D1 Women's Soccer

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Sorry, bad habit I have, its called liking soccer, following the Mass kids and learning how to read.

Midfielder Lauren Berman also had trouble staying healthy. Berman, whom Morgan labeled as the Terps’ best attacking midfielder, suffered a season-ending concussion in the Terps’ draw against Michigan State on Sept. 21.

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And the DB of the day goes to.....

Guess everyone is just supposed to piss themselves when yet another ECNL kid ends up transferring. Not like the transfer rate isn't a problem and not like the Scorpions didn't market the heck out of her going to MD.

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A few years ago someone did an analysis and it appeared non ECNL kids had a similar transfer rate. They just weren't talked about aa muxh. Some tranferring players have done quite well in their new homes. LG at URI and HB at Md for example. LG was not ECNL HB was.

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A few years ago someone did an analysis and it appeared non ECNL kids had a similar transfer rate. They just weren't talked about aa muxh. Some tranferring players have done quite well in their new homes. LG at URI and HB at Md for example. LG was not ECNL HB was.

Someone? A few years ago? Could you be any more vague ?

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No more vague than the assumption that there are more ECNL transfers.

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No more vague than the assumption that there are more ECNL transfers.

But I remember reading about it somewhere...so it must be true

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No more vague than the assumption that there are more ECNL transfers.

Ok, lets not consider that when the youth club markets the heck out a kid like HB's or MA's commitment and then they transfer that it doesn't also draw attention to the transfer and put a little stain on it. Instead let's just piss all over ourselves because a high level player committed to a high level program and completely ignore how little the club likely actually did for them or how much credit they take for it. If the ECNL takes credit, they should also take blame.

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Ok, lets not consider that when the youth club markets the heck out a kid like HB's or MA's commitment and then they transfer that it doesn't also draw attention to the transfer and put a little stain on it. Instead let's just piss all over ourselves because a high level player committed to a high level program and completely ignore how little the club likely actually did for them or how much credit they take for it. If the ECNL takes credit, they should also take blame.

Let's hope the Duke gk commit who NEFC "marketed the heck out" doesn't have occasion to transfer--unlike the parentally-hyped FDU gk commit a few years ago, who ended up transferring to MCLA. Since her father took much of the credit for the latter's initial success, maybe he should also take much of the blame for her subsequent circumstances.

Never mind, of course, that HB went on to have an excellent career at Maryland, while MA's fortunes as a transfer to USC remain to be seen.

At least tryouts season is almost over, so some serially spinning posters might finally get a bit of rest.

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Let's hope the Duke gk commit who NEFC "marketed the heck out" doesn't have occasion to transfer--unlike the parentally-hyped FDU gk commit a few years ago, who ended up transferring to MCLA. Since her father took much of the credit for the latter's initial success, maybe he should also take much of the blame for her subsequent circumstances.

Never mind, of course, that HB went on to have an excellent career at Maryland, while MA's fortunes as a transfer to USC remain to be seen.

At least tryouts season is almost over, so some serially spinning posters might finally get a bit of rest.

Talk about lying to cover your ass. Where has NEFC marketed commitments, let alone that kid's commitment?

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Talk about lying to cover your ass. Where has NEFC marketed commitments, let alone that kid's commitment?

The Duke gk's commitment had been featured on NEFC's website--as was discussed on TS at the time.

After some posters noted the irony/hypocrisy of that "marketing"--since her father, aka "BTDT," had long complained about other clubs marketing their relatively large number of commitments--the father apparently prevailed upon NEFC's webmasters to take his girl's commitment announcement off the website.

Hope that helps. Curious, though, how you could be in a position to falsely assume that I was "lying" about whatever you have in mind.

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A few years ago someone did an analysis and it appeared non ECNL kids had a similar transfer rate. They just weren't talked about aa muxh. Some tranferring players have done quite well in their new homes. LG at URI and HB at Md for example. LG was not ECNL HB was.

The analysis as I recall had nothing to do with leagues. It had more to do with how far away from home a player choses to attend college. In general, the farther one goes increases the likelihood a player will transfer.

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Ok, lets not consider that when the youth club markets the heck out a kid like HB's or MA's commitment and then they transfer that it doesn't also draw attention to the transfer and put a little stain on it. Instead let's just piss all over ourselves because a high level player committed to a high level program and completely ignore how little the club likely actually did for them or how much credit they take for it. If the ECNL takes credit, they should also take blame.

God forbid free choice should still exist in your little world. At the end of the day, what does this matter to anyone whatsoever besides the player and their family?

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Ok, lets not consider that when the youth club markets the heck out a kid like HB's or MA's commitment and then they transfer that it doesn't also draw attention to the transfer and put a little stain on it. Instead let's just piss all over ourselves because a high level player committed to a high level program and completely ignore how little the club likely actually did for them or how much credit they take for it. If the ECNL takes credit, they should also take blame.

Wow, what a disgusting, venomous post.

And then the denial of NEFC "marketing hype." Amazing. Aside from what the other poster pointed out, how about literally making TS your one-stop marketing extravaganza, 24/7/365 for years. And you even bragged that is what you were/are doing.

And, btw, where is the evidence of over-the-top marketing hype from Stars? Are you just referring to stuff you make up on TS that comes nowhere close to your own marketing masturbation?

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Why do organizations fire PR spokes people when they do something deemed inappropriate, the answer is because their actions reflect badly on that brand. The transfer issue is no different. If Fred is going to continue to market his club by drawing attention to ECNL commitments (presumably because his club no longer has any of their own worth making a big deal about) then when those kids end up transferring then it will reflect poorly on not only his league but also his club.

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Why do organizations fire PR spokes people when they do something deemed inappropriate, the answer is because their actions reflect badly on that brand. The transfer issue is no different. If Fred is going to continue to market his club by drawing attention to ECNL commitments (presumably because his club no longer has any of their own worth making a big deal about) then when those kids end up transferring then it will reflect poorly on not only his league but also his club.

Perhaps the transfers are the result of the recruiting cycle happening too early. To blame it on the club is likely mistaken.

I wonder if the D3 transfer rate for recruited players is less than the D1 transfer rate. Since D3 recruiting happens later, my guess is that the student is in a better position to assess the true fit of the school.