Originally posted by Unregistered
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But like hey say "what have you done lately ?"
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You would have to back a few years (5+) but your right. FC had Clive and his driving force that followed. LO was the up and coming that typically had teams that were strong until u17.
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Why are people missing the fact that ECNL is as political as anything else in soccer. Clubs were not "asked" to join they applied and if you have connections to the college level coaches that bring development then you may be accepted. Club records matter less than who is running your club and if they are well connected to US Club and it's cornies.
People, put down the cool aid. A watered down ECNL is not going to develop your daughter any more than $2000 of personal training. Who's going to coach? Some crazy increadible coach that the ECNL is going to bring in? No same 'ol coaching that's been here for years. But now they are going to be NERVOUS and expect HUGE results. Playing maybe a dozen games against better competition? Well I guess that would be eye opening but make your child a better soccer player? Come on!
That's all we need, more pressure on our kids to perform. Not only from the coach but from Mommy and Daddy as they are spending $$$$10,000$$$$ and want return for thier investment.Comment
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Sorry cornies should be cronies...Cornies Hahaha good one!!Comment
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Only time will tell, but if THUSC gets the bid, on what criteria? Groups 14-18 must be strong in elite competitions. These ages must be able to compete with the ECNL Northwest conference teams. The 16-18s can, but the youngins can't compete with that level. They should give the bid to more WA teams.Comment
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So wrong on so many levels.Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
Games! Games! Games! You can stand there and be the greatest juggler the world has ever seen and be a joke on the pitch. Why? Because you need to play games. You need to learn how to move against quality opponents. Read the field and be creative. The ONLY way you get this is to play games - and lots of them. The more games you play against high quality (or better) opponents the better. The more varied your opponents, the better.
Personal trainer over the ECNL? What a joke...
Standing around having someone practice with your child is not going to do that. It will certainly help prepare them. Take their mind of the technical part of the game and let them focus on being creative, tactics, and such.
To think that spending thousands on a personal trainer is better than competing in the ECNL just naive at best. This isn't much better than simply having your child kick against a wall for hours.Comment
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Sorry, please do your research. According to the NWCL website, THUSC has a U13 team, the ONYX, who won the whole shootin match, by beating the best WA had to offer. The ONYX will be U14 next year, which would be the the first year if THUSC gets the nod.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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Speaking of 14-18. No doubt 13 Onyx can compete in OR and WA. How did they fair in Surf Cup? Oh.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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Didn't check, but you were'nt asking that either. You just said they didn't have any "youngins" You also said they should give it to more WA teams. I'm just pointing out that it looks like THUSC has a soon to be U14 team that is doin' just fine and beating the WA teams.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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I can read the Surf website too. You're right, they didn't make it out of pool play. Was ranked the lowest team when bracketed against the top teams. Lost by 2-1 to the eventual champions and tied 2-2 against a semi-finalist, then won their 3rd game 4-0. They played against Cali teams that get to compete against each other all the time. You are right, they suck.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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Done with speaking of Onyx, the post didn't include them you did. I question THUSC or any other OR club getting ECNL until OR soccer improves.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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Regional and national play are key elements to improving Oregon soccer. Here's hoping that happens.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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what?
Actually the post I was responding to named Onyx in it, try reading that before making a statement of fact next time. This is only my second post on the thread, so how did I bring up Onyx?Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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Ok Cony, ok. Same can be said about WSM with the Timbers. Same old coaching and nothing changes. Not even playing better competition. At least if THUSC gets ECNL the competition will be better. The only way to get better is to play better competition. You must not know sports well if you really think that playing better competition won't make you a better soccer player. Why do you think WA has the like vs like rule?Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
I also love how you try to throw the $10,000 out there. I realize that you are trying to scare people away so they don't leave WSM but I'm sorry to say that won't work. People are not as dumb as you make them out to be and I guarantee you if THUSC gets ECNL people will be smart enough to find out the cost and not just "take it from you". I can guarantee you that it will not be anywhere near that figure. Sponsorship will help quite a bit and THUSC does have that in place if they get ECNL.Comment
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That's just it. ECNL is just one more step towards improvement. Oregon needs this. ECNL will raise the level of competition in Oregon across the board and across clubs. All of the clubs are going to have to start stepping up their respective games and provide a quality product or players will leave and move onto a team/club that is improving. It is a win/win for everybody involved.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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