PDA Blue 2009 Eliminated

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I said it before and I'll say it again, the team lost its focus this season. I spoke with some of the parents from the team that I know and they put the blame on MS. Something happened this season, and he was the biggest change.

It’s amazing people don’t know what happened. The team is immensely talented has some really excellent player. Admittedly it is hard to repeat because everyone comes out gunning for you. With that said coaching was the biggest change. At PDA you have a few branches of coaching. Everyone knows who is who and who plays what type of game. This team was stuck with an archaic old fashioned brand of soccer and it hurt them. PDA still has a few of these dinosaurs on staff and most parents run from them because even as a parent they understand the game has evolved. This result is a credit to the girls and getting this far in spite of the coaching.

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Why is it that pda blue parents think everybody is jealous of them? I got news for you, we aren't.

if you weren’t then you wouldn’t be on this site , on this thread, defending yourself . It’s clear your kid isn’t good enough !!

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if you weren’t then you wouldn’t be on this site , on this thread, defending yourself . It’s clear your kid isn’t good enough !!

They are just jealous their little piece of **** can never amount to the talent and skills our girls process. It's OK, not everyone is cut out for blue. Maybe your kid can take up Lacrosse.

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Def not surprised they lost with the way they've been trending. Wouldn't be surprised if half the team leaves.

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Defense & keeper looked confused all day

You mean the #1 defense in the country ?

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The offense had a bad game as well. They couldn't seem to finish. Not sure what happened to this team, but they definitely didn't look like the team last year that won nationals.

The top teams play with cohesive deeply connected players, study their competition teams and plan. Did pda watch film and develop a plan for each team they were playing? My guess - no. That’s the difference between good and champions at this age. Last year they were too young.

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Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey hey, goodbye!

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Yep hex beat them too.

Its a shame what this team has become. Reminds me of the downfall of MF.

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The 2009 PDA Blue team was just eliminated in the quarter finals in Richmond. Penn Fusion 2009 team was as well. The area teams continuing onto Semi-finals include the 2007 and 2008 Penn Fusion teams. No word yet on the Bethesda 2010's but that's what's left from the North Atlantic conference.

Serves them right. The parents carried on like their they were bringing home another championship. And they wonder why people are bashing them.

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Its a shame what this team has become. Reminds me of the downfall of MF.

Surely this is all 2009 mf shore crybaby parents reveling at pdas wake. Still cant get over the great departure. Move on cry babies

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Surely this is all 2009 mf shore crybaby parents reveling at pdas wake. Still cant get over the great departure. Move on cry babies

Didn’t they get eliminated by PDA the only time they made it to Richmond?

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You mean the #1 defense in the country ?

Not when you let up 3 goals & 2 off a counter attack
#exposed

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You mean the #1 defense in the country ?

MS doesn’t play defense. He’s ok with goals scored as long as he scores more and that’s poor coaching. I saw the ECNL feed for the quarterfinal game. I’m not sure what he asked those players to do but they all looked confused. There is no magic to get them back to where they were. It will take time and a new coach. I’m interested to see them next year. Some hate on MO but with the talent, MO could get them playing good soccer again. And then we will know if MS was the issue or the competition just got better.

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Some of them were very good at young age 8-13. They trained nonstop and took advantage of that when the rest of the kids were enjoying summer or other holidays. At 15 it gets tougher to dominate games anymore, next year they may not even make the raund 16.

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MS doesn’t play defense. He’s ok with goals scored as long as he scores more and that’s poor coaching. I saw the ECNL feed for the quarterfinal game. I’m not sure what he asked those players to do but they all looked confused. There is no magic to get them back to where they were. It will take time and a new coach. I’m interested to see them next year. Some hate on MO but with the talent, MO could get them playing good soccer again. And then we will know if MS was the issue or the competition just got better.

“Out! Ooouuut! Oooouuuutt!”

MS coaching instructions for his teams demanding they just boot it if it’s in their defensive third.