DA vs ECNL vs everything else

[Anonymous]

Boys DA dominates because of MLS money.

Girls ECNL traditionally dominated because it was the only national platform since 2009 until this year.

That’s why the top programs have Boys DA and Girls ECNL. Until this year. Now top clubs are moving back to that format

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Anonymous wrote:Of course FCV parents are upset today. It’s raining which means soccer practice is cancelled at Bles. No development when it rains gets them all worked up. Other clubs will be on the turf fields. Oh except FCV DA, they maybe can fight for time for little turf spots at Evergreen. The rest of the club gets squat.

FCV's for profit DA club trains on Loudoun county fields? Nothing to see hear. Look away folks.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t agree with the premise of your question. I do not think Loudoun is that concerned about retention. FCV is not breathing down their door. I know FCV parents get worked up over Loudoun. I get it. But Loudoun parents do not seem to care that much. At the younger ages Loudoun dominates FCV. Loudoun parents are more concerned about team from OH, TX and PA. They don’t play FCV often anyway.

Loudoun wants to keep developmental control of their players. They have always wanted a national platform but were turned down each year until this year. ECNL give them more control ad flexibility than DA. They are think long term. Over decades. This board is worried about this year or next.

Spoken like a try moron. Congratulations! This buds is for you!

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Anonymous wrote:Of course FCV parents are upset today. It’s raining which means soccer practice is cancelled at Bles. No development when it rains gets them all worked up. Other clubs will be on the turf fields. Oh except FCV DA, they maybe can fight for time for little turf spots at Evergreen. The rest of the club gets squat.

FCV's for profit DA club trains on Loudoun county fields? Nothing to see hear. Look away folks.

BLES PARK belongs to Loudoun SC? You for real.l? I change me thought. You are the true moron. This buds for you!

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Anonymous wrote:Of course FCV parents are upset today. It’s raining which means soccer practice is cancelled at Bles. No development when it rains gets them all worked up. Other clubs will be on the turf fields. Oh except FCV DA, they maybe can fight for time for little turf spots at Evergreen. The rest of the club gets squat.

FCV's for profit DA club trains on Loudoun county fields? Nothing to see hear. Look away folks.

I have never thought about that before. Is that not allowed? I know FCV cannot play winter practices in public schools like Loudoun so winter practices are usually a mess for them. If for profits cannot use county fields FCV is done. They don’t have the money to practice at Evergreen.

[Anonymous]

It is not allowed. In Loudoun County they must be a 501 (c) 3 as of 2016. I am going to report them.

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https://www.loudoun.gov/DocumentCenter/View/116886

[Anonymous]

The best course of action is to report FCV to both USSF and Loudoun County for violating field usage rules. The DA ID sessions were at Bles Park. That violates USSF facilities rules for DA teams. FCV is claiming and using facilities that they do not have access to.

[Anonymous]

So FCV's DA program is for profit however they train exclusively at Evergreen. FCV also has a 501 C3 organization that they run all of their NPL teams out of that is called FCV United they on occasion practice at bles field. All of the ID sessions I am aware of were conducted at Evergreen

[Anonymous]

FCV DA played games at Bles. Look at their schedule. If it says Field 2 that is Bles Park. You can click the link and it shows it on Google maps.

[Anonymous]

April Kater and Jill Ellis will not be happy to hear FCV DA is breaking USSF, US Soccer and Loudoun County rules. Does Diane Drake know about this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FCV DA played games at Bles. Look at their schedule. If it says Field 2 that is Bles Park. You can click the link and it shows it on Google maps.

Lol. This board is full of physo Loudoun Soccer parents. Evergreen complex has multiple fields you goof. Field 2 is only.Bles..lol...WTF.

Also, FCV are Loudoun DA partners this year. Truly nuts. This is why I hope Loudoun sinks

[Anonymous]

I have seen videos of FCV DA playing games at Bles Park.

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Anonymous wrote:FCV DA played games at Bles. Look at their schedule. If it says Field 2 that is Bles Park. You can click the link and it shows it on Google maps.

Well I'll be darned, you are right. Bailiff, whap his peepee.

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Anonymous wrote:I was wondering why these teams left DA until - wait a second, they said why. In the article. That you all read.

Why not the boys too? Name another national platform on the boys side? There is not one. There you go.

Oh right! Because every PR statement is always 100% truthful. Said no one ever.

National platform outside of the DA = Boys ECNL. Year one, and they are all across the nation.

PR? You must not be following this story. There was an interview by SoccerAmerica with the FC Stars Director on why his club is leaving DA for ECNL.

Here you go

https://socceramerica.com/publications/article/77573/leaving-the-development-academy-fc-stars-director.html

Exactly. That is the PR release they have come up with as to why they are leaving. No new information there.

LMAO - are you serious? So Mike Woitalla the Executove Editor for Soccer America put his publication on the line to publish PR as a fake interview? Ok we are done. You have lost touch with reality.

Of course not. Sometimes I wonder how people can twist posts like you just did. My comment was crystal clear. Mike Woitalla reported what the clubs told him. Those clubs are the ones doing the PR. They have to explain the decision in a way that frames the conversation in the right way. I have clearly stated that the clubs are the ones making the release. Soccer America speaks neither for nor against. They are reporting what they are being told.

Ok gotcha. You just do not know how PR vs Journalism is done. A journalist like Mike would never publish an article with his name at the top like that unless it’s news. Unless he did the interview. Because that shows it is news and the public would constantly be confused. Another way you know is that if it’s PR other news outlets will pick it up. But this is an exclusive. Google “FC Stars leaving DA” and you will see what I mean. Now the 3 clubs did release a PR statement that got picked up everywhere but trust me this article is not PR.

He says exactly why they left, and it's got nothing to do with what he probably privately believes is best for developing top class players...

SOCCER AMERICA: Why is FC Stars leaving the U.S. Soccer Development Academy?
JASON DEWHURST: There are many different reasons. At the end of the day, we felt we had to do what was right for our membership.

(MEMBERSHIP = CUSTOMER. It's right there in black and white. "At the end of the day we had do what's right for our membership")

It's not the wrong or right decision. But it's not how any top club in the world develops players. In the USA the super clubs develop players, as a business, for college soccer. They are huge clubs. They could easily find enough players for DA rosters that didn't want to play HS, and they have enough money to keep rosters small enough to everyone gets enough playing time. But they have to keep the best players from going to competing clubs if they don't want their B teams to get beat in the next league down. And too few parents will keep their truly talented players on the B Team of any club. Sooooo, these super clubs have to put 25 players on their rosters. And the S&$% Storm commenced when they had to live up to a 25% start rule and limited substitutions.

They dropped the DA because of this. It fundamentally threatens their true mission. That mission is to be the best club as measured by parents wallets. To do that they have to put the most kids into college and consistently beat teams from surrounding clubs.

It is a business decision, period.