Starting New Club

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because we need even more soccer clubs...

Right? Clubs not fitting what you like? Start a new one. Leagues not fitting what you like? Start a new one.

I'm all for new clubs starting up. If they're successful, the end result is a better product for us, the consumers. If they fail, it's just like the majority of new businesses which fail over time. Without competition, the soccer club product won't get better.

[Anonymous]

Call it DCUM United.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What does it take to build a new club? Is it better to register as a non-profit or for-profit?

As an ignorant outsider I’m baffled by the new “alliances, mergers, and pathways” that seem to be created now on a yearly basis.

Can our youth be saved from financial predators whose only motivation is to enlarge their bank account figures?

Register as a non-profit. That way you have some chance of acquiring field permits held by the county. A for profit organization has a lower priority than a non-profit and must pay a higher use fee.

Then, you have to figure out how to jump the line or get some of the field space from the current clubs. New clubs or independent clubs can sign up in open leagues like NCSL. Where you can register 1 team in 1 age group for example. Virginia has Virginia Independent Soccer Team Association (VISTA Teams) playing in NCSL under a non-profit, self ran entity. Some of the VISTA teams are very successful. But, they typically lose the better players to higher leagues with a better track record of placing players in college. So, the VISTA teams are not as good when they reach the HS ages and therefor do not do well at independent showcases or tournaments. And its harder to get picked up for college on teams like that.

So, it depends what the goal of the players and families is. To have an enjoyable & lower cost soccer experience or to go on to play at a higher level? Because the former can be accomplished by putting together a strong Rec Team in the spring and fall and just keep after it and sign up for Rec tournaments and even, rec indoor soccer in the winter. They players would be good and the experience would be fun. Just depends on what the goal is?

Is the process of doing that a one time payment fee to Virginia consumer chamber or VYSA? Do you need actual brick and mortar addressed place or can it be anything really

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What does it take to build a new club? Is it better to register as a non-profit or for-profit?

As an ignorant outsider I’m baffled by the new “alliances, mergers, and pathways” that seem to be created now on a yearly basis.

Can our youth be saved from financial predators whose only motivation is to enlarge their bank account figures?

Register as a non-profit. That way you have some chance of acquiring field permits held by the county. A for profit organization has a lower priority than a non-profit and must pay a higher use fee.

Then, you have to figure out how to jump the line or get some of the field space from the current clubs. New clubs or independent clubs can sign up in open leagues like NCSL. Where you can register 1 team in 1 age group for example. Virginia has Virginia Independent Soccer Team Association (VISTA Teams) playing in NCSL under a non-profit, self ran entity. Some of the VISTA teams are very successful. But, they typically lose the better players to higher leagues with a better track record of placing players in college. So, the VISTA teams are not as good when they reach the HS ages and therefor do not do well at independent showcases or tournaments. And its harder to get picked up for college on teams like that.

So, it depends what the goal of the players and families is. To have an enjoyable & lower cost soccer experience or to go on to play at a higher level? Because the former can be accomplished by putting together a strong Rec Team in the spring and fall and just keep after it and sign up for Rec tournaments and even, rec indoor soccer in the winter. They players would be good and the experience would be fun. Just depends on what the goal is?

Is the process of doing that a one time payment fee to Virginia consumer chamber or VYSA? Do you need actual brick and mortar addressed place or can it be anything really

One time fee but get a good cpa to cook the books and show you’re always at a loss. It’s how the current club do it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What does it take to build a new club? Is it better to register as a non-profit or for-profit?

As an ignorant outsider I’m baffled by the new “alliances, mergers, and pathways” that seem to be created now on a yearly basis.

Can our youth be saved from financial predators whose only motivation is to enlarge their bank account figures?

Register as a non-profit. That way you have some chance of acquiring field permits held by the county. A for profit organization has a lower priority than a non-profit and must pay a higher use fee.

Then, you have to figure out how to jump the line or get some of the field space from the current clubs. New clubs or independent clubs can sign up in open leagues like NCSL. Where you can register 1 team in 1 age group for example. Virginia has Virginia Independent Soccer Team Association (VISTA Teams) playing in NCSL under a non-profit, self ran entity. Some of the VISTA teams are very successful. But, they typically lose the better players to higher leagues with a better track record of placing players in college. So, the VISTA teams are not as good when they reach the HS ages and therefor do not do well at independent showcases or tournaments. And its harder to get picked up for college on teams like that.

So, it depends what the goal of the players and families is. To have an enjoyable & lower cost soccer experience or to go on to play at a higher level? Because the former can be accomplished by putting together a strong Rec Team in the spring and fall and just keep after it and sign up for Rec tournaments and even, rec indoor soccer in the winter. They players would be good and the experience would be fun. Just depends on what the goal is?

Is the process of doing that a one time payment fee to Virginia consumer chamber or VYSA? Do you need actual brick and mortar addressed place or can it be anything really

One time fee but get a good cpa to cook the books and show you’re always at a loss. It’s how the current club do it

Is that not breaking the law and incurring in tax evasion/fraud?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What does it take to build a new club? Is it better to register as a non-profit or for-profit?

As an ignorant outsider I’m baffled by the new “alliances, mergers, and pathways” that seem to be created now on a yearly basis.

Can our youth be saved from financial predators whose only motivation is to enlarge their bank account figures?

Register as a non-profit. That way you have some chance of acquiring field permits held by the county. A for profit organization has a lower priority than a non-profit and must pay a higher use fee.

Then, you have to figure out how to jump the line or get some of the field space from the current clubs. New clubs or independent clubs can sign up in open leagues like NCSL. Where you can register 1 team in 1 age group for example. Virginia has Virginia Independent Soccer Team Association (VISTA Teams) playing in NCSL under a non-profit, self ran entity. Some of the VISTA teams are very successful. But, they typically lose the better players to higher leagues with a better track record of placing players in college. So, the VISTA teams are not as good when they reach the HS ages and therefor do not do well at independent showcases or tournaments. And its harder to get picked up for college on teams like that.

So, it depends what the goal of the players and families is. To have an enjoyable & lower cost soccer experience or to go on to play at a higher level? Because the former can be accomplished by putting together a strong Rec Team in the spring and fall and just keep after it and sign up for Rec tournaments and even, rec indoor soccer in the winter. They players would be good and the experience would be fun. Just depends on what the goal is?

Is the process of doing that a one time payment fee to Virginia consumer chamber or VYSA? Do you need actual brick and mortar addressed place or can it be anything really

Yes, one time fee aprox $250 and then just make sure you get a quality ChatGPT paragraph for your “mission vision and ambition” and then start raking in them Benjamins