Is VDA the best club to get recruited from?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are about 40-50 girls from this area who commit to D1’s each year. That number isn’t going to change no matter how those players are spread across clubs. This year VDA has managed to recruit the bulk of those players. Some years it’s more spread out. But for those players it has little to do with the club they play for, even though parents think it does. Those same players could be at any number of other clubs and land the same D1’s. Because they are the best 40-50 soccer players in the area.

The bulk of the player movement happened when BP left TSJ. Added pieces since then, but when all the imported players age out, will the results remain? Possibly.

Top 25 club before BP.

The social media and marketing started when BP got there though. The talent has always been there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Isn't VDA giving free rides to D1 commits for the marketing in order to secure the funding from wannabe's down the chain who pay full freight for 3rd team?

We wish! That means the under 17 and under 19 teams would all be playing for free! Would love that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are about 40-50 girls from this area who commit to D1’s each year. That number isn’t going to change no matter how those players are spread across clubs. This year VDA has managed to recruit the bulk of those players. Some years it’s more spread out. But for those players it has little to do with the club they play for, even though parents think it does. Those same players could be at any number of other clubs and land the same D1’s. Because they are the best 40-50 soccer players in the area.

The bulk of the player movement happened when BP left TSJ. Added pieces since then, but when all the imported players age out, will the results remain? Possibly.

Top 25 club before BP.

The social media and marketing started when BP got there though. The talent has always been there.

Not on the girls side. The 06 team was really good. After that.....yikes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is Bobby Pepperoni coming back?

He never left

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:BP wife is a great trainer, all that "research" is crap. One player who was out to get her. You can't please everyone. She trains plenty of non vda players as well. Sucks she doesn't have time for your kid, keep whining.

Then why was she fired from all her adult coaching jobs?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please do your research into BPs wife be you let her train your kid.

Although she was undeniably a standout player, her coaching tenure at GMU was deeply problematic. Numerous athletes reported that her methods were excessively harsh and damaging to team morale. I have been told that the situation deteriorated to the point where players formally expressed their concerns to the athletic department, prompting administrative intervention.

Marymount before that? Keep researching...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just because all of these VDA girls go D1 does not mean they are on that level. Half of them will likely not be playing soccer after freshman or sophomore years.

BP could sell ice to an Eskimo. Low level players benefit drastically from being able to play with great players. BP takes full advantage of that. Don’t believe me? Feel free to research former FCV D1 players.

Come on now.. they are play Gainesbridge "pro" soccer now

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are about 40-50 girls from this area who commit to D1’s each year. That number isn’t going to change no matter how those players are spread across clubs. This year VDA has managed to recruit the bulk of those players. Some years it’s more spread out. But for those players it has little to do with the club they play for, even though parents think it does. Those same players could be at any number of other clubs and land the same D1’s. Because they are the best 40-50 soccer players in the area.

The bulk of the player movement happened when BP left TSJ. Added pieces since then, but when all the imported players age out, will the results remain? Possibly.

Top 25 club before BP.

The social media and marketing started when BP got there though. The talent has always been there.

Not on the girls side. The 06 team was really good. After that.....yikes.

Use your google. Very easy to find.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please do your research into BPs wife be you let her train your kid.

Although she was undeniably a standout player, her coaching tenure at GMU was deeply problematic. Numerous athletes reported that her methods were excessively harsh and damaging to team morale. I have been told that the situation deteriorated to the point where players formally expressed their concerns to the athletic department, prompting administrative intervention.

Marymount before that? Keep researching...

Leaving Marymount to go to George Mason isn’t getting fired. It’s just taking a new job.

You people are sick though. all of this because your little Mia wasn’t selected for a travel soccer team.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please do your research into BPs wife be you let her train your kid.

Although she was undeniably a standout player, her coaching tenure at GMU was deeply problematic. Numerous athletes reported that her methods were excessively harsh and damaging to team morale. I have been told that the situation deteriorated to the point where players formally expressed their concerns to the athletic department, prompting administrative intervention.

Marymount before that? Keep researching...

Leaving Marymount to go to George Mason isn’t getting fired. It’s just taking a new job.

You people are sick though. all of this because your little Mia wasn’t selected for a travel soccer team.

Ask around about the circumstances surrounding her departure from GMU. Defending BP and his wife’s double‑dipping raises serious questions about conflicts of interest affecting families and the club.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Based on what I’ve seen from VDA’s social media and the recruiting posts their coaches make on this forum, the environment feels toxic. I wouldn’t consider sending my daughter there.

vda social media glazes the girls so wtf are you even talking about? whoever runs their ig LOVES posting about the girls so much its as if they only have a girls team,

Who do you think manages their ig account? One hint. It’s a spicy meat stick

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please do your research into BPs wife be you let her train your kid.

Although she was undeniably a standout player, her coaching tenure at GMU was deeply problematic. Numerous athletes reported that her methods were excessively harsh and damaging to team morale. I have been told that the situation deteriorated to the point where players formally expressed their concerns to the athletic department, prompting administrative intervention.

Marymount before that? Keep researching...

Leaving Marymount to go to George Mason isn’t getting fired. It’s just taking a new job.

You people are sick though. all of this because your little Mia wasn’t selected for a travel soccer team.

Ask around about the circumstances surrounding her departure from GMU. Defending BP and his wife’s double‑dipping raises serious questions about conflicts of interest affecting families and the club.

Which were what?

[Anonymous]

Answering your topic question. No, they are not the best club to get recruited from. A lot depends on the player, family and mainly academics.

[Anonymous]

If your daughter is one of the undisputed top few players in her age group in the DMV, legit youth national team caliber (actual camps not the bogus talent ID fluff), then VDA is going to be a great place for her. She will be promoted heavily by the club and get national attention. But for everyone else it depends very much on the fit. VDA will give an uber competitive (cutthroat) environment that might be motivating but also might be detrimental to your daughter’s development. The actual soccer and physical development will need to come from the outside. VDA is mindset development and marketing potential. If your daughter has the talent then she doesn’t need VDA to get where she wants to go. Another ECNL or even some GA clubs will be fine especially if the coach/style is a good fit. VDA has two types of players: 1) true superstars and 2) wannabe superstars who think (and their parents think) they are better than they really are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If your daughter is one of the undisputed top few players in her age group in the DMV, legit youth national team caliber (actual camps not the bogus talent ID fluff), then VDA is going to be a great place for her. She will be promoted heavily by the club and get national attention. But for everyone else it depends very much on the fit. VDA will give an uber competitive (cutthroat) environment that might be motivating but also might be detrimental to your daughter’s development. The actual soccer and physical development will need to come from the outside. VDA is mindset development and marketing potential. If your daughter has the talent then she doesn’t need VDA to get where she wants to go. Another ECNL or even some GA clubs will be fine especially if the coach/style is a good fit. VDA has two types of players: 1) true superstars and 2) wannabe superstars who think (and their parents think) they are better than they really are.

Thank you to whoever started this thread and to the rest of you for the free pub! ID sessions all weekend!

See you out there!