Juventus DC Metro coming to VA? THIS. IS. AWESOME.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are we done bashing the OP about her relentless and over-the-top marketing of Juventus?

Coaches going to Italy for one coaching training session does not make them great coaches.

FCGB used to be affiliated with FC Bordeaux a few years ago until they drop the affiliation. Cost them money for the affiliation without any value.

Does anyone else feel like this is the opposite? No one in marketing would put together an over the top post like this. At least if they wanted to keep their job. I think this was an attempt to create a negative conversation about Juventus. I’ll be honest I know nothing about the club. But it seems more likely to be someone trying to create negative publicity. I don’t know who or what club would have the most to gain by this but... just my 2 cents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are we done bashing the OP about her relentless and over-the-top marketing of Juventus?

Coaches going to Italy for one coaching training session does not make them great coaches.

FCGB used to be affiliated with FC Bordeaux a few years ago until they drop the affiliation. Cost them money for the affiliation without any value.

Does anyone else feel like this is the opposite? No one in marketing would put together an over the top post like this. At least if they wanted to keep their job. I think this was an attempt to create a negative conversation about Juventus. I’ll be honest I know nothing about the club. But it seems more likely to be someone trying to create negative publicity. I don’t know who or what club would have the most to gain by this but... just my 2 cents.

I imagine someone who works in marketing and is a relative of club ownership not understanding how easy it would be to see though the post

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:so tell us how many players will be paid for by Juventus to fly to italy and train with their youth academy? how many kids will be scouted and paid for?

The same number that Juventus said they would. None. I scoured the juventusdcmetro.com website. There is not even a hint of scouting or being paid for. Why would a parent think this? And if they do, why is it the fault of Juventus? If you join one of these branded academies expecting some kind of pathway to the professional club, you are an idiot. It looks like a decently funded and organized new soccer club. Nothing wrong with that.

I just find it so odd that the existence of these branded clubs like Barca and now Juventus trigger soccer parents so much. Is it envy of the ability to pay for it like envy of someone driving a nice car? Live and let live. Why the outrage for something other people do?

because why you imply a team is part of a parent club's academy people not familiar with the system might think they are actually part of the academy that is intended to feed players to the parent club rather than part of a brand licensing agreement

Caveat emptor, that's the consumer's/parent's own stupidity. And so what if they think that even if it's clear what it isn't? If they get a good experience, great. If I want to buy Bounty instead of the Kirkland brand of paper towels, that's my prerogative.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are we done bashing the OP about her relentless and over-the-top marketing of Juventus?

Coaches going to Italy for one coaching training session does not make them great coaches.

FCGB used to be affiliated with FC Bordeaux a few years ago until they drop the affiliation. Cost them money for the affiliation without any value.

Does anyone else feel like this is the opposite? No one in marketing would put together an over the top post like this. At least if they wanted to keep their job. I think this was an attempt to create a negative conversation about Juventus. I’ll be honest I know nothing about the club. But it seems more likely to be someone trying to create negative publicity. I don’t know who or what club would have the most to gain by this but... just my 2 cents.

I’m the poster that brought up FCGB. They are a very small club and I would not join them. I used them as an example of how a small club will remain small even after years due much larger clubs in the DMV area. And their European Soccer Club (ie FC Bordeaux) affiliation doesn’t mean squat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:so tell us how many players will be paid for by Juventus to fly to italy and train with their youth academy? how many kids will be scouted and paid for?

The same number that Juventus said they would. None. I scoured the juventusdcmetro.com website. There is not even a hint of scouting or being paid for. Why would a parent think this? And if they do, why is it the fault of Juventus? If you join one of these branded academies expecting some kind of pathway to the professional club, you are an idiot. It looks like a decently funded and organized new soccer club. Nothing wrong with that.

I just find it so odd that the existence of these branded clubs like Barca and now Juventus trigger soccer parents so much. Is it envy of the ability to pay for it like envy of someone driving a nice car? Live and let live. Why the outrage for something other people do?

because why you imply a team is part of a parent club's academy people not familiar with the system might think they are actually part of the academy that is intended to feed players to the parent club rather than part of a brand licensing agreement

Caveat emptor, that's the consumer's/parent's own stupidity. And so what if they think that even if it's clear what it isn't? If they get a good experience, great. If I want to buy Bounty instead of the Kirkland brand of paper towels, that's my prerogative.

Maybe for paper towels but not toilet paper. Using the wrong paper towel is like being on a bad club, it will hurt your butt.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:so tell us how many players will be paid for by Juventus to fly to italy and train with their youth academy? how many kids will be scouted and paid for?

The same number that Juventus said they would. None. I scoured the juventusdcmetro.com website. There is not even a hint of scouting or being paid for. Why would a parent think this? And if they do, why is it the fault of Juventus? If you join one of these branded academies expecting some kind of pathway to the professional club, you are an idiot. It looks like a decently funded and organized new soccer club. Nothing wrong with that.

