Topic: Who is AYSA or MV Strikers '95 (Read 2286 times)

Smile · « **on:** July 25, 2006, 06:02:37 PM »

Will somebody explain to me who these Strikers are? I hear they were MV Strikers then I see they are AYSA Strikers. Who's their club etc...? What's their story?

TeamAuburn · « **Reply #1 on:** July 25, 2006, 06:23:10 PM »

Quote from: "Smile"

Will somebody explain to me who these Strikers are? I hear they were MV Strikers then I see they are AYSA Strikers. Who's their club etc...? What's their story?

The Strikers '95 are a girls developmental team out of Auburn. Their parent organization is Auburn Youth Soccer Association.

Last year their parent organization was Maple Valley Soccer Association.

The change between Maple Valley and Auburn was mutual between the Strikers and Marauders. No hard feelings.

Mufasa · « **Reply #2 on:** July 25, 2006, 06:24:56 PM »

Does the change mean they will play in PDL like Marysville?

rockstar · « **Reply #3 on:** July 25, 2006, 06:40:01 PM »

Quote from: "TeamAuburn"

Quote from: "Smile"
Will somebody explain to me who these Strikers are? I hear they were MV Strikers then I see they are AYSA Strikers. Who's their club etc...? What's their story?

The Strikers '95 are a girls developmental team out of Auburn. Their parent organization is Auburn Youth Soccer Association.

Last year their parent organization was Maple Valley Soccer Association.

The change between Maple Valley and Auburn was mutual between the Strikers and Marauders. No hard feelings.

I would like to see strikers and marysville force merge with everett ,could you here the BLA BLA BLA then :?: :roll: Strikers are you not PDL yet :?:

cheese · « **Reply #4 on:** July 25, 2006, 06:52:52 PM »

I'm not so sure Auburn would drive all the way to Everett to join ESA :?

dogedog · « **Reply #5 on:** July 25, 2006, 07:06:36 PM »

Quote from: "cheese"

I'm not so sure Auburn would drive all the way to Everett to join ESA :?

Why would ESA drive all the way to Marysville? :lol: :lol: :lol:

TeamAuburn · « **Reply #6 on:** July 25, 2006, 07:14:53 PM »

Quote from: "dogedog"

Quote from: "cheese"
I'm not so sure Auburn would drive all the way to Everett to join ESA :?

Why would ESA drive all the way to Marysville? :lol: :lol: :lol:

We are happy in Auburn and they have been very good to us. We will play up again this year in district 3, maybe GT. There is lots of soccer to play inside or out of pdl.

Mufasa · « **Reply #7 on:** July 25, 2006, 07:47:08 PM »

Quote from: "TeamAuburn"

We are happy in Auburn and they have been very good to us. We will play up again this year in district 3, maybe GT. There is lots of soccer to play inside or out of pdl.

Phew, finally someone who happy where they at :lol: :lol: :lol:

Mufasa agree there a lot of soccer to play inside and outside PDL.

GO STRIKERS!!!!

:D:D

Coach Play Observe · « **Reply #8 on:** July 26, 2006, 12:22:33 AM »

TeamAuburn is correct. There is plenty of quality soccer outside of the PDL, particularly at the younger ages. Combine a good coach with dedicated soccer players (and parents) and development will occur quickly. The non-PDL teams will just have to work a little harder than PDL teams to find quality competition. It can be done (see, e.g., Auburn Strikers, CB United, Crush Academy, etc.)

Pollyana · « **Reply #9 on:** July 26, 2006, 10:31:39 AM »

Absolutely true. It will be the PDL teams' loss not to have the Strikers as part of the group this fall. Although it's been a few weeks, they are still the best GU-11 I have seen this year.

Mufasa · « **Reply #10 on:** July 26, 2006, 12:14:44 PM »

Quote from: "Coach Play Observe"

TeamAuburn is correct. There is plenty of quality soccer outside of the PDL, particularly at the younger ages. Combine a good coach with dedicated soccer players (and parents) and development will occur quickly. The non-PDL teams will just have to work a little harder than PDL teams to find quality competition. It can be done (see, e.g., Auburn Strikers, CB United, Crush Academy, etc.)

