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Message: [QUOTE="upstater, post: 2406529, member: 153"] Very few games played so far. Almost all the players are playing school soccer, which just finished. Up here the middle schools all have teams. Just one tournament so far for the premier club up at Lake George. They decided to not do the ECNL league, which is good. They went 2-1 in the tournament, which turned into a perfect test, as they blew out a Long Island premier team, 7-0 (went up 5-0 in first half, then passed the ball around in 2nd), got shellacked 5-0 by the Boston ECNL club from her same org (GPS), and beat Binghamton 1-0 in an even game. My daughter is more than holding her own against the bigger girls. She scored the club's first goal of the year from her position as a defensive midfielder. That is probably the only aspect of the new situation I don't like. The coach has stuck his more skilled ballhandlers at the central midfield and defensive midfield positions, while some of the less skilled faster kids are up the wings. The defense (which is pretty good) has only been passing the ball to the wings, and the wingers can't seem to bring it back inside when they are squeezed out of bounds. In other words, my daughter isn't seeing much of the ball. Honestly, at this level, I think they should go 4-3-3 and abandon her position. Almost useless. They are in a 4-1-4-1 formation. We'll be playing teams from Michigan, Ohio and Western Pa., in the spring. Luckily, almost all the games are within 3 hours. A much easier league than ECNL. Also entered into the 8 game upstate NY Thruway league (Binghamton, Utica, Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo). Probably have some friendlies with Canadian teams, like every year. Now I have my 8 year old just joined travel. [/QUOTE]

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