anyone know about the "Virginia Valor Fathers Day Fiesta" or the "FPYC Fathers Day Tournament"

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Anonymous wrote:I think FPYC has ten times as many teams.

FPYC has 193.

Valor has ... wow, this site is slow ... I count 125, but I might be off by 5 or 10.

But Valor's numbers include a U8 division, and a LOT of their teams are from the same clubs -- especially SYA and CYA but also Herndon, Loudoun, BAC.

No one's arguing this point, though. FPYC is objectively bigger.

I'm surprised BAC switched. They usually have a well run rec program. Wonder what Valor's sales pitch was.

Some clubs are split between the two.

Valor has SYA (duh), CYA (duh), BAC, DCWA, FC Dulles (!!?), Fredericksburg FC, Herndon, JCYSL, Loudoun, LMVSC, NVSC, PWSI, Sterling, TSJFC, Universal FC, and VSA.

FPYC has FPYC (duh - 26 teams), ABGC (17 teams), Alexandria (1), BRYC (21), BAC (1), Fredericksburg FC (12), GFR (15), Gunston (4), Herndon (14), LMVSC (4), McLean (5), NPSC (2), NVSC (3), PWSI (7), SCAA (1), Soccer on the Hill (12), Sterling (11), SYC (29), VSA (4) and Vienna (4).

So a few overlaps -- BAC, Fredericksburg, Herndon, LMVSC and VSA.

Is there yet another tournament somewhere? I'm surprised McLean only has five and Alexandria only has one. Not surprised that Vienna only has four.

Spring All Stars is a lot less popular than Fall All Stars. Look at how many teams play in the Herndon tournament! Mostly because it is into summer vacation time, a holiday weekend, and hot as hell.

One of the coldest days of my life was spent on the sideline at a Herndon game, but yeah, point taken.

Was it two years ago? It was ridiculous.

More like 10, but yeah, that weekend is often the first really cold one of the year. And if you're out there at 8 a.m., it's brutal.

Yep, lots of parents don’t sign kids up for tournament twice because of the cold! 2 years ago watched parents with heaters and blankets and kids in bitter bitter cold with the goalies looking most like popsicles. Was brutal (ok, not Everest base camp cold even but too cold for fans at a weekend tournament!).

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Anonymous wrote:Ref pay scale for 60-minute games at FPYC: $35-$65 for centers, $25-$40 for ARs.

who cares?

Lots of people in this thread alone. Maybe its more or less than other tournaments and someone will 'get sick'.

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Anonymous wrote:Ref pay scale for 60-minute games at FPYC: $35-$65 for centers, $25-$40 for ARs.

who cares?

The people who asked about it earlier in the thread probably do.

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Anonymous wrote:I think FPYC has ten times as many teams.

FPYC has 193.

Valor has ... wow, this site is slow ... I count 125, but I might be off by 5 or 10.

But Valor's numbers include a U8 division, and a LOT of their teams are from the same clubs -- especially SYA and CYA but also Herndon, Loudoun, BAC.

No one's arguing this point, though. FPYC is objectively bigger.

I'm surprised BAC switched. They usually have a well run rec program. Wonder what Valor's sales pitch was.

Some clubs are split between the two.

Valor has SYA (duh), CYA (duh), BAC, DCWA, FC Dulles (!!?), Fredericksburg FC, Herndon, JCYSL, Loudoun, LMVSC, NVSC, PWSI, Sterling, TSJFC, Universal FC, and VSA.

FPYC has FPYC (duh - 26 teams), ABGC (17 teams), Alexandria (1), BRYC (21), BAC (1), Fredericksburg FC (12), GFR (15), Gunston (4), Herndon (14), LMVSC (4), McLean (5), NPSC (2), NVSC (3), PWSI (7), SCAA (1), Soccer on the Hill (12), Sterling (11), SYC (29), VSA (4) and Vienna (4).

So a few overlaps -- BAC, Fredericksburg, Herndon, LMVSC and VSA.

Is there yet another tournament somewhere? I'm surprised McLean only has five and Alexandria only has one. Not surprised that Vienna only has four.

