Girls 02 Rankings

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Good coaches will focus on possession based soccer and not direct long ball soccer. Young dominant teams are usually so because they play direct to their kids who grew early. All kids catch up eventually and early leads in physical development go away. This is when and why clubs who focus on development take over.

Recruiting and bringing in new talent is always part of developing and improving teams. This really starts to happen u13-14 and continues into the HS years.

As a poster said previously, THUSC, FCP, and OSSA dominate for these reasons.

THUSC, FCP, and OSSA were always dominate at the younger ages too. But that is no longer the case. The tide has turned. ET, WT, and WaT are the place to be. Once U15 and above have flushed out of the system, ET, WT, and WaT will be stronger across nearly all age groups.

And I guarantee you that THUSC is not magically working on something that the other clubs are not working on... so that there teams suddenly turn great at U14.

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I guarantee you that THUSC is not magically working on something that the other clubs are not working on...

Yes they are – it’s the magic Kool-Aid!

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THUSC, FCP, and OSSA were always dominate at the younger ages too. But that is no longer the case. The tide has turned. ET, WT, and WaT are the place to be. Once U15 and above have flushed out of the system, ET, WT, and WaT will be stronger across nearly all age groups.

And I guarantee you that THUSC is not magically working on something that the other clubs are not working on... so that there teams suddenly turn great at U14.

Are you new to soccer? WST and EST always do well at the younger ages where size and bootball work. VT has always been strong. Once the girls parents realize WST and ET offer nothing in the form of coaching they leave. They had a good little team in that Sherwood team but at U15 the best players fled WST as quickly as possible. FC, THUSC and OSSA again benefit from it.

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THUSC, FCP, and OSSA were always dominate at the younger ages too. But that is no longer the case. The tide has turned. ET, WT, and WaT are the place to be. Once U15 and above have flushed out of the system, ET, WT, and WaT will be stronger across nearly all age groups.

And I guarantee you that THUSC is not magically working on something that the other clubs are not working on... so that there teams suddenly turn great at U14.

ET and WST don't even have teams in premier at U14. Parents figure it out. The TA clubs can claim VT and Sherwood I guess but that has nothing to do with WST and ET developing and keeping teams.

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ET and WST don't even have teams in premier at U14. Parents figure it out. The TA clubs can claim VT and Sherwood I guess but that has nothing to do with WST and ET developing and keeping teams.

History continues to repeat itself. It's not coincidence. It is due to how THUSC, FCP, and OSSA train and play.

TA coaches will say anything to draw you in. Everyone figures this out eventually. Unfortunately it is too late for those who listened to the wrong advice.

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THUSC, FCP, and OSSA were always dominate at the younger ages too. But that is no longer the case. The tide has turned. ET, WT, and WaT are the place to be. Once U15 and above have flushed out of the system, ET, WT, and WaT will be stronger across nearly all age groups.

And I guarantee you that THUSC is not magically working on something that the other clubs are not working on... so that there teams suddenly turn great at U14.

Have you not looked at the standings? WST has no team in NPL at U12 and ET has a team that hasn't won a game. U11 has a WST in last place and a decent ET for now. WST has no top team at U13 or U14. ET has a decent team at U13 and no U14 team. Looks like if you for some reason want to be in a TA club you better head to VT or Sherwood. Be careful at Sherwood though as they will force you to merge with WST at U15.

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THUSC, FCP, and OSSA were always dominate at the younger ages too. But that is no longer the case. The tide has turned. ET, WT, and WaT are the place to be. Once U15 and above have flushed out of the system, ET, WT, and WaT will be stronger across nearly all age groups.

And I guarantee you that THUSC is not magically working on something that the other clubs are not working on... so that there teams suddenly turn great at U14.

Yikes!

Worst advice in this entire thread. THUSC, FCP, and OSSA are the only girls clubs in this state. The Timbers alliance clubs are absolutely horrible at every age group for girls. Yes, EVERY age group.

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Be careful at Sherwood though as they will force you to merge with WST at U15.

Be careful at WUSC, SSC, LO, OSA etc as they'll shove you into OSSA or "crossfire" and that cluster.. (ya - been there - it's crap...)

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Yikes!

Worst advice in this entire thread. THUSC, FCP, and OSSA are the only girls clubs in this state. The Timbers alliance clubs are absolutely horrible at every age group for girls. Yes, EVERY age group.

you need to look again. You might reduce your percentage in the lower right corner of your browser so you can see the full screen, all the teams (may have to scroll up from your kids team is.)

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The only Kool-Aid being drank tastes like TA!

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you need to look again. You might reduce your percentage in the lower right corner of your browser so you can see the full screen, all the teams (may have to scroll up from your kids team is.)

Guess you must of missed state cup last year??? You new???? What 3 clubs won every age group on the girls side??? That's right THUSC, OSSA and FC PDX. Sorry TA members. Enjoy the boys games.

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See post #639. Trying to play possession soccer can test and torment even the most committed teams/parents. Oh, and unfortunately they don't award wins based on possession time or this game would have been in the bag early in first half!

