FC Portland and ECNL

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Wrong. Practice and coaching always trump playing better teams.

You need both.

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And the point is, if you are not a starter, don't count on lots of time. Where girls used to get 20-30 minutes a game, they will now get 10 (at the end of the first half generally), unless the game is a wipeout. But hey, she's going to get better in practice, right? And I'm sure watching those ECNL games will make her better.

That has not been our experience in the ECNL. If they bench kids they couldnt get people to play or spend their $$$$. The idea of ECNL is that there is not a huge difference between #3 and #18 so they all play and they all start. Maybe Oregon will have a harder time finding this many kids, but it would not be wise to "bench" anyone.

Good coaches dont bench players they use strategy and develop.

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Learning curve for the Coaches/Clubs too

Chill out people. Pay no attention to what the clubs are telling to today about the size of the teams or how they are gong to manage reserves because they have not done it yet. They will continue to get advice from the Home club in the case of Crossfire and FCP has close personal connections there too.

I doubt seriously that either club will stock a team with more than 20 regular rostered players since neither of the Northern ECNL clubs did that. They can bring kids up from the A teams if they need to or if they have earned a shot and that is where the reserves should be "placed".

Injuries will play a big part so even a 20 person roster (18 field players) is not as big as it sounds.

Further players NOT traveling are not charged for the travel costs so take a breath and let the coaches/clubs learn on the job!

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25% Starting policy

That has not been our experience in the ECNL. If they bench kids they couldnt get people to play or spend their $$$$. The idea of ECNL is that there is not a huge difference between #3 and #18 so they all play and they all start. Maybe Oregon will have a harder time finding this many kids, but it would not be wise to "bench" anyone.

Good coaches dont bench players they use strategy and develop.

Further the league has a policy that every player has to start 25% of the games played.

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Chill out people. Pay no attention to what the clubs are telling to today about the size of the teams or how they are gong to manage reserves because they have not done it yet. They will continue to get advice from the Home club in the case of Crossfire and FCP has close personal connections there too.

I doubt seriously that either club will stock a team with more than 20 regular rostered players since neither of the Northern ECNL clubs did that. They can bring kids up from the A teams if they need to or if they have earned a shot and that is where the reserves should be "placed".

Injuries will play a big part so even a 20 person roster (18 field players) is not as big as it sounds.

Further players NOT traveling are not charged for the travel costs so take a breath and let the coaches/clubs learn on the job!

Who are you selling lies too?

I will bet you northern clubs had excess of 20+ players on their rosters. You said they dont. Lie number one.

Advice from home club and FC Portland connections? Lie two

But yes why don't you pay 10k to be on a weak team of 22

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Who are you selling lies too?

I will bet you northern clubs had excess of 20+ players on their rosters. You said they dont. Lie number one.

Advice from home club and FC Portland connections? Lie two

But yes why don't you pay 10k to be on a weak team of 22

The second someone says 10k they lose all credibility. You're just a hater. Get lost.

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The second someone says 10k they lose all credibility. You're just a hater. Get lost.

FC with 22 on the ECNL roster.

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$10,000 is a mountain of money. You could buy a nice pick up for that kind of dough. And have enough left over to trick it out.

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Look it up

Who are you selling lies too?

I will bet you northern clubs had excess of 20+ players on their rosters. You said they dont. Lie number one.

Advice from home club and FC Portland connections? Lie two

But yes why don't you pay 10k to be on a weak team of 22

Not that you are smart enough to look it up or understand what you are looking at if you did but here are the numbers for WA Crossfire:

U14 21 rostered 20 active
U15 23 rostered 18 active
U16 19 rostered 18 active
U17 20 rostered 17 active
U18 25 rostered 19 active

the difference between rostered and active is that at U18 each team is allowed 4 discover players whilte the lower ages are allowed only 2. Additionally injuries and drop outs are also a constant factor as they are with any team.

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Not that you are smart enough to look it up or understand what you are looking at if you did but here are the numbers for WA Crossfire:

U14 21 rostered 20 active
U15 23 rostered 18 active
U16 19 rostered 18 active
U17 20 rostered 17 active
U18 25 rostered 19 active

the difference between rostered and active is that at U18 each team is allowed 4 discover players whilte the lower ages are allowed only 2. Additionally injuries and drop outs are also a constant factor as they are with any team.

Hahahahaha are you this stupid?

Why don't you ask anyone on those teams and really inquire how many are on the roster to pay for other people....wow, if you are an indicator of an ecnl parent, I can only imagine the group of people in the car.

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And have enough left over to trick it out.[/QUOTE]

That's all we need to know about you!

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Fc portland and ECNL

FC with 22 on the ECNL roster.

22 named to the training pool. All that means at this point is a few extra dollars for 2 extra practices per week. They have not named a true roster yet.

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22 named to the training pool. All that means at this point is a few extra dollars for 2 extra practices per week. They have not named a true roster yet.

The roster will fluctuate for each game / tourney. Those who aren't getting enough PT on ECNL will start on Navy at no extra cost. $500 for double the training and an opportunity to develop at a faster rate. Sounds like a good deal overall.

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Chill out people. Pay no attention to what the clubs are telling to today about the size of the teams or how they are gong to manage reserves because they have not done it yet. They will continue to get advice from the Home club in the case of Crossfire and FCP has close personal connections there too.

I doubt seriously that either club will stock a team with more than 20 regular rostered players since neither of the Northern ECNL clubs did that. They can bring kids up from the A teams if they need to or if they have earned a shot and that is where the reserves should be "placed".

Injuries will play a big part so even a 20 person roster (18 field players) is not as big as it sounds.

Further players NOT traveling are not charged for the travel costs so take a breath and let the coaches/clubs learn on the job!

Wow, clearly you've not spoken to anyone on a current ECNL team. You need to speak to some current parents and you will learn that coaches hold back players in case of injury due to the substitution rule. If you put players 17 and 18 into the game and then have an injury, you have to play a player down. And even on the best teams, #3 and #18 are far apart in terms of ability. If you applied any logic to your thinking, you would realize that if player #18 is as good as player #3, then that player would leave and become player #3 at another ECNL team. And there is no way in this little oyster of a soccer world we live in that you are going to find a group of players with equivilent abilities. There just isn't enough players at every age group.

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The roster will fluctuate for each game / tourney. Those who aren't getting enough PT on ECNL will start on Navy at no extra cost. $500 for double the training and an opportunity to develop at a faster rate. Sounds like a good deal overall.

Yes, sitting and watching the ECNL games is great for development. Playing on the lower team against diluted talent will also help a bunch. But hey, it's only time and money.