Congrats to the 2027's who already committed to D1 from local clubs...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:do tell "VDA has 2-3 2027's already."

VDA has more than that. So does Richmond.

It boggles the mind how people want to credit the club for these commits. As if the club is doing something special and therefore superior to other clubs. Parents of younger players: Don't fall for it! Many of these players joined these clubs in just the last year. The only thing the club did was recruit them. Credit all goes to the player. These are talented players and they would have committed to the same schools if they had been with another club. The only difference is the other club would be taking credit.

Its like a 7 Eleven taking credit for someone who happened to buy a lottery ticket from them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:VDA has 2-3 2027's already. Any NVA commits? Union? Arlington? VRSC? 2027 only or new 2026 commits.

Cant wait to see them play kickball at the next level.

Blatant parental jealousy alert.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:VDA has 2-3 2027's already. Any NVA commits? Union? Arlington? VRSC? 2027 only or new 2026 commits.

Cant wait to see them play kickball at the next level.

Blatant parental jealousy alert.

I mean, both of you aren’t wrong…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:do tell "VDA has 2-3 2027's already."

VDA has more than that. So does Richmond.

It boggles the mind how people want to credit the club for these commits. As if the club is doing something special and therefore superior to other clubs. Parents of younger players: Don't fall for it! Many of these players joined these clubs in just the last year. The only thing the club did was recruit them. Credit all goes to the player. These are talented players and they would have committed to the same schools if they had been with another club. The only difference is the other club would be taking credit.

Pretty sre the RU kids came up through the system. I see Futsal RVA celebrating the signings on IG. Most of the kids played for them when younger.

[Anonymous]

VDA is going to have who knows how many ‘27 P4 commits. Penn State, Rice and Tennessee already. Perhaps two to Florida State…and many more to come. The 08 team has many ‘27s as well. I’ll predict at least 10 commits to P4 schools.

Richmond ‘27 already has 5 P4 commits and an Ivy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:do tell "VDA has 2-3 2027's already."

VDA has more than that. So does Richmond.

It boggles the mind how people want to credit the club for these commits. As if the club is doing something special and therefore superior to other clubs. Parents of younger players: Don't fall for it! Many of these players joined these clubs in just the last year. The only thing the club did was recruit them. Credit all goes to the player. These are talented players and they would have committed to the same schools if they had been with another club. The only difference is the other club would be taking credit.

It boggles my mind how you can totally discredit coaches and clubs. They obviously play some kind of role. You obviously had a bad experience at a bad club though. I’m sorry for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:do tell "VDA has 2-3 2027's already."

VDA has more than that. So does Richmond.

It boggles the mind how people want to credit the club for these commits. As if the club is doing something special and therefore superior to other clubs. Parents of younger players: Don't fall for it! Many of these players joined these clubs in just the last year. The only thing the club did was recruit them. Credit all goes to the player. These are talented players and they would have committed to the same schools if they had been with another club. The only difference is the other club would be taking credit.

It boggles my mind how you can totally discredit coaches and clubs. They obviously play some kind of role. You obviously had a bad experience at a bad club though. I’m sorry for you.

^ BP, checking in!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:do tell "VDA has 2-3 2027's already."

VDA has more than that. So does Richmond.

It boggles the mind how people want to credit the club for these commits. As if the club is doing something special and therefore superior to other clubs. Parents of younger players: Don't fall for it! Many of these players joined these clubs in just the last year. The only thing the club did was recruit them. Credit all goes to the player. These are talented players and they would have committed to the same schools if they had been with another club. The only difference is the other club would be taking credit.

It boggles my mind how you can totally discredit coaches and clubs. They obviously play some kind of role. You obviously had a bad experience at a bad club though. I’m sorry for you.

You think those P4 commits from VDA and RU wouldn’t have done so if they had played for another club? All clubs are selling the same thing. Do you credit the teachers for the students getting A’s in high school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:do tell "VDA has 2-3 2027's already."

VDA has more than that. So does Richmond.

It boggles the mind how people want to credit the club for these commits. As if the club is doing something special and therefore superior to other clubs. Parents of younger players: Don't fall for it! Many of these players joined these clubs in just the last year. The only thing the club did was recruit them. Credit all goes to the player. These are talented players and they would have committed to the same schools if they had been with another club. The only difference is the other club would be taking credit.

It boggles my mind how you can totally discredit coaches and clubs. They obviously play some kind of role. You obviously had a bad experience at a bad club though. I’m sorry for you.

