FC Bucks 2006 ECNL - Girls

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Agreed - real players always bring it!
But it is the job of the coaches and club to give them the tools they need to bring it.

Delco practices three times a week every week. Two of the last four weeks we have had one practice. And with days, times and locations always being changed we don’t get full participation. Delco is basically a new team still coming together they will be a force if they continue on their current path. Chris Edwards is a highly regarded coach with a great track record in developing and placing girls in D1 schools. Delco also has a lot of new talent, along with great facilities.

A strong delco team creates a problem for bucks as new talent will be drawn to delco.

Youth soccer is one big business these days, and the teams that offer the most bang for your buck are going to come out the winners . Delco has great facilities, three practices a week, a professional A licensed coach and speed and agility . At bucks you average 1.5 practices a week, a sliver of turf and you get a parent coach. Not real attractive to new players, hopefully we manage to keep our current ones, or we will be limping along like has been warned about over and over in this thread.

Change needs to happen real soon before it is to late for this talented 2006 bucks team.

Thanks FC Delco. I'll be sure to check you out when you can stop coaches from poaching whole teams.

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Thanks FC Delco. I'll be sure to check you out when you can stop coaches from poaching whole teams.

Delco doesn’t have any girls in the club. No way they survive another ECNL season.

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Delco doesn’t have any girls in the club. No way they survive another ECNL season.

Delco doesnt have players.
Bucks doesnt have coaches.

Maybe they should sell out to PDA or Stars or Surf or Slammers or Rush....

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Delco doesn’t have any girls in the club. No way they survive another ECNL season.

This will probably be the last ecnl season for delco

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This will probably be the last ecnl season for delco

I guess we will find out when tryouts take place. Until then lets give these individual teams (kids) a break.

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I guess we will find out when tryouts take place. Until then lets give these individual teams (kids) a break.

I agree.

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I agree.

I also agree,.

It is ironic though that all the people who kept this thread going for months - now want it to take a break - just as all of the things that were predicted to happen are starting to play themselves out on the pitch.

Here’s hoping that the talented 2006 FC Bucks girls can have a great season - despite the adversity they face as a result of poor club leadership, lack of practice, and a parent coach. I have confidence that if anyone can do it these great girls can!

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Delco doesnt have players.
Bucks doesnt have coaches.

Maybe they should sell out to PDA or Stars or Surf or Slammers or Rush....

It's been stated many times, FC Bucks/CRUSA have the player pool to be successful. FC Bucks can become good again. More than enough quality kids to start good teams, and the ability to add kids from the surrounding area to bolster the strength and depth of the teams. But as long as the club is poorly managed on the ECNL side, things can't improve, and additional players won’t join the club. Also, the better players from FCB will continue to leave, as they have been over the past few years. It really is a simple fix, just add a proper DOC to run the ECNL program. No reason why DM and CF can't stay, but move them to a level where they will have success within the club. Both are really nice guys, and most believe they truly care about the players, they just aren’t doing well at the ECNL level.

U12 to U14 teams should not have a high school or college coach as a head coach, the schedules don't match, way too many conflicts! A DOC with experience would never let this happen. For people to say RF isn't a good coach are crazy. He is a good coach, great soccer background, and also has college connections. RF is very suited for working with U15 to U19 teams. IMO, RF was put into a bad situation! The Dad coaching nonsense needs to be addressed now, this just can’t happen at an ECNL level. The DOC and RF need to figure it out, and soon!

The past few years the older teams at FC Bucks lacked players. Most of these teams were once state champions, and at the top of the standings in the ECNL. They all had talent and larger rosters. They started off strong, but after U15 things began to fall apart for one reason or another. If things are shaky with the young teams now, expect major, major problems in the next few years. If things aren’t fixed now, expect to be finding a new club in the near future.

This is a simple fix. Get a new DOC or Tech Director, to run the ECNL program.

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It's been stated many times, FC Bucks/CRUSA have the player pool to be successful. FC Bucks can become good again. More than enough quality kids to start good teams, and the ability to add kids from the surrounding area to bolster the strength and depth of the teams. But as long as the club is poorly managed on the ECNL side, things can't improve, and additional players won’t join the club. Also, the better players from FCB will continue to leave, as they have been over the past few years. It really is a simple fix, just add a proper DOC to run the ECNL program. No reason why DM and CF can't stay, but move them to a level where they will have success within the club. Both are really nice guys, and most believe they truly care about the players, they just aren’t doing well at the ECNL level.

U12 to U14 teams should not have a high school or college coach as a head coach, the schedules don't match, way too many conflicts! A DOC with experience would never let this happen. For people to say RF isn't a good coach are crazy. He is a good coach, great soccer background, and also has college connections. RF is very suited for working with U15 to U19 teams. IMO, RF was put into a bad situation! The Dad coaching nonsense needs to be addressed now, this just can’t happen at an ECNL level. The DOC and RF need to figure it out, and soon!