Spring All Stars is a lot less popular than Fall All Stars. Look at how many teams play in the Herndon tournament! Mostly because it is into summer vacation time, a holiday weekend, and hot as hell.

One of the coldest days of my life was spent on the sideline at a Herndon game, but yeah, point taken.

Was it two years ago? It was ridiculous.

More like 10, but yeah, that weekend is often the first really cold one of the year. And if you're out there at 8 a.m., it's brutal.

I remember one year at the Herndon All-star tournament ... I'm going to guess it was 6 years ago...it was BEAUTIFUL weather...then all of a sudden this cold front came through., high winds, and I bet it dropped 25 degress in less than an hour. So many kids and parents caught by surprised...freezing!!! Brutal.

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Anonymous wrote:I think FPYC has ten times as many teams.

FPYC has 193.

Valor has ... wow, this site is slow ... I count 125, but I might be off by 5 or 10.

But Valor's numbers include a U8 division, and a LOT of their teams are from the same clubs -- especially SYA and CYA but also Herndon, Loudoun, BAC.

No one's arguing this point, though. FPYC is objectively bigger.

I'm surprised BAC switched. They usually have a well run rec program. Wonder what Valor's sales pitch was.

Some clubs are split between the two.

Valor has SYA (duh), CYA (duh), BAC, DCWA, FC Dulles (!!?), Fredericksburg FC, Herndon, JCYSL, Loudoun, LMVSC, NVSC, PWSI, Sterling, TSJFC, Universal FC, and VSA.

FPYC has FPYC (duh - 26 teams), ABGC (17 teams), Alexandria (1), BRYC (21), BAC (1), Fredericksburg FC (12), GFR (15), Gunston (4), Herndon (14), LMVSC (4), McLean (5), NPSC (2), NVSC (3), PWSI (7), SCAA (1), Soccer on the Hill (12), Sterling (11), SYC (29), VSA (4) and Vienna (4).

So a few overlaps -- BAC, Fredericksburg, Herndon, LMVSC and VSA.

Is there yet another tournament somewhere? I'm surprised McLean only has five and Alexandria only has one. Not surprised that Vienna only has four.

Spring All Stars is a lot less popular than Fall All Stars. Look at how many teams play in the Herndon tournament! Mostly because it is into summer vacation time, a holiday weekend, and hot as hell.

One of the coldest days of my life was spent on the sideline at a Herndon game, but yeah, point taken.

Was it two years ago? It was ridiculous.

More like 10, but yeah, that weekend is often the first really cold one of the year. And if you're out there at 8 a.m., it's brutal.

I remember one year at the Herndon All-star tournament ... I'm going to guess it was 6 years ago...it was BEAUTIFUL weather...then all of a sudden this cold front came through., high winds, and I bet it dropped 25 degress in less than an hour. So many kids and parents caught by surprised...freezing!!! Brutal.

The father's Day last year was disgusting hot whole the fall was disgusting cold. Funny how it works out.

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In fact, for any interested refs, there are a LOT of openings at FPYC right now.

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Anonymous wrote:The St James has a rec soccer league?

Played against FCVin SFL this year.

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Anonymous wrote:In fact, for any interested refs, there are a LOT of openings at FPYC right now.

The downside to being the popular tournament is you gotta hire a ton of referees.

Valor only needed four guys.

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Anonymous wrote:In fact, for any interested refs, there are a LOT of openings at FPYC right now.

So the very well run event doesn't have enough refs?

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Anonymous wrote:In fact, for any interested refs, there are a LOT of openings at FPYC right now.

So the very well run event doesn't have enough refs?

NO event has enough refs.

Wonder why. Seems like such an appealing job. Coaches and parents are always so kind and thoughtful and knowledgeable.

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Anonymous wrote:Our club, Sterling, does FPYC every spring and when my kids played in rec, they had a good time.

I would be pretty uncomfortable with that South of the Border theme personally. Many of our older rec players are Hispanic kids. If i was in charge, there is no way I would be comfortable opting in for a tournament with that theming. (Why do they need a kitchsy jokey theme? Can't "All Stars" be the theme? I agree with pp's kid-the vibe is that rec soccer is a joke with janky medals.)

