Herndon club

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ 600 per player.

Wow. $600/player for tournaments is enough for about 6-7 tournaments, unless only half the players on the team are paying the tournament fee.

If a player is on scholarship then HYS should be covering their participation costs, not taking benefits away from their full pay teammates.

Almost all the HYS teams only play in local tournaments and Herndon's tournament. There is no sensible explanation for the high fees.

[Anonymous]

Well the TD did just take his team to Disney. Who paid for that I wonder.

[Anonymous]

Not Herndon but we pay about $600-700 for three fall & three spring tourneys, usually including one in Richmond that requires coach travel expenses

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not Herndon but we pay about $600-700 for three fall & three spring tourneys, usually including one in Richmond that requires coach travel expenses

Herndon is charging $550+ for 4 tournaments, one of which is its own fundraiser tournament that should be free. for Herndon teams. Other three tournaments are local with no travel costs for coach. Our kids would love an away tournament somewhere fun, but we haven't done one in the two years we have been on this team. Only local. I don't know why or who chooses a team going to Disney or a team going to Manasas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not Herndon but we pay about $600-700 for three fall & three spring tourneys, usually including one in Richmond that requires coach travel expenses

Herndon is charging $550+ for 4 tournaments, one of which is its own fundraiser tournament that should be free. for Herndon teams. Other three tournaments are local with no travel costs for coach. Our kids would love an away tournament somewhere fun, but we haven't done one in the two years we have been on this team. Only local. I don't know why or who chooses a team going to Disney or a team going to Manasas.

Clubs don't usually offer their own tournaments for free, just at a discount - about 50% in my experience. Your coach decides with the technical director which tournaments to go to. But you realize most of the time when you go to Disney or the like you end up playing the same teams you can play in Richmond at WAGS or Jeff Cup? Lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well the TD did just take his team to Disney. Who paid for that I wonder.

families paid including hotel and air for the coach

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not Herndon but we pay about $600-700 for three fall & three spring tourneys, usually including one in Richmond that requires coach travel expenses

Herndon is charging $550+ for 4 tournaments, one of which is its own fundraiser tournament that should be free. for Herndon teams. Other three tournaments are local with no travel costs for coach. Our kids would love an away tournament somewhere fun, but we haven't done one in the two years we have been on this team. Only local. I don't know why or who chooses a team going to Disney or a team going to Manasas.

Clubs don't usually offer their own tournaments for free, just at a discount - about 50% in my experience. Your coach decides with the technical director which tournaments to go to. But you realize most of the time when you go to Disney or the like you end up playing the same teams you can play in Richmond at WAGS or Jeff Cup? Lol

For travel soccer, I'd be surprised to have zero out of town tournaments ever. Just once a year somewhere like Williamsburg or the beach is fun for the players.

[Anonymous]

I paid $220 in fees at another club for 2 fall and 2 spring tournaments (all local). $600 is crazy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well the TD did just take his team to Disney. Who paid for that I wonder.

families paid including hotel and air for the coach

On top of the $600 per player tournament fee? Ouch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well the TD did just take his team to Disney. Who paid for that I wonder.

families paid including hotel and air for the coach

On top of the $600 per player tournament fee? Ouch.

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[Anonymous]

Does anyone know where AM is coaching next year?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know where AM is coaching next year?

No but I would like to know.

I guess no one is playing any of the contracted winter games/scrimmages now with the fields iced over for weeks. Are we going to get prorated refunds for losing 4 games?

[Anonymous]

Has anyone heard if Herndon and Sterling are keeping their partnership next year? We haven’t announced tryouts yet, and Sterling mentioned MLS in their boys tryouts but not ECNL in their girls. I know the girls side hasn’t been successful, but how would we field a team in each age group?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone heard if Herndon and Sterling are keeping their partnership next year? We haven’t announced tryouts yet, and Sterling mentioned MLS in their boys tryouts but not ECNL in their girls. I know the girls side hasn’t been successful, but how would we field a team in each age group?

I think that Sterling partnership for West Virginia MLS is not new. It seems like it's a way for WV Soccer to maybe get some kids from northern VA whose parents are willing to make that drive. It is really far if you don't live in western Loudoun. I highly doubt they will ever practice on Sterling fields.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone heard if Herndon and Sterling are keeping their partnership next year? We haven’t announced tryouts yet, and Sterling mentioned MLS in their boys tryouts but not ECNL in their girls. I know the girls side hasn’t been successful, but how would we field a team in each age group?

I think that Sterling partnership for West Virginia MLS is not new. It seems like it's a way for WV Soccer to maybe get some kids from northern VA whose parents are willing to make that drive. It is really far if you don't live in western Loudoun. I highly doubt they will ever practice on Sterling fields.

The weird WV-Sterling boys team relationship is not relevant to the girls side though.

Herndon *needs* Sterling because they cannot roster a girls team in each RL age group (unless VPSL gives them some kind of waiver). Sterling can always put their teams back in NCSL and the families would probably prefer it.