ECNL forcing Brave & Union Partnership

[Anonymous]

I'll count my kid as one who is excited for the fall and the Union opportunity.

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds like a lot of top FVU girls are leaving for other clubs. True?

How can there be top FVU girls. Either they're top union girls or top brave girls.

Age?

08, 09, 10, 11 leaving.

This is all crap. Sure a few players leaving — those who complained all year about not enough playing time and maybe one or two who chose to leave. Normal changes as seen every year.

Good Braves added to strong VU starting players, plus a few external to the clubs. Yes, the loss of some strong sub players (sorry and sad to see these good players not make the cut). Decisions seem based on skills and not allegiances. Teams all looking pretty good and rosters not overly large (normal VU size). Coaches working hard to make a transition that should have been worked out months earlier.

Stop trying to use this forum to create rumor, stir the pot, and influence player decisions. Those still deciding — sign on or go elsewhere and enjoy. See you on the pitch.

Coaches post does give insight.

1) those who complained all year about not enough playing time - complain and you will be on the cut list

2) Decisions seem based on skills and not allegiances - decisions were based on allegiances and they want you to think otherwise

3) Teams all looking pretty good and rosters not overly large (normal VU size) - rosters are huge, see #1

4) Coaches working hard to make a transition that should have been worked out months earlier. - Brave and MYS coaches don’t get along

5) Those still deciding — sign on or go elsewhere and enjoy. See you on the pitch. - we still want the top players who moved on but if not, we’re good as we have secured our jobs as coaches

[Anonymous]

Spoken like a a Brave parent who’s kid didn’t make the cut previous years and now stumbled onto this fortunate partnership. The truth hurts y’all but that’s what competitive sports used to show kids and parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Spoken like a a Brave parent who’s kid didn’t make the cut previous years and now stumbled onto this fortunate partnership. The truth hurts y’all but that’s what competitive sports used to show kids and parents.

Spoken like a coach who is a tad bit defensive. Like you said. See you on the pitch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'll count my kid as one who is excited for the fall and the Union opportunity.

Mine too!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'll count my kid as one who is excited for the fall and the Union opportunity.

Mine too!

Thanks coach!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'll count my kid as one who is excited for the fall and the Union opportunity.

Mine too!

Thanks coach!

Nope. Parent in neither organization currently whose kid was seen and the follow up from the Coach felt great who yes, is excited about the opportunity. I'll let you keep blasting 13 and 14 year olds on the internet, and I'll keep encouraging my kids to work hard and find the best fits.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'll count my kid as one who is excited for the fall and the Union opportunity.

Mine too!

Thanks coach!

Nope. Parent in neither organization currently whose kid was seen and the follow up from the Coach felt great who yes, is excited about the opportunity. I'll let you keep blasting 13 and 14 year olds on the internet, and I'll keep encouraging my kids to work hard and find the best fits.

Who’s blasting 13 and 14 year olds? Keep up the counter narrative as it is weak and transparent. FVU must be desperate

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:LMAO FVU what a mess, MYS brand is gonna die overnight. Good luck after 2007 moves on, it could start looking alot like Arlington real soon. Academic schools only, no scholarships, no P4s, or true prospects just 4 year college players at best (most will quit/transfer then quit) and a career outside of soccer. None of that is bad necessarily, and what I know 90% of you sheep prefer but its not elite. ECNL should replace E with a C- College-bound Clubs National League

Good luck to FVU in the CCNL!

I don’t know what bitter parent (or former VDA coach?) wrote this, but for all the other actual parents out there, the idea that the club will look “alot [sic] like Arlington” is what we should want. This mythical “Elite” pathway he is talking about doesn’t (yet) exist, and even if your child is “elite”, getting a degree from an “academic” school is exactly what you should be aiming for. Why? Because the pay is terrible for women right now, and the USMNT has a track record of no turnover. Think of it, if you were a wingback or a forward, national team spots were held by the same player for nearly TWO DECADES. Megan Rapinoe got her youth call up in 2002, and her senior call up in 2006. So for nearly 18 years, there was no opening. Alex Morgan? Same kind of timeframe.

