Sting Black ECNL 07

rudekid1973 wrote:With the pick up of the core players from Black they will be much improved.  Time will tell but it should be fun to see how it all shakes out.  

I hope you're right, but doubtful. Texans and black finished 8 and 9 out of 12 teams..not sure how the core of Sting black will make them much better. Will be more fun to see what happens to both sting teams ouch.

07soccerdad wrote:Missed out on playoffs because the coaches or whoever failed to pay for a turf field. Wow. I feel bad for those kids.

This can't be true. Really?

cenTex wrote:

07soccerdad wrote:Missed out on playoffs because the coaches or whoever failed to pay for a turf field. Wow. I feel bad for those kids.

This can't be true. Really?

Wouldnt shock me not the best run club.  Schedule the game and they prob get a forfeit and go to Nationals. That team certainly took a crap this spring and losing to the ECRL team is just inexcusable at any club.  Maybe make the ECRL team the ECNL team next year?  Word on the street says they didnt pick up much either.  

Black didn't have much talent outside of maybe 1 player, Texans not much more, records prove this.  Sting is really going to be bad next year, unless some kids come over, err, never mind, they will be pretty bad next year and will fight with CE for the basement.

Royal, losing the big 3 makes this a middle pack team, at the very best, those 3 can play.

Solar-Steady as she goes, couple pickups that may contribute.

FCD-Added a nice piece or 2 will be 2nd to Solar, then everyone else a ways back.  Did they find a consistent scorer?

Black had about 4 to 5 good players and the rest were average at best.  Those 4 to 5 left for greener pastures and so did Royals best players so the combination of those two rosters will be more average.

As for Texans it will remain to be seen as the players that kept Black winning against the likes of FC Dallas for example have left and ended up there.  It depends what other talent Texans got but those four that moved to that team were the core of the team at Black.  Also Texans were not too bad in the Fall and winter but caught an injury bug in the spring and went on a losing streak so not sure their record reflects the talent at this point.  

It will be fun to see where things shake out with all this movement.  And I agree, serves Kenny right to be the basement of this age group.

rudekid1973 wrote:Black had about 4 to 5 good players and the rest were average at best.  Those 4 to 5 left for greener pastures and so did Royals best players so the combination of those two rosters will be more average.

As for Texans it will remain to be seen as the players that kept Black winning against the likes of FC Dallas for example have left ended up there.  It depends what other talent Texans got but those four that moved to that team were the core of the team at Black.  Also Texan were not too bad in the Fall and winter but caught an injury bug in the spring and went on a losing streak so not sure their record reflects the talent at this point.  

It will be fun to see where things shake out with all this movement.  And I agree, serves Kenny right to be the basement of this age group.  

Really? Take a look at their schedule. They finally had to play some decent teams this Spring and lost most or all of them. Other than one W against Tulsa, Texans didn't beat a team in the top 7 all season. I hope they are better next season..will be better for the league!

Yeah we will see. They also picked up two from FC Dallas as well. So 5 or 6 pretty good talent upgrades. With half the roster turning over they will be a different team.

rudekid1973 wrote:Word on the street is that 4 of their best starters left and went to Texans.  That team just picked up a lot of talent this spring.  Sting lost a lot of good talent in this shake up as they always seem to do.  

Good for Texans. The speedy forward is a handful and will make a big impact.

Any other teams in Dallas improving over the summer? Looks likely the Austin 07s will have a couple of contributors joining up. Depth is going to start being more and more important as the girls get older and the injuries start to pile up.