Travel Soccer teams around NOVA let's discuss

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Anonymous wrote:Has anyone gone to one of the Spirit ID clinics yet? Someone on another website reported rather dismal numbers at the clinic this weekend. Also said the cost would be about $7000. (VDA says it will charge ~$2500 plus travel costs).

Can anyone who attended let us know if this is accurate?

$7000 to play soccer ?

Yes, you can pay $150-$200 to play neighborhood rec, $300-$400 to play challenge rec, $1200 to play competitive local travel, $2500 to play competitive Regional travel or up to $7000 to play competitive national/regional travel.

There is something for everyone.

$150-$200 to play neighborhood rec - just saw that a local club charges this per season for rec and increases tomorrow, after march 1 it's higher than 200. wow. smh.

Why are you shaking your head?

Here is a list of the fees:
T-shirt (Uniform)
Referee fees. Yes, the games have a referee and they are not free.
Field rental fees. Your school and Parks and Rec do not provide use for the fields or facilities for free. Generally a rec team practices twice a week and has one game.
Insurance.

I understand all of those fees and I know that it doesn't add up to anything close to that. U6/U7s are probably not using refs either. It's not all clubs that charge this much.

Oh, you "know" what various field rental space costs are? When there are refs you know what they cost?

Your run of the mill Little minis soccer U4-u5 runs about $75 for 7 Saturday mornings, for roughly an hour.

U6-U8 with 4v4 officiated games and 2 practices a week? $150-$200.

And yes, some clubs will be cheaper than others and a percentage of the money goes back to the club as well. Call those "administrative fees".

But in general, the biggest expense is field space, regardless of the club or program.

different counties charge differently.

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Interesting opinions on VDA, correct me if I am wrong here. It is a combination of 3 clubs (PWSI,VSA,CHANTILLY) that are not competing at a national level or even at a state level. All three clubs combined failed to produce 1 state cup finalist in the past year. The same coaching staff from these 3 clubs will be in charge of VDA?

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Anonymous wrote:Interesting opinions on VDA, correct me if I am wrong here. It is a combination of 3 clubs (PWSI,VSA,CHANTILLY) that are not competing at a national level or even at a state level. All three clubs combined failed to produce 1 state cup finalist in the past year. The same coaching staff from these 3 clubs will be in charge of VDA?

What does State Cup matter?

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I think it's a good measure of the strength of teams and clubs that aren't competing in ECNL or DA, maybe you judge soccer clubs on something other than soccer?

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Anonymous wrote:Interesting opinions on VDA, correct me if I am wrong here. It is a combination of 3 clubs (PWSI,VSA,CHANTILLY) that are not competing at a national level or even at a state level. All three clubs combined failed to produce 1 state cup finalist in the past year. The same coaching staff from these 3 clubs will be in charge of VDA?

I don't have an interest in the matter but all 3 (especially PWSI and VSA) cover very large areas and it's possible that their top team for each may not be the top of it's age group but taking the very best 4/5 players from each and creating 1 very strong team may create a very strong DA team. Don't know about State Cup but did each club send a team for each genger/age group? There is no requirement to do so.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it's a good measure of the strength of teams and clubs that aren't competing in ECNL or DA, maybe you judge soccer clubs on something other than soccer?

It doesn't measure players but a player pool does.

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My kids are not close to VDA and are happy where they are but I think it is a good point, where is the quality of player going to come from. Loudoun and FCV combining for DA would be a much stronger DA club. Plus BRYC and McLean have ECNL. I don't think it will be a possibility to get many players from those clubs.

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Anonymous wrote:My kids are not close to VDA and are happy where they are but I think it is a good point, where is the quality of player going to come from. Loudoun and FCV combining for DA would be a much stronger DA club. Plus BRYC and McLean have ECNL. I don't think it will be a possibility to get many players from those clubs.

The overall footprint of VDA is much larger than a FCV/Loudoun merger would be.

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Anonymous wrote:My kids are not close to VDA and are happy where they are but I think it is a good point, where is the quality of player going to come from. Loudoun and FCV combining for DA would be a much stronger DA club. Plus BRYC and McLean have ECNL. I don't think it will be a possibility to get many players from those clubs.

The overall footprint of VDA is much larger than a FCV/Loudoun merger would be.

100 percent disagree

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Anonymous wrote:My kids are not close to VDA and are happy where they are but I think it is a good point, where is the quality of player going to come from. Loudoun and FCV combining for DA would be a much stronger DA club. Plus BRYC and McLean have ECNL. I don't think it will be a possibility to get many players from those clubs.

The overall footprint of VDA is much larger than a FCV/Loudoun merger would be.

100 percent disagree

Curious as to why.

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Maybe because Loudoun in the past 5 years alone is a more successful club than all three of those clubs combined. And that is Fact.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe because Loudoun in the past 5 years alone is a more successful club than all three of those clubs combined. And that is Fact.

What does that have to do with footprint?

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Anonymous wrote:Interesting opinions on VDA, correct me if I am wrong here. It is a combination of 3 clubs (PWSI,VSA,CHANTILLY) that are not competing at a national level or even at a state level. All three clubs combined failed to produce 1 state cup finalist in the past year. The same coaching staff from these 3 clubs will be in charge of VDA?

Your right PWSI is pretty weak and they have had a lot of turnover the past few years.

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Anonymous wrote:Has anyone gone to one of the Spirit ID clinics yet? Someone on another website reported rather dismal numbers at the clinic this weekend. Also said the cost would be about $7000. (VDA says it will charge ~$2500 plus travel costs).

Can anyone who attended let us know if this is accurate?

$7000 to play soccer ?

Yes, you can pay $150-$200 to play neighborhood rec, $300-$400 to play challenge rec, $1200 to play competitive local travel, $2500 to play competitive Regional travel or up to $7000 to play competitive national/regional travel.

There is something for everyone.

This is a joke, right?

What you just wrote blatantly shows that the upper levels are only for kids who have parents with very deep pockets--definitely not everyone.

I've seen some great $75 Rec players (and players at our local pick up fields that aren't on any formal team) that have trouble getting rides to local practices and games with parents could never afford the price of travel and beyond.

Totally agree, $7000 a year for GDA would price out most families. I will fix the statement for him....

There is something for everyone with a trust fund

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Anonymous wrote:Interesting opinions on VDA, correct me if I am wrong here. It is a combination of 3 clubs (PWSI,VSA,CHANTILLY) that are not competing at a national level or even at a state level. All three clubs combined failed to produce 1 state cup finalist in the past year. The same coaching staff from these 3 clubs will be in charge of VDA?

http://championships.usyouthsoccer.org/u19g_vsa_heat_defeats_team_chicago_to_claim_title/

PWSI just lost Lloyd Yaxley to the Orlando Pride. That's a big loss.