2011 Boys

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Fa had a good team with the 2011 group but lost some picked up some - we’ll wait to see what happens

Didn't they lose just 1 and gain 3?

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Fa had a good team with the 2011 group but lost some picked up some - we’ll wait to see what happens

see what happen? how they do in USYS playing Bridgewater, NJ Nationals and Ironbound's C team?

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see what happen? how they do in USYS playing Bridgewater, NJ Nationals and Ironbound's C team?

Unfortunately for them, they won't get tested in their league . Seems like the DOC or whoever is in charge needs to do something so they aren't shunned from all the leagues for whatever reason

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Unfortunately for them, they won't get tested in their league . Seems like the DOC or whoever is in charge needs to do something so they aren't shunned from all the leagues for whatever reason

Lol ok FA parent - they don't have fields, depth of teams, enough licensed coaches this is why FA will never get ECNL or MLS Next status.

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Lol ok FA parent - they don't have fields, depth of teams, enough licensed coaches this is why FA will never get ECNL or MLS Next status.

Clearly another idiot that knows nothing about the club, but comes on here acting like they know everything and start spreading fake news. We are not in the 2011 age group, but we do play for the club. They have access to both pingry schools, which is like 7 or 8 fields, the indoor facility and Kantor park, so that is over 10 fields they have. That is more fields than the majority clubs in the state. Depth of teams, the club are arguable the best club in the state until everyone splits off at u13 in both boys and girls. ECNL boys is a glorified USYS and lives off the girls brand, it’s just another mediocre league, mix it with usys and see the who tops the table, it won’t be PDA and STA in the Mid Atlantic flights.
you don’t need to be a part of the club to know this information they cover it in their tryout webinar that is open to the public.
they have more fields and coaching depth than the majority of the non mls teams playing in MLS next. Some people are so bitter and sad that they need to tell lies. Just do your research and attend their open webinars and you will get the answers.

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Clearly another idiot that knows nothing about the club, but comes on here acting like they know everything and start spreading fake news. We are not in the 2011 age group, but we do play for the club. They have access to both pingry schools, which is like 7 or 8 fields, the indoor facility and Kantor park, so that is over 10 fields they have. That is more fields than the majority clubs in the state. Depth of teams, the club are arguable the best club in the state until everyone splits off at u13 in both boys and girls. ECNL boys is a glorified USYS and lives off the girls brand, it’s just another mediocre league, mix it with usys and see the who tops the table, it won’t be PDA and STA in the Mid Atlantic flights.
you don’t need to be a part of the club to know this information they cover it in their tryout webinar that is open to the public.
they have more fields and coaching depth than the majority of the non mls teams playing in MLS next. Some people are so bitter and sad that they need to tell lies. Just do your research and attend their open webinars and you will get the answers.

I wasn't the person you are referring to who posted earlier... but, Do you know that the dimensions of those fields that you mentioned do not meet the requirements for the MLS Next league? Fields come in all different dimensions, as I am sure you are aware. The sheer number of fields doesnt matter, its the correct fields that matter. Both Kantor Park and Pingry - Short Hills are no good for MLS Next. They dont meet the requirements. Can you tell me what other fields they have available and I can inform you if they meet the requirements. All of the requirements for the league are also public knowledge on the MLS Next website.

I agree with you that the FA teams they have across all of Zone 1 are good and would be a great pipeline to funnel into MLS next if they were to accept just the 2010 and 2011 FA teams. I will disagree with ECNL being a glorified USYS living off the girls brand. At 2011 USYS Mid Atlantic is terrible. At 2010 there are several very good teams, better than ECNL even. After FA at 2011 in the USYS Mid Atlantic there is maybe 1 team total that could hang on in the ECNL division. The rest of those teams would get destroyed every single week. There is no USYS Mid Atlantic fall season for u15 and older because of the HS seasons.

As far as depth of coaching at FA, I cant speak. Do they have multiple coaches with the correct liscense required to coach. I dont know how to find out that information. Again, its not the sheer number of coaches. they have to have the right credentials whether they are great coaches or not.

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I wasn't the person you are referring to who posted earlier... but, Do you know that the dimensions of those fields that you mentioned do not meet the requirements for the MLS Next league? Fields come in all different dimensions, as I am sure you are aware. The sheer number of fields doesnt matter, its the correct fields that matter. Both Kantor Park and Pingry - Short Hills are no good for MLS Next. They dont meet the requirements. Can you tell me what other fields they have available and I can inform you if they meet the requirements. All of the requirements for the league are also public knowledge on the MLS Next website.

