DA vs ECNL vs everything else

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Anonymous wrote:If you want to know if a club really develops talent all you have to do is look at the teams current make up and figure out where they came from.

Lets take FCV for example. Their 1st ever U9, U10, U11, U12, and U13 group started five years ago. Everything up until that time at FCV was only ECNL (U14 and above). That aforementioned group is now U14, U15, U16, U17, U18.

How many of those kids on the current DA teams do you think came from the original age group pools?

Answer: Very Few.

Like 15% to 20%? I guess stealing kids from other clubs is their forte. However, with other DA's and ECNL teams within close proximity, it will likely hurt their ability to woo parents/kids to their club.

Never said they stole kids. Parents bring their kids to them. In search of the winning team. FCV has pick of the litter. That's why they can discard talent left and right. It get replenished. It will continue to get replenished. That's why parents and players get emotionally drained in these hyper competitive environments. Always on the chopping block.

Their ability to recruit will be put to the test in the coming seasons as many clubs around them also offer pathways that were once far more limited when there was only ECNL and McLean was the only other choice. With talent spread across more clubs than ever FCV, as well as other clubs, will actually have to develop and retain talent. It will remain to be seen if FCV can have continued success in this new landscape.

Winning team always attracts the top talent. ALWAYS! As long as they are winning, everyone is happy. You are overplaying the draw of ECNL in this area. It will not do what you think it will do. DA is the top option in NOVA going forward. The ECNL teams next year will be weaker then they were this year...and this year was weaker than last year. That's the trend going forward. In my humble opinion.

Sure, unless you are already on a winning team, have a meaningful role and getting the college exposure you wish then why move?

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Anonymous wrote:If you want to know if a club really develops talent all you have to do is look at the teams current make up and figure out where they came from.

Lets take FCV for example. Their 1st ever U9, U10, U11, U12, and U13 group started five years ago. Everything up until that time at FCV was only ECNL (U14 and above). That aforementioned group is now U14, U15, U16, U17, U18.

How many of those kids on the current DA teams do you think came from the original age group pools?

Answer: Very Few.

Like 15% to 20%? I guess stealing kids from other clubs is their forte. However, with other DA's and ECNL teams within close proximity, it will likely hurt their ability to woo parents/kids to their club.

Never said they stole kids. Parents bring their kids to them. In search of the winning team. FCV has pick of the litter. That's why they can discard talent left and right. It get replenished. It will continue to get replenished. That's why parents and players get emotionally drained in these hyper competitive environments. Always on the chopping block.

Their ability to recruit will be put to the test in the coming seasons as many clubs around them also offer pathways that were once far more limited when there was only ECNL and McLean was the only other choice. With talent spread across more clubs than ever FCV, as well as other clubs, will actually have to develop and retain talent. It will remain to be seen if FCV can have continued success in this new landscape.

Winning team always attracts the top talent. ALWAYS! As long as they are winning, everyone is happy. You are overplaying the draw of ECNL in this area. It will not do what you think it will do. DA is the top option in NOVA going forward. The ECNL teams next year will be weaker then they were this year...and this year was weaker than last year. That's the trend going forward. In my humble opinion.

Would be interesting to know how many Loudoun 05,06,07 from Red teams left their upcoming ECNL teams to go to either FCV or WS DA? Or how many 05,06,07 McLean or BRYC players left (I know McLean 05 may be a bit of an anomaly as several are jumping ship for WS DA, presumably following Spencer) Anyone have insight? Those numbers would at least be the foundational statistics needed to confirm or negate the statement above that ECNL will continue to get weaker.

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Anonymous wrote:If you want to know if a club really develops talent all you have to do is look at the teams current make up and figure out where they came from.

Lets take FCV for example. Their 1st ever U9, U10, U11, U12, and U13 group started five years ago. Everything up until that time at FCV was only ECNL (U14 and above). That aforementioned group is now U14, U15, U16, U17, U18.

How many of those kids on the current DA teams do you think came from the original age group pools?

Answer: Very Few.

Like 15% to 20%? I guess stealing kids from other clubs is their forte. However, with other DA's and ECNL teams within close proximity, it will likely hurt their ability to woo parents/kids to their club.

Never said they stole kids. Parents bring their kids to them. In search of the winning team. FCV has pick of the litter. That's why they can discard talent left and right. It get replenished. It will continue to get replenished. That's why parents and players get emotionally drained in these hyper competitive environments. Always on the chopping block.

