TSJ Director Movement

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just to clarify, “south” teams are based in Springfield and Chantilly. “North” teams are Loudoun based. All winter we have practiced at St James and north practices at Dulles Sportsplex. Chantilly uses NZone. Kid is boys side ulittle so can’t speak for girls side.

That South vs North labeling is weird considering Chantilly is closer to Loudoun than Springfield. Their whole model has never made any sense to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just to clarify, “south” teams are based in Springfield and Chantilly. “North” teams are Loudoun based. All winter we have practiced at St James and north practices at Dulles Sportsplex. Chantilly uses NZone. Kid is boys side ulittle so can’t speak for girls side.

These are just the low level teams though. Where do the MLS 2 teams practice?

I honestly don’t know. We saw a group of boys warming up to start a practice after is once that we guessed were about 16 or so, but only once….maybe twice. I have no idea when/where the older ones train.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just to clarify, “south” teams are based in Springfield and Chantilly. “North” teams are Loudoun based. All winter we have practiced at St James and north practices at Dulles Sportsplex. Chantilly uses NZone. Kid is boys side ulittle so can’t speak for girls side.

That South vs North labeling is weird considering Chantilly is closer to Loudoun than Springfield. Their whole model has never made any sense to me.

Sometimes when I drive two miles to TSJ and gaze upon its vast indoor turf, I close my eyes, take a deep breath, and imagine I’m in Chantilly. I fondly smile as I realize I have to get on the beltway; double the pleasure if I have to fight traffic or pay tolls on 66. I thank my lucky stars that practice is sometimes 65 minutes away from the mother ship because it offers me the opportunity to say I play for the “club with the largest footprint in the DMV.” I hope the enlarge that footprint because I hear driving to Front Royal is even better for my DC’s development than Chantilly—anything is better than indoor turf at the mother ship. Fingers crossed AB and JO can make that happen.

[Anonymous]

Is it true that 22 has held a couple private ‘tryouts’ with a few current SYC players?

[Anonymous]

I don’t know but the problem isn’t with 22. He could offer the moon, a family could accept - the problem is the administration, everything above JO’s level. Field availability, tournament registrations (late or never), etc.

The program could easily be fixed if STJ were less thinly capitalized. But when you have to nickel and dime your way toward profitability, families (and coaches) are the victims. The cherry on top is the A+ gaslighting - “your DC will be so much better at soccer by NOT training this week and NOT playing in that tournament we promised to enter you into but didn’t, believe us!”

TSJ tries to be all things to all people. It is an utter failure in soccer because ultimately the leadership is not invested in any way in the program. Coach 22 cannot change STJ’s definition of $ucce$$.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know but the problem isn’t with 22. He could offer the moon, a family could accept - the problem is the administration, everything above JO’s level. Field availability, tournament registrations (late or never), etc.

The program could easily be fixed if STJ were less thinly capitalized. But when you have to nickel and dime your way toward profitability, families (and coaches) are the victims. The cherry on top is the A+ gaslighting - “your DC will be so much better at soccer by NOT training this week and NOT playing in that tournament we promised to enter you into but didn’t, believe us!”

TSJ tries to be all things to all people. It is an utter failure in soccer because ultimately the leadership is not invested in any way in the program. Coach 22 cannot change STJ’s definition of $ucce$$.

This is true, but I think Coach 22 and the St. James were made for eachother. Snake oil salesman at all levels.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know but the problem isn’t with 22. He could offer the moon, a family could accept - the problem is the administration, everything above JO’s level. Field availability, tournament registrations (late or never), etc.

The program could easily be fixed if STJ were less thinly capitalized. But when you have to nickel and dime your way toward profitability, families (and coaches) are the victims. The cherry on top is the A+ gaslighting - “your DC will be so much better at soccer by NOT training this week and NOT playing in that tournament we promised to enter you into but didn’t, believe us!”

TSJ tries to be all things to all people. It is an utter failure in soccer because ultimately the leadership is not invested in any way in the program. Coach 22 cannot change STJ’s definition of $ucce$$.

This is true, but I think Coach 22 and the St. James were made for eachother. Snake oil salesman at all levels.

Have they announced Aspire demotion yet?

[Anonymous]

JO is a great coach regardless of TSJ admin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it true that 22 has held a couple private ‘tryouts’ with a few current SYC players?

Yes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it true that 22 has held a couple private ‘tryouts’ with a few current SYC players?

Yes

22 is VERY active in the community. You gotta love it if you’re a TSJ parent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it true that 22 has held a couple private ‘tryouts’ with a few current SYC players?

Yes

22 is VERY active in the community. You gotta love it if you’re a TSJ parent.

22 is great. But peel the TSJ onion and you quickly start to cry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:JO is a great coach regardless of TSJ admin.

true, you can toss a beautiful diamond ring into a sewage pipe, it is still a diamond ring yes but it is also now bathed in feces

[Anonymous]

TSJ is stating on their latest social media post that they "have the highest number of registrants we have had in the history of TSJ" for GA ID sessions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:TSJ is stating on their latest social media post that they "have the highest number of registrants we have had in the history of TSJ" for GA ID sessions.

It’ll be a sad day when they have to tell these folks they are getting Aspire — but I’m sure they will be the “best Aspire team in the history of TSJ.”

[Anonymous]

STJ is the Goodwill of local soccer. Once the real clubs have brewed their espresso, STJ collects the used coffee grounds and finds a way to sell them to parents for $3500. It’s basically a marketing operation that fronts as a soccer team.