Confusion with DC United and Virginia Revolution and SAI

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Anonymous wrote:VRSC is run by a salesman that also likes/maybe previously played soccer. A salesman whose previous business ventures were under big time scrutiny from local homeowners. Hope he's changed his ways but I'm not holding my breath. I don't even think the guy holds any notable coaching licenses.

Oh wow, did not know that. I don't know much about him.

It wasn't long ago that he was full in on sales in renewable energy and that company appears to have gone under for pretty poor business practices (investigated by local news)

I think some people did get money back but if you dig deep enough, there were some pretty shady business practices. I wouldn't be naive thinking that he's all of a sudden turned a corner and just thinking that he can come up with some better way to run a youth soccer club when previously never really been heavily involved in it.

All true. Here's a story that the NBC affiliate in DC did about him:

https://www.nbcwashington.com/local/virginia-homeowners-spend-thousands-of-dollars-for-solar-panels-they-didnt-receive/171080/

The guy doesn't know the first thing about coaching soccer. That video gives you an good idea of what kind of person he really is and that only scratches the surface.

refunded https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/virginia-homeowners-refunded-thousands-after-solar-panels-arent-delivered/1668/

I am shocked that a POS dirtbag that steals money from homeowners is running a youth soccer club...WOW how long before he steals money from the soccer club to pay back his solar panel customers?

For profit youth sports is the natural habitat of scam artists. I just wonder how long you can sell parents on how great your club is while never fielding a competitive team

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:VRSC is run by a salesman that also likes/maybe previously played soccer. A salesman whose previous business ventures were under big time scrutiny from local homeowners. Hope he's changed his ways but I'm not holding my breath. I don't even think the guy holds any notable coaching licenses.

Oh wow, did not know that. I don't know much about him.

It wasn't long ago that he was full in on sales in renewable energy and that company appears to have gone under for pretty poor business practices (investigated by local news)

I think some people did get money back but if you dig deep enough, there were some pretty shady business practices. I wouldn't be naive thinking that he's all of a sudden turned a corner and just thinking that he can come up with some better way to run a youth soccer club when previously never really been heavily involved in it.

All true. Here's a story that the NBC affiliate in DC did about him:

https://www.nbcwashington.com/local/virginia-homeowners-spend-thousands-of-dollars-for-solar-panels-they-didnt-receive/171080/

The guy doesn't know the first thing about coaching soccer. That video gives you an good idea of what kind of person he really is and that only scratches the surface.

refunded https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/virginia-homeowners-refunded-thousands-after-solar-panels-arent-delivered/1668/

I am shocked that a POS dirtbag that steals money from homeowners is running a youth soccer club...WOW how long before he steals money from the soccer club to pay back his solar panel customers?

For profit youth sports is the natural habitat of scam artists. I just wonder how long you can sell parents on how great your club is while never fielding a competitive team

I have seen no differences between for-profit and nonprofit entities in youth sports. Nor do I see them in hospitals, universities, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:VRSC is run by a salesman that also likes/maybe previously played soccer. A salesman whose previous business ventures were under big time scrutiny from local homeowners. Hope he's changed his ways but I'm not holding my breath. I don't even think the guy holds any notable coaching licenses.

Oh wow, did not know that. I don't know much about him.

It wasn't long ago that he was full in on sales in renewable energy and that company appears to have gone under for pretty poor business practices (investigated by local news)

I think some people did get money back but if you dig deep enough, there were some pretty shady business practices. I wouldn't be naive thinking that he's all of a sudden turned a corner and just thinking that he can come up with some better way to run a youth soccer club when previously never really been heavily involved in it.

All true. Here's a story that the NBC affiliate in DC did about him:

https://www.nbcwashington.com/local/virginia-homeowners-spend-thousands-of-dollars-for-solar-panels-they-didnt-receive/171080/

The guy doesn't know the first thing about coaching soccer. That video gives you an good idea of what kind of person he really is and that only scratches the surface.

refunded https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/virginia-homeowners-refunded-thousands-after-solar-panels-arent-delivered/1668/

I am shocked that a POS dirtbag that steals money from homeowners is running a youth soccer club...WOW how long before he steals money from the soccer club to pay back his solar panel customers?

