Girls DA 2018-19 Season

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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?

That’s odd because a WS MD poster said something about 03 players who hadn’t been offered a DA spot left and that EDP would have been a nice option. I feel like it was a couple of pages back on this thread. So what was that about?

Oh, I get what you mean now. The same thing is happening at WS MD as is happening at WS VA. Well fortunately. We have 18 on 04 roster. We hae not heard that anyone would be dropped to PT. No one has said that generally. Perhaps some parents individually heard that.

Meant "fortunately no"

[Anonymous]

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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.

The teams involved are listed here: https://www.edpsoccer.com/news_article/show/916339 (Except MD is incorrect). EDP hasn’t posted any schedule for any team U16 and up for girls across the board.

The way I read this, the DA division stands on it's own. The logical answer to the scheduling question is that the teams will play when the rest of the DA teams go head to head, for logistics (other than the CT team). If these DAs kept extra players on their general rosters, then there's a good chance they will play as described under the EDP banner, the same way FCV will play their players in this situation in VPL/NPL.

[Anonymous]

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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?

That’s odd because a WS MD poster said something about 03 players who hadn’t been offered a DA spot left and that EDP would have been a nice option. I feel like it was a couple of pages back on this thread. So what was that about?

That was my post. I was talking to an 03 parent last June whose daughter had not been offered a spot on the U16/17 team and asked about the EDP team. He said he had not heard about it. I am pretty sure it does not exist.

Ok, thank you so much for clarifying. I couldn’t remember exactly what it said and it’s hard to find anything on this forum on such a topic because it’s been talked about (or rather the DA has) on multiple threads. It’s always interesting to me to hear about the VA side.

I think Tom does consider EDP the solution to not cutting players. Anyone who didn’t make the DA team was offered an EDP spot to remain with the club.

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To hear about the MD side compared to the VA side. Club vs director decisions, how the club is growing, etc

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Anonymous wrote:(But the field space issue is legimate and Spirit should work toward solving it. That’s weak)

My DD oddly doesn't complain about the field space at WS VA and does not sit out for any time during the 1.5 hours. You know, there are effective drills that can be done in smaller spaces. I agree with the rest of the posters that this is grossly exaggerated by some childish posters. The last post being a good example of the maturity level here.

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Anonymous wrote:(But the field space issue is legimate and Spirit should work toward solving it. That’s weak)

My DD oddly doesn't complain about the field space at WS VA and does not sit out for any time during the 1.5 hours. You know, there are effective drills that can be done in smaller spaces. I agree with the rest of the posters that this is grossly exaggerated by some childish posters. The last post being a good example of the maturity level here.

Mine does not either. What do they need full field for anyway on mondays? a “send it” routine, conditioning, punts?

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Mine does. She says Monday night practices are a joke. It's the one day she hates.

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Anonymous wrote:Mine does. She says Monday night practices are a joke. It's the one day she hates.

other than field size, how different is Mondays from other weekdays? In addition to Mondays,!Are you sure she doesnt hate lasagna too?

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Anonymous wrote:Mine does. She says Monday night practices are a joke. It's the one day she hates.

Just like the other poster thought, maybe you should move to a club that likes to play longballs if she doesn't like practicing in small spaces. WS may not seem like the right fit for her, but there are several choices in the area who specialize in kick and run.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Mine does. She says Monday night practices are a joke. It's the one day she hates.

Just like the other poster thought, maybe you should move to a club that likes to play longballs if she doesn't like practicing in small spaces. WS may not seem like the right fit for her, but there are several choices in the area who specialize in kick and run.

You people are ridiculous apologists for WS. For the thousands of dollars that you pay, your kids should not get crammed in like that on any day ever.

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And you're just plain stupid. I paid thousands of dollars at my old club and kids were crammed into tight field space every day.

Again, the complainer has options; he can tell the TD his concerns; he can leave; or he can suck it up. But whichever one he chooses, hopefully he'll STFU.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And you're just plain stupid. I paid thousands of dollars at my old club and kids were crammed into tight field space every day.

Again, the complainer has options; he can tell the TD his concerns; he can leave; or he can suck it up. But whichever one he chooses, hopefully he'll STFU.

It's not just one. There are numerous complainers

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Anonymous wrote:And you're just plain stupid. I paid thousands of dollars at my old club and kids were crammed into tight field space every day.

Again, the complainer has options; he can tell the TD his concerns; he can leave; or he can suck it up. But whichever one he chooses, hopefully he'll STFU.

It's not just one. There are numerous complainers

The difference is they are not here posting about it. If you are going to attack the club that your DD is currently at in a public forum then you really should just leave the club. You have demonstrated that you have zero interest in solving the problem and you are not offering any new information.

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Anonymous wrote:Mine does. She says Monday night practices are a joke. It's the one day she hates.

Just like the other poster thought, maybe you should move to a club that likes to play longballs if she doesn't like practicing in small spaces. WS may not seem like the right fit for her, but there are several choices in the area who specialize in kick and run.

You people are ridiculous apologists for WS. For the thousands of dollars that you pay, your kids should not get crammed in like that on any day ever.

How much will it cost for my kid to be on the pitch completely alone? Who cares, it doesn't matter. My daughters soccer development is not really linked to Monday's field size, the amount of players training on a field and cost is an argument is based on misleading issues. As a player, my daughter will be having to surveil the pitch quickly, looking for good decisions and appropriate risks, and make offensive/defensive transition accordingly under the guidance of the coaches/trainers at Spirit. If anything the translation to a larger size training area will give her and her teammates more time and be more effective since they will have already made the requisite looks/touches/decisions based on the trainings increased pressure of small spaces. I'm really hoping that our daughters can properly weight and direct a pass across a 2 player path if need be without Monday's training side being the lynchpin to their individual and team developmental success.

To the WS VA 04 parent who wants a bigger training portion of the field. I really suggest that tonight you engage with some of the parents that you don't normally talk to discuss the various perspectives of training area size and its effect on training.

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Anonymous wrote:And you're just plain stupid. I paid thousands of dollars at my old club and kids were crammed into tight field space every day.

Who is stupid? You went from onedisorganized or cheap club to one that was even worse. No, most clubs don't have these problems.