I looked up their ad for it. Its certainly a Vibe. I can see a bunch of old white guys named Mike and Steve all wearing Adidas tracksuits sitting around a table somewhere brainstorming ways to scam money out of rec players and cackling with laughter over the "Mexican hat" theme. 'Its just rec! Its just for fun! Who cares? Let's get sombreros! Taco Tuesday!" Yukyukyuk.

Its too bad for the cya all star players who don't get to go to a decent tournament bc some greedy old guys want to make money off them. I know most of us do have that 'its just rec' feeling to a certain extent but the all star teams are usually the more serious rec players who maybe can't afford club.

The whole tournament will probably just be CYA teams playing each other for the coveted sombrero cup. Then some loser coach will act all high and mighty that they finally won a rec tournament and get a glass frame for the mexican hat cup and put it on display in their home office along with their boy scout badges from 1989.

Have all stars teams even been announced yet with player submissions and line-ups? Our group coordinator usually waits until the last minute to put the team together and coaches it with 1-2 practice sessions total for about a week before the tournament. Then everyone is shocked that our team usually loses and he makes up some conspiracy excuses as to why we lost.

Just curious how other all star teams do it. I hear that some leagues and coordinators actually form a team at the beginning to middle of the season and add an extra practice session per week leading up to the tournament.

Our rec team sends invites about 2 weeks before the tournament. They practice twice a week so get in 4 or 5 sessions before the tournament.

I wouldn't take the all star thing too seriously or worry about extra practices. It's just a fun thing at the end of the year that gets tacked on for a few kids that might get a medal (maybe even a sombrero medal

Are there coaches that take it too seriously and go nuts? Sure. We generally know who they are and they are the definitive mayor of loserville. Ignore them and try to have fun anyway if your DC is selected. Generally this is a meaningless tournament filled with a handful of kids (usually the coach or coordinators kid and his/her friends) just having snow cones and after a meaningless tournament.

Yikes, some of these kids try hard and feel.proud for being selected. This is a rude take.

+1 yes it seems a little quaint once your kid is playing at a much higher level but most of the kids participating on all star league tried out and made the team and want to compete and do well. its rude to act like its no big deal and give them some cheap hat or a snowcone.

Let’s be honest about these so called “tryouts” for all stars. We had a group coordinator who was also the all star coach. He was always the all star coach because as group coordinator he picks the coach. Shocker! Ultimately, the tryout was a fake sideshow to allow him to set the all star team with his DD and her friends. There were many more talented players in the league that he bypassed.

I don’t think the PP is trying to belittle all stars or the players but let’s not kid ourselves what it is. It’s not really like travel tournaments or travel tryouts. Those coaches are legit and their teams are assigned accordingly.

Or they’re 7 years old and this makes them feel proud because they’re 7. That’s it. If my DC made an “all star” and got to feel special for 3 games, then it’s worth it.

This!!! One bracket of the whole tournament may have some old 8th graders playing against highschooler's and apparently that means everyone should boycott. The majority of the participants are young kids and volunteer parents that just want to play some more soccer with kids that want to be there.

I look forward to my kids team trying to not get destroyed by loudoun. And if they do we will still go out for ice cream after.

Nice job replying to your own message. Your last 3 pro-Valor posts are within 5 minutes of each other Karen. Also 7 year olds don’t do all stars. Nice attempt to elicit sympathy. And Loudoun will kick your ass assuming you coach CYA. If you’re SYA then you might have a chance and I wish you luck. But by the tone of your 3 messages I’m assuming you’re a CYA parent.

Sounds like you need to take your QAnon conspiracy theories elsewhere. Personally, I am a CYA mom who posted once. And my 7yo feels proud. No sympathy just pointing out that’s it’s a rec all stars and who cares. Lastly, WTF cares if loudoun beats them. It’s rec soccer.

Your ”little man” syndrome is blindingly apparent.

And your entitled suburban mom syndrome is apparent. Sounds like some Valor parents feelings got hurt because they're in the lamest all star game and no one gives a crap. Enjoy your lame tournament and do your husband a favor and don't make him go to the lame tournament to spend it with you.