Their ability to recruit will be put to the test in the coming seasons as many clubs around them also offer pathways that were once far more limited when there was only ECNL and McLean was the only other choice. With talent spread across more clubs than ever FCV, as well as other clubs, will actually have to develop and retain talent. It will remain to be seen if FCV can have continued success in this new landscape.

Winning team always attracts the top talent. ALWAYS! As long as they are winning, everyone is happy. You are overplaying the draw of ECNL in this area. It will not do what you think it will do. DA is the top option in NOVA going forward. The ECNL teams next year will be weaker then they were this year...and this year was weaker than last year. That's the trend going forward. In my humble opinion.

If a PP is to be believed then why did Loudoun have over a 100 kids at their 07 tryouts this week? How many did FCV have?

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Anonymous wrote:If you want to know if a club really develops talent all you have to do is look at the teams current make up and figure out where they came from.

Lets take FCV for example. Their 1st ever U9, U10, U11, U12, and U13 group started five years ago. Everything up until that time at FCV was only ECNL (U14 and above). That aforementioned group is now U14, U15, U16, U17, U18.

How many of those kids on the current DA teams do you think came from the original age group pools?

Answer: Very Few.

So would it be better if 90% of the kids that were on the teammate U9 remain at U17? Wouldn't there be charges of favoritism then? Would that just mean that the players lucky enough to make it at U9 are top team players for life? Sometimes kids develop slower or faster than others. The training environment, the league and the player pool are just part of what makes up development. You also have the player's drive and ambition, induing how much work they put in outside of practice, the player's intelligence and their physical development once they hit puberty. Expecting the same bunch of kids to make up the team from U9 to U17 is foolish.

AND sometimes the development environment is sub par

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Anonymous wrote:If you want to know if a club really develops talent all you have to do is look at the teams current make up and figure out where they came from.

Lets take FCV for example. Their 1st ever U9, U10, U11, U12, and U13 group started five years ago. Everything up until that time at FCV was only ECNL (U14 and above). That aforementioned group is now U14, U15, U16, U17, U18.

How many of those kids on the current DA teams do you think came from the original age group pools?

Answer: Very Few.

Like 15% to 20%? I guess stealing kids from other clubs is their forte. However, with other DA's and ECNL teams within close proximity, it will likely hurt their ability to woo parents/kids to their club.

Never said they stole kids. Parents bring their kids to them. In search of the winning team. FCV has pick of the litter. That's why they can discard talent left and right. It get replenished. It will continue to get replenished. That's why parents and players get emotionally drained in these hyper competitive environments. Always on the chopping block.

Their ability to recruit will be put to the test in the coming seasons as many clubs around them also offer pathways that were once far more limited when there was only ECNL and McLean was the only other choice. With talent spread across more clubs than ever FCV, as well as other clubs, will actually have to develop and retain talent. It will remain to be seen if FCV can have continued success in this new landscape.

Winning team always attracts the top talent. ALWAYS! As long as they are winning, everyone is happy. You are overplaying the draw of ECNL in this area. It will not do what you think it will do. DA is the top option in NOVA going forward. The ECNL teams next year will be weaker then they were this year...and this year was weaker than last year. That's the trend going forward. In my humble opinion.

If a PP is to be believed then why did Loudoun have over a 100 kids at their 07 tryouts this week? How many did FCV have?

Because Loudoun ALWAYS has 100 kids at their tryouts. This is nothing new. My daughter had 100 kids at her U9 tryout many years ago. This is not a new trend.

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Anonymous wrote:If you want to know if a club really develops talent all you have to do is look at the teams current make up and figure out where they came from.

Lets take FCV for example. Their 1st ever U9, U10, U11, U12, and U13 group started five years ago. Everything up until that time at FCV was only ECNL (U14 and above). That aforementioned group is now U14, U15, U16, U17, U18.

How many of those kids on the current DA teams do you think came from the original age group pools?

Answer: Very Few.

Like 15% to 20%? I guess stealing kids from other clubs is their forte. However, with other DA's and ECNL teams within close proximity, it will likely hurt their ability to woo parents/kids to their club.

Never said they stole kids. Parents bring their kids to them. In search of the winning team. FCV has pick of the litter. That's why they can discard talent left and right. It get replenished. It will continue to get replenished. That's why parents and players get emotionally drained in these hyper competitive environments. Always on the chopping block.

