Girls DA 2018-19 Season

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How are things going now that we are few weeks in? Has FCV lost a game yet? Has WS-VA won one yet?

Sorry, just stirring the pot to keep things interesting.

WS-VA does seem to be struggling again though. I had hoped they'd do better in year two. What's odd is that WS-MD seems to have a really strong program. I wonder why there's such a difference, with the same parent organization. Is there just less competition for players in the WS-MD market?

The senior team of the WS-VA group is doing very well and has won two games

http://www.ussoccerda.com/sam/standings/league/standings.php?leagueId=MTE1Ng%3D%3D

WS-VA does a lot of play-ups, so some of the younger age groups dont have the benefit of the best players playing on their birth year team. They seem more focused on developing players than winning, from my observations.

You are correct on ARL and FCV though, they are focused on winning as first priority.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FCV is in the first place in U15, U16/17 and U18/19 age groups and won all their games. It is early in the season, but is anyone really surprised that the other local teams are well behind FCV?

Not really. They have the deepest talent pool in the area.

[Anonymous]

Play ups definitely hurt almost every WS-VA team's ability to compete on both sides. They might could have helped their own team, and they aren't doing anything for the teams they are on.

One midfielder hardly touched the ball the whole weekend.

[Anonymous]

Why didn't Arlington get permission to have older DA teams?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Play ups definitely hurt almost every WS-VA team's ability to compete on both sides. They might could have helped their own team, and they aren't doing anything for the teams they are on.

One midfielder hardly touched the ball the whole weekend.

Not sure that's actually development. Routine play ups as a matter of policy is odd. I don't see any other DA doing that. Playing up usually is only done when that player is so strong in their own age group, they aren't challenged. It also shouldn't makes no sense when the play ups can't keep up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why didn't Arlington get permission to have older DA teams?

I heard the 02 and up girks weren't high quality.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Play ups definitely hurt almost every WS-VA team's ability to compete on both sides. They might could have helped their own team, and they aren't doing anything for the teams they are on.

One midfielder hardly touched the ball the whole weekend.

Not sure that's actually development. Routine play ups as a matter of policy is odd. I don't see any other DA doing that. Playing up usually is only done when that player is so strong in their own age group, they aren't challenged. It also shouldn't makes no sense when the play ups can't keep up.

I think their thought is that the play ups can keep up/have the speed of thought and skill. They can always re-assess. It is development if the player is not being challenged in their age group to move them up. There's really no other option.

[Anonymous]

That may be their hope, but so far, it hasn't translated well. If a player can't hang onto the ball or even hardly ever touch the ball, they should probably go back down to their own age group.

However, with some rosters over-filled, I doubt WS-VA has a choice. When you have 25 on a roster, you have to try anything to make sure players are getting their game time and requisite number of starts. So they have to try to move a couple of players up if at all possible.

[Anonymous]

The rosters are posted here

http://wsav.ussoccerda.com/sam/teams/index.php?team=7525936

They average 20 players a team. No team has 25 rostered. The play-ups happen in every age group and some could return to their nominal age group with no problem.

Let's not start this again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That may be their hope, but so far, it hasn't translated well. If a player can't hang onto the ball or even hardly ever touch the ball, they should probably go back down to their own age group.

However, with some rosters over-filled, I doubt WS-VA has a choice. When you have 25 on a roster, you have to try anything to make sure players are getting their game time and requisite number of starts. So they have to try to move a couple of players up if at all possible.

It's a combination of over-filled rosters and parent politics. None of the playups are even able to dominate their own age group.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That may be their hope, but so far, it hasn't translated well. If a player can't hang onto the ball or even hardly ever touch the ball, they should probably go back down to their own age group.

However, with some rosters over-filled, I doubt WS-VA has a choice. When you have 25 on a roster, you have to try anything to make sure players are getting their game time and requisite number of starts. So they have to try to move a couple of players up if at all possible.

It's a combination of over-filled rosters and parent politics. None of the playups are even able to dominate their own age group.

Please detail what these politics entail.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The rosters are posted here

http://wsav.ussoccerda.com/sam/teams/index.php?team=7525936

They average 20 players a team. No team has 25 rostered. The play-ups happen in every age group and some could return to their nominal age group with no problem.

Let's not start this again.

The 04s have 23 officially listed + 2 that are fully part of the team. What's 23 + 2?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That may be their hope, but so far, it hasn't translated well. If a player can't hang onto the ball or even hardly ever touch the ball, they should probably go back down to their own age group.

However, with some rosters over-filled, I doubt WS-VA has a choice. When you have 25 on a roster, you have to try anything to make sure players are getting their game time and requisite number of starts. So they have to try to move a couple of players up if at all possible.

It's a combination of over-filled rosters and parent politics. None of the playups are even able to dominate their own age group.

Unfortunately, that's accurate.

[Anonymous]

Jackass Spirit Parent wrote:It's a combination of over-filled rosters and parent politics. None of the playups are even able to dominate their own age group.

You should be more specific about which teams you're talking about before insulting every player who plays up for Spirit. On my DD's team, all of the players playing up will be starters or significant contributors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Jackass Spirit Parent wrote:It's a combination of over-filled rosters and parent politics. None of the playups are even able to dominate their own age group.

You should be more specific about which teams you're talking about before insulting every player who plays up for Spirit. On my DD's team, all of the players playing up will be starters or significant contributors.

Alrighty, in fairness, the U19s are the exception. Some of those play ups are great. A couple there too would benefit more if they were on the U17 team, but after Spirit lost several key players, they had to move them up, and so on down the line.