I agree with you that the FA teams they have across all of Zone 1 are good and would be a great pipeline to funnel into MLS next if they were to accept just the 2010 and 2011 FA teams. I will disagree with ECNL being a glorified USYS living off the girls brand. At 2011 USYS Mid Atlantic is terrible. At 2010 there are several very good teams, better than ECNL even. After FA at 2011 in the USYS Mid Atlantic there is maybe 1 team total that could hang on in the ECNL division. The rest of those teams would get destroyed every single week. There is no USYS Mid Atlantic fall season for u15 and older because of the HS seasons.

As far as depth of coaching at FA, I cant speak. Do they have multiple coaches with the correct liscense required to coach. I dont know how to find out that information. Again, its not the sheer number of coaches. they have to have the right credentials whether they are great coaches or not.

Forgot to mention the Florham Park Sports dome is also not acceptable for MLS Next

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I wasn't the person you are referring to who posted earlier... but, Do you know that the dimensions of those fields that you mentioned do not meet the requirements for the MLS Next league? Fields come in all different dimensions, as I am sure you are aware. The sheer number of fields doesnt matter, its the correct fields that matter. Both Kantor Park and Pingry - Short Hills are no good for MLS Next. They dont meet the requirements. Can you tell me what other fields they have available and I can inform you if they meet the requirements. All of the requirements for the league are also public knowledge on the MLS Next website.

I agree with you that the FA teams they have across all of Zone 1 are good and would be a great pipeline to funnel into MLS next if they were to accept just the 2010 and 2011 FA teams. I will disagree with ECNL being a glorified USYS living off the girls brand. At 2011 USYS Mid Atlantic is terrible. At 2010 there are several very good teams, better than ECNL even. After FA at 2011 in the USYS Mid Atlantic there is maybe 1 team total that could hang on in the ECNL division. The rest of those teams would get destroyed every single week. There is no USYS Mid Atlantic fall season for u15 and older because of the HS seasons.

As far as depth of coaching at FA, I cant speak. Do they have multiple coaches with the correct liscense required to coach. I dont know how to find out that information. Again, its not the sheer number of coaches. they have to have the right credentials whether they are great coaches or not.

I believe you just need to have a business plan that shows you can get the fields. I don't believe IB had the required fields prior to membership. I believe you need 1 A license and the Coaches require B. I don't think any of these are the issue. During the last application period, FA would have had a track record of 2 years? I would think this is the biggest issue for them. IB had a long history and joined NEAL the prior year. NEAL is now NAL. NAL is the B league for many of the MLSN clubs from Mid America and East, but includes non-MLSN clubs. My guess is that going forward, any new MLSN clubs will only come from the NAL league. FA should join NAL. It looks like the season has 26 games vs a USYS spring/fall of 15+/-. There are tournaments, etc. The FA teams would do well and would most likely help them recruit for the older teams.

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I wasn't the person you are referring to who posted earlier... but, Do you know that the dimensions of those fields that you mentioned do not meet the requirements for the MLS Next league? Fields come in all different dimensions, as I am sure you are aware. The sheer number of fields doesnt matter, its the correct fields that matter. Both Kantor Park and Pingry - Short Hills are no good for MLS Next. They dont meet the requirements. Can you tell me what other fields they have available and I can inform you if they meet the requirements. All of the requirements for the league are also public knowledge on the MLS Next website.

I agree with you that the FA teams they have across all of Zone 1 are good and would be a great pipeline to funnel into MLS next if they were to accept just the 2010 and 2011 FA teams. I will disagree with ECNL being a glorified USYS living off the girls brand. At 2011 USYS Mid Atlantic is terrible. At 2010 there are several very good teams, better than ECNL even. After FA at 2011 in the USYS Mid Atlantic there is maybe 1 team total that could hang on in the ECNL division. The rest of those teams would get destroyed every single week. There is no USYS Mid Atlantic fall season for u15 and older because of the HS seasons.

