Villarreal Virginia Academy: imploding?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:what does Villareal even get out of having a little itty bitty program affiliation in northern virginia? Doubt they need it with the millions of dollars they get as a La Liga club

Check out the VILLARREAL CF website for that answer: https://www.villarrealcf.es/academias-internacionales/academias-internacionales

Their mission is positive, invoking holistic growth to the player not just on the field but also off, and their reach is global.

Those clubs not affiliated (Arlington, Alexandria, McLean, Vienna, Chantilly, Braddock Road) have now resorted to their typical annual roasting on this forum in an effort to dismantle what can turn out to be a proper academy which helps foster player/personal growth. Typical capitalistic warfare.

Anonymous wrote:I agree, I used coach in arlington da and they told me to pick the biggest/strongest and fastest players and I will win every game. That is why I left the da program.

Not just the DA in Arlington, all of Arlington teams. This is how it is everywhere in the DMV with the exception of 1 or 2 clubs.

Absolutely agree.

Most coaches resort to playing "kickball" and a form of lacrosse/hockey and having the biggest, strongest and fastest players helps them win possession upfield thereby creating more scoring opportunities. Ultimately, this form of playing soccer is has not and will not help US Soccer challenge for a top spot in the world which should be the goal and objective of all clubs claiming affiliation with US Soccer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Watch a VIVA team play all they do is play direct to big, fast forwards. As soon as they start to struggle with the build-up coaches freak out and abandon the game plan. Nothing wrong with that of course, but don’t be s hypocrite.

That is why bo and carlos brought the spanish coaches, to change the style more effectively. The spanish coaches are teaching to the coaches not to do that what every American coach does.

But if you watch the Villarreal senior team, it’s not exactly a tiki-taka possession style per se. In recent years, they’ve played more out of a 4-4-2 base, and have had no qualms about playing direct to Bakambu, or Chukwueze/Bacca this past season.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Watch a VIVA team play all they do is play direct to big, fast forwards. As soon as they start to struggle with the build-up coaches freak out and abandon the game plan. Nothing wrong with that of course, but don’t be s hypocrite.

That is why bo and carlos brought the spanish coaches, to change the style more effectively. The spanish coaches are teaching to the coaches not to do that what every American coach does.

But if you watch the Villarreal senior team, it’s not exactly a tiki-taka possession style per se. In recent years, they’ve played more out of a 4-4-2 base, and have had no qualms about playing direct to Bakambu, or Chukwueze/Bacca this past season.

That is why Villarreal cf had a bad season this year. Their coach was fired and rehired. Villarreal also finished 14th in the la liga compared to last year, which was a 5th place finish. Also Villarreal cf has one of the best youth teams in the world.

[Anonymous]

That’s not why they had a bad season though, that has been the approach for years. As for their actual academy in Spain, that’s great, but who are the coaches who were sent over to VIVA? What are their names, positions, level of involvement?

[Anonymous]

Rumor has it lawsuit has been filed in court today. Multiple charges, including wire fraud. The saga continues....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rumor has it lawsuit has been filed in court today. Multiple charges, including wire fraud. The saga continues....

Yawn, found Steve/Kip. Show us a case number instead of lame fear mongering.

They don’t have any soccer club to run since all the players, managers and coaches wisely ran away from the incompetence of ABGC so this tactic is all the morons have left as their option. The stupidity at ABGC is mind boggling! Go back to your bingo hall and stealing money from senior citizens [I wonder how much cash goes unreported and missing in that business].

Also, how much ABGC money has the family swindled to little boy Billy?

[Anonymous]

ABGC makes me sick I dont think they will have a travel team and if they do it will be garbage as usual. They better lower there rates dirt cheap if they want to stay alive

[Anonymous]

Who are these freakshow soccer boosters for these two clubs? Why would I ever want my kid to join either team!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who are these freakshow soccer boosters for these two clubs? Why would I ever want my kid to join either team!

Who are these freakshow outside clubs who keep this thread alive?

You claim it’s a freakshow, so why your contradicting actions of clicking and reading?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: Olympaicos DC Academy based in Falls Church/Annandale still has a couple of spots on 08 and 07 teams.

Here is the academy video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xj1uXHYAUA


https://olympiacosdc.com/

My son plays there for 05s and it is a great year-around program that includes monthly player evaluations, fitness testing and video/classroom sessions. We have been involved in travel soccer in the area for a number of years and never experienced anything like this. Olympiacos DC has only one team per age group and they really focus on player development - not on numbers. Wish all of the soccer parents best of luck!

