Travel Soccer teams around NOVA let's discuss

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What's the opinion on BRYC's abiility to have a high quality ECNL staff at all age levels. Also how will this impact their ability to attract the talent as this is new to BRYC as is the DA is for VDA and Washington Spirit nearby? Seems unlikely that FCV players will opt to make the decision of leaving their current situation moving to DA to just stay in ECNL with an unknown staff? McLean ECNL players will likely stay put so this new ECNL club is drawing from the current BRYC teams and surrounding area clubs players also competing with DA clubs. Seems like the first few years will play out as unknown then the tiers will be known. Sucks to be us in the meantime!! Regardless of your players level it's all about finding the correct fit to develop and all this did was complicate an already complicated landscape.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What's the opinion on BRYC's abiility to have a high quality ECNL staff at all age levels. Also how will this impact their ability to attract the talent as this is new to BRYC as is the DA is for VDA and Washington Spirit nearby? Seems unlikely that FCV players will opt to make the decision of leaving their current situation moving to DA to just stay in ECNL with an unknown staff? McLean ECNL players will likely stay put so this new ECNL club is drawing from the current BRYC teams and surrounding area clubs players also competing with DA clubs. Seems like the first few years will play out as unknown then the tiers will be known. Sucks to be us in the meantime!! Regardless of your players level it's all about finding the correct fit to develop and all this did was complicate an already complicated landscape.

I think BRYC will do just fine and kids will find their best fit.

[Anonymous]

My rec team could beat your DA team.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My rec team could beat your DA team.

I hear tell that your Rec team is the only thing that can beat Chuck Norris.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My rec team could beat your DA team.

I hear tell that your Rec team is the only thing that can

Your rec team must be from Loudoun....gotsoccer points on fleek? Probabley #1....am I right?

GO Foxes!!!

[Anonymous]

I think you mean Go Cheetahs!!!!

[Anonymous]

This landscape is changing every day; WTF?! Maryland side just got renamed big time.

Washington Spirit, Baltimore Armour Join Forces for U.S. Soccer Girls’ Development Academy
Posted on February 6, 2017


BOYDS, Md (Feb 6, 2017) – The Washington Spirit has added Baltimore Armour as a U.S. Soccer Girls’ Development Academy partner for the state of Maryland, which will now be called “Washington Spirit Baltimore Armour.” This partnership adds to the relationship already in place with Montgomery Soccer Incorporated (MSI), creating a direct “path to the pros” for over 11,000 female players in one of the nation’s top soccer player development markets.

“When we began the process of creating a U.S. Soccer Development Academy, this Spirit Baltimore Armour partnership was our optimal vision to add to MSI,” said Washington Spirit professional team head coach and Academy technical director Jim Gabarra. “The commitment this partnership represents will provide a platform to develop world class players and coaches here in Maryland.”

Baltimore Armour was created in early 2015 through a partnership between Soccer Association of Columbia (SAC) and Pipeline Soccer Club (Pipeline) and currently boasts one of the top U.S. Soccer Boys’ Development Academies in the nation. By partnering with the Washington Spirit, Baltimore Armour is now directly connected to a professional club in the top female league in the world, the National Women’s Soccer League.

“This is a monumental day for girls soccer in Maryland,” said Pipeline Soccer Club co-founder and vice president, as well as former U.S. National Team and D.C. United star Santino Quaranta. “The staff at Baltimore Armour are thrilled to work with the Washington Spirit and build a world class academy.”

Washington Spirit Baltimore Armour will be managed overall by Spirit 1st Assistant Coach Denise Reddy, who will be naming the full coaching staff in the coming weeks. With Reddy at the helm, players involved in the Development Academy will have unprecedented access to learn from and impress someone who not only knows what it takes to succeed as female professional players, but someone who can provide them with that opportunity directly when the time comes.

The clubs will announce the first opportunity for female players born from 1999-2005 to show off their talent later this week. Teams will be formed in the 19 and under, 17 and under, 15 and under, and 14 and under age groups, with exceptionally talented players born in 2005 also considered for the 14 and under team. Additionally, travel soccer players on teams at SAC, Pipeline, and MSI as of the fall 2017 season, will be eligible to participate in Development Academy activities and a limited number of games as “Developmental Players.”

Together, Washington Spirit Baltimore Armour and Washington Spirit Virginia Development Academy programs will begin play in the first ever Girls’ Development Academy season this August, joining nearly 70 other top female youth clubs and NWSL DA programs around the nation as the top direct path for players to earn opportunities on U.S. Youth National Team and, eventually, professional opportunities.