That is right! Mufasa take good coach and players over PDL any day of week

ROCK · « **Reply #11 on:** July 26, 2006, 01:42:54 PM »

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That is right! Mufasa take good coach and players over PDL any day of week

I am still on the fence. On the one hand the Player Development League has found a way around District 1's too restrictive rules (which is a big plus). Now ECFC and NWN can be part of the Xfire, WPFC, EFC group.

But on the other hand there are so many chiefs in this program with competiting agendas for their clubs/team that teams are having to do some pretty strange things.

I for one am glad the Strikers are giving us a contrast of the two systems. If the Strikers do very well, I think it will show that both systems can work.

cheese · « **Reply #12 on:** July 26, 2006, 04:02:04 PM »

If the PDL shows well this year it will draw the better coaches and players so eventually these will be DA TEAMS to be on. :?

ROCK · « **Reply #13 on:** July 26, 2006, 04:12:59 PM »

Quote from: "cheese"

If the PDL shows well this year it will draw the better coaches and players so eventually these will be DA TEAMS to be on. :?

To show well, the PDL needs to sort out the teams based on the Spring play. No more one sided games at the U11. The best teams need to play each other and a trickle down effect needs to occur.

Marauders for example is not going to stay if they loose every game in the fall like they did in the spring. They need to be paired with easier competition in order to feel like something other than everyones toy.

Reign Purple on the other hand needs harder competition. Putting the smack down on Dos every week is fun for just so long and then it gets boring.

And ESA Force needs to be placed into the the top tier of play based on their tournament record not how well ESA's other team did in the spring. ESA Force should be playing ECFC, EFC, Xfire etc... not NWN, any "B" team or less compeditive teams like Westsound. Its just the way it has to be for PDL to do well-no matter who's on the stearing committee.

Pollyana · « **Reply #14 on:** July 26, 2006, 04:39:37 PM »

Agreed. At the same time, the PDL will have to keep the scheduling open enough to keep it fun for 10-year old kids. The top group should have enough teams to make it interesting. Playing the same team 3 times in a fall season won't be much fun, and teams will improve at different rates. NWN is a good example - they improved a great deal over the course of the spring, and probably deserve to be in the top tier. Bring in Reign, Force and (jumping on the bandwagon here) Crossfire Schmetzer if that's where they belong skill-wise.

Hummingbird · « **Reply #15 on:** July 27, 2006, 08:40:13 AM »

Quote from: "Pollyana"

Absolutely true. It will be the PDL teams' loss not to have the Strikers as part of the group this fall. Although it's been a few weeks, they are still the best GU-11 I have seen this year.

Pardon my ignorance. The MV Strikers ( or Auburn Strikers) are out of Maple Valley? Why didn't they play for the Marauders so they could be in the PDL if that's where they belong?
Just wondering.

MA · « **Reply #16 on:** July 27, 2006, 08:48:24 AM »

Quote from: "ROCK"

Quote from: "cheese"
If the PDL shows well this year it will draw the better coaches and players so eventually these will be DA TEAMS to be on. :?

To show well, the PDL needs to sort out the teams based on the Spring play. No more one sided games at the U11. The best teams need to play each other and a trickle down effect needs to occur.

Marauders for example is not going to stay if they loose every game in the fall like they did in the spring. They need to be paired with easier competition in order to feel like something other than everyones toy.

Reign Purple on the other hand needs harder competition. Putting the smack down on Dos every week is fun for just so long and then it gets boring.

And ESA Force needs to be placed into the the top tier of play based on their tournament record not how well ESA's other team did in the spring. ESA Force should be playing ECFC, EFC, Xfire etc... not NWN, any "B" team or less compeditive teams like Westsound. Its just the way it has to be for PDL to do well-no matter who's on the stearing committee.

Hmmmmmmmm? This all sounds like how it was done before the PDL. Except that this year a bunch of great teams are excluded.

goldentoe · « **Reply #17 on:** July 27, 2006, 09:09:49 AM »

MA, you are so right.