I just find it so odd that the existence of these branded clubs like Barca and now Juventus trigger soccer parents so much. Is it envy of the ability to pay for it like envy of someone driving a nice car? Live and let live. Why the outrage for something other people do?

because why you imply a team is part of a parent club's academy people not familiar with the system might think they are actually part of the academy that is intended to feed players to the parent club rather than part of a brand licensing agreement

And why does that bother you so much what someone else might think? Are you bothered when someone pays too much for clothes that they think makes them look a certain way? Or drives a certain car? Clearly from the number of replies to this thread there are a lot of people really bothered by this. I’m just trying to understand the outrage

[Anonymous]

Because people here actually know what they're looking at when it comes to soccer. And when someone makes stupid claims on a website like this about a new club or new team starting up proof from nowhere, they're going to get bashed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because people here actually know what they're looking at when it comes to soccer. And when someone makes stupid claims on a website like this about a new club or new team starting up proof from nowhere, they're going to get bashed.

and people who do know give this board as a source of information. Even with the guy who always pipes in to call Loudon thieves or the people who insist certain clubs suck because, this board is (sadly) one of the better sources for information about travel soccer in this area and lots of parents new to the area or to travel sports chime in looking for information and that information is usually reasonably accurate

[Anonymous]

^ It’s looking like the Juventus marketing specialist (ie the OP) has brought other Juventus employees/coaches to defend Juventus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Even with the guy who always pipes in to call Loudon thieves

He might be repetitive, but it's not fair to imply that he's degrading the quality of information. The fact that the Loudoun crew frequently behaves poorly is accurate and useful information, even if it gets annoying to read it every thirty minutes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^ It’s looking like the Juventus marketing specialist (ie the OP) has brought other Juventus employees/coaches to defend Juventus.

They don’t mention or reference Juventus. No one has for a few posts but you brought them back in to the conversation. Who ever you are it’s obvious you have an axe to grind. Why is that? Maybe you started this whole thing to bring them bad publicity. That’s what I’m starting to think.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just did an IP address scan of the OP.

It shows it belongs to Pivotal Play Soccer: https://www.pivotalplaysoccer.com/

And the point of contact is: Ali Khrizman

Just to prove you’re a lying sack of sh... this is straight from the FAQ section of DC Urban Mom

I posted a message as "Anonymous". Am I really anonymous or will the Site Administrator be able to identify me?
All connections to DCUM (and probably every Internet site) are logged. Saved information includes your Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, the date and time of the connection, and the page visited. The IP address may reveal from where you are posting and may help identify other messages you have posted. Only Site Administrators have access to this information.

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/faq.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ It’s looking like the Juventus marketing specialist (ie the OP) has brought other Juventus employees/coaches to defend Juventus.

They don’t mention or reference Juventus. No one has for a few posts but you brought them back in to the conversation. Who ever you are it’s obvious you have an axe to grind. Why is that? Maybe you started this whole thing to bring them bad publicity. That’s what I’m starting to think.

I’m starting to think you’re right. Someone people have no scruples.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are we done bashing the OP about her relentless and over-the-top marketing of Juventus?

Coaches going to Italy for one coaching training session does not make them great coaches.

FCGB used to be affiliated with FC Bordeaux a few years ago until they drop the affiliation. Cost them money for the affiliation without any value.

Does anyone else feel like this is the opposite? No one in marketing would put together an over the top post like this. At least if they wanted to keep their job. I think this was an attempt to create a negative conversation about Juventus. I’ll be honest I know nothing about the club. But it seems more likely to be someone trying to create negative publicity. I don’t know who or what club would have the most to gain by this but... just my 2 cents.

I agree

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are we done bashing the OP about her relentless and over-the-top marketing of Juventus?

Coaches going to Italy for one coaching training session does not make them great coaches.

FCGB used to be affiliated with FC Bordeaux a few years ago until they drop the affiliation. Cost them money for the affiliation without any value.

Does anyone else feel like this is the opposite? No one in marketing would put together an over the top post like this. At least if they wanted to keep their job. I think this was an attempt to create a negative conversation about Juventus. I’ll be honest I know nothing about the club. But it seems more likely to be someone trying to create negative publicity. I don’t know who or what club would have the most to gain by this but... just my 2 cents.

I agree

No. This seems highly unlikely because it is difficult to imagine any motivation for doing so. This is essentially a non-existent club. It has a handful of low-level teams in Maryland, and is trying to start one or two teams in Virginia. I highly doubt that any competitor is aware of its existence or feels even the tiniest bit threatened by it. Despite the hamfisted nature of the initial publicity attempt it seems far more likely that this was an attempt by the club to promote itself than the reverse.