Their ability to recruit will be put to the test in the coming seasons as many clubs around them also offer pathways that were once far more limited when there was only ECNL and McLean was the only other choice. With talent spread across more clubs than ever FCV, as well as other clubs, will actually have to develop and retain talent. It will remain to be seen if FCV can have continued success in this new landscape.

Winning team always attracts the top talent. ALWAYS! As long as they are winning, everyone is happy. You are overplaying the draw of ECNL in this area. It will not do what you think it will do. DA is the top option in NOVA going forward. The ECNL teams next year will be weaker then they were this year...and this year was weaker than last year. That's the trend going forward. In my humble opinion.

If a PP is to be believed then why did Loudoun have over a 100 kids at their 07 tryouts this week? How many did FCV have?

Because Loudoun ALWAYS has 100 kids at their tryouts. This is nothing new. My daughter had 100 kids at her U9 tryout many years ago. This is not a new trend.

How many did FCV have?

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Anonymous wrote:If you want to know if a club really develops talent all you have to do is look at the teams current make up and figure out where they came from.

Lets take FCV for example. Their 1st ever U9, U10, U11, U12, and U13 group started five years ago. Everything up until that time at FCV was only ECNL (U14 and above). That aforementioned group is now U14, U15, U16, U17, U18.

How many of those kids on the current DA teams do you think came from the original age group pools?

Answer: Very Few.

Like 15% to 20%? I guess stealing kids from other clubs is their forte. However, with other DA's and ECNL teams within close proximity, it will likely hurt their ability to woo parents/kids to their club.

Never said they stole kids. Parents bring their kids to them. In search of the winning team. FCV has pick of the litter. That's why they can discard talent left and right. It get replenished. It will continue to get replenished. That's why parents and players get emotionally drained in these hyper competitive environments. Always on the chopping block.

Their ability to recruit will be put to the test in the coming seasons as many clubs around them also offer pathways that were once far more limited when there was only ECNL and McLean was the only other choice. With talent spread across more clubs than ever FCV, as well as other clubs, will actually have to develop and retain talent. It will remain to be seen if FCV can have continued success in this new landscape.

Winning team always attracts the top talent. ALWAYS! As long as they are winning, everyone is happy. You are overplaying the draw of ECNL in this area. It will not do what you think it will do. DA is the top option in NOVA going forward. The ECNL teams next year will be weaker then they were this year...and this year was weaker than last year. That's the trend going forward. In my humble opinion.

Sure, unless you are already on a winning team, have a meaningful role and getting the college exposure you wish then why move?

Such as BRYC 03? You wouldn't. I mean going forward...04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, etc

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Anonymous wrote:If you want to know if a club really develops talent all you have to do is look at the teams current make up and figure out where they came from.

Lets take FCV for example. Their 1st ever U9, U10, U11, U12, and U13 group started five years ago. Everything up until that time at FCV was only ECNL (U14 and above). That aforementioned group is now U14, U15, U16, U17, U18.

How many of those kids on the current DA teams do you think came from the original age group pools?

Answer: Very Few.

Like 15% to 20%? I guess stealing kids from other clubs is their forte. However, with other DA's and ECNL teams within close proximity, it will likely hurt their ability to woo parents/kids to their club.

Never said they stole kids. Parents bring their kids to them. In search of the winning team. FCV has pick of the litter. That's why they can discard talent left and right. It get replenished. It will continue to get replenished. That's why parents and players get emotionally drained in these hyper competitive environments.
Always on the chopping block.

Their ability to recruit will be put to the test in the coming seasons as many clubs around them also offer pathways that were once far more limited when there was only ECNL and McLean was the only other choice. With talent spread across more clubs than ever FCV, as well as other clubs, will actually have to develop and retain talent. It will remain to be seen if FCV can have continued success in this new landscape.

Winning team always attracts the top talent. ALWAYS! As long as they are winning, everyone is happy. You are overplaying the draw of ECNL in this area. It will not do what you think it will do. DA is the top option in NOVA going forward. The ECNL teams next year will be weaker then they were this year...and this year was weaker than last year. That's the trend going forward. In my humble opinion.