Humminbird, Auburn Strikers were going to play out of Maple Valley but due to circumstances beyond the teams control they found a home in Auburn which is where the team began in the first place.

Coach has done a great job with these girls and have a great trainer as well. Maple Valley in the end did not want that set up and the team wanted to stay together with that mix so they found a new home.

My understanding is it was all pleasant separation on both sides and everything is good on both ends.

Card Shark · « **Reply #18 on:** July 27, 2006, 10:22:57 AM »

Quote from: "cheese"

If the PDL shows well this year it will draw the better coaches and players so eventually these will be DA TEAMS to be on. :?

I agree with you Cheese, and my guess is there will be no Auburn Strikers by U-14 because a good portion of the girls will end up leaving for one of the bigger clubs in the PDL. Not saying that's good, not saying that's bad, just saying it's probably going to happen.

ShelbyJ · « **Reply #19 on:** July 27, 2006, 12:07:38 PM »

If an independent select team joins a club, it has to dissolve and reform . . . so as an example, if the Strikers joined Maruaders, they have to take the best players out of whoever comes to tryouts, which might include the same team but might not. If the entire team is picked as the "A" team, the rest of the people at tryouts feel that the tryouts are "rigged." Unless a team is really ready to dissolve and possibly start new, it's better to play independent of the club. I'm not saying this is the exact situation with Strikers, but I have seen it happen multiple times, rarely at U-11, but almost definitely by U-13 or U-14. I think that that Victory struggled with this very issue, when he was deciding what to do with his team.

goldentoe · « **Reply #20 on:** July 27, 2006, 12:51:45 PM »

Quote from: "Card Shark"

Quote from: "cheese"
If the PDL shows well this year it will draw the better coaches and players so eventually these will be DA TEAMS to be on. :?

I agree with you Cheese, and my guess is there will be no Auburn Strikers by U-14 because a good portion of the girls will end up leaving for one of the bigger clubs in the PDL. Not saying that's good, not saying that's bad, just saying it's probably going to happen.

Not being disrespectful but I do not think it will last very long. We have heard of many teams (not clubs) trying to pull out already. I think Cheese is right that if the PDL does show well they will have another year. But by most accounts it has struggled to meet the standards they would like.

Some ways I like it but in others I think it is bad.

Only time will tell I guess.

Dragon · « **Reply #21 on:** July 27, 2006, 01:25:33 PM »

Quote from: "ShelbyJ"

If an independent select team joins a club, it has to dissolve and reform . . . so as an example, if the Strikers joined Maruaders, they have to take the best players out of whoever comes to tryouts, which might include the same team but might not. If the entire team is picked as the "A" team, the rest of the people at tryouts feel that the tryouts are "rigged." Unless a team is really ready to dissolve and possibly start new, it's better to play independent of the club. I'm not saying this is the exact situation with Strikers, but I have seen it happen multiple times, rarely at U-11, but almost definitely by U-13 or U-14. I think that that Victory struggled with this very issue, when he was deciding what to do with his team.

do ya know if this happened to da Pirranahs who joined WPFC? :roll:

cheese · « **Reply #22 on:** July 27, 2006, 01:43:53 PM »

Quote from: "goldentoe"

Quote from: "Card Shark"
Quote from: "cheese"
If the PDL shows well this year it will draw the better coaches and players so eventually these will be DA TEAMS to be on. :?

I agree with you Cheese, and my guess is there will be no Auburn Strikers by U-14 because a good portion of the girls will end up leaving for one of the bigger clubs in the PDL. Not saying that's good, not saying that's bad, just saying it's probably going to happen.

Not being disrespectful but I do not think it will last very long. We have heard of many teams (not clubs) trying to pull out already. I think Cheese is right that if the PDL does show well they will have another year. But by most accounts it has struggled to meet the standards they would like.

Some ways I like it but in others I think it is bad.

Only time will tell I guess.

I with you GToe.....I just said if it went well it would mushroom like crazy......My personal thoughts are that it will fizzle out within a few years.
It seems a little too restrictive by not letting some teams in and forcing others to play when they shouldn't.

