now. NEFC will overtake them

Not an sss parent, but you're way offbase. Sss had tophat and nationals in their bracket. Nefc had two wins because the third team they played was a joke. You can watch video of the game. It's embarrassing for the GA league.

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How did Nationals and TopHat end up in the same bracket?

It looks like they tried to optimize for competitive matches in each bracket rather than spreading the top teams around. Not sure how that will play into overall seeding for the finals in March.

Congrats to both NEFC and Select on a good showing at the national stage!

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SSS has a lot of girls in different age groups with height. Maybe it’s in the water. But many of the players don’t have speed and cannot connect a pass. I blame the bad soccer mentioned above on the coaching from the top down. Owner and husband very talented players but they do not focus on 2nd teams. Focus is on the top team in each age group, GA. So the club lacks depth as the second teams are placed with third teams in player pools with random coaches. The 2nd and 3rd teams are often razzle dazzled by traveling to far away tournaments, and sold on the latest league but then the training is weak as it’s a player pool of 30 plus kids. If a GA player isn’t a starter they are at risk of losing their spot and dropping down to the player pool with poor training. At least at NEFC they drop down to DPL, and Stars and Scorpions the drop down is to ECNL regional which many players enjoy. Select has priorities messed up. Focusing on your top teams only is not a sustainable business plan. I don’t blame players for leaving. Being part of GA is not enough especially when GA is a step down from ECNL.

Focus is on bringing players in, razzle dazzle, rather than development. Just take a look at their top teams, they weren't developed drinking select water thats for sure.

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Focus is on bringing players in, razzle dazzle, rather than development. Just take a look at their top teams, they weren't developed drinking select water thats for sure.

Where were they developed then?

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Where were they developed then?

They aren’t developed is the point. Some looking for GA path came developed believe it or not by smaller clubs. Bolts South and even Weymouth and Marshfield town competitive soccer does better development. Refer to earlier comment about bad soccer and relying on size. Sure they have a few good players in each birth year and they had better players in the past but the focus is on money now. It’s a very expensive club with many add ons expected each season. Parents are not getting development for that money.

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All teams bring in talent from elsewhere. It's how this works as better players go through a funnel into the higher leagues. Maybe a massive club with 4+ ulittle teams can whittle

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Ooops hit the wrong key....can whittle it down to one A team by HS but there will still be great outside players that team will take. No club no matter how good the coaching can take every ulittle player and develop all of them into top A level talent. Some kids just won't ever be good enough because of genetics, work ethic or both. They either get cut or drop out. Some great players drop out for other sports also. Consolidation is necessary for top teams. It doesn't mean a club doesn't develop players.

Now once that A team is formed a club still has to develop them. 13-14 year olds are anything but a finished product. Some clubs fail here. They consolidate but put in little effort. They rest their laurels on having the patch players want.

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13-0 NEFC today at Champions Cup. Think we know who the new dominant 2011 team is now.

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13-0 NEFC today at Champions Cup. Think we know who the new dominant 2011 team is now.

enjoy.
Next year you have SG.

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Doesn’t matter: NEFC has top two 2011 players in the state since SSS best player left.

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13-0 NEFC today at Champions Cup. Think we know who the new dominant 2011 team is now.

Hahahahhaaha too bad nefc is still in GA very few good teams in your 2nd rate league. Yippee 13-0. Hey buddy GA blows!!!

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Hahahahhaaha too bad nefc is still in GA very few good teams in your 2nd rate league. Yippee 13-0. Hey buddy GA blows!!!

You are stupid.

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13-0 NEFC today at Champions Cup. Think we know who the new dominant 2011 team is now.

DISGUSTING 13-0. In what universe are u celebrating a 13 goal win?

A. Terrible sportsmanship by this team
B. Like above poster said GA stinks
C. Hope this team loses