FC Portland and ECNL

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You can TEACH skill but not speed!

Do you think FC, Crossfire, and THUSC purposely look for slower player?

I am sure they try to get the best players available and speed is a factor.

We would all like to add 5-6 quality players with speed. While we are at it, I would love to add some size with the speed. Now why don't you tell us all something that is less obvious.

I say focus on speed because you can coach the rest. Of course finding speed and size is a plus.

I say focus on speed because what our ECNL entries are going to find is that the better ECNL teams are as fast front to back as our speedy forwards.

I would add a caveat that closing speed not just top speed needs to be the primary mission of the defense.

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I say focus on speed because you can coach the rest. Of course finding speed and size is a plus.

I say focus on speed because what our ECNL entries are going to find is that the better ECNL teams are as fast front to back as our speedy forwards.

I would add a caveat that closing speed not just top speed needs to be the primary mission of the defense.

Trying to get my DD's whole basketball team to join. Good size and speed all around, and since its so easy to teach skill.....

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I say focus on speed because you can coach the rest. Of course finding speed and size is a plus.

I say focus on speed because what our ECNL entries are going to find is that the better ECNL teams are as fast front to back as our speedy forwards.

I would add a caveat that closing speed not just top speed needs to be the primary mission of the defense.

Ya, get some really big defenders who can kick it forward to some really fast forwards. Pretty sure not one rec. coach has ever thought of that. I think that's how we outsmart those ECNL teams.

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Did the ECNL teams take the NWCL as serious as a league game? No, but they had personal pride on the line which is why the WA Crossfire played their regular team and rotation.

Crossfire Oregon or THUSC will need to add 3-4 quality players to every base team with a focus on getting faster.

FC will need to add 5-6 players for depth also with a focus on speed.

Yes, somebody call the local track club. Need some 100 meter sprinters.

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Nobody has said the best of our best would not get their offers but somehow when we write that the offers they will get from participating in the ECNL will be more diverse or for bigger percentages you IGNORE that completely.

Additionally, when you read that the participation in the ECNL makes them a better player and prepares them to be more successful at the next level because the ECNL better approximates what they will experience at the next level you ignore that too.

Quality practice and coaching will make you a better player. ECNL will have limited impact.

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Quality practice and coaching will make you a better player. ECNL will have limited impact.

I agree with quality practice and coaching. You are wrong no the ECNL.

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I say focus on speed because you can coach the rest. Of course finding speed and size is a plus.

I say focus on speed because what our ECNL entries are going to find is that the better ECNL teams are as fast front to back as our speedy forwards.

I would add a caveat that closing speed not just top speed needs to be the primary mission of the defense.

The better ECNL teams are fast. Really??

I thought your first post was stupid and didn't think it was possible to be more stupid, but you proved me wrong.

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Quality practice and coaching will make you a better player. ECNL will have limited impact.

I supposed thrashing OYSA Rec+ teams WILL make you better though...

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I supposed thrashing OYSA Rec+ teams WILL make you better though...

If the practice and coaching is better, yes. It's not who you play. A mule doesn't get faster because you put it in the Kentucky derby.

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If the practice and coaching is better, yes. It's not who you play. A mule doesn't get faster because you put it in the Kentucky derby.

You need both. Playing excellent competition week in and week out will help you improve just as much as good practice and good coaching. It's one thing to work on playing quickly in practice. It's quite another to put that in the field in game situations against quality opponents who close you down much more quickly than in your local semi rec league. You are guaranteed the quality opposition in the ECNL.

As far as quality practice, I don't know how it will work in OR, but the large roster size, and the level of quality on the rosters of the WA ECNL teams absolutely helps them get better. Each practice is a competition for playing time in the next ECNL competition. You better being your A game to practice every night because the girl competing for your playing time will.

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You need both. Playing excellent competition week in and week out will help you improve just as much as good practice and good coaching. It's one thing to work on playing quickly in practice. It's quite another to put that in the field in game situations against quality opponents who close you down much more quickly than in your local semi rec league. You are guaranteed the quality opposition in the ECNL.

As far as quality practice, I don't know how it will work in OR, but the large roster size, and the level of quality on the rosters of the WA ECNL teams absolutely helps them get better. Each practice is a competition for playing time in the next ECNL competition. You better being your A game to practice every night because the girl competing for your playing time will.

I am curious where the large roster size will come from. The competition was already diluted. I am very happy that Portland got ECNL however I think they will get thrashed at all but a couple of teams for several years to come unless they are playing other new teams.

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You need both. Playing excellent competition week in and week out will help you improve just as much as good practice and good coaching. It's one thing to work on playing quickly in practice. It's quite another to put that in the field in game situations against quality opponents who close you down much more quickly than in your local semi rec league. You are guaranteed the quality opposition in the ECNL.

As far as quality practice, I don't know how it will work in OR, but the large roster size, and the level of quality on the rosters of the WA ECNL teams absolutely helps them get better. Each practice is a competition for playing time in the next ECNL competition. You better being your A game to practice every night because the girl competing for your playing time will.

Wrong. Practice and coaching always trump playing better teams.

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I am curious where the large roster size will come from. The competition was already diluted. I am very happy that Portland got ECNL however I think they will get thrashed at all but a couple of teams for several years to come unless they are playing other new teams.

Probably would have been better if Portland had gotten one ECNL club. That would have made it much more likely the teams would have been competitive right out of the gate. With two, much more likely that both will struggle and over time, the talent at each age group is likely to consolidate to the better team at that age group. Onyx may be an exception in that they seem to have already aggregated much of the talent at their age group, and they should be a decent ECNL team right away.

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It's not by virtue. It is due to the type of players the ECNL draws. This shouldn't be hard to understand.

So, who are our ECNL teams, specifically at the U16 and up ages, going to draw? No one. That shouldn't be hard to understand.

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Probably would have been better if Portland had gotten one ECNL club. That would have made it much more likely the teams would have been competitive right out of the gate. With two, much more likely that both will struggle and over time, the talent at each age group is likely to consolidate to the better team at that age group. Onyx may be an exception in that they seem to have already aggregated much of the talent at their age group, and they should be a decent ECNL team right away.

Onyx is the only team amongst the clubs with ECNL that has aggregated much of the talented players at their age group. Other clubs have done so at other age groups, but they aren't with THUSC, OC or FC. It will be up to those clubs to try to lure those players over