Youth soccer club

[lawpoke87]

There are several factors that played into our team's decision. I can say a HUGE factor was Nathan Doll. There will be at least 3 really strong teams in the conference. Lou Fusz (ranked 2nd in MO), HTX (Ranked 3rd inTX) and BVB (Which beat both us and Energy to win Pre Ecnl top division). A lot of our parents have an issue with ECNL. For instance why does the Blitz 2013's who are better than WSA's now have to play WSA's 3rd team next season because ECNL decides who plays where? ECNL is a money grab which is why they have so many RL's. If you look more at the mission of GA it aligns more with my daughter's values as she wants to coach. It's a single sex league ran by women. We will also be placed against the other top GA teams at showcases and not against other bad teams at an ECNL showcase. We have some players who will be "Discovery" players for other ECNL clubs. If anyone believes ECNL cares about the kids we will just have to disagree. I will continue to support all the local teams as we have may friends on them. I just don't believe which club wears the patch solves the problems. We had a wonderful experience at WSA and TSC has been great also. Many issues teams have are with parents and not the kids.

I would really caution using rankings until girls hit competitive soccer. I have seen this play out year after year at TSC with their pre ECNL teams. Now the TSC 13s may very well be the exception. Those BVB girls will go to the Dallas ECNL clubs this year if history repeats itself as will the HTX girls to Albion. Less from HTX but the migration will occur. I do agree with your thoughts on Nathan btw. My issue would be when the time comes and you don’t have Nathan. Assuming they rotate coaches.

All that said, best of luck as your daughter enters competitive soccer. It’s an exciting time. Hopefully everyone continues to cheer for our Tulsa based teams regardless of club affiliation. Keep us informed on your GA season.

 

[ScheelSC]

I would really caution using rankings until girls hit competitive soccer. I have seen this play out year after year at TSC with their pre ECNL teams. Now the TSC 13s may very well be the exception. I do agree with your thoughts on Nathan btw. My issue would be when the time comes and you don’t have Nathan. Assuming they rotate coaches.

All that said, best of luck as your daughter enters competitive soccer. It’s an exciting time. Hopefully everyone continues to cheer for our Tulsa based teams regardless of club affiliation. Keep us informed on your GA season.

Thanks, We will be paying real close attention to what goes on at all the clubs and what happens going forward as it pertains to girls ECNL locally.

 

[lawpoke87]

Thanks, We will be paying real close attention to what goes on at all the clubs and what happens going forward as it pertains to girls ECNL locally.

WSA NL is going to really struggle this year I’m afraid. Other than the 09s, I don’t see any of the other teams above .500. The 08 age group in the state simply has very little talent. The 09s have a chance to be decent. The 10s have three Tulsa players in the US National Team pool but none of them play in Tulsa. The 11s have a shot at being .500 depending on who if anyone they got back from Energy. I still think the 12s have a talent problem (sorry Honkv). The best 13s are still at TSC. WSA will need several years to develop and keep the top girls playing in the city before they have any hope of being competitive. The 14s have a chance to be pretty good depending on development and low attrition.

 

[Honkv]

WSA NL is going to really struggle this year I’m afraid. Other than the 09s, I don’t see any of the other teams above .500. The 08 age group in the state simply has very little talent. The 09s have a chance to be decent. The 10s have three Tulsa players in the US National Team pool but none of them play in Tulsa. The 11s have a shot at being .500 depending on who if anyone they got back from Energy. I still think the 12s have a talent problem (sorry Honkv). The best 13s are still at TSC. WSA will need several years to develop and keep the top girls playing in the city before they have any hope of being competitive. The 14s have a chance to be pretty good depending on development and low attrition.

It’s all good! I’m not expecting a miracle. But I do think they’ll be better (the 12s) that is.

I don’t think we will have the same issues we had last year with our midfield, tbh.

 

[Soccer7583]

WSA NL is going to really struggle this year I’m afraid. Other than the 09s, I don’t see any of the other teams above .500. The 08 age group in the state simply has very little talent. The 09s have a chance to be decent. The 10s have three Tulsa players in the US National Team pool but none of them play in Tulsa. The 11s have a shot at being .500 depending on who if anyone they got back from Energy. I still think the 12s have a talent problem (sorry Honkv). The best 13s are still at TSC. WSA will need several years to develop and keep the top girls playing in the city before they have any hope of being competitive. The 14s have a chance to be pretty good depending on development and low attrition.

The 11’s didn’t get any girls back from Energy and even lost one of their top defenders to Energy. WSA’s new roster will consist of roughly 2 RL girls from TSC and 4/5 from WSA. They still have some talent from TSC’s NL team but will struggle with depth.

 

[Soccer7583]

It’s all good! I’m not expecting a miracle. But I do think they’ll be better (the 12s) that is.

I don’t think we will have the same issues we had last year with our midfield, tbh.

Im hoping WSA provides more support and resources for the girls side, unlike TSC, who just used the girls to finance the boys.

 

[lawpoke87]

Im hoping WSA provides more support and resources for the girls side, unlike TSC, who just used the girls to finance the boys.

WSA definitely has better leadership at the top and will be able to retain coaches much better than we saw at TSC. It’s very hard to build any type of continuity in a club when you’re replacing not only the coaching staff every year but your directors. I have no clue about what resources WSA will or will not provide. Hopefully they encourage outside training and not attempt to limit it to WSA coaches. All that said, this year is going to be a struggle in large part due to what has occurred at TSC over the past several years. It appears those elite girls who left TSC aren’t in any hurry to come back to town. WSA will struggle to compete in ECNL without those girls.

 

[Soccer7583]

WSA definitely has better leadership at the top and will be able to retain coaches much better than we saw at TSC. It’s very hard to build any type of continuity in a club when you’re replacing not only the coaching staff every year but your directors. I have no clue about what resources WSA will or will not provide. Hopefully they encourage outside training and not attempt to limit it to WSA coaches. All that said, this year is going to be a struggle in large part due to what has occurred at TSC over the past several years. It appears those elite girls who left TSC aren’t in any hurry to come back to town. WSA will struggle to compete in ECNL without those girls.

You guys are in Edmond this weekend correct? I haven’t looked at the 10’s standing, are you guys locked into the playoffs already?

 

[Honkv]

Im hoping WSA provides more support and resources for the girls side, unlike TSC, who just used the girls to finance the boys.

It already seems as if they are giving that support that TSC was lacking.

 

[lawpoke87]

You guys are in Edmond this weekend correct? I haven’t looked at the 10’s standing, are you guys locked into the playoffs already?

We play Sunday at 11am. We need a win or tie to guarantee a champions league spot at nationals. We played really poorly to start the season. Lost several games we had no business losing. Injuries to several of our better players had a lot to do with that as did trying to mesh 7 new players into the team. Girls have played well over the last several months but it all comes down to Sunday. Lose and we’re playing in the stupid consolation tourney in San Diego. Win or tie and I think we’re a dangerous team at nationals. Hoping for the best.