Is this literally your response? In negative way do I see anything I’ve said to indicate I’m a “valor parent”. Because my family lives closest to Sully (as far as youth/ rec leagues), we chose CYA. And it’s a damn rec team. Next spring it’ll be dance for all I know. Thats it. It’s actually not entitlement…just common sense. And I dont make my husband do anything. He actually enjoys watching his child be happy, even if they lose! But bless your heart…. You go on being your special self

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Anonymous wrote:In fact, for any interested refs, there are a LOT of openings at FPYC right now.

So the very well run event doesn't have enough refs?

That's normal for any large, popular tournament.

Valor only needed to hire a handful of refs and who knows if they even found those.

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Anonymous wrote:Our club, Sterling, does FPYC every spring and when my kids played in rec, they had a good time.

I would be pretty uncomfortable with that South of the Border theme personally. Many of our older rec players are Hispanic kids. If i was in charge, there is no way I would be comfortable opting in for a tournament with that theming. (Why do they need a kitchsy jokey theme? Can't "All Stars" be the theme? I agree with pp's kid-the vibe is that rec soccer is a joke with janky medals.)

I looked up their ad for it. Its certainly a Vibe. I can see a bunch of old white guys named Mike and Steve all wearing Adidas tracksuits sitting around a table somewhere brainstorming ways to scam money out of rec players and cackling with laughter over the "Mexican hat" theme. 'Its just rec! Its just for fun! Who cares? Let's get sombreros! Taco Tuesday!" Yukyukyuk.

Its too bad for the cya all star players who don't get to go to a decent tournament bc some greedy old guys want to make money off them. I know most of us do have that 'its just rec' feeling to a certain extent but the all star teams are usually the more serious rec players who maybe can't afford club.

The whole tournament will probably just be CYA teams playing each other for the coveted sombrero cup. Then some loser coach will act all high and mighty that they finally won a rec tournament and get a glass frame for the mexican hat cup and put it on display in their home office along with their boy scout badges from 1989.

Have all stars teams even been announced yet with player submissions and line-ups? Our group coordinator usually waits until the last minute to put the team together and coaches it with 1-2 practice sessions total for about a week before the tournament. Then everyone is shocked that our team usually loses and he makes up some conspiracy excuses as to why we lost.

Just curious how other all star teams do it. I hear that some leagues and coordinators actually form a team at the beginning to middle of the season and add an extra practice session per week leading up to the tournament.

Our rec team sends invites about 2 weeks before the tournament. They practice twice a week so get in 4 or 5 sessions before the tournament.

I wouldn't take the all star thing too seriously or worry about extra practices. It's just a fun thing at the end of the year that gets tacked on for a few kids that might get a medal (maybe even a sombrero medal

Are there coaches that take it too seriously and go nuts? Sure. We generally know who they are and they are the definitive mayor of loserville. Ignore them and try to have fun anyway if your DC is selected. Generally this is a meaningless tournament filled with a handful of kids (usually the coach or coordinators kid and his/her friends) just having snow cones and after a meaningless tournament.

Yikes, some of these kids try hard and feel.proud for being selected. This is a rude take.

+1 yes it seems a little quaint once your kid is playing at a much higher level but most of the kids participating on all star league tried out and made the team and want to compete and do well. its rude to act like its no big deal and give them some cheap hat or a snowcone.

Let’s be honest about these so called “tryouts” for all stars. We had a group coordinator who was also the all star coach. He was always the all star coach because as group coordinator he picks the coach. Shocker! Ultimately, the tryout was a fake sideshow to allow him to set the all star team with his DD and her friends. There were many more talented players in the league that he bypassed.

I don’t think the PP is trying to belittle all stars or the players but let’s not kid ourselves what it is. It’s not really like travel tournaments or travel tryouts. Those coaches are legit and their teams are assigned accordingly.

Or they’re 7 years old and this makes them feel proud because they’re 7. That’s it. If my DC made an “all star” and got to feel special for 3 games, then it’s worth it.