The past few years the older teams at FC Bucks lacked players. Most of these teams were once state champions, and at the top of the standings in the ECNL. They all had talent and larger rosters. They started off strong, but after U15 things began to fall apart for one reason or another. If things are shaky with the young teams now, expect major, major problems in the next few years. If things aren’t fixed now, expect to be finding a new club in the near future.

This is a simple fix. Get a new DOC or Tech Director, to run the ECNL program.

Very well said. I am just concerned that the Dad Coach wont go away without a fight. I think he knows that without his influence, his daughter’s playing time, as well as her spot on the team in the future, are likely in serious jeopardy. A part of me thinks that RF wants him gone too, but isn’t allowed to. If the DOC removed the Dad Coach, from both his Asst. Coach and Manager roles, which would effectively end all of his influence over this team, the team would be much better off. Im sure one of several parents would be more than happy to step up and take over the manager role if this were to happen.

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It's been stated many times, FC Bucks/CRUSA have the player pool to be successful. FC Bucks can become good again. More than enough quality kids to start good teams, and the ability to add kids from the surrounding area to bolster the strength and depth of the teams. But as long as the club is poorly managed on the ECNL side, things can't improve, and additional players won’t join the club. Also, the better players from FCB will continue to leave, as they have been over the past few years. It really is a simple fix, just add a proper DOC to run the ECNL program. No reason why DM and CF can't stay, but move them to a level where they will have success within the club. Both are really nice guys, and most believe they truly care about the players, they just aren’t doing well at the ECNL level.

U12 to U14 teams should not have a high school or college coach as a head coach, the schedules don't match, way too many conflicts! A DOC with experience would never let this happen. For people to say RF isn't a good coach are crazy. He is a good coach, great soccer background, and also has college connections. RF is very suited for working with U15 to U19 teams. IMO, RF was put into a bad situation! The Dad coaching nonsense needs to be addressed now, this just can’t happen at an ECNL level. The DOC and RF need to figure it out, and soon!

The past few years the older teams at FC Bucks lacked players. Most of these teams were once state champions, and at the top of the standings in the ECNL. They all had talent and larger rosters. They started off strong, but after U15 things began to fall apart for one reason or another. If things are shaky with the young teams now, expect major, major problems in the next few years. If things aren’t fixed now, expect to be finding a new club in the near future.

This is a simple fix. Get a new DOC or Tech Director, to run the ECNL program.

Why not a HS coach? Very few games (if any) on weekends for most HS Coaches, and short of 2 games per week which have been scheduled for months (many of which are even often right after school and do not interfere with evening practices) there schedule is very easy to figure out well ahead of time for their club teams. Plenty of HS coaches coach premier across the country without incidence. The same can be said for many smaller colleges where most play is relatively local.

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Why not a HS coach? Very few games (if any) on weekends for most HS Coaches, and short of 2 games per week which have been scheduled for months (many of which are even often right after school and do not interfere with evening practices) there schedule is very easy to figure out well ahead of time for their club teams. Plenty of HS coaches coach premier across the country without incidence. The same can be said for many smaller colleges where most play is relatively local.

I think for this particular team the coach is not communicating ahead of time when he is not available. He knows his practice schedule way in advance and practices should be based on that. If he isn’t available there should be another professional coach to cover practice. If you are averaging about 1 practice every week you are not getting what you paid for.

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Why not a HS coach? Very few games (if any) on weekends for most HS Coaches, and short of 2 games per week which have been scheduled for months (many of which are even often right after school and do not interfere with evening practices) there schedule is very easy to figure out well ahead of time for their club teams. Plenty of HS coaches coach premier across the country without incidence. The same can be said for many smaller colleges where most play is relatively local.

Weather, schedule changes, things out of the control of the coach, and add district and state playoffs, coaching school soccer just doesn’t work well at a place like FC Bucks. Also, most PIAA schools do play on the weekends. An ECNL team should be having 3 training sessions each week, and then there are some travel weekends. It becomes difficult for a HS coach to make everything at an ECNL level. Sure, it can be done, just not well without a consistent coaching staff that provides seamless coverage, and FC Bucks do not function that way. The ECNL training schedule should be set and shouldn’t be changed. The U12, 13 and 14 ECNL teams should be training at the same site, at the same times, and the coaches should be working together. A staff of coaches.

