Can someone clue me in on the City FC "Elite" program…?

I wouldn't consider it an allstar team, with such a small group of clubs, but it is a step in the right direction. I'm all for anything giving players more opportunity. Hopefully it will draw some of the players from Arlington, as mommabear said, there are some very good athletes that it might open something up for. Hopefully everyone will be patient until all the bugs are worked out.

Triumph FC wrote:Great Idea for US Club?
We went to them with our proposal not them coming to us. This has been in the works for 2 years

Yes... GOOD idea for US Club.. Whoever came up with it..  

Also, it took 2 years for you to get that going..??..

soccersounder wrote:

Triumph FC wrote:Great Idea for US Club?
We went to them with our proposal not them coming to us. This has been in the works for 2 years

Yes... GOOD idea for US Club.. Whoever came up with it..  

Also, it took 2 years for you to get that going..??..

no doubt, they had to ask the big clubs if it was ok with them....

http://www.cityfcacademy.com/
iD Camp schedule
http://static.squarespace.com/static/53960af8e4b0e4c07feee2ab/t/540f1168e4b0c5df6b9e2e25/1410273673812/City%20FC%20iD%20schedule%20First%20Weekend.pdf
registration
http://www.cityfcacademy.com/player-id-camp-signups/
Location
960 E Hwy 121 business
Lewisville
Corner of 121 business and Valley View

Triumph FC wrote:http://www.cityfcacademy.com/
iD Camp schedule
http://static.squarespace.com/static/53960af8e4b0e4c07feee2ab/t/540f1168e4b0c5df6b9e2e25/1410273673812/City%20FC%20iD%20schedule%20First%20Weekend.pdf
registration
http://www.cityfcacademy.com/player-id-camp-signups/
Location
960 E Hwy 121 business
Lewisville
Corner of 121 business and Valley View

Buzzzz
Mm it seems like the Buzz is in the air. Looking forward to the ID camp and the development of the sides as well as the clubs working together for the betterment of the kids.

Marvelousmar wrote:

Triumph FC wrote:http://www.cityfcacademy.com/
iD Camp schedule
http://static.squarespace.com/static/53960af8e4b0e4c07feee2ab/t/540f1168e4b0c5df6b9e2e25/1410273673812/City%20FC%20iD%20schedule%20First%20Weekend.pdf
registration
http://www.cityfcacademy.com/player-id-camp-signups/
Location
960 E Hwy 121 business
Lewisville
Corner of 121 business and Valley View

Buzzzz
Mm it seems like the Buzz is in the air.  Looking forward to the ID camp and the development of the sides as well as the clubs working together for the betterment of the kids.  

Feedback on the first ID camp? What age group is your DD in?

My early morning Opinion of day one at the camp. So good qaulity in a lot of the age groups. It definetly is a step in the right direction. Not coaching any of the age groups and just getting to enjoy the process is fun. My DD and BB are in the U14 and U13 age groups which look to be putting together decent sides especially the U14 girls group. Since most of the clubs have good to very good girls sides we could use some boys that are interested coming on out to take a look. First match is December 6th in Houston. Another session Sunday best way to tell is to come and take a look.

ID camp schedule for City FC NPL teams Sunday at Triumph facility in Lewisville. http://t.co/hl379toJ7y

Any chance there is an expansion to other Independent clubs?

tmcc wrote:Any chance there is an expansion to other Independent clubs?

I was informed by someone directly involved in recent discussions involving another very successful independent that the only way that this independent could get involved with City FC would be through merger/acquisition with/by one of the existing affiliate members. It appears that they are only interested in protecting or expanding their own turf. However, I would think that other non-affiliated independents could form a similar joint venture/team to petition for inclusion in NPL.

silentparent wrote:

soccersounder wrote:

Triumph FC wrote:Great Idea for US Club?
We went to them with our proposal not them coming to us. This has been in the works for 2 years

Yes... GOOD idea for US Club.. Whoever came up with it..  

Also, it took 2 years for you to get that going..??..

no doubt, they had to ask the big clubs if it was ok with them....

2 years in works is a good sign. JV's that are set up over 6 months, hardly ever work--It shows the JV has worked through (and survived) numerous preliminary details.