This!!! One bracket of the whole tournament may have some old 8th graders playing against highschooler's and apparently that means everyone should boycott. The majority of the participants are young kids and volunteer parents that just want to play some more soccer with kids that want to be there.

I look forward to my kids team trying to not get destroyed by loudoun. And if they do we will still go out for ice cream after.

Nice job replying to your own message. Your last 3 pro-Valor posts are within 5 minutes of each other Karen. Also 7 year olds don’t do all stars. Nice attempt to elicit sympathy. And Loudoun will kick your ass assuming you coach CYA. If you’re SYA then you might have a chance and I wish you luck. But by the tone of your 3 messages I’m assuming you’re a CYA parent.

Sounds like you need to take your QAnon conspiracy theories elsewhere. Personally, I am a CYA mom who posted once. And my 7yo feels proud. No sympathy just pointing out that’s it’s a rec all stars and who cares. Lastly, WTF cares if loudoun beats them. It’s rec soccer.

Your ”little man” syndrome is blindingly apparent.

And your entitled suburban mom syndrome is apparent. Sounds like some Valor parents feelings got hurt because they're in the lamest all star game and no one gives a crap. Enjoy your lame tournament and do your husband a favor and don't make him go to the lame tournament to spend it with you.

Is this literally your response? In negative way do I see anything I’ve said to indicate I’m a “valor parent”. Because my family lives closest to Sully (as far as youth/ rec leagues), we chose CYA. And it’s a damn rec team. Next spring it’ll be dance for all I know. Thats it. It’s actually not entitlement…just common sense. And I dont make my husband do anything. He actually enjoys watching his child be happy, even if they lose! But bless your heart…. You go on being your special self

Pp is unhinged. There are no "valor" parents in this tournament, there are no "valor" teams in this tournament. It's a rec all star tournament being run by Valor to make money. Valor parents have zero involvement.

Why Valor doesn't run a travel tournament instead is strange to me. Maybe rec tournaments are easier money.

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Anonymous wrote:Our club, Sterling, does FPYC every spring and when my kids played in rec, they had a good time.

I would be pretty uncomfortable with that South of the Border theme personally. Many of our older rec players are Hispanic kids. If i was in charge, there is no way I would be comfortable opting in for a tournament with that theming. (Why do they need a kitchsy jokey theme? Can't "All Stars" be the theme? I agree with pp's kid-the vibe is that rec soccer is a joke with janky medals.)

I looked up their ad for it. Its certainly a Vibe. I can see a bunch of old white guys named Mike and Steve all wearing Adidas tracksuits sitting around a table somewhere brainstorming ways to scam money out of rec players and cackling with laughter over the "Mexican hat" theme. 'Its just rec! Its just for fun! Who cares? Let's get sombreros! Taco Tuesday!" Yukyukyuk.

Its too bad for the cya all star players who don't get to go to a decent tournament bc some greedy old guys want to make money off them. I know most of us do have that 'its just rec' feeling to a certain extent but the all star teams are usually the more serious rec players who maybe can't afford club.

The whole tournament will probably just be CYA teams playing each other for the coveted sombrero cup. Then some loser coach will act all high and mighty that they finally won a rec tournament and get a glass frame for the mexican hat cup and put it on display in their home office along with their boy scout badges from 1989.

Have all stars teams even been announced yet with player submissions and line-ups? Our group coordinator usually waits until the last minute to put the team together and coaches it with 1-2 practice sessions total for about a week before the tournament. Then everyone is shocked that our team usually loses and he makes up some conspiracy excuses as to why we lost.

Just curious how other all star teams do it. I hear that some leagues and coordinators actually form a team at the beginning to middle of the season and add an extra practice session per week leading up to the tournament.

Our rec team sends invites about 2 weeks before the tournament. They practice twice a week so get in 4 or 5 sessions before the tournament.

I wouldn't take the all star thing too seriously or worry about extra practices. It's just a fun thing at the end of the year that gets tacked on for a few kids that might get a medal (maybe even a sombrero medal

Are there coaches that take it too seriously and go nuts? Sure. We generally know who they are and they are the definitive mayor of loserville. Ignore them and try to have fun anyway if your DC is selected. Generally this is a meaningless tournament filled with a handful of kids (usually the coach or coordinators kid and his/her friends) just having snow cones and after a meaningless tournament.

