Valor

[Anonymous]

They have 135 pages of complaints. I'm amazed anyone tries for for their teams in the first place. Its like eating at a restaurant that has been shut down by the health department.

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Anonymous wrote:They have 135 pages of complaints. I'm amazed anyone tries for for their teams in the first place. Its like eating at a restaurant that has been shut down by the health department.

They give families the warm and fuzzies to pull them in. Many leave after one season because they realize it was all a lie. The gullible ones or the ones who somehow got placed on a higher team than their skill level from lack of attendence to tryouts are the only ones that stay because they can't make similar teams elsewhere.

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Anonymous wrote:They have 135 pages of complaints. I'm amazed anyone tries for for their teams in the first place. Its like eating at a restaurant that has been shut down by the health department.

They give families the warm and fuzzies to pull them in. Many leave after one season because they realize it was all a lie. The gullible ones or the ones who somehow got placed on a higher team than their skill level from lack of attendence to tryouts are the only ones that stay because they can't make similar teams elsewhere.

You are describing my child's team. At least half of the team, probably more, would not make the same level anywhere else. We had hoped a couple of good players would come in from outside the club, and that did not happen. So they had to pull up players from the lower team that are not ready for the level of competition. Really kicking ourselves for not encouraging our child to leave last year when they had the chance. It was their choice to stay, but now they are wishing they had left. I can't even imagine what this team is going to look like next year.

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Anonymous wrote:They have 135 pages of complaints. I'm amazed anyone tries for for their teams in the first place. Its like eating at a restaurant that has been shut down by the health department.

They give families the warm and fuzzies to pull them in. Many leave after one season because they realize it was all a lie. The gullible ones or the ones who somehow got placed on a higher team than their skill level from lack of attendence to tryouts are the only ones that stay because they can't make similar teams elsewhere.

You are describing my child's team. At least half of the team, probably more, would not make the same level anywhere else. We had hoped a couple of good players would come in from outside the club, and that did not happen. So they had to pull up players from the lower team that are not ready for the level of competition. Really kicking ourselves for not encouraging our child to leave last year when they had the chance. It was their choice to stay, but now they are wishing they had left. I can't even imagine what this team is going to look like next year.

We left last year and hopped on a Pre-Academy Team. My kid is arguable sitting within the top 6 players. Valor had a lot of nepotism, was terrible for development and failed to identify each individual players technical problem areas. If we stayed we would have been on a 4th level team within the age group and four brackets below where we are now. Unless your on a number 1 or 2 team, the pace, intensity and level of performance….I would keep your expectations low. I suggest shopping around and keeping your options open. There are kids there that have either not improved in three seasons or just not that good. If they are simply moving the entire team to the next upper team/color then they really didn't move up. They are just shifting the teams. Don’t buy into all the hype.

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Anonymous wrote:We are taking our dc to try out for Burke (It is almost half the price!), Herndon and FC Dulles. We want a smaller club experience.

Our crap Valor coach keeps combining practices with his other team and barely knows the kids names. He has never coached soccer before! Why he has multiple teams I do not know.

Which age group/gender? That seems odd.

Not odd at all if the coach is greedy. Our coach did it all last spring (combined two teams for practicing). He is getting paid to coach two teams with separate practices. Combining practices is more lucrative for him. I heard from another family he was doing private lessons on the field space he was supposed to be practicing on.

Well hopefully he's (or she) is being reported up as that is wrong on many levels. What was surprised from the other post is someone coaching multiple (assuming travel) teams that had NEVER coached before? I would think everyone would realize that is a disaster waiting to happen if true.

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Anonymous wrote:We are taking our dc to try out for Burke (It is almost half the price!), Herndon and FC Dulles. We want a smaller club experience.

Our crap Valor coach keeps combining practices with his other team and barely knows the kids names. He has never coached soccer before! Why he has multiple teams I do not know.

Which age group/gender? That seems odd.

Not odd at all if the coach is greedy. Our coach did it all last spring (combined two teams for practicing). He is getting paid to coach two teams with separate practices. Combining practices is more lucrative for him. I heard from another family he was doing private lessons on the field space he was supposed to be practicing on.

Well hopefully he's (or she) is being reported up as that is wrong on many levels. What was surprised from the other post is someone coaching multiple (assuming travel) teams that had NEVER coached before? I would think everyone would realize that is a disaster waiting to happen if true.

Valor has MANY coaches for their 2nd-5th teams who are completely new to coaching. They hire any warm body.

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Anonymous wrote:We are taking our dc to try out for Burke (It is almost half the price!), Herndon and FC Dulles. We want a smaller club experience.

Our crap Valor coach keeps combining practices with his other team and barely knows the kids names. He has never coached soccer before! Why he has multiple teams I do not know.

Which age group/gender? That seems odd.

Not odd at all if the coach is greedy. Our coach did it all last spring (combined two teams for practicing). He is getting paid to coach two teams with separate practices. Combining practices is more lucrative for him. I heard from another family he was doing private lessons on the field space he was supposed to be practicing on.