You think those P4 commits from VDA and RU wouldn’t have done so if they had played for another club? All clubs are selling the same thing. Do you credit the teachers for the students getting A’s in high school?

So teachers don’t teach students anything and coaches don’t coach players?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:do tell "VDA has 2-3 2027's already."

VDA has more than that. So does Richmond.

It boggles the mind how people want to credit the club for these commits. As if the club is doing something special and therefore superior to other clubs. Parents of younger players: Don't fall for it! Many of these players joined these clubs in just the last year. The only thing the club did was recruit them. Credit all goes to the player. These are talented players and they would have committed to the same schools if they had been with another club. The only difference is the other club would be taking credit.

Yes. Sometimes players only play for a club a year and then they commit to a college. Sometimes players commit to a college and then change clubs. Some of the players also have played for the club since they were five years old. Do they deserve different treatment? Should the clubs not post the players that are new and only the players that have been there their whole soccer careers?

It doesn’t matter anyways, though. The clubs don’t develop any of these players or help with the recruiting process at all, right?

[Anonymous]

Players recruited at top schools generally train with their club at least 4 days a week, play 1-2 games with the club on weekends, train individually, and with outside trainers. Some play high school, ODP, and SuperY. So yes, a lot has to do with effort, devotion, and genetics. But the structure, strategy, and team skills generally comes from the club training. Lots and lots of club training. If your child has experienced the differences in training with 2 or more clubs, it is easy to see the huge differences in the training and strategy at good vs bad clubs. If you think the club does not play, at least, a large part in imparting skills on the kids, then you have never been to a truly good club. You can also see the vastly different recruitment rates across the different clubs if you are honest and not shading your eyes with your own agenda.

That is not to say that some kids seem to be almost born superstars and would do well with any club, but these kids are few and far between. I also admit that the effort the kid puts in plays a large part in their success. But I am also sure that many kids at clubs that do not have the high recruitment rates also give fantastic effort. Maybe the top kids self select to the clubs that have high recruitment rates, but that had to start somewhere and I bet a large part of that is college recruiters know the clubs that are training well and are consistently producing talent and concentrate their recruiting there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:do tell "VDA has 2-3 2027's already."

VDA has more than that. So does Richmond.

It boggles the mind how people want to credit the club for these commits. As if the club is doing something special and therefore superior to other clubs. Parents of younger players: Don't fall for it! Many of these players joined these clubs in just the last year. The only thing the club did was recruit them. Credit all goes to the player. These are talented players and they would have committed to the same schools if they had been with another club. The only difference is the other club would be taking credit.

It boggles my mind how you can totally discredit coaches and clubs. They obviously play some kind of role. You obviously had a bad experience at a bad club though. I’m sorry for you.

+1. Kids spend close to a decade training with the club 4 or more days a week and playing games with the club 1-2 days a week and these people act like the club had no influence! Clearly they have not had experience at good AND bad clubs. There is a huge difference. But I guess if your only experience is with bad clubs, you just wouldn’t know.

[Anonymous]

Ah I love seeing all the athletes' parents foaming at the mouth when another commitment is announced between now through next spring for D1 schools. And then watching their kids go to obscure d3 private schools so they can continue at the collegiate level at an absorbent rate.

There are a few local girls I've been watching for their early commitments that my kid knows that we're really excited for. However, I also really enjoy watching other crazy parents lose their ever living mind with jealousy on here. Maybe spend a little less time on here and a little bit more time with your child before they go to college. Just a suggestion from a random parent with a senior athlete that knows how fast the time you have with them flies by.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ah I love seeing all the athletes' parents foaming at the mouth when another commitment is announced between now through next spring for D1 schools. And then watching their kids go to obscure d3 private schools so they can continue at the collegiate level at an absorbent rate.

There are a few local girls I've been watching for their early commitments that my kid knows that we're really excited for. However, I also really enjoy watching other crazy parents lose their ever living mind with jealousy on here. Maybe spend a little less time on here and a little bit more time with your child before they go to college. Just a suggestion from a random parent with a senior athlete that knows how fast the time you have with them flies by.

+1 most of these girls end up at obscure division three schools that nobody has heard of anyways. Is it really worth all the time and money? Why sacrifice and education for soccer?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you credit the teachers for the students getting A’s in high school?

You would have us believe that a school with terrible teachers and one with amazing teachers would yield the exact same outcomes, all else being equal?