Yikes, some of these kids try hard and feel.proud for being selected. This is a rude take.

+1 yes it seems a little quaint once your kid is playing at a much higher level but most of the kids participating on all star league tried out and made the team and want to compete and do well. its rude to act like its no big deal and give them some cheap hat or a snowcone.

Let’s be honest about these so called “tryouts” for all stars. We had a group coordinator who was also the all star coach. He was always the all star coach because as group coordinator he picks the coach. Shocker! Ultimately, the tryout was a fake sideshow to allow him to set the all star team with his DD and her friends. There were many more talented players in the league that he bypassed.

I don’t think the PP is trying to belittle all stars or the players but let’s not kid ourselves what it is. It’s not really like travel tournaments or travel tryouts. Those coaches are legit and their teams are assigned accordingly.

Or they’re 7 years old and this makes them feel proud because they’re 7. That’s it. If my DC made an “all star” and got to feel special for 3 games, then it’s worth it.

This!!! One bracket of the whole tournament may have some old 8th graders playing against highschooler's and apparently that means everyone should boycott. The majority of the participants are young kids and volunteer parents that just want to play some more soccer with kids that want to be there.

I look forward to my kids team trying to not get destroyed by loudoun. And if they do we will still go out for ice cream after.

Nice job replying to your own message. Your last 3 pro-Valor posts are within 5 minutes of each other Karen. Also 7 year olds don’t do all stars. Nice attempt to elicit sympathy. And Loudoun will kick your ass assuming you coach CYA. If you’re SYA then you might have a chance and I wish you luck. But by the tone of your 3 messages I’m assuming you’re a CYA parent.

Sounds like you need to take your QAnon conspiracy theories elsewhere. Personally, I am a CYA mom who posted once. And my 7yo feels proud. No sympathy just pointing out that’s it’s a rec all stars and who cares. Lastly, WTF cares if loudoun beats them. It’s rec soccer.

Your ”little man” syndrome is blindingly apparent.

And your entitled suburban mom syndrome is apparent. Sounds like some Valor parents feelings got hurt because they're in the lamest all star game and no one gives a crap. Enjoy your lame tournament and do your husband a favor and don't make him go to the lame tournament to spend it with you.

Is this literally your response? In negative way do I see anything I’ve said to indicate I’m a “valor parent”. Because my family lives closest to Sully (as far as youth/ rec leagues), we chose CYA. And it’s a damn rec team. Next spring it’ll be dance for all I know. Thats it. It’s actually not entitlement…just common sense. And I dont make my husband do anything. He actually enjoys watching his child be happy, even if they lose! But bless your heart…. You go on being your special self

You two are very mature. You started calling him little man he started calling entitled suburban mom that annoys her husband. Very childish behavior.

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Anonymous wrote:Our club, Sterling, does FPYC every spring and when my kids played in rec, they had a good time.

I would be pretty uncomfortable with that South of the Border theme personally. Many of our older rec players are Hispanic kids. If i was in charge, there is no way I would be comfortable opting in for a tournament with that theming. (Why do they need a kitchsy jokey theme? Can't "All Stars" be the theme? I agree with pp's kid-the vibe is that rec soccer is a joke with janky medals.)

I looked up their ad for it. Its certainly a Vibe. I can see a bunch of old white guys named Mike and Steve all wearing Adidas tracksuits sitting around a table somewhere brainstorming ways to scam money out of rec players and cackling with laughter over the "Mexican hat" theme. 'Its just rec! Its just for fun! Who cares? Let's get sombreros! Taco Tuesday!" Yukyukyuk.

Its too bad for the cya all star players who don't get to go to a decent tournament bc some greedy old guys want to make money off them. I know most of us do have that 'its just rec' feeling to a certain extent but the all star teams are usually the more serious rec players who maybe can't afford club.