For profit youth sports is the natural habitat of scam artists. I just wonder how long you can sell parents on how great your club is while never fielding a competitive team

lotta of their players are washouts from the local clubs and or players that just want to olay without the drama. He will be able to get $$$$ for years to come. Kids just wanna play parents want free time and or not to travel too far. Win win… plus the clubhouse is nice now….bartenders n all

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:VRSC is run by a salesman that also likes/maybe previously played soccer. A salesman whose previous business ventures were under big time scrutiny from local homeowners. Hope he's changed his ways but I'm not holding my breath. I don't even think the guy holds any notable coaching licenses.

Oh wow, did not know that. I don't know much about him.

It wasn't long ago that he was full in on sales in renewable energy and that company appears to have gone under for pretty poor business practices (investigated by local news)

I think some people did get money back but if you dig deep enough, there were some pretty shady business practices. I wouldn't be naive thinking that he's all of a sudden turned a corner and just thinking that he can come up with some better way to run a youth soccer club when previously never really been heavily involved in it.

All true. Here's a story that the NBC affiliate in DC did about him:

https://www.nbcwashington.com/local/virginia-homeowners-spend-thousands-of-dollars-for-solar-panels-they-didnt-receive/171080/

The guy doesn't know the first thing about coaching soccer. That video gives you an good idea of what kind of person he really is and that only scratches the surface.

refunded https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/virginia-homeowners-refunded-thousands-after-solar-panels-arent-delivered/1668/

I am shocked that a POS dirtbag that steals money from homeowners is running a youth soccer club...WOW how long before he steals money from the soccer club to pay back his solar panel customers?

For profit youth sports is the natural habitat of scam artists. I just wonder how long you can sell parents on how great your club is while never fielding a competitive team

lotta of their players are washouts from the local clubs and or players that just want to olay without the drama. He will be able to get $$$$ for years to come. Kids just wanna play parents want free time and or not to travel too far. Win win… plus the clubhouse is nice now….bartenders n all

Thanks for your opinion Loudoun Soccer dad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:lotta of their players are washouts from the local clubs and or players that just want to olay without the drama. He will be able to get $$$$ for years to come. Kids just wanna play parents want free time and or not to travel too far. Win win… plus the clubhouse is nice now….bartenders n all

Facts.

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Anonymous wrote:What a POS.

You wouldn't believe some of the stories I've heard from parents who previously had kids play for him.

Story time. Let’s hear some.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://varevolution.com/revolution-sports-academy/

https://varevolution.com/rsa-academics-curriculum/#sai-faculty

https://varevolution.com/rsa-soccer-program/#program-directors

Love the idea of academics, life skills, and soccer. Great faculty of teachers and coaches. Not sure how the kids get to school because they wouldn't have support from LCPS buses. They wouldn't have a shuttle bus or someone on staff driving it to pick up kids. So then the only option is to drive yourself or carpool or your parent drives you. Obviously it is not a residency academy where kids live close by or are on the premise.

I don't know what talent they're looking to take on. I don't understand the correlation between VA Revolution RSA and college/pros. I can understand VA Revolution RSA to VA Revolution pro, which is their UPSL team. I'd hate for them to set the bar at a college level only. I'd love for them to set the bar at helping kids get to academies overseas or trying to get into MLS next (as examples).


Great idea. It's gonna be a scary first beginning maybe. Generally concerned about this becoming well established. I don't know.

Who knows more? Who's a parent on here and going to try this?

That sounds cool. I’d like to know more too.

[Anonymous]

I went to their open house. RSA is partnered with DC United Academy where kids will do school together. Soccer practices will be on separate fields. The school has programming/guidance in place for pro college placement, which they reviewed at the open house. https://varevolution.com/revolution-sports-academy/#pro-college-placement

It's my understanding that SAI provides students with reach to their 5 partner MLS clubs (and growing) in addition to having DC United Academy at the school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What a POS.

You wouldn't believe some of the stories I've heard from parents who previously had kids play for him.

Story time. Let’s hear some.