IMO, the biggest operational question is, who are going to be the coaches of the respective age groups?

Great idea that will probably take some time to get rolling, but it's good for local soccer in general. There's even ECNL players that would probably be interested because of playing time and cost not aligning for them currently.

Played first games in Houston this weekend. It was fun.

Who did you play? And what was the score?

U-14 girls schedule http://nplsouthcentral.demosphere.com/schedules/SCPL1415/71614381.html

Won both games. 4-0 and 3-0.

That is some great competition to drive 5 hours to play.

Or maybe the team played really well depends on how you look at it.  Being present at both matches the team played really well.  I believe Liverpool NPL team did well as well they won against the same teams 1 nil in both of their matches.  I guess using your logic the World Cup wasn't  worth the trip since Brazil got drilled in a match and the trip was only good for Liverpool. I think for the side that beat up (Germany  eventual world cup winners) had more than a 5 hour flight.

Solar has also won some ECNL games 3 and 5 nil if the world cup example is not fair

Who said anything about how the team played! How was the competition? I'm still trying to figure out who you played.

Try not to be to defensive! Just want to know more about the league.

Wasn't being defensive, in the world of texting and no emotion when someone reads. "Thats some great comp for a 5 hour" drive it seemed as though the girls that played were being looked upon as what a waste of time. Sorry typical pessimist in me from reading this board.

Who we played was on the Link included so I thought that was pretty obvious.
We played a Houston Dynamo team and and Space City Side. The league includes Express, Eclipse, Tulsa Blitz, Liverpool, and Oklahoma football club.

As I like to be honest, it's hard to say how the competition was without including how the team played. (which to me is important to measure the competition) Both teams from North Texas played the same teams. LP won 1-0 and 1-0 City FC won 3-0 and 4-0. Scores don't mean anything without context. LP could have won 1-0 and had 15 shots on net and just couldn't breakdown their defense or keeper. In using the eye test this was my conclusion from the weekend. The Space City keeper was probably one of the best U14 keepers I have seen. The Space City side was organized but didn't have the athletes that the City FC team had Dynamo had athletes and could play but wasn't as organized defensiviely. ( Note the City FC team is made up primarily of Lakehighland Division 1 girls a few others from other teams but to get an Idea of the makeup) I think both sides were pretty organized but were probably out matched by the quality of the City FC side. In the first match it was nil nil until stopage time where we got a goal. Then the flood gates opened up in the 2nd half. In the 2nd match we scored early on a set play and scored all goals in the first half. So if rating the competition without looking at the whole picture it would be hard to do. I appologize if it came off as defensive. Right now I would say too early to tell about the league think it's currently a wait and see. With the hope of getting some sides within the City FC program to Nationals so they can represent North Texas well. Only 2 games in so the answer to your quesiton may come after game 5. Have a wonderful day.

I will be watching! Keep up the good work! Thanks for the update.

No worries, I'll be watching as well. Heck our 01 boys had a couple of tough losses that I'm still a little upset about but that's football. I'll try to put out updates with games that I attend or are somehow involved with. I know the City 02 team drew 0-0 and won 1-0. the 00 Team lost 4-0 and won 4-0. No colour available for any of those matches since I didn't attend those matches but just have some wonderful familes I know that have kids that play on those teams. The 99's went 1-1 with a 1-0 win late in the game and a 2-1 loss. Overall I think I heard City went 10-5-2 with all the teams that were sent to Houston. So i would say it was a successful trip with many good matches that could have gone either way we just found ways to win more often than not.

Zizou wrote:Who did you play? And what was the score?

DD is a 99.Lost first game to Space City who is currently 4-0-1 in league. City scored first then Space City equalized on the last kick of the first half. Space City then scored off a corner in the second half. Game was stopped for a about 30 minutes as a City DD had to be taken off by ambulance ( she is Ok now).Even game with City better the first half and Space City the second. It was the first game for the City girls together.
Sunday, City won 1-0 scoring with about 6 minutes remaining.Really should have been something like a 3-0 scoreline but that's soccer. Good players on all sides.