The whole tournament will probably just be CYA teams playing each other for the coveted sombrero cup. Then some loser coach will act all high and mighty that they finally won a rec tournament and get a glass frame for the mexican hat cup and put it on display in their home office along with their boy scout badges from 1989.

Have all stars teams even been announced yet with player submissions and line-ups? Our group coordinator usually waits until the last minute to put the team together and coaches it with 1-2 practice sessions total for about a week before the tournament. Then everyone is shocked that our team usually loses and he makes up some conspiracy excuses as to why we lost.

Just curious how other all star teams do it. I hear that some leagues and coordinators actually form a team at the beginning to middle of the season and add an extra practice session per week leading up to the tournament.

Our rec team sends invites about 2 weeks before the tournament. They practice twice a week so get in 4 or 5 sessions before the tournament.

I wouldn't take the all star thing too seriously or worry about extra practices. It's just a fun thing at the end of the year that gets tacked on for a few kids that might get a medal (maybe even a sombrero medal

Are there coaches that take it too seriously and go nuts? Sure. We generally know who they are and they are the definitive mayor of loserville. Ignore them and try to have fun anyway if your DC is selected. Generally this is a meaningless tournament filled with a handful of kids (usually the coach or coordinators kid and his/her friends) just having snow cones and after a meaningless tournament.

Yikes, some of these kids try hard and feel.proud for being selected. This is a rude take.

+1 yes it seems a little quaint once your kid is playing at a much higher level but most of the kids participating on all star league tried out and made the team and want to compete and do well. its rude to act like its no big deal and give them some cheap hat or a snowcone.

Let’s be honest about these so called “tryouts” for all stars. We had a group coordinator who was also the all star coach. He was always the all star coach because as group coordinator he picks the coach. Shocker! Ultimately, the tryout was a fake sideshow to allow him to set the all star team with his DD and her friends. There were many more talented players in the league that he bypassed.

I don’t think the PP is trying to belittle all stars or the players but let’s not kid ourselves what it is. It’s not really like travel tournaments or travel tryouts. Those coaches are legit and their teams are assigned accordingly.

Or they’re 7 years old and this makes them feel proud because they’re 7. That’s it. If my DC made an “all star” and got to feel special for 3 games, then it’s worth it.

This!!! One bracket of the whole tournament may have some old 8th graders playing against highschooler's and apparently that means everyone should boycott. The majority of the participants are young kids and volunteer parents that just want to play some more soccer with kids that want to be there.

I look forward to my kids team trying to not get destroyed by loudoun. And if they do we will still go out for ice cream after.

Nice job replying to your own message. Your last 3 pro-Valor posts are within 5 minutes of each other Karen. Also 7 year olds don’t do all stars. Nice attempt to elicit sympathy. And Loudoun will kick your ass assuming you coach CYA. If you’re SYA then you might have a chance and I wish you luck. But by the tone of your 3 messages I’m assuming you’re a CYA parent.

Sounds like you need to take your QAnon conspiracy theories elsewhere. Personally, I am a CYA mom who posted once. And my 7yo feels proud. No sympathy just pointing out that’s it’s a rec all stars and who cares. Lastly, WTF cares if loudoun beats them. It’s rec soccer.

Your ”little man” syndrome is blindingly apparent.

And your entitled suburban mom syndrome is apparent. Sounds like some Valor parents feelings got hurt because they're in the lamest all star game and no one gives a crap. Enjoy your lame tournament and do your husband a favor and don't make him go to the lame tournament to spend it with you.

Is this literally your response? In negative way do I see anything I’ve said to indicate I’m a “valor parent”. Because my family lives closest to Sully (as far as youth/ rec leagues), we chose CYA. And it’s a damn rec team. Next spring it’ll be dance for all I know. Thats it. It’s actually not entitlement…just common sense. And I dont make my husband do anything. He actually enjoys watching his child be happy, even if they lose! But bless your heart…. You go on being your special self

You two are very mature. You started calling him little man he started calling entitled suburban mom that annoys her husband. Very childish behavior.

People always try to play the victim after they start the childish attacks. And don’t be so literal on “valor parents” … clearly meant valor tournament parents.