Fc stars or Seacoast

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Daughter 2009 has an offer for FC Stars Blue NH or Seacoast MA North Elite - not sure which would be better. She has been playing seacoast but isn’t sure if FC Stars will help her develop. Any insights?

She wants to play in college one day and is looking for the best competition and training. Seacoast team got a new coach and while he is great - a new coach is a new coach! So she would have that either way. We don’t know many people in the area so just hoping someone has insights into the orgs and their differences

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Daughter 2009 has an offer for FC Stars Blue NH or Seacoast MA North Elite - not sure which would be better. She has been playing seacoast but isn’t sure if FC Stars will help her develop. Any insights?

She wants to play in college one day and is looking for the best competition and training. Seacoast team got a new coach and while he is great - a new coach is a new coach! So she would have that either way. We don’t know many people in the area so just hoping someone has insights into the orgs and their differences

FC Stars Blue or Skyblue (the ECRL team)? If blue, both offers are probably comparable. FC Stars just added in a Granite tier, so blue would be their 3rd 09 NH team. I believe Seacoast North elite is the only 09 team out of that region other than making the GA or NAL team out of epping. Competition for both would be similar as I believe both are in NECSL divisions. I would look at what's most convenient to her/as a family, team dynamic (which is hard to get a sense of going into a new team) and the better coach.

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If driving distance isn’t a factor for an 09 go seacoast more mobility and access to higher level practices so they can move up.

if you didn’t get the ECRL team at stars nh you won’t make it in future years at this point with the coach.

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FC Stars Blue or Skyblue (the ECRL team)? If blue, both offers are probably comparable. FC Stars just added in a Granite tier, so blue would be their 3rd 09 NH team. I believe Seacoast North elite is the only 09 team out of that region other than making the GA or NAL team out of epping. Competition for both would be similar as I believe both are in NECSL divisions. I would look at what's most convenient to her/as a family, team dynamic (which is hard to get a sense of going into a new team) and the better coach.

Blue is their flagship ECNL level and is only in Lancaster MA, I may be wrong but I don't see Stars causing confusion for the Blue brand with a 3rd tier team in NH. Sky Blue is ECRL and has some teams in NH. Granite is a level in NH without a corresponding MA level so no history behind it to compare.

About which is better, depends on your kid. Both levels are similar and would prepare her to play in college as long as you target the college level appropriately. Aim for a coach you like and a location that is convenient. If she raises her game to the next level, you could assess those next levels at that time.

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Blue is their flagship ECNL level and is only in Lancaster MA, I may be wrong but I don't see Stars causing confusion for the Blue brand with a 3rd tier team in NH. Sky Blue is ECRL and has some teams in NH. Granite is a level in NH without a corresponding MA level so no history behind it to compare.

About which is better, depends on your kid. Both levels are similar and would prepare her to play in college as long as you target the college level appropriately. Aim for a coach you like and a location that is convenient. If she raises her game to the next level, you could assess those next levels at that time.

Stars NH always has a Blue team. It’s just a lower team now that they added Sky Blue ECRL and granite

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Blue is their flagship ECNL level and is only in Lancaster MA, I may be wrong but I don't see Stars causing confusion for the Blue brand with a 3rd tier team in NH. Sky Blue is ECRL and has some teams in NH. Granite is a level in NH without a corresponding MA level so no history behind it to compare.

About which is better, depends on your kid. Both levels are similar and would prepare her to play in college as long as you target the college level appropriately. Aim for a coach you like and a location that is convenient. If she raises her game to the next level, you could assess those next levels at that time.

Different shade of blue.

Don't worry, nobody going to touch the sainted Stars Blue National.