Well hopefully he's (or she) is being reported up as that is wrong on many levels. What was surprised from the other post is someone coaching multiple (assuming travel) teams that had NEVER coached before? I would think everyone would realize that is a disaster waiting to happen if true.

Valor has MANY coaches for their 2nd-5th teams who are completely new to coaching. They hire any warm body.

Are there any clubs that don't do that?

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Anonymous wrote:We are taking our dc to try out for Burke (It is almost half the price!), Herndon and FC Dulles. We want a smaller club experience.

Our crap Valor coach keeps combining practices with his other team and barely knows the kids names. He has never coached soccer before! Why he has multiple teams I do not know.

Which age group/gender? That seems odd.

Not odd at all if the coach is greedy. Our coach did it all last spring (combined two teams for practicing). He is getting paid to coach two teams with separate practices. Combining practices is more lucrative for him. I heard from another family he was doing private lessons on the field space he was supposed to be practicing on.

Well hopefully he's (or she) is being reported up as that is wrong on many levels. What was surprised from the other post is someone coaching multiple (assuming travel) teams that had NEVER coached before? I would think everyone would realize that is a disaster waiting to happen if true.

Valor has MANY coaches for their 2nd-5th teams who are completely new to coaching. They hire any warm body.

Are there any clubs that don't do that?

How should anyone know the hiring practices of a thousand local soccer clubs? Valor does it. If you want a non-parent or experienced coach, avoid Valor.

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Anonymous wrote:We are taking our dc to try out for Burke (It is almost half the price!), Herndon and FC Dulles. We want a smaller club experience.

Our crap Valor coach keeps combining practices with his other team and barely knows the kids names. He has never coached soccer before! Why he has multiple teams I do not know.

Which age group/gender? That seems odd.

Not odd at all if the coach is greedy. Our coach did it all last spring (combined two teams for practicing). He is getting paid to coach two teams with separate practices. Combining practices is more lucrative for him. I heard from another family he was doing private lessons on the field space he was supposed to be practicing on.

Well hopefully he's (or she) is being reported up as that is wrong on many levels. What was surprised from the other post is someone coaching multiple (assuming travel) teams that had NEVER coached before? I would think everyone would realize that is a disaster waiting to happen if true.

Valor has MANY coaches for their 2nd-5th teams who are completely new to coaching. They hire any warm body.

Are there any clubs that don't do that?

How should anyone know the hiring practices of a thousand local soccer clubs? Valor does it. If you want a non-parent or experienced coach, avoid Valor.

Yeah i get that. Where in the local area should I be looking of my kid that is not currently a top team kid. Where exactly can they find a good coach for a second team. Saying avoid Valor doesn't help to pick a better club.

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Anonymous wrote:We are taking our dc to try out for Burke (It is almost half the price!), Herndon and FC Dulles. We want a smaller club experience.

Our crap Valor coach keeps combining practices with his other team and barely knows the kids names. He has never coached soccer before! Why he has multiple teams I do not know.

Which age group/gender? That seems odd.

Not odd at all if the coach is greedy. Our coach did it all last spring (combined two teams for practicing). He is getting paid to coach two teams with separate practices. Combining practices is more lucrative for him. I heard from another family he was doing private lessons on the field space he was supposed to be practicing on.

Well hopefully he's (or she) is being reported up as that is wrong on many levels. What was surprised from the other post is someone coaching multiple (assuming travel) teams that had NEVER coached before? I would think everyone would realize that is a disaster waiting to happen if true.

Valor has MANY coaches for their 2nd-5th teams who are completely new to coaching. They hire any warm body.

Are there any clubs that don't do that?

How should anyone know the hiring practices of a thousand local soccer clubs? Valor does it. If you want a non-parent or experienced coach, avoid Valor.

Yeah i get that. Where in the local area should I be looking of my kid that is not currently a top team kid. Where exactly can they find a good coach for a second team. Saying avoid Valor doesn't help to pick a better club.

Burke. Herndon.

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Anonymous wrote:We are taking our dc to try out for Burke (It is almost half the price!), Herndon and FC Dulles. We want a smaller club experience.

Our crap Valor coach keeps combining practices with his other team and barely knows the kids names. He has never coached soccer before! Why he has multiple teams I do not know.

Which age group/gender? That seems odd.

Not odd at all if the coach is greedy. Our coach did it all last spring (combined two teams for practicing). He is getting paid to coach two teams with separate practices. Combining practices is more lucrative for him. I heard from another family he was doing private lessons on the field space he was supposed to be practicing on.

Well hopefully he's (or she) is being reported up as that is wrong on many levels. What was surprised from the other post is someone coaching multiple (assuming travel) teams that had NEVER coached before? I would think everyone would realize that is a disaster waiting to happen if true.

Valor has MANY coaches for their 2nd-5th teams who are completely new to coaching. They hire any warm body.

Are there any clubs that don't do that?

How should anyone know the hiring practices of a thousand local soccer clubs? Valor does it. If you want a non-parent or experienced coach, avoid Valor.