The better clubs have a staff of coaches that work together and make all the sessions and games, or at least work together as a staff to make sure there is proper coverage. Without a proper coaching staff, and coach rotation, quality coverage doesn't work. The staff needs to know the kids, and the kids the staff. Practices work if everyone is on the same page. FC Bucks don’t work as a club, they work as single teams, and that isn’t how it works at advanced clubs. Players belong to a club, and the team functions within the club, and the club works to provide the best service to the players within the club. Does that happen at FC Bucks? I know the answer... This is the standard at PDA, Match Fit, Cedar Stars, Penn Fusion and FC Delco. Even if those clubs have a college or high school coach on staff, the parents and players don’t even recognize that that coach isn’t present at times. Is that the current situation at FC Bucks? If you notice, most of the better clubs have as many as 4 coaches sitting on the bench during games. Those 4 coaches are all connected to the weekly training sessions for the various age groups. The girls know all the those coaches. That is normal at most clubs. Does that happen at FC Bucks? Do you notice a quality coaching staff?

Do FC Bucks want to be one of the better clubs, or continue to be one of the worst clubs playing in the ECNL? The stats show FC Bucks were in the bottom 10 of the entire league last year. None of the teams advance to a trophy winning playoff. Doesn’t seem that players are the issue at the club, it seems more like a lack of leadership that knows how to operate an ECNL program. For someone with experience, these are simple changes and the club can be quickly fixed.

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Weather, schedule changes, things out of the control of the coach, and add district and state playoffs, coaching school soccer just doesn’t work well at a place like FC Bucks. Also, most PIAA schools do play on the weekends. An ECNL team should be having 3 training sessions each week, and then there are some travel weekends. It becomes difficult for a HS coach to make everything at an ECNL level. Sure, it can be done, just not well without a consistent coaching staff that provides seamless coverage, and FC Bucks do not function that way. The ECNL training schedule should be set and shouldn’t be changed. The U12, 13 and 14 ECNL teams should be training at the same site, at the same times, and the coaches should be working together. A staff of coaches.

The better clubs have a staff of coaches that work together and make all the sessions and games, or at least work together as a staff to make sure there is proper coverage. Without a proper coaching staff, and coach rotation, quality coverage doesn't work. The staff needs to know the kids, and the kids the staff. Practices work if everyone is on the same page. FC Bucks don’t work as a club, they work as single teams, and that isn’t how it works at advanced clubs. Players belong to a club, and the team functions within the club, and the club works to provide the best service to the players within the club. Does that happen at FC Bucks? I know the answer... This is the standard at PDA, Match Fit, Cedar Stars, Penn Fusion and FC Delco. Even if those clubs have a college or high school coach on staff, the parents and players don’t even recognize that that coach isn’t present at times. Is that the current situation at FC Bucks? If you notice, most of the better clubs have as many as 4 coaches sitting on the bench during games. Those 4 coaches are all connected to the weekly training sessions for the various age groups. The girls know all the those coaches. That is normal at most clubs. Does that happen at FC Bucks? Do you notice a quality coaching staff?

Do FC Bucks want to be one of the better clubs, or continue to be one of the worst clubs playing in the ECNL? The stats show FC Bucks were in the bottom 10 of the entire league last year. None of the teams advance to a trophy winning playoff. Doesn’t seem that players are the issue at the club, it seems more like a lack of leadership that knows how to operate an ECNL program. For someone with experience, these are simple changes and the club can be quickly fixed.

Interestingly enough, if you look an the email invitation your daughter received from FC Bucks, under what is being provided, it clearly states, "Staff of coaches, not 1 coach 1 team". Of course it also says training 2-3 times a week and speed and conditioning training. So the club get this and knows this - in fact having a staff of coaches is actually a requirement of ECNL - so it looks like FC Bucks at least tries to create the appearance of following ECNL rules, but in practice, completely ignores them.

With this particular team, most practices take place at the coach's high school field, with no other Club teams present.

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to all the parents complaining about what the board does or doesn't do for this team, the email just went out looking for parents to run for the board.....stand up and be counted and run for the board instead of just sitting behind anonymous posts complaining....

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Interestingly enough, if you look an the email invitation your daughter received from FC Bucks, under what is being provided, it clearly states, "Staff of coaches, not 1 coach 1 team". Of course it also says training 2-3 times a week and speed and conditioning training. So the club get this and knows this - in fact having a staff of coaches is actually a requirement of ECNL - so it looks like FC Bucks at least tries to create the appearance of following ECNL rules, but in practice, completely ignores them.

With this particular team, most practices take place at the coach's high school field, with no other Club teams present.

I agree with you, and I know everything going on with the situation. I am just trying to clearly present how things should be, and could be, and what our many families should be experiencing. Most families don’t understand what they should be getting. For many, the expectation is the level and experience will be better than CRUSA, and in fact it is, but only slightly better and not what it should be. The club just needs to bring in a qualified ECNL director to lead the club. That means creating standards, and reorganizing the coaching staff to best meet the needs of the players. Some changes would go a long way.