Right now in the DC area, you can get one on one training with multiple former US and Canadian women’s national team members. That’s right, these ultimate elite players still have to find jobs after anchoring their countries in Olympics and world cups.

So as an FVU parent, I would LOVE to see it all go the way of Arlington if that means playing a sport they love at their highest possible level, and then when it’s over they have a great degree to begin the next phase of their lives?? I can think of nothing more elite than that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'll count my kid as one who is excited for the fall and the Union opportunity.

Mine too!

Thanks coach!

Nope. Parent in neither organization currently whose kid was seen and the follow up from the Coach felt great who yes, is excited about the opportunity. I'll let you keep blasting 13 and 14 year olds on the internet, and I'll keep encouraging my kids to work hard and find the best fits.

Who’s blasting 13 and 14 year olds? Keep up the counter narrative as it is weak and transparent. FVU must be desperate

I can give you my name and my non Fairfax county zip. I'm sorry you and your kid[s] are disappointed. Mine in excited. Shouldn't we all want good things for all kids in our area? Development and opportunities?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'll count my kid as one who is excited for the fall and the Union opportunity.

Mine too!

Thanks coach!

Nope. Parent in neither organization currently whose kid was seen and the follow up from the Coach felt great who yes, is excited about the opportunity. I'll let you keep blasting 13 and 14 year olds on the internet, and I'll keep encouraging my kids to work hard and find the best fits.

Who’s blasting 13 and 14 year olds? Keep up the counter narrative as it is weak and transparent. FVU must be desperate

I can give you my name and my non Fairfax county zip. I'm sorry you and your kid[s] are disappointed. Mine in excited. Shouldn't we all want good things for all kids in our area? Development and opportunities?

Then do it. Stop teasing us.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds like a lot of top FVU girls are leaving for other clubs. True?

How can there be top FVU girls. Either they're top union girls or top brave girls.

Age?

08, 09, 10, 11 leaving.

This is all crap. Sure a few players leaving — those who complained all year about not enough playing time and maybe one or two who chose to leave. Normal changes as seen every year.

Good Braves added to strong VU starting players, plus a few external to the clubs. Yes, the loss of some strong sub players (sorry and sad to see these good players not make the cut). Decisions seem based on skills and not allegiances. Teams all looking pretty good and rosters not overly large (normal VU size). Coaches working hard to make a transition that should have been worked out months earlier.

Stop trying to use this forum to create rumor, stir the pot, and influence player decisions. Those still deciding — sign on or go elsewhere and enjoy. See you on the pitch.

Coaches post does give insight.

1) those who complained all year about not enough playing time - complain and you will be on the cut list

2) Decisions seem based on skills and not allegiances - decisions were based on allegiances and they want you to think otherwise

3) Teams all looking pretty good and rosters not overly large (normal VU size) - rosters are huge, see #1

4) Coaches working hard to make a transition that should have been worked out months earlier. - Brave and MYS coaches don’t get along

5) Those still deciding — sign on or go elsewhere and enjoy. See you on the pitch. - we still want the top players who moved on but if not, we’re good as we have secured our jobs as coaches

This is directionally correct. What parent can comment on who did and did not make the cut across multiple age groups or even how decisions were made unless it is really a coach. What parent even has any idea on how the coaches are working hard to make a transition. Spin mode at max speed here.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Spoken like a a Brave parent who’s kid didn’t make the cut previous years and now stumbled onto this fortunate partnership. The truth hurts y’all but that’s what competitive sports used to show kids and parents.

Spoken like a coach who is a tad bit defensive. Like you said. See you on the pitch.

Hey Coach- we still have heard nothing ?!

Current player.

[Anonymous]

Seems rosters will not be so extensive after all. Several players are getting rejected.

[Anonymous]

Union will do just fine on the girl’s side. The boys will be more of the same.