ShelbyJ · « **Reply #23 on:** July 27, 2006, 06:55:20 PM »

Dragon, the answer is yes, it did. Part of the agreement was that the team could keep its coach, but would have to go through legitimate tryouts. The United team at that age group was an abberation--not as strong as the traditional teams, so the Ps were not taking too many risks in breaking up, but they picked up several new players and had to cut. It also happened when Blasters came too.

Using a Marauders hometown example, 3-4 years ago was a team that wanted to stay together, so they stayed the MV Hotspurs and played against the Marauders A team. The next year, however, they went to Marauders, now the two teams make up the bulk of the A and B teams but there is no more Hotspurs. T-birds and Patriots are another example.

I'm not sure I agree that the PDL will fizzle--I do not think it will go on its current form, but I think that the push for reform of playing levels will go on. I see the PDL as the first real attempt to change the structure, and first attempts are often clumsy. But for the Big 5 clubs--WPFC, Crossfire, NWN, EM City, and Eastisde, this is a good set up. Maybe they will go on and others won't??

Yes · « **Reply #24 on:** July 29, 2006, 09:08:35 AM »

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Using a Marauders hometown example, 3-4 years ago was a team that wanted to stay together, so they stayed the MV Hotspurs and played against the Marauders A team. The next year, however, they went to Marauders, now the two teams make up the bulk of the A and B teams but there is no more Hotspurs. T-birds and Patriots are another example.

A better example of course would be Jonny Bs Marauders U15 that were together as U9s. He was the "B" team for so long to Emmys "A" team. It was the "A" team that fell apart and the "B" is still P1. You can't predict these things. Its all about Parents, then coaches then kids that determine if a team will stay together.

Ninja · « **Reply #25 on:** July 29, 2006, 10:06:53 AM »

Quote from: "Dragon"

Quote from: "ShelbyJ"
If an independent select team joins a club, it has to dissolve and reform . . . so as an example, if the Strikers joined Maruaders, they have to take the best players out of whoever comes to tryouts, which might include the same team but might not. If the entire team is picked as the "A" team, the rest of the people at tryouts feel that the tryouts are "rigged." Unless a team is really ready to dissolve and possibly start new, it's better to play independent of the club. I'm not saying this is the exact situation with Strikers, but I have seen it happen multiple times, rarely at U-11, but almost definitely by U-13 or U-14. I think that that Victory struggled with this very issue, when he was deciding what to do with his team.

do ya know if this happened to da Pirranahs who joined WPFC? :roll:

If you have a coach like Ralph Black your players will follow you no matter where you go and also have new talent wanting to break into your team. If the Strikers could win two straight state cups like the Pirannahs maybe they could keep the team together.

Dragon · « **Reply #26 on:** July 29, 2006, 05:07:05 PM »

Dragon hear the Strikers Parents are VERY loud..............uh..............eerrrrrrr........supportive of their team :lol:

gotta love CP's at the U11 brackets :mrgreen:

barney13 · « **Reply #27 on:** August 07, 2006, 10:31:41 AM »

U12's right? Saw them play yesterday at Blastoff. Not terribly impressive as I had heard. What level did they play last year?
Not taking anything away from them, just not what they had been hyped up to be.

goldentoe · « **Reply #28 on:** August 07, 2006, 11:07:36 AM »

Quote from: "barney13"

U12's right? Saw them play yesterday at Blastoff. Not terribly impressive as I had heard. What level did they play last year?
Not taking anything away from them, just not what they had been hyped up to be.

Not the same team. MV Strikers are still in Maple Valley and they did okay in the final yesterday. It went to a shootout. They are playing Gold Klondike this year.

The other Strikers that is being talked about here are GU-11 but are playing in the GU-12 Gold Titanium group this year. The are also one of the top 5 teams in Blue Chips BCS Rankings at GU-11. They are a GREAT team.

barney13 · « **Reply #29 on:** August 07, 2006, 11:26:57 AM »

Thank you goldentoe for clearing that up.

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