I’m sure no one wants to play in ODSL

or for a Greek team at that.

And look at how an Viva team plays at "higher level" league performed at recent tournament. That is a big 0 - 4 record.

VIRGINIAN ELITE SOCCER TOURNAMENT 2019
Saturday, May 25, 2019
VILLARREAL VIRGINIA ACADEMY 2005 YELLOW 1 HERNDON YOUTH SOCCER CICLONES WHITE 3
FC DULLES UNITED ACADEMY GOLD 05 3 VILLARREAL VIRGINIA ACADEMY 2005 YELLOW 1
Sunday, May 26, 2019
VILLARREAL VIRGINIA ACADEMY 2005 YELLOW 0 HIGH PERFORMANCE HPSC BULLDOGS 05 2
OLYMPIACOS DC 05 BOYS 5 VILLARREAL VIRGINIA ACADEMY 2005 YELLOW 1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who are these freakshow soccer boosters for these two clubs? Why would I ever want my kid to join either team!

Who are these freakshow outside clubs who keep this thread alive?

You claim it’s a freakshow, so why your contradicting actions of clicking and reading?

Well, I admit it's hard to turn away from the crazy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: Olympaicos DC Academy based in Falls Church/Annandale still has a couple of spots on 08 and 07 teams.

Here is the academy video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xj1uXHYAUA


https://olympiacosdc.com/

My son plays there for 05s and it is a great year-around program that includes monthly player evaluations, fitness testing and video/classroom sessions. We have been involved in travel soccer in the area for a number of years and never experienced anything like this. Olympiacos DC has only one team per age group and they really focus on player development - not on numbers. Wish all of the soccer parents best of luck!

I’m sure no one wants to play in ODSL

or for a Greek team at that.

And look at how an Viva team plays at "higher level" league performed at recent tournament. That is a big 0 - 4 record.

VIRGINIAN ELITE SOCCER TOURNAMENT 2019
Saturday, May 25, 2019
VILLARREAL VIRGINIA ACADEMY 2005 YELLOW 1 HERNDON YOUTH SOCCER CICLONES WHITE 3
FC DULLES UNITED ACADEMY GOLD 05 3 VILLARREAL VIRGINIA ACADEMY 2005 YELLOW 1
Sunday, May 26, 2019
VILLARREAL VIRGINIA ACADEMY 2005 YELLOW 0 HIGH PERFORMANCE HPSC BULLDOGS 05 2
OLYMPIACOS DC 05 BOYS 5 VILLARREAL VIRGINIA ACADEMY 2005 YELLOW 1

I think this was their second team.

[Anonymous]

Haha! Are you uninformed or intentionally misleading?

Their top teams (NPL) played at the MD Sportsplex not the Virginian.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That’s not why they had a bad season though, that has been the approach for years. As for their actual academy in Spain, that’s great, but who are the coaches who were sent over to VIVA? What are their names, positions, level of involvement?

Villarreal cf sent one of their directors of methodology(they only have three). The director of methodology is named julio and he picks a guys from spain that he thinks that will suit the players at viva.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: Olympaicos DC Academy based in Falls Church/Annandale still has a couple of spots on 08 and 07 teams.

Here is the academy video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xj1uXHYAUA


https://olympiacosdc.com/

My son plays there for 05s and it is a great year-around program that includes monthly player evaluations, fitness testing and video/classroom sessions. We have been involved in travel soccer in the area for a number of years and never experienced anything like this. Olympiacos DC has only one team per age group and they really focus on player development - not on numbers. Wish all of the soccer parents best of luck!

Lol they had 9 players show up for the whole tournament!!!!!


I’m sure no one wants to play in ODSL

or for a Greek team at that.

And look at how an Viva team plays at "higher level" league performed at recent tournament. That is a big 0 - 4 record.

VIRGINIAN ELITE SOCCER TOURNAMENT 2019
Saturday, May 25, 2019
VILLARREAL VIRGINIA ACADEMY 2005 YELLOW 1 HERNDON YOUTH SOCCER CICLONES WHITE 3
FC DULLES UNITED ACADEMY GOLD 05 3 VILLARREAL VIRGINIA ACADEMY 2005 YELLOW 1
Sunday, May 26, 2019
VILLARREAL VIRGINIA ACADEMY 2005 YELLOW 0 HIGH PERFORMANCE HPSC BULLDOGS 05 2
OLYMPIACOS DC 05 BOYS 5 VILLARREAL VIRGINIA ACADEMY 2005 YELLOW 1