Girls DA 2018-19 Season

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^^^

Great post, well said

Agreed. Info sharing is helpful. In that vein WS VA Monday practice schedule was posted for Monday as:

"Here is the practice schedule:
Mondays:
630pm - U13/U14 - LF1
715pm - U15/U17 - LF1
815pm - U19 - LF1"

How about the other days? Same times? Which days? I'd like to observe a practice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

2) With regard to roster competition, if all of the players were told from the outset (a) this is where we see you now (DA or EDP), but (b) nothing is set in stone and there will be open competition for spots every week, then I don't think anyone can have any legitimate complaints about it. Some may think it unduly harsh, and/or not the best way to do things for development sake, but others will disagree. Others would say that level of intense competition - always having to fight for your spot with nothing guaranteed - is precisely what has been missing from elite level US Youth Soccer. There can be reasonable differences of opinion on those issues, as well as playing time distribution, play-ups, etc... To me the most important thing is whether they were honest with people from the beginning. . . .

This is exactly what my player (offered a DA spot) was told. And it spurred her to work her butt off over the summer. I’m hoping it goes well for all of the girls, and they learn the value of hard work and competition for spots.

As for the drama re roster size, having seen the rosters for this coming weekend’s scrimmages, and even accounting for late summer vacations, I think the leadership has done a good job of sorting the girls in the U15/U16/U17 groups onto rosters of no more than 15. The 28 + 25 number is 53 kids, who then need to be split among three teams (2 DA, one EDP) each weekend, which without injuries or conflicts is 17.6 girls per game day roster. Which is basically the no-more-than-18 number that we were told when we accepted the offer.

The math works.

[Anonymous]

How did the WS VA scrimmages go this weekend? Who did you play?

[Anonymous]

yeah, facebook the paragon of identity confirmation and truth

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How did the WS VA scrimmages go this weekend? Who did you play?

Spirit scrimmaged Richmond United this weekend...

These Loudoun/VDA people are such trolls. This is supposed to be a board for the DA season. If you are sooo happy with your ECNL choice, then why do you have to come on here and try to antagonize people who chose DA? Maybe a little buyers remorse? Why don't you start your own thread about ECNL so you can chat about how great you are at paying top dollar for a second tier league.

[Anonymous]

How did the FCV scrimmages go last weekend?

[Anonymous]

When will rosters get posted for DA teams?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When will rosters get posted for DA teams?

No later than Saturday lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When will rosters get posted for DA teams?

No later than Saturday lol

maybe they'll never be posted. Oh, the horror to some here who can't wait to start criticizing!

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know where to find the DA EDP schedules?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When will rosters get posted for DA teams?

No later than Saturday lol

maybe they'll never be posted. Oh, the horror to some here who can't wait to start criticizing!

I am sure there is a lot anxiety for the girls and parents waiting to see if they make FT or are relegated to EDP or PT. I would not belittle it. Not very adult. I do however recall how Denise Reddy described DA at the ID sessions last year. Once you are accepted, there is no tryout year to year. You are in. We commit to you and you commit to us. If something goes very wrong, injury or some other issues affecting performance, we will talk with you but in general no tryouts. Everyone was surprised at this approach. Some privately called BS. Seems to have totally gone out the window at WS VA. Anyone raise that with management?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When will rosters get posted for DA teams?

No later than Saturday lol

maybe they'll never be posted. Oh, the horror to some here who can't wait to start criticizing!

I am sure there is a lot anxiety for the girls and parents waiting to see if they make FT or are relegated to EDP or PT. I would not belittle it. Not very adult. I do however recall how Denise Reddy described DA at the ID sessions last year. Once you are accepted, there is no tryout year to year. You are in. We commit to you and you commit to us. If something goes very wrong, injury or some other issues affecting performance, we will talk with you but in general no tryouts. Everyone was surprised at this approach. Some privately called BS. Seems to have totally gone out the window at WS VA. Anyone raise that with management?

So FCV kept all of the players on DA from last year?

[Anonymous]

Still no clarification from Washington Spirit 04 coaches or technical director on the roster size. First DA game is in less than 4 days and the roster still shows 28. Were told it would be a max of 18-20. No rosters, no communication, and no uniforms - not impressed so far.

And Monday practices are a joke and have gotten worse (didn't know that was possible). Not only were the girl's teams crammed on 1/2 a field, there was a boys team sharing space as well. Best they could do was 8v8 scrimmage on less than 1/6th of a field. When you have 25+ on a team, that means you are sitting and not even touching a ball for 1/3rd of practice. There may have been 70 kids practicing on 1/2 a field - how is that acceptable for a DA club?

When you add travel on top of the club costs you have to assume 10k a year for no communication, no field space, and a roster that is 10 girls too many. Won't make this mistake again. Unfortunately it is too late to make a change at this point in time - but if you are ever thinking of coming to Washington Spirit, stay far far away until they fix this broken mess. Should have stayed with our original club.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Still no clarification from Washington Spirit 04 coaches or technical director on the roster size. First DA game is in less than 4 days and the roster still shows 28. Were told it would be a max of 18-20. No rosters, no communication, and no uniforms - not impressed so far.

And Monday practices are a joke and have gotten worse (didn't know that was possible). Not only were the girl's teams crammed on 1/2 a field, there was a boys team sharing space as well. Best they could do was 8v8 scrimmage on less than 1/6th of a field. When you have 25+ on a team, that means you are sitting and not even touching a ball for 1/3rd of practice. There may have been 70 kids practicing on 1/2 a field - how is that acceptable for a DA club?

When you add travel on top of the club costs you have to assume 10k a year for no communication, no field space, and a roster that is 10 girls too many. Won't make this mistake again. Unfortunately it is too late to make a change at this point in time - but if you are ever thinking of coming to Washington Spirit, stay far far away until they fix this broken mess. Should have stayed with our original club.

Oh lord. C ya later, Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When will rosters get posted for DA teams?

No later than Saturday lol

maybe they'll never be posted. Oh, the horror to some here who can't wait to start criticizing!

I am sure there is a lot anxiety for the girls and parents waiting to see if they make FT or are relegated to EDP or PT. I would not belittle it. Not very adult. I do however recall how Denise Reddy described DA at the ID sessions last year. Once you are accepted, there is no tryout year to year. You are in. We commit to you and you commit to us. If something goes very wrong, injury or some other issues affecting performance, we will talk with you but in general no tryouts. Everyone was surprised at this approach. Some privately called BS. Seems to have totally gone out the window at WS VA. Anyone raise that with management?

Just curious, does anyone know which DA teams are participating in EDP for the U16 issue and whether or not that schedule would mirror the DA schedule? It would make sense logistically, assuming that enough DA teams were handling the problem this way.