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Anonymous
Effectively all three are new to GA this year. TSJ used to be FCV but lost all FCV’s players except at oldest team. VRSC picked up a bunch of FCV’s players but the best went ECNL. SYC broke up with McLean/Union. So all three are in different ways new GA programs. Comparing how they’re each doing a few months in makes sense, and VRSC clearly is doing best as a program. That said, SYC is much stronger at the youngest GA level and pre-GA. It will be interesting to see if some “not quite ECNL” players will choose VRSC GA next year over Loudoun’s second team. More time with CC and MJ plus an injection of new talent will drive them further forward. |
Anonymous
Yeah but it’s also the case the former FCV players didn’t move to VRSC in meaningful numbers at those older ages. Judge VRSC’s GA progress at 2009 and younger. Again, not even close to where FCV was, but it already appears to be a credible program less than a season in. The question is whether it’s enough to keep their best players from leaving for ECNL and to attract incremental talent for next season. And does the BY/SY switch help or hurt? |
Anonymous
| Choosing to get fleeced 4K to play at Revolution because they have a nice field tells you all you need to know about the state of youth soccer in USA in general and Northern VA in particular. Especially when the organization operates shoddily from financial to ethical metrics. |
Anonymous
| The three NOVA ECNL clubs still fail to compete on the national platform. Even VDA is struggling despite Super Bob. There will be a continual reshuffling as girls that have been misled to believe they were good, given full PT and not improving. The cream will always rise to the top, unless of course the water is hard. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. |
Anonymous
| ECNL girls who are not playing but feel like they should be playing, let me recommend and remind you that the winter months are ideal for getting looked at early and there is no rule from letting you train with a GA team. All are welcome and there are a few strong GA teams only a player or two away from being very competitive nationally. Don't chase the chicken when the hen is laying eggs at your feet. |
Anonymous
Same message for ECNL Q1/Q2 players who are going to move from the playing field to the bench as a result of ECNL’s pending switch from birth year to school year cutoffs. |
Anonymous
| MLS Next programs for boys are matching with GA clubs. In Springfield, syc is a GA club with MLS Next boys. Revolution has the most likelihood of becoming MLS NeXT despite weak boys teams. MLS NeXT would be a game changer for the club. This would also elevate the GA program. |
Anonymous
dangling the carrot again to entice ignorant and rich folks, what’s new doc? |
Anonymous
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not a VRSC parent acknowledging that they don't need MLSN for the girls GA program to thrive. FCV model is already in place and they could have cared less about the boys setup.
Its going to be VRSC in western metro area, and SYC in eastern metro area. Picking up scraps of talent from the ECNL catfight that is the mid-atlantic conference to bolster their rosters ultimately |
Anonymous
Yes, this is the truth. Adding MLS Next would only bolster the GA program at VRSC. GA program will still thrive either way. VRSC has the best facility and that is golden. No more advantages provided by a corrupt Loudoun field allocation system and public park system. |
Anonymous
FWIW, Loudoun and PWC both have better field allocations than FFX for youth sports. |
Anonymous
Loudoun does not, not even close. |
Anonymous
FVU has access to many of the Fairfax County fields in theory. McLean’s, Vienna’s, BRYC’s and now potentially GFR’s. Field space is not an issue at the ECNL level. |
Anonymous
| How did VRSC teams do today? |
Anonymous
VRSC only competes at lower level brackets, so they can have finalist and championship photos for their social media. |