Travel Soccer teams around NOVA let's discuss

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:U9 boys

Final is tomorrow.

U10 boys also have an Alex v Arl final tomorrow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:U9 boys

Final is tomorrow.

U10 boys also have an Alex v Arl final tomorrow.

I don't see Alexandria mentioned on the board much -- can they hang with Arlington?

[Anonymous]

I am guessing the parents find it odd to talk about second and third graders so much.

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Anonymous wrote:Poll:
At U-13 does your Club hold a legit tryout? By legit, I mean every player is looked at fresh and objectively? Not just legacy players carried over.

Looking at the different ranked teams and among different age groups, I saw some lethargy at the top and some really remarkable play on some of the lower teams. My child's team is one of the higher ones and the play is so disappointing. A lot of kids at U12 are dialing it in. They don't have any 'fight' in them. They don't get upset at losses. They don't keep fighting after going down a few goals. Some are fairly slow or still can't properly take a ball out of the air or control it well with their feet. I was watching one of the lower teams play and there were some kids that were very good. I know many are thinking of walking at U-13 because they are through with always getting looked over. I do see perennial club/coach favorites, where everyone else in the club has a 'huh?' moment as the player/players never drop down when there are much better players below.

I think it looks sometimes like legacy players are just carried over. Its been my experience that players new to the club have to be head and shoulders above current players in order to displace anyone. For a club, its generally not good business to drop players with a year or more at a club for a new player of similar caliber. There is at least some loyalty. That's just the reality of switching clubs. And of course, if your player is truly elite, there will always be a spot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Poll:
At U-13 does your Club hold a legit tryout? By legit, I mean every player is looked at fresh and objectively? Not just legacy players carried over.

Looking at the different ranked teams and among different age groups, I saw some lethargy at the top and some really remarkable play on some of the lower teams. My child's team is one of the higher ones and the play is so disappointing. A lot of kids at U12 are dialing it in. They don't have any 'fight' in them. They don't get upset at losses. They don't keep fighting after going down a few goals. Some are fairly slow or still can't properly take a ball out of the air or control it well with their feet. I was watching one of the lower teams play and there were some kids that were very good. I know many are thinking of walking at U-13 because they are through with always getting looked over. I do see perennial club/coach favorites, where everyone else in the club has a 'huh?' moment as the player/players never drop down when there are much better players below.

I think it looks sometimes like legacy players are just carried over. Its been my experience that players new to the club have to be head and shoulders above current players in order to displace anyone. For a club, its generally not good business to drop players with a year or more at a club for a new player of similar caliber. There is at least some loyalty. That's just the reality of switching clubs. And of course, if your player is truly elite, there will always be a spot.

I am talking about kids currently in the Club. Kids that played this year (previous years) with the Club. U13 is usually a dividing point. I
Asking if anyone sees them finally re-evaluating, mixing up some things or is it the same bullshit. Just spot plugging when there are kids that are better below.

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Anonymous wrote:Virginian -- Witnessed some horrific coach behavior ... yelling the whole time..at his players, at the ref..Then he used the F word in front of 9 and 10-year olds. No card. Pretty shocking. Also discovered a team playing illegally. No roster...and they used the same jerseys...switched shirts w subs. No idea how they let them play. Not too impressed with that.

There is always massive cheating at these things. They check in and then teams disperse...who knows who is actually playing with jersey switches.

Also, ages given at the border/immigration are usually given younger. That's why you ha e much older kids in schools and on the soccer fields for some of these teams. Looking like adults---180lb, 6" 11-year olds. U-12 who is really a u-15. We always laugh when you see a sideline of 5"2-5"4 men and women and gigantic kids. Ages are way off, but the documentation they register with in vysa/mysa has the fake ages. It's often for schooling purposes as well.

There is very little tournament hosts can do. They did thoroughly check the passes 15 min before each game.

We did have some God-awful refs for both children's games. Lots of injuries because of one letting game get completely out of hand. Some very aggregious calls as well.

I'll assume the previous poster is referring to Hispanic families based on the comment about height . And out of the goodness in my heart I'll assume this comment was not outwardly racist. For that reason, I'm happy to step in and provide a little background and context. Many Hispanic families came to this area over a decade ago. Poor parents from desperately poor areas came north to find work and improve theirs and their families' lots in life. They ate poor diets as children and rarely got adequate protection and nutrition, leading to very short statures. However, their kids who grew up in the us often had access to meat every day, and even some fast food. Protein works and the growth hormones in our food are real. Hispanic kids frequently do tower over their parents when the kids are born or grew up in the US. Many Latin Americans are really big people- if properly fed!

So, those Hispanic kids with US birth certificates are just as legit as your kid. And so are the ones from abroad, because guess what, their native countries have a lot riding on them coming here and succeeding and maybe contributing later in life, so they're very good to make sure their documents are legit and accurate.

Hope the context helps. Don't be mad if your kid gets all his/her soccer at practice. He/she could be a significantly better player with friends and relatives who loved soccer above all else and who actually played at home, at school and with friends from an early age and just for fun- that's stereotypical, but that's a great way to develop skills in youth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Virginian -- Witnessed some horrific coach behavior ... yelling the whole time..at his players, at the ref..Then he used the F word in front of 9 and 10-year olds. No card. Pretty shocking. Also discovered a team playing illegally. No roster...and they used the same jerseys...switched shirts w subs. No idea how they let them play. Not too impressed with that.

There is always massive cheating at these things. They check in and then teams disperse...who knows who is actually playing with jersey switches.

Also, ages given at the border/immigration are usually given younger. That's why you ha e much older kids in schools and on the soccer fields for some of these teams. Looking like adults---180lb, 6" 11-year olds. U-12 who is really a u-15. We always laugh when you see a sideline of 5"2-5"4 men and women and gigantic kids. Ages are way off, but the documentation they register with in vysa/mysa has the fake ages. It's often for schooling purposes as well.

There is very little tournament hosts can do. They did thoroughly check the passes 15 min before each game.

We did have some God-awful refs for both children's games. Lots of injuries because of one letting game get completely out of hand. Some very aggregious calls as well.

I'll assume the previous poster is referring to Hispanic families based on the comment about height . And