Would be interesting to know how many Loudoun 05,06,07 from Red teams left their upcoming ECNL teams to go to either FCV or WS DA? Or how many 05,06,07 McLean or BRYC players left (I know McLean 05 may be a bit of an anomaly as several are jumping ship for WS DA, presumably following Spencer) Anyone have insight? Those numbers would at least be the foundational statistics needed to confirm or negate the statement above that ECNL will continue to get weaker.

DONE - Loudoun 05's already jumped ship
DONE - Mclean 05's jumped ship

BRYC 05 is winless in ECNL, so don't know their plans. I assume they will jump from that team.

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Anonymous wrote:If you want to know if a club really develops talent all you have to do is look at the teams current make up and figure out where they came from.

Lets take FCV for example. Their 1st ever U9, U10, U11, U12, and U13 group started five years ago. Everything up until that time at FCV was only ECNL (U14 and above). That aforementioned group is now U14, U15, U16, U17, U18.

How many of those kids on the current DA teams do you think came from the original age group pools?

Answer: Very Few.

Like 15% to 20%? I guess stealing kids from other clubs is their forte. However, with other DA's and ECNL teams within close proximity, it will likely hurt their ability to woo parents/kids to their club.

Never said they stole kids. Parents bring their kids to them. In search of the winning team. FCV has pick of the litter. That's why they can discard talent left and right. It get replenished. It will continue to get replenished. That's why parents and players get emotionally drained in these hyper competitive environments. Always on the chopping block.

Their ability to recruit will be put to the test in the coming seasons as many clubs around them also offer pathways that were once far more limited when there was only ECNL and McLean was the only other choice. With talent spread across more clubs than ever FCV, as well as other clubs, will actually have to develop and retain talent. It will remain to be seen if FCV can have continued success in this new landscape.

Winning team always attracts the top talent. ALWAYS! As long as they are winning, everyone is happy. You are overplaying the draw of ECNL in this area. It will not do what you think it will do. DA is the top option in NOVA going forward. The ECNL teams next year will be weaker then they were this year...and this year was weaker than last year. That's the trend going forward. In my humble opinion.

Sure, unless you are already on a winning team, have a meaningful role and getting the college exposure you wish then why move?

Such as BRYC 03? You wouldn't. I mean going forward...04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, etc

As pointed out above, DA did not put a dent in Loudoun's 07 tryout numbers. One would think if DA was going to be such a draw why bother with Loudoun one year before FCV DA tryouts? Why not kick the tires at FCV and get in a year ahead of time if DA is on your radar?

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Anonymous wrote:If you want to know if a club really develops talent all you have to do is look at the teams current make up and figure out where they came from.

Lets take FCV for example. Their 1st ever U9, U10, U11, U12, and U13 group started five years ago. Everything up until that time at FCV was only ECNL (U14 and above). That aforementioned group is now U14, U15, U16, U17, U18.

How many of those kids on the current DA teams do you think came from the original age group pools?

Answer: Very Few.

Like 15% to 20%? I guess stealing kids from other clubs is their forte. However, with other DA's and ECNL teams within close proximity, it will likely hurt their ability to woo parents/kids to their club.

Never said they stole kids. Parents bring their kids to them. In search of the winning team. FCV has pick of the litter. That's why they can discard talent left and right. It get replenished. It will continue to get replenished. That's why parents and players get emotionally drained in these hyper competitive environments. Always on the chopping block.

Their ability to recruit will be put to the test in the coming seasons as many clubs around them also offer pathways that were once far more limited when there was only ECNL and McLean was the only other choice. With talent spread across more clubs than ever FCV, as well as other clubs, will actually have to develop and retain talent. It will remain to be seen if FCV can have continued success in this new landscape.

Winning team always attracts the top talent. ALWAYS! As long as they are winning, everyone is happy. You are overplaying the draw of ECNL in this area. It will not do what you think it will do. DA is the top option in NOVA going forward. The ECNL teams next year will be weaker then they were this year...and this year was weaker than last year. That's the trend going forward. In my humble opinion.

If a PP is to be believed then why did Loudoun have over a 100 kids at their 07 tryouts this week? How many did FCV have?

Because Loudoun ALWAYS has 100 kids at their tryouts. This is nothing new. My daughter had 100 kids at her U9 tryout many years ago. This is not a new trend.

How many did FCV have?

07 Girls? 3 outside the club

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Anonymous wrote:If you want to know if a club really develops talent all you have to do is look at the teams current make up and figure out where they came from.