Players interested in joining in either Maryland or Virginia are encouraged to fill out this Player Interest Form: http://washingtonspirit.com/da/

The Washington Spirit’s first preseason match will be on March 18 against Penn State University, followed by the first ever match in the Commonwealth of Virginia on March 25 against 22-time NCAA Champion University of North Carolina. Tickets for all preseason matches and 2017 season tickets can be obtained on our website at tickets.washingtonspirit.com or by calling 301-591-0927.

[Anonymous]

Washington Spirit And Baltimore Armour Combine For Girls Development Academy


Washington Spirit-Baltimore Armour is excited to kick off the first season as part of the US Soccer Girls’ Development Academy in the Fall of 2017.
Washington Spirit is one of the founding eight professional women’s soccer clubs in the new U.S. Soccer-backed professional women’s league in 2013. Members of our team include players from the United States, Canada, as well as many other top players from around North America and the world. We play our home games at Maureen Hendrick’s Field at the Maryland SoccerPlex Stadium in Boyds, Maryland.
Baltimore Armour has been created for the most elite Male and Female players in the area. The program is a partnership between the Soccer Association of Columbia (SAC) and Pipeline Soccer Club (PSC). In two short years, Baltimore Armour Boys are regarded as one of the elite academies in the nation, now to be followed by the girls.
For more info please click here: http://washingtonspirit.com/da/

[Anonymous]

begs the question whether the Spirit VA side will just base out of Arlington since that's the only club left and Wright is now with Spirit

[Anonymous]

That's big for WS Md...good clubs to pool from.....however...WS VA...????

[Anonymous]

loudoun out . . . Brad. Rd. out . . . the Virginia alliance sounds like crap . . . . Arl. is the only major player left . . .

. . . . "Washington Spirit - Arlington"? . . . crazee daze for tryouts

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:loudoun out . . . Brad. Rd. out . . . the Virginia alliance sounds like crap . . . . Arl. is the only major player left . . .

. . . . "Washington Spirit - Arlington"? . . . crazee daze for tryouts

Bigger is not better, especially in the younger years. It is not a development club. It relies on the constant influx of players around the DMV. This will make it even worse for those who have it as their only choice for home club.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:loudoun out . . . Brad. Rd. out . . . the Virginia alliance sounds like crap . . . . Arl. is the only major player left . . .

. . . . "Washington Spirit - Arlington"? . . . crazee daze for tryouts

Bigger is not better, especially in the younger years. It is not a development club. It relies on the constant influx of players around the DMV. This will make it even worse for those who have it as their only choice for home club.

There already isn't enough practice space as it is and zero winter training during the week.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No sure why VDA has to prove themselves...or why they "don't have a single girl" it will be a PWSI /VSA player pool. ....and don't get it twisted...alot of top talent comes from those areas

Is a Pwsi and Vsa player pool anything to brag about?

Two clubs with weak teams

Harsh but accurate.

I'm not from Pwsi or vsa....but the naysayers have it wrong.

Who has won multiple national championship on the girls side? VSA, Loudoun or Mclean?.. Would you believe the answer is VSA. Would you believe that the majority of those VSA players were formal FCV players..would you believe that they got D1 scholarships not playing in the ECNL...how about girls HS soccer...Battlefield ring a bell...mutiple state championships...again...PWSI/VSA territory. I'm telling you...there is a lot of talent in that corridor....but the talent has been flowing north to play ECNL....if that talent stays home and plays DA...the game will change.

Nothing like living in the past. There are a lot of clubs in this area that have multiple national championships.

How many VSA teams made state finals this year? 0 ... Loudoun made 5
How many teams are ranked in the top 100 in the country? 1 .... Loudoun has 11
How mamy teams competed in USYS regionals last year? 0. Loudoun won a national championship and state cups

High school soccer? This is a travel soccer blog......

Loudoun is a far superior club.

Prince william is a joke of a club compared to Loudoun. They can barely scrape together one half decent team in each age group and everyone is leaving, like rats fleeing a sinking ship

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:loudoun out . . . Brad. Rd. out . . . the Virginia alliance sounds like crap . . . . Arl. is the only major player left . . .

. . . . "Washington Spirit - Arlington"? . . . crazee daze for tryouts

Bigger is not better, especially in the younger years. It is not a development club. It relies on the constant influx of players around the DMV. This will make it even worse for those who have it as their only choice for home club.

There already isn't enough practice space as it is and zero winter training during the week.

Ha! Yes--lets shove some more teams comprised mostly of players outside the County and cut into practice time/space even more --maybe 7 or 8 teams per age group instead of 6. $$$$$$$$. My kid's team can't even get a full field scrimmage in a practice.