AS played. Picks small girls. You should watch a VDA game. |
VDA won't get a win in Seattle. |
None of the dmv teams will. They never do. Coaches around her can’t develop talent. |
+1 |
Did he ban parents from watching practices yet? |
Union, Arlington and Bethesda have the best record of placing players in College. VDA and Loudouns record is mediocre. Even if VDA wins a game in Nationals, it will likely be a lower ranked team. |
This much hate and jealousy makes me sick, we should be rooting for our local teams to do well in these tournaments...not hope they fail because your team did not make it...grow up people |
The college placement of those clubs is indeed better, but it has little to do with the clubs or soccer. Take a look at the colleges that non-athlete kids from those communities attend and you’ll see the exact same trend. More kids from Bethesda, Arlington, McLean attend brand name colleges for a variety of reasons not named soccer, things like money and having parents who went to those colleges. But keep telling yourself the soccer club is the reason |
Finally a practical honest assessment |
+1,000,000 |
Everyone around here from directors, coaches to parents are so far up their own ass to see this, nothing will change. |
VDA 2024 Class… Florida State, UCLA, Seton Hall, Tennessee, NC State, Radford, JMU, St. Joseph’s, Maryland. That’s better than the 3 clubs listed above. Bethesda and Union have proven track record of college placement along with VDA. Arlington college placement is and has been abysmal. |
Please read PP regarding using the terminology 'placed by Bethesda/Union' The kids were going to go to those schools anyway regardless of which club they played for. Just like the other kids on the block going to said schools who don't play sports. |
VDA 06 is a bubble class (their success isn't fully reflective of the other ages at VDA), bringing in BP was to shore up the rest of the age groups and help with recruiting because after that age group departs, the rest aren't on the same level. |
BP recruiting record outside of the top players at FCV isn’t impressive. I don’t think he’ll be able to fix anything. VDA is going to be pretty mediocre moving forward. |