I guess if your just about the wins and getting into the net then you really must enjoy FCSC style soccer. There sitting 3rd in the rankings with 5 games played but, those players won't develop either. Do you get it yet?

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Based on Summer tournaments and Fall leagues.


-Top tier-

Vancouver
FC Portland
EMFC
Corvallis Valley

-Second tier-

3RSC
Sherwood
WUSC
Westside

-Third tier-

CFC
Eastside
Lake Oswego

This was the first post of this thread. Looks like none of the top listed teams are at the top.

Looks like TS is going to win league already. Only 5 games in and only 2 points behind ***C (***C has played 6 games already) and unless something drastic improvement occurs from the other teams they should take league title.

Other surprise is FCSC. Five league games and in third spot. Guess that "get it in the net and forget about possession ball" stuff really works.

Biggest overrated team. ***C. Sure they have won big in some games but, these are the same teams that FCSC is winning big against. They are not really considered a part from the rest of the pack anymore.

Most improved teams overall appear to be Thusc and Eastside. Both teams all games have been close with no blowout losses. Thusc tied TS and Eastside lost to TS 1 to 2. Even FC Portland placed a good showing with a 2-0 game against TS. FCSC and ***C both shut out 3 goals against them.

For those who really follow this stuff and "WATCH" the play on field and what is going on it's really not rocket science what coaches/teams are developing the majority of their players and who is relying on those few "suzy stars" with direct play for the wins.

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This was the first post of this thread. Looks like none of the top listed teams are at the top.

Looks like TS is going to win league already. Only 5 games in and only 2 points behind ***C (***C has played 6 games already) and unless something drastic improvement occurs from the other teams they should take league title.

Other surprise is FCSC. Five league games and in third spot. Guess that "get it in the net and forget about possession ball" stuff really works.

Biggest overrated team. ***C. Sure they have won big in some games but, these are the same teams that FCSC is winning big against. They are not really considered a part from the rest of the pack anymore.

Most improved teams overall appear to be Thusc and Eastside. Both teams all games have been close with no blowout losses. Thusc tied TS and Eastside lost to TS 1 to 2. Even FC Portland placed a good showing with a 2-0 game against TS. FCSC and ***C both shut out 3 goals against them.

For those who really follow this stuff and "WATCH" the play on field and what is going on it's really not rocket science what coaches/teams are developing the majority of their players and who is relying on those few "suzy stars" with direct play for the wins.

My observations from so far (in response to yours)

Agree with you that TS should win league. They are looking very strong and have shown that they match up well against ***C.

Not sure why ***C gets disrespected so much. They have played every team in the league so far except VFC (which I think we both would agree aren't a power house) And they have beat them all. Not only that in the summer the only team to beat them was westside TS, and that includes beating Crossfire 3-0 (washington state champs) the same crossfire who tied TS. Nobody expects them to go undefeated, but they should take 2nd in league.

Eastside to me is the most improved team. I have been very impressed to see how far they have come this summer, and they seem to only be getting better. Right now I would put them at 3rd.

Thusc to me is actually heading the other direction. I watched them at the beginning of the year and I watched them play pretty close with TS and ***C, but now to lose to ***C, Eastside and VFC in league, just surprised me. I expected them to be 3rd.

FCSC is athletic, and that will take them a ways. I think everyone would agree they play the most kick ball style. they have some surpise wins though in my book. To beat FC Portland 4-1 was impressive. However, when they played TS and ***C they got beat pretty easily.

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This was the first post of this thread. Looks like none of the top listed teams are at the top.

Looks like TS is going to win league already. Only 5 games in and only 2 points behind ***C (***C has played 6 games already) and unless something drastic improvement occurs from the other teams they should take league title.

Other surprise is FCSC. Five league games and in third spot. Guess that "get it in the net and forget about possession ball" stuff really works.

Biggest overrated team. ***C. Sure they have won big in some games but, these are the same teams that FCSC is winning big against. They are not really considered a part from the rest of the pack anymore.

Most improved teams overall appear to be Thusc and Eastside. Both teams all games have been close with no blowout losses. Thusc tied TS and Eastside lost to TS 1 to 2. Even FC Portland placed a good showing with a 2-0 game against TS. FCSC and ***C both shut out 3 goals against them.

For those who really follow this stuff and "WATCH" the play on field and what is going on it's really not rocket science what coaches/teams are developing the majority of their players and who is relying on those few "suzy stars" with direct play for the wins.

I guess I saw the wrong game. I have read on here for a while that ***C just boots the ball and only scores on breakaways. My DD's team had not played them the entire year or watched them play, so I was happy that we finally got to see this team that people have been debating.

After watching them I was confused. Did I happen to just catch a "good" game, because they were looking to pass far more than the other teams we have played. They scored 5 goals on us and only 1 was a breakaway. 3 of their goals came off crosses and finishes and 1 came off a long shot. They were switching the ball to their outside back who was then attacking out of the back and finding the midfielders feet, who then were finding forwards feet. Like I said maybe I just happened to catch a good game, but I was pretty impressed.