As far as depth of coaching at FA, I cant speak. Do they have multiple coaches with the correct liscense required to coach. I dont know how to find out that information. Again, its not the sheer number of coaches. they have to have the right credentials whether they are great coaches or not.

what are the requirements, is it just dimensions? I am not going to pretend I know what the MLS application looks like and what they want from a field. My understanding is Kantor is 70x120 which bigger than teams like Evertons field that play in the premier league, so I would imagine that passes. The club has said pingry short hills can be an 11v11 field with the same dimensions as Kantor but they don’t need it as they have enough 11v11 fields. We also have played a lot of our 11v11 home games at Pingry Basking Ridge and a few in Livingston last season when playing mid week.
I don’t know the size of the indoor field but it is larger than Kantor Park, so I would imagine that passes dimensions.

when asking about coaches, I think all are a minimum of C license and everyone else is higher than that. I could be wrong, but I was told that from another parent, so take that as you will.

the east coast teams playing in ECNL are not great. I believe the national finals of usys and ecnl boys, there wouldn’t be much between the final 16 teams. I agree some flights are worse than others, but scrimmages and tournaments mean everyone still plays everyone.

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what are the requirements, is it just dimensions? I am not going to pretend I know what the MLS application looks like and what they want from a field. My understanding is Kantor is 70x120 which bigger than teams like Evertons field that play in the premier league, so I would imagine that passes. The club has said pingry short hills can be an 11v11 field with the same dimensions as Kantor but they don’t need it as they have enough 11v11 fields. We also have played a lot of our 11v11 home games at Pingry Basking Ridge and a few in Livingston last season when playing mid week.
I don’t know the size of the indoor field but it is larger than Kantor Park, so I would imagine that passes dimensions.

when asking about coaches, I think all are a minimum of C license and everyone else is higher than that. I could be wrong, but I was told that from another parent, so take that as you will.

the east coast teams playing in ECNL are not great. I believe the national finals of usys and ecnl boys, there wouldn’t be much between the final 16 teams. I agree some flights are worse than others, but scrimmages and tournaments mean everyone still plays everyone.

u15 and older field size is 70 x 110 minimum dimensions. Kantor park is 66 x 120. Not wide enough by 4 yards. All the MLS games are required to be at the same location on the same day as to cut down on costs for travel and such with shared coaches between teams. While Kantor fits the u13-u14 requirement of 60 x 105, it does not meet the u15 and up requirement and there is no 2nd larger field at the same complex there for the older ages teams. Pingry does not have any field lights do they? not sure if that is a requirement or not. Kantor park as well might not meet the requirements for parking lot size with the amount of teams and buses and parents in attendance when there are multiple teams there at the same time.

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u15 and older field size is 70 x 110 minimum dimensions. Kantor park is 66 x 120. Not wide enough by 4 yards. All the MLS games are required to be at the same location on the same day as to cut down on costs for travel and such with shared coaches between teams. While Kantor fits the u13-u14 requirement of 60 x 105, it does not meet the u15 and up requirement and there is no 2nd larger field at the same complex there for the older ages teams. Pingry does not have any field lights do they? not sure if that is a requirement or not. Kantor park as well might not meet the requirements for parking lot size with the amount of teams and buses and parents in attendance when there are multiple teams there at the same time.

Trying to reason with FA parents is an impossible task. They feel a sense of entitlement on being allowed into MLSN and Don Garber himself can rattle off every rule and requirement that they don’t meet and they will feel that they should still be the exception.

Besides if the 2011 coach were to move back to UK tomorrow the whole club at these successful age groups falls apart. Why should the mlsn take this risk?

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Trying to reason with FA parents is an impossible task. They feel a sense of entitlement on being allowed into MLSN and Don Garber himself can rattle off every rule and requirement that they don’t meet and they will feel that they should still be the exception.

Besides if the 2011 coach were to move back to UK tomorrow the whole club at these successful age groups falls apart. Why should the mlsn take this risk?

One coach has managed to make every age group that amazing on both the boys and girls side. Sounds like he should get the national team coach job, sounds like he is a magician never mind a coach. What a dumba** comment.
nothing to do with their teams very rarely lose to mls next or ecnl teams and almost never lose to these teams before the split…surely has nothing to do with that.

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How are these MLS next clubs looking?

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How are these MLS next clubs looking?

We will know this weekend as there are a few tournaments. Anyone know who’s attending the PDA invitational?

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We will know this weekend as there are a few tournaments. Anyone know who’s attending the PDA invitational?

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