The Girls 2007 Thread

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Switch 2 and 4 and you’ve actually got the right list at this moment in time. Let’s see what happens come spring.

NEFC GA is not good. Sorry to burst your bubble.

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The fact that you believe that all ECNL teams are automatically better than all NPL teams shows how delusional you are. A patch doesn’t make a team. But man is Stars doing an awesome job selling their product. They’ve got parents 100% convinced. They should rebrand as some kind of elite marketing firm.

Once you hit the recruiting ages, what matters is what college coaches think. Compare the commitment lists from ECNL teams in MA to the NPL teams in MA. There’s your answer.

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Footy Podcast: Hello caller from Massachusetts, you're on the line. What do you have for us today?
Caller: Aztecs suck
FP: Do you mean Azteca, the stadium?
Caller: No, I'm talking about the North Shore team, they aren't in ECNL or GA so they must suck
FP: What on god's green earth are you talking about?
Caller: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts 2007 Girls Soccer Team Rankings. Don't you pay attention?
FP: You can't be serious caller
Caller: Damn right I'm serious. This is important stuff. I've been tracking results and doing rankings for years now, and I know the game very well. I've been following the game for over ten years now and no longer call them points and don't get excited just because the ball is kicked really high.
FP: OK?
Caller: So like I said, Aztecs suck. And so does Select. Don't even get me started on Stars White.
FP: I promise I won't get you started on anything. You sound like you wake up ready to start on your own.
Caller: My kid's on the baddest team in the land!
FP: Why do you think I, or anyone cares?
Caller: Like I just said...this is important stuff. I've got a whole Facebook page filled with pictures and there must be over a dozen likes for every photo. EVERY. SINGLE. PHOTO!!! Some have more than TWO DOZEN! So, obviously lots of people care.
FP: What is wrong with Americans?
Caller: Wrong with us? If you ain't winning you're just wasting time, right?
FP: Ummm...
Caller: So, everyone wants to be on my...I mean my kid's team. They are super awesome. And we kick butt out there, pun intended
FP: So you think that being on a winning team at 13, 14 years old means something?
Caller: Yes, it means they are a winner, and so am I. I'm such a winner I don't even slow down in the lot with my giant SUV for some of these kids. These losers can either get the fvckk outta' my way or I'll run their sorry azzes over. They are just wasting everyone's time out there.
FP: (Muted - Can we screen these calls better? This guy is a lunatic)
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Wait, if this is serious? if so it's "and I seen Oh-Jay" hilarious.
QQ: it's a podcast? why wouldn't they just edit that out. Was it a livestream?

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Once you hit the recruiting ages, what matters is what college coaches think. Compare the commitment lists from ECNL teams in MA to the NPL teams in MA. There’s your answer.

While there is some overlap at times across ECNL/GAL/other leagues in terms of some clubs/teams/players, in general ECNL>GAL>others. As said above, college recruiting bears that out in terms on numbers (you'll see entire rosters recruited in ECNL but definitely not NPL) and level

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I would listen to a girls 2007 thread podcast.

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The difference between ECNL and GAL is that there is a good chance that NEFC could win the ECNL New England conference. There also is a good chance they finish 5th.

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I alway heard speed of play was considerably slower in the GA as opposed to the ECNL. Has anyone seen both Stars Blue National and NEFC GA that can comment?

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It seems like there is very little pressure on the ball from some of the GA games I've happened to watch. Not creepy dad watched at overlapping tournaments and such. GA seemed like a nice choreography with easy passing and lots of time. The ECNL games on the other hand seemed messier and faster overall.

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The difference between ECNL and GAL is that there is a good chance that NEFC could win the ECNL New England conference. There also is a good chance they finish 5th.

It would be a huge adjustment for NEFC playing in the NE ECNL conference. Stars Blue, CFC, Scorpions, SUSA & World Class would be 10 very difficult games.

Even Stars White or PDA White (who NEFC should beat) could be tough games if NEFC isn’t on their best game. Stars White knows how to grind out close games.

East Meadow and FSA aren’t teams NEFC would lose to.

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It seems like there is very little pressure on the ball from some of the GA games I've happened to watch. Not creepy dad watched at overlapping tournaments and such. GA seemed like a nice choreography with easy passing and lots of time. The ECNL games on the other hand seemed messier and faster overall.

ECNL is much more physical with a noticeably faster speed of play.

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It seems like there is very little pressure on the ball from some of the GA games I've happened to watch. Not creepy dad watched at overlapping tournaments and such. GA seemed like a nice choreography with easy passing and lots of time. The ECNL games on the other hand seemed messier and faster overall.

Parent of an older kid, and can confirm. That's a good and a bad thing. ECNL teams, many of them, press hard and run around like chickens with their heads cut off. Ga teams, many of them, like to play with it more and opt to build up. Doubtful a GA team could knock it around as much with so much pressure, but the game is nicer to watch.

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I would listen to a girls 2007 thread podcast.

You are serious, and that is frightening.

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Parent of an older kid, and can confirm. That's a good and a bad thing. ECNL teams, many of them, press hard and run around like chickens with their heads cut off. Ga teams, many of them, like to play with it more and opt to build up. Doubtful a GA team could knock it around as much with so much pressure, but the game is nicer to watch.

Yep I would have to agree with that. And because of that GA games overall are safer too. NEFC on the other hand play more like an ECNL team which account for their success however their forwards are lazy in their defensive duties. A high press ECNL team would eat them for lunch. Not that that couldn't be fixed of course.

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GA teams definitely play a more measured, build from the back style of game which looks nice and is great for education, in particular at the ages of U12-14 where tactics are introduced. Unfortunately, most girls teams lack the technical ability to play this way under real pressure. ECNL teams usually play a faster, more high pressure style. With many of the better players now also moving to ECNL, you end up with those teams being bigger, faster, more technical and playing a lower risk style that pins slower teams back.