A lot of talk by LS. All they try and do is bring him down. He refunded the money. When covid hit what did LS do? Did they refund? No. Did VRSC, yes and provided online "live footskills, etc" practices. LS leadership is always trying to bring down VRSC. I guess they feel threatened. There is a lot of talk about their teams not being that good. Thats because they are a very young club. Their older teams (2012/13) and above are all kids that were developed outside of their pipeline. Came over to play first team because they could not make LS first team. Not a fair comparison. It's better to compare 2014 and below. Both top 2014 teams have played each other twice, each have won 1 and lost 1. The 2015's tied. Thats the way I understand the situation around VRSC and LS.

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Anonymous wrote:I went to their open house. RSA is partnered with DC United Academy where kids will do school together. Soccer practices will be on separate fields. The school has programming/guidance in place for pro college placement, which they reviewed at the open house. https://varevolution.com/revolution-sports-academy/#pro-college-placement

It's my understanding that SAI provides students with reach to their 5 partner MLS clubs (and growing) in addition to having DC United Academy at the school.

So, parents of kids NOT on DC United would send their boys to go to "school" here and train with Revolution coaches and kids?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What a POS.

You wouldn't believe some of the stories I've heard from parents who previously had kids play for him.

Story time. Let’s hear some.

A lot of talk by LS. All they try and do is bring him down. He refunded the money. When covid hit what did LS do? Did they refund? No. Did VRSC, yes and provided online "live footskills, etc" practices. LS leadership is always trying to bring down VRSC. I guess they feel threatened. There is a lot of talk about their teams not being that good. Thats because they are a very young club. Their older teams (2012/13) and above are all kids that were developed outside of their pipeline. Came over to play first team because they could not make LS first team. Not a fair comparison. It's better to compare 2014 and below. Both top 2014 teams have played each other twice, each have won 1 and lost 1. The 2015's tied. Thats the way I understand the situation around VRSC and LS.

That's not a story from parents who previously had kids play for him. I don't care about the above, I just want stories.

[Anonymous]

My understanding is that it is for girls and boys who will go through a screening/tryout as part of the "acceptance" process. They are looking for high level players regardless of club affiliation. Looks like the coaches are all A license.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What a POS.

You wouldn't believe some of the stories I've heard from parents who previously had kids play for him.

Story time. Let’s hear some.

A lot of talk by LS. All they try and do is bring him down. He refunded the money. When covid hit what did LS do? Did they refund? No. Did VRSC, yes and provided online "live footskills, etc" practices. LS leadership is always trying to bring down VRSC. I guess they feel threatened. There is a lot of talk about their teams not being that good. Thats because they are a very young club. Their older teams (2012/13) and above are all kids that were developed outside of their pipeline. Came over to play first team because they could not make LS first team. Not a fair comparison. It's better to compare 2014 and below. Both top 2014 teams have played each other twice, each have won 1 and lost 1. The 2015's tied. Thats the way I understand the situation around VRSC and LS.

Written by the crook Niko himself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My understanding is that it is for girls and boys who will go through a screening/tryout as part of the "acceptance" process. They are looking for high level players regardless of club affiliation. Looks like the coaches are all A license.

Sounds like they're trying to position themselves of some kind of non-residential version of IMG Academy or the Barca residency program in Arizona, but without the residency. And no matter what the screening process is, I'm going to go out on a limb and guess they'll accept most anyone willing to pay. I assume any parent willing to sign up for this already knows their child is at least good at soccer. But, seems like you'd be gambling with your child's future by basically skipping high school; the academics and the social aspects.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What a POS.

You wouldn't believe some of the stories I've heard from parents who previously had kids play for him.

Story time. Let’s hear some.

A lot of talk by LS. All they try and do is bring him down. He refunded the money. When covid hit what did LS do? Did they refund? No. Did VRSC, yes and provided online "live footskills, etc" practices. LS leadership is always trying to bring down VRSC. I guess they feel threatened. There is a lot of talk about their teams not being that good. Thats because they are a very young club. Their older teams (2012/13) and above are all kids that were developed outside of their pipeline. Came over to play first team because they could not make LS first team. Not a fair comparison. It's better to compare 2014 and below. Both top 2014 teams have played each other twice, each have won 1 and lost 1. The 2015's tied. Thats the way I understand the situation around VRSC and LS.

Written by the crook Niko himself.

Okay LS.