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Anonymous wrote:You are assuming a club’s existing teams need to already be at the level of the league before they can be invited to join. That is not always the case. Joining a new league is not a promotion/relegation model. In some cases, a club is given entry to a league and then they can use that credential to create brand new teams. The level of the current teams doesn’t really matter because the understanding is they will form new teams with many new players. This is what happened with VRSC’s and other club’s added to GA.

What happened with VRSC getting into GA was that the FCV staff decided to leave TSJ for a more-certain future in terms of field space/facilities (and, in at least one case, more money). With MJ having previously left FCV for VRSC, the line of communication to CC was already there. CC's connections and proven track record (with FCV) in the GA sealed that deal. But I agree with you that VRSC's existing teams had nothing to do with them getting accepted into the GA.

The reality is that VRSC has a vision, an execution plan to realize that vision, the financial backing to underwrite it, and a track record of successfully executing key initial steps in the plan (including acquiring what without question is the best youth soccer complex in the DMV, recruiting some of the most experienced coaches on the girls side in the DMV, and convincing GA to let them join the leage when their girls teams were not even close to GA level). I don’t know why people are so negative about a club that is genuinely attempting to bring a true academy experience to the DMV, unless they’re from clubs who stand to lose.

What makes it a true academy experience? Serious question. Not trolling. What makes it different than any other program in the area?

I didn’t mean to suggest they are even remotely at that point yet, just that this is what they are trying to achieve. True pathway from ulittle to pro, including their own professional teams for men and women. Ask them. They have a presentation that describes exactly what their goals are and the plan to achieve them. Not sure, maybe it’s on their website.

They have a presentation! They should start paying DCUM for all of the advertising they do on this site. Reeks of desperation

This right here. You wouldn’t have those Europeans upping up their model here if things weren’t as bright and shiny as some are trying to make it sound. Some parents are in for a rude awakening when yet again they have to announce no MLS next for boys and the GA teams are just incapable of competing against the big clubs

Post from different thread, seems like someone from the inside spilling some beans:

VRSC exists because the Ponzi scheme known as Barca Virginia ran its course. That’s the reality of the club soccer world—these organizations aren’t built to “do right by the kids.” They’re designed to make money, and they should be. But let’s not mask it as anything else.

Most of these clubs are just investments—either by parents who want to control the environment or by people who think they’ve figured out how to print money in youth soccer. VRSC’s main goal isn’t player development—it’s renting out that facility, whether through their own club or whatever MLS partnership they’ve lined up.

And the coaching? The same recycled names with fake resumes, guys who couldn’t hack it abroad but sell parents on the illusion of “elite training.”

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BP held these people accountable and that’s exactly why they didn’t bring him on board. Many of the weaker coaches didn’t like him for this reason. VRSc made a big mistake b not bringing bp into the fold.

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Anonymous wrote:BP held these people accountable and that’s exactly why they didn’t bring him on board. Many of the weaker coaches didn’t like him for this reason. VRSc made a big mistake b not bringing bp into the fold.

VRSC doesn't take Bobby seriously. He's never even kicked a soccer ball, he just learned to coach from books and Twitter.

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Anonymous wrote:BP held these people accountable and that’s exactly why they didn’t bring him on board. Many of the weaker coaches didn’t like him for this reason. VRSc made a big mistake b not bringing bp into the fold.

VRSC doesn't take Bobby seriously. He's never even kicked a soccer ball, he just learned to coach from books and Twitter.

im curious now, whats his playing background?

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Anonymous wrote:BP held these people accountable and that’s exactly why they didn’t bring him on board. Many of the weaker coaches didn’t like him for this reason. VRSc made a big mistake b not bringing bp into the fold.

VRSC doesn't take Bobby seriously. He's never even kicked a soccer ball, he just learned to coach from books and Twitter.

im curious now, whats his playing background?

He is good at marketing a club, players, and himself.

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This is like saying because none of the current coaches or leadership ever owned a large multi million dollar business, they are not capable of doing a good job. NP came into environments where coaches couldn't see what was right in front of them and called

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bullshit. Perhaps this is what the previous poster needs. BP has placed numerous players on the USYNT which is not a claim any of the current coaches c

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can claim.

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Ok so he doesnt have a playing background?

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Anonymous wrote:bullshit. Perhaps this is what the previous poster needs. BP has placed numerous players on the USYNT which is not a claim any of the current coaches c

That's a leap to assign credit for all those players to him.

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Except that every player who remained at Fcv or went to VDA did so because he placed them at USYNT. Clearly the younger players and parents believed BP was to credit. I believe everyone except the coaches who moved from fcv to vrsc believed this. Look at the players who moved to vda. All were usynt prospects. Hard to ignore the connection unless you are blind to your own ignorance.

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Anonymous wrote:BP held these people accountable and that’s exactly why they didn’t bring him on board. Many of the weaker coaches didn’t like him for this reason. VRSc made a big mistake b not bringing bp into the fold.

VRSC doesn't take Bobby seriously. He's never even kicked a soccer ball, he just learned to coach from books and Twitter.

Do you actually think they would not have hired BP? They were not happy when they found out he was going to Vda.

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Anonymous wrote:BP held these people accountable and that’s exactly why they didn’t bring him on board. Many of the weaker coaches didn’t like him for this reason. VRSc made a big mistake b not bringing bp into the fold.

VRSC doesn't take Bobby seriously. He's never even kicked a soccer ball, he just learned to coach from books and Twitter.

Do you actually think they would not have hired BP? They were not happy when they found out he was going to Vda.

Imagine bringing Eric and keeping dei JJ and MJ over a coach who gets you national exposure. VRSC already hit the iceberg. Now it’s about damage control until tryouts and thus securing the $ from parents who don’t know better. Don’t blame the players. They’re stuck with incompetents but can’t tell due to their naïveté and immaturity.

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Thought VRSC got the cream of the crop of coaches that not the case? Hmmm

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No one is the cream of the crop. The methods of winning and scouting from the past are outdated and irrelevant. Ultimately, no one cares. You can hold a UEFA A or USSF A license and still be average and lose, and that’s okay. This game is inherently subjective; clubs and coaches have different approaches, yet training remains largely similar across clubs and academies. In the end, it just doesn’t matter.