Yeah i get that. Where in the local area should I be looking of my kid that is not currently a top team kid. Where exactly can they find a good coach for a second team. Saying avoid Valor doesn't help to pick a better club.

Burke. Herndon.

For girls Herndon 😂.

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Anonymous wrote:We are taking our dc to try out for Burke (It is almost half the price!), Herndon and FC Dulles. We want a smaller club experience.

Our crap Valor coach keeps combining practices with his other team and barely knows the kids names. He has never coached soccer before! Why he has multiple teams I do not know.

Which age group/gender? That seems odd.

Not odd at all if the coach is greedy. Our coach did it all last spring (combined two teams for practicing). He is getting paid to coach two teams with separate practices. Combining practices is more lucrative for him. I heard from another family he was doing private lessons on the field space he was supposed to be practicing on.

Well hopefully he's (or she) is being reported up as that is wrong on many levels. What was surprised from the other post is someone coaching multiple (assuming travel) teams that had NEVER coached before? I would think everyone would realize that is a disaster waiting to happen if true.

Valor has MANY coaches for their 2nd-5th teams who are completely new to coaching. They hire any warm body.

Are there any clubs that don't do that?

How should anyone know the hiring practices of a thousand local soccer clubs? Valor does it. If you want a non-parent or experienced coach, avoid Valor.

Yeah i get that. Where in the local area should I be looking of my kid that is not currently a top team kid. Where exactly can they find a good coach for a second team. Saying avoid Valor doesn't help to pick a better club.

Burke. Herndon.

For girls Herndon 😂.

Sorry, I dont know a thing about the girls side but it couldnt possibly be worse than Valor? Valor seems to be a total dumpster fire.

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Anonymous wrote:We are taking our dc to try out for Burke (It is almost half the price!), Herndon and FC Dulles. We want a smaller club experience.

Our crap Valor coach keeps combining practices with his other team and barely knows the kids names. He has never coached soccer before! Why he has multiple teams I do not know.

Which age group/gender? That seems odd.

Not odd at all if the coach is greedy. Our coach did it all last spring (combined two teams for practicing). He is getting paid to coach two teams with separate practices. Combining practices is more lucrative for him. I heard from another family he was doing private lessons on the field space he was supposed to be practicing on.

Well hopefully he's (or she) is being reported up as that is wrong on many levels. What was surprised from the other post is someone coaching multiple (assuming travel) teams that had NEVER coached before? I would think everyone would realize that is a disaster waiting to happen if true.

Valor has MANY coaches for their 2nd-5th teams who are completely new to coaching. They hire any warm body.

Are there any clubs that don't do that?

How should anyone know the hiring practices of a thousand local soccer clubs? Valor does it. If you want a non-parent or experienced coach, avoid Valor.

Yeah i get that. Where in the local area should I be looking of my kid that is not currently a top team kid. Where exactly can they find a good coach for a second team. Saying avoid Valor doesn't help to pick a better club.

Burke. Herndon.

For girls Herndon 😂.

Sorry, I dont know a thing about the girls side but it couldnt possibly be worse than Valor? Valor seems to be a total dumpster fire.

Ohh it's worse. They don't have enough to field a 2015 team. 2014's and 2013's are playing in pre-ecnl and getting destroyed weekly. A few years back there was a mass exodus and it happened again this past year.

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A mass exodus to where?

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Anonymous wrote:We are taking our dc to try out for Burke (It is almost half the price!), Herndon and FC Dulles. We want a smaller club experience.

Our crap Valor coach keeps combining practices with his other team and barely knows the kids names. He has never coached soccer before! Why he has multiple teams I do not know.

Which age group/gender? That seems odd.

Not odd at all if the coach is greedy. Our coach did it all last spring (combined two teams for practicing). He is getting paid to coach two teams with separate practices. Combining practices is more lucrative for him. I heard from another family he was doing private lessons on the field space he was supposed to be practicing on.

Well hopefully he's (or she) is being reported up as that is wrong on many levels. What was surprised from the other post is someone coaching multiple (assuming travel) teams that had NEVER coached before? I would think everyone would realize that is a disaster waiting to happen if true.

Valor has MANY coaches for their 2nd-5th teams who are completely new to coaching. They hire any warm body.

Are there any clubs that don't do that?

How should anyone know the hiring practices of a thousand local soccer clubs? Valor does it. If you want a non-parent or experienced coach, avoid Valor.

Yeah i get that. Where in the local area should I be looking of my kid that is not currently a top team kid. Where exactly can they find a good coach for a second team. Saying avoid Valor doesn't help to pick a better club.

Burke. Herndon.

For girls Herndon 😂.

Sorry, I dont know a thing about the girls side but it couldnt possibly be worse than Valor? Valor seems to be a total dumpster fire.

Ohh it's worse. They don't have enough to field a 2015 team. 2014's and 2013's are playing in pre-ecnl and getting destroyed weekly. A few years back there was a mass exodus and it happened again this past year.

Honestly, it doesn't sound worse. Fewer players mean more attention and they will be more desperate to keep you. Valor is just a trash factory.