Travel Soccer teams around NOVA let's discuss

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Anonymous wrote:How is Falls Church travel program? What leagues do the play in at the U-9/U-10 level?

Boys. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How is Falls Church travel program? What leagues do the play in at the U-9/U-10 level?

Boys. Thanks.

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I don't live in that are of NOVA .... but I've never heard of a Falls Church travel program.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is Falls Church travel program? What leagues do the play in at the U-9/U-10 level?

Boys. Thanks.

f

I don't live in that are of NOVA .... but I've never heard of a Falls Church travel program.

They are called 'Premier AC'.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is Falls Church travel program? What leagues do the play in at the U-9/U-10 level?

Boys. Thanks.

f

I don't live in that are of NOVA .... but I've never heard of a Falls Church travel program.

They are called 'Premier AC'.

I'm in Arlington and they often get players unhappy with ASA that don't want to drive too far.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is Falls Church travel program? What leagues do the play in at the U-9/U-10 level?

Boys. Thanks.

f

I don't live in that are of NOVA .... but I've never heard of a Falls Church travel program.

They are called 'Premier AC'.

I'm in Arlington and they often get players unhappy with ASA that don't want to drive too far.

Oh sure I've seen some PAC teams play -- didn't know they were considered a Falls Church team. Bill Hamid is a product of PAC. I think Hamid's father or uncle founded the club?

[Anonymous]

It is a small club. Different feel from a big club like arlington, and will suit some people better.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How is Falls Church travel program? What leagues do the play in at the U-9/U-10 level?

Boys. Thanks.

f

I don't live in that are of NOVA .... but I've never heard of a Falls Church travel program.

They are called 'Premier AC'.

I'm in Arlington and they often get players unhappy with ASA that don't want to drive too far.

Oh sure I've seen some PAC teams play -- didn't know they were considered a Falls Church team. Bill Hamid is a product of PAC. I think Hamid's father or uncle founded the club?

Yes, it's Hamid's father, Sully. It's a small club (a few travel teams, no House) that picks up people who fell through the cracks in Vienna or Arlington, or people who just want a different environment. Registered as Falls Church, but some teams practice at Luther Jackson MS, just like the Vienna teams.

Certainly worth considering if you don't live too far away and want to check out an alternative.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is a small club. Different feel from a big club like arlington, and will suit some people better.

How many teams in an age group?

We are looking for a club with no more than two teams per age group. Bigger clubs seen to dilute the talent. There just becomes way too many kids to get any individual attention.

[Anonymous]

Just looking at the website, it depends on the gender and year. For boys, it ranges from 1-3 teams.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just looking at the website, it depends on the gender and year. For boys, it ranges from 1-3 teams.

Great. Thanks! I'll go to the website.

[Anonymous]

Anyone out at PWSI Icebreaker this weekend?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It is a small club. Different feel from a big club like arlington, and will suit some people better.

How many teams in an age group?

We are looking for a club with no more than two teams per age group. Bigger clubs seen to dilute the talent. There just becomes way too many kids to get any individual attention.

I'm not the person you quoted but you might consider Capital FC. I think one of their age groups might have 3 teams but the rest have only 1 or 2. It's a newer club, think it's been around 10 years. https://capitalfc.org/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is a small club. Different feel from a big club like arlington, and will suit some people better.

How many teams in an age group?

We are looking for a club with no more than two teams per age group. Bigger clubs seen to dilute the talent. There just becomes way too many kids to get any individual attention.

I'm not the person you quoted but you might consider Capital FC. I think one of their age groups might have 3 teams but the rest have only 1 or 2. It's a newer club, think it's been around 10 years. https://capitalfc.org/

Capital FC is a very nice club.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Reading those Twitter feeds was like watching a car crash - awful but you really can't look away. You'd think that head's of clubs would behave better, even in the face of attacks. The reputation of some clubs around here is in the toilet because of adults' behavior like this (if you spend any time in travel soccer you know exactly which clubs they are), yet parents still sign their kids up knowing that, so I guess it really doesn't matter in the end to some parents if they are teaching kids good sportsmanship and fair play. I'd rather my player develop and love the game and be a respectful person than be a superstar with some of the awful attitudes that I saw on Twitter from club heads!

Re Kephern Fuller and Twitter spats, here's a thinly veiled attack on him from Beau Dure writing for soccerwire.com:

http://www.soccerwire.com/news/clubs/youth-boys/dure-machiavellis-guide-to-winning-youth-soccer/

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Reading those Twitter feeds was like watching a car crash - awful but you really can't look away. You'd think that head's of clubs would behave better, even in the face of attacks. The reputation of some clubs around here is in the toilet because of adults' behavior like this (if you spend any time in travel soccer you know exactly which clubs they are), yet parents still sign their kids up knowing that, so I guess it really doesn't matter in the end to some parents if they are teaching kids good sportsmanship and fair play. I'd rather my player develop and love the game and be a respectful person than be a superstar with some of the awful attitudes that I saw on Twitter from club heads!

Re Kephern Fuller and Twitter spats, here's a thinly veiled attack on him from Beau Dure writing for soccerwire.com:

http://www.soccerwire.com/news/clubs/youth-boys/dure-machiavellis-guide-to-winning-youth-soccer/

He said on both Twitter and PSW that the article was a composite of various area soccer practice, and some of the things in there don't sound like anything that JOGA does.

That being said, I would love to see both Dure and Fuller do an Ask Me Anything thread here. That would be interesting!