Lets take FCV for example. Their 1st ever U9, U10, U11, U12, and U13 group started five years ago. Everything up until that time at FCV was only ECNL (U14 and above). That aforementioned group is now U14, U15, U16, U17, U18.

How many of those kids on the current DA teams do you think came from the original age group pools?

Answer: Very Few.

Like 15% to 20%? I guess stealing kids from other clubs is their forte. However, with other DA's and ECNL teams within close proximity, it will likely hurt their ability to woo parents/kids to their club.

Never said they stole kids. Parents bring their kids to them. In search of the winning team. FCV has pick of the litter. That's why they can discard talent left and right. It get replenished. It will continue to get replenished. That's why parents and players get emotionally drained in these hyper competitive environments. Always on the chopping block.

Their ability to recruit will be put to the test in the coming seasons as many clubs around them also offer pathways that were once far more limited when there was only ECNL and McLean was the only other choice. With talent spread across more clubs than ever FCV, as well as other clubs, will actually have to develop and retain talent. It will remain to be seen if FCV can have continued success in this new landscape.

Winning team always attracts the top talent. ALWAYS! As long as they are winning, everyone is happy. You are overplaying the draw of ECNL in this area. It will not do what you think it will do. DA is the top option in NOVA going forward. The ECNL teams next year will be weaker then they were this year...and this year was weaker than last year. That's the trend going forward. In my humble opinion.

If a PP is to be believed then why did Loudoun have over a 100 kids at their 07 tryouts this week? How many did FCV have?

Because Loudoun ALWAYS has 100 kids at their tryouts. This is nothing new. My daughter had 100 kids at her U9 tryout many years ago. This is not a new trend.

How many did FCV have?

07 Girls? 3 outside the club

But, were they "top talent"?

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Anonymous wrote:If you want to know if a club really develops talent all you have to do is look at the teams current make up and figure out where they came from.

Lets take FCV for example. Their 1st ever U9, U10, U11, U12, and U13 group started five years ago. Everything up until that time at FCV was only ECNL (U14 and above). That aforementioned group is now U14, U15, U16, U17, U18.

How many of those kids on the current DA teams do you think came from the original age group pools?

Answer: Very Few.

Like 15% to 20%? I guess stealing kids from other clubs is their forte. However, with other DA's and ECNL teams within close proximity, it will likely hurt their ability to woo parents/kids to their club.

Never said they stole kids. Parents bring their kids to them. In search of the winning team. FCV has pick of the litter. That's why they can discard talent left and right. It get replenished. It will continue to get replenished. That's why parents and players get emotionally drained in these hyper competitive environments. Always on the chopping block.

Their ability to recruit will be put to the test in the coming seasons as many clubs around them also offer pathways that were once far more limited when there was only ECNL and McLean was the only other choice. With talent spread across more clubs than ever FCV, as well as other clubs, will actually have to develop and retain talent. It will remain to be seen if FCV can have continued success in this new landscape.

Winning team always attracts the top talent. ALWAYS! As long as they are winning, everyone is happy. You are overplaying the draw of ECNL in this area. It will not do what you think it will do. DA is the top option in NOVA going forward. The ECNL teams next year will be weaker then they were this year...and this year was weaker than last year. That's the trend going forward. In my humble opinion.

If a PP is to be believed then why did Loudoun have over a 100 kids at their 07 tryouts this week? How many did FCV have?

Because Loudoun ALWAYS has 100 kids at their tryouts. This is nothing new. My daughter had 100 kids at her U9 tryout many years ago. This is not a new trend.

How many did FCV have?

07 Girls? 3 outside the club

But, were they "top talent"?

"top talent" is like beauty, it is in the eye of the beholder . With that being said, short answer is nope.

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Anonymous wrote:If you want to know if a club really develops talent all you have to do is look at the teams current make up and figure out where they came from.

Lets take FCV for example. Their 1st ever U9, U10, U11, U12, and U13 group started five years ago. Everything up until that time at FCV was only ECNL (U14 and above). That aforementioned group is now U14, U15, U16, U17, U18.

How many of those kids on the current DA teams do you think came from the original age group pools?

Answer: Very Few.

Like 15% to 20%? I guess stealing kids from other clubs is their forte. However, with other DA's and ECNL teams within close proximity, it will likely hurt their ability to woo parents/kids to their club.

Never said they stole kids. Parents bring their kids to them. In search of the winning team. FCV has pick of the litter. That's why they can discard talent left and right. It get replenished. It will continue to get replenished. That's why parents and players get emotionally drained in these hyper competitive environments. Always on the chopping block.

Their ability to recruit will be put to the test in the coming seasons as many clubs around them also offer pathways that were once far more limited when there was only ECNL and McLean was the only other choice. With talent spread across more clubs than ever FCV, as well as other clubs, will actually have to develop and retain talent. It will remain to be seen if FCV can have continued success in this new landscape.

Winning team always attracts the top talent. ALWAYS! As long as they are winning, everyone is happy. You are overplaying the draw of ECNL in this area. It will not do what you think it will do. DA is the top option in NOVA going forward. The ECNL teams next year will be weaker then they were this year...and this year was weaker than last year. That's the trend going forward. In my humble opinion.

Would be interesting to know how many Loudoun 05,06,07 from Red teams left their upcoming ECNL teams to go to either FCV or WS DA? Or how many 05,06,07 McLean or BRYC players left (I know McLean 05 may be a bit of an anomaly as several are jumping ship for WS DA, presumably following Spencer) Anyone have insight? Those numbers would at least be the foundational statistics needed to confirm or negate the statement above that ECNL will continue to get weaker.

Spencer wasn't the ECNL coach at Mclean 05, why would they follow him? He wasn't the u12 coach for them either. http://www.mcleansoccer.org/travel_staff_2016

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Anonymous wrote:If you want to know if a club really develops talent all you have to do is look at the teams current make up and figure out where they came from.

Lets take FCV for example. Their 1st ever U9, U10, U11, U12, and U13 group started five years ago. Everything up until that time at FCV was only ECNL (U14 and above). That aforementioned group is now U14, U15, U16, U17, U18.

How many of those kids on the current DA teams do you think came from the original age group pools?

Answer: Very Few.

Like 15% to 20%? I guess stealing kids from other clubs is their forte. However, with other DA's and ECNL teams within close proximity, it will likely hurt their ability to woo parents/kids to their club.

Never said they stole kids. Parents bring their kids to them. In search of the winning team. FCV has pick of the litter. That's why they can discard talent left and right. It get replenished. It will continue to get replenished. That's why parents and players get emotionally drained in these hyper competitive environments. Always on the chopping block.

Their ability to recruit will be put to the test in the coming seasons as many clubs around them also offer pathways that were once far more limited when there was only ECNL and McLean was the only other choice. With talent spread across more clubs than ever FCV, as well as other clubs, will actually have to develop and retain talent. It will remain to be seen if FCV can have continued success in this new landscape.

Winning team always attracts the top talent. ALWAYS! As long as they are winning, everyone is happy. You are overplaying the draw of ECNL in this area. It will not do what you think it will do. DA is the top option in NOVA going forward. The ECNL teams next year will be weaker then they were this year...and this year was weaker than last year. That's the trend going forward. In my humble opinion.

Sure, unless you are already on a winning team, have a meaningful role and getting the college exposure you wish then why move?

Such as BRYC 03? You wouldn't. I mean going forward...04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, etc

As pointed out above, DA did not put a dent in Loudoun's 07 tryout numbers. One would think if DA was going to be such a draw why bother with Loudoun one year before FCV DA tryouts? Why not kick the tires at FCV and get in a year ahead of time if DA is on your radar?

Such rookie statements. Loudoun is the biggest recreation program in VA. They have hundreds of kids tryout every year. This has been happening forever. Yet, with all that talent, their older teams were weak. Answer this question....WHY?

Answer: ECNL

Now, people think this trend will change because Loudoun has ECNL.

WRONG!

Question: WHY?

Answer: DA

Got it?

or nah?

[Anonymous]

I'm absolutely not a fan of FCV but looking at the number of kids showing up at a Loudoun tryout says very little about the FCV program. parents go to Loudoun knowing that pretty much whatever quality of player their kid is, there's a Loudoun travel team that they can play on. That's just how it works when there's 4+ teams per age group. FCV, on the other hand, does not field as many teams, so generally they will attract fewer players. (Now, FCV may act like they field fewer teams because they focus on quality, but it's also because they don't have a developed youth program or the field space for lots of teams.)

The relevant question is, as asked above, whether the top talent from Loudoun is staying there or going to FCV. When things settle down in a month, I'd be interested to hear the answer to that question.