Everyone needs to do what best for their kid. Travel and costs play a huge role for families. People who were saying GA travel was going to be awful were just people who didn't know. All travel at a high level is a lot. I'm not pro NL or GA. I have no idea where my kid will be in 3-4 years. I'm pro Nathan Doll and I'm pro this team. I am also pro WSA and Blitz because I have a lot of friends there (when not playing us obviously)
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For sure. I'm not condemning anyone. I'm only curious about what the schedule actually looks like vs promises / rumors.
We just got our full schedule. @Dallas , @Houston , @st louis, @ San Antonio 9 Home and 9 away.
GA East showcase @IMG ACADEMY in Nov.
Celtic Cup
TSC Spring
Playoffs in Norco
other friendlies etc.......
Any recommendations on futsal training / programs available in Tulsa? We were a part of a training group last season that was very effective and I hope it continues but I haven’t heard yet if it will be starting back up in fall.
I saw benefits in the training for my daughter … also interested in hearing others thoughts on pros/cons of futsal as supplemental training.
also kudos to TSC 13g futsal team for making it to national championship!
I saw benefits in the training for my daughter … also interested in hearing others thoughts on pros/cons of futsal as supplemental training.
also kudos to TSC 13g futsal team for making it to national championship!
I’m a fan of training and playing as many small side competitions as you can at the academy ages. Futsal is a great supplement for touch, passing and off the ball movement. I also like high level 3v3 but I’m not aware of anyone local who is playing on a national level.Any recommendations on futsal training / programs available in Tulsa? We were a part of a training group last season that was very effective and I hope it continues but I haven’t heard yet if it will be starting back up in fall.
I saw benefits in the training for my daughter … also interested in hearing others thoughts on pros/cons of futsal as supplemental training.
also kudos to TSC 13g futsal team for making it to national championship!
Futsal options are limited here in Tulsa. Leo is a futsal wizard but the goal of having him in charge of a large TSC futsal program has largely vanished due to the need for soccer coaches at TSC. 7 years ago there was a futsal facility out in Coweta ran by JM and Moritz where kids could open train and play open pickup games almost every night of the week. Those days are sadly gone in part due to Covid
they seems to be pretty similar to our travel schedule, but we don’t have to go to Florida.
I always forget about Blitz-FC Tulsa. Joao certainly has lots of futsal courts at Titan to train so it does make sense for them to have a year round program.
Any recommendations on futsal training / programs available in Tulsa? We were a part of a training group last season that was very effective and I hope it continues but I haven’t heard yet if it will be starting back up in fall.
I saw benefits in the training for my daughter … also interested in hearing others thoughts on pros/cons of futsal as supplemental training.
also kudos to TSC 13g futsal team for making it to national championship!
There's this place, but idk what all they do there / training / etc.
FCD 10s open up fall camp this coming Sunday with a fitness test and then start team trainings a week from today in the mornings. On paper we should be improved but it’s hard to say until you see how the new players fit with the existing squad. Last season it took the girls a good two months to mesh together. Can’t afford a start like that again. We’re also at the age where the focus is changing to recruiting for most of the girls. When “how did I play in front of the scouts” becomes as if not more important than “how did the team play”. Is what it is. At the end of the day the fact remains….the better the team the more high profile games you will get which translates into the more eyeballs watching.
I’m really interested in how the WSA NL team fare this season. Most of them have seen a significant number of girls move to Energy or other ECNL clubs. The 09 team is especially interesting. How does that team who won the ECRL national title plus a few key additions compete in NL? I expect them to be the best WSA side and probably by a large margin. We should find out shortly as WSA opens league against FCD and Sting Royal August 23 and 24.
I’m really interested in how the WSA NL team fare this season. Most of them have seen a significant number of girls move to Energy or other ECNL clubs. The 09 team is especially interesting. How does that team who won the ECRL national title plus a few key additions compete in NL? I expect them to be the best WSA side and probably by a large margin. We should find out shortly as WSA opens league against FCD and Sting Royal August 23 and 24.
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We're going to play pre-season friendlies in Kansas City in two weeks. That will give us an idea of how the teams look. Playing 2 SLSG teams and KCA.
That’s a solid slate of games. You should get a very good idea as to where the team stands. Let us know how it goes up there.
I plan to watch the WSA/FC Dallas's 13's as my daughter has friends on both teams and we are off. Futsal nationals was rough on us physically. One of our best players lost to broken foot, my daughter in a boot. Goalie's arm looks terrible. We start GA IN Dallas Labor Day weekend.
Schedule worked out perfectly for Cyp. His daughter gets to play the opening weekend for FCD in Tulsa then suits up the next weekend for TSC.
Sorry to hear about the futsal injuries. My kid played a lot of futsal and we never saw that amount of injuries. Hate to see the regular soccer season adversely affected by summer futsal.
Please keep us updated on your GA journey this fall. I’m expecting big things from your team. If you’re in the area when FCD 10s are playing WSA stop by and say hi. FCD 09s, 10s and 11s all play high level soccer. I think your daughter would enjoy watching any of those teams.
Y'all probably would've won if Rachel wasn't hurt. Back to back finalists is no small feat though. Congrats to y'all!
Good luck in KC. KC Athletics and SG Navy are both very good squads. Should give you a fairly good idea where your teams stands
ECNL schedules are now up on their app. Texas league Championship league playoff spots have been reduced from 6 to 4 in U16. Not sure if other ages have been reduced as well.
Thank you!
I saw that the Energy 12G NL team has a new coach. That's interesting. I wonder what that's about.
Most clubs switch coaches of their teams every two or so years. Stephen Phillips is the new 12 NL coach. He’s also the director there. He dropped off the 10 NL team and moved to the 12s. Moritz (who has Tulsa ties) now coaches 10 NL over there.
My experience with Moritz is he was the Union HS boys coach and a good friend of mine was an assistant coach with him (this person coached my son for 3 years at the youth level and then again when my son got to Union). All I was told is he tended to play his favorites and maybe not the best players all the time. I have no idea if that is something that carries over to the youth sides. He has coached at a lot of different levels, even think he was either the head coach or assistant coach at a non D1 college (girls). That said, he knows his stuff but he gets a little harsh when mistakes are made. Not sure how that works with 13 and 14 year olds.
I can’t imagine occasional “harshness” will be an issue with high level U16 ECNL girls. I would argue it’s the norm at that age and level. Almost every one of those girls will be playing college soccer in a few years. Best they get used to a little tough love when they screw up.
As far as a high level soccer coach…he’s one of the best in the state. The U16 Energy team is a very talented bunch with three high level Tulsa girls. They should do well under Moritz. Will be interesting to see if they can make nationals since there are only four Champions League playoff spots for U16 Texas league this year.
We are in Fort Worth for friendlies on those dates as well. Are you playing at Rolling Hills? Do you know which GA teams are attending?
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The difference between the WSA 12s and the TSC 12s as a team is massive.
The 12s absolutely dominated the first game against slsg 12 green. Our defense seems pretty good, they work together well, they built out from the back, etc.
My daughter scored the clubs first NL goal. SLSG scored on a free kick that was pretty perfect and were given a goal that was very clearly not a goal. We ended up losing despite having like, 90% possession, etc. WSA 12s were clearly the better team overall.
The 12s absolutely dominated the first game against slsg 12 green. Our defense seems pretty good, they work together well, they built out from the back, etc.
My daughter scored the clubs first NL goal. SLSG scored on a free kick that was pretty perfect and were given a goal that was very clearly not a goal. We ended up losing despite having like, 90% possession, etc. WSA 12s were clearly the better team overall.
Can you give the general times of the goals that were scored. Not that I'm asking too much...
Can you give the general times of the goals that were scored. Not that I'm asking too much...
38:25 is all that matters lol
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Wow that would be a major faux pas by the goalie. I thought for sure it would be the goal that never was.
yup. She made a mistake and got punished for it.
No, BA wasn't that great, except in people's heads. I played on a great BA team that won state, and we beat the North Texas State champs once. They wacked us out at Regionals.
They have nice fields. They lack the population, and people don't want to train there. Sorry, sad truth. The BA team I played on didn't train there. We trained in Tulsa.
Express has a weird notion that they will recreate some kind of glory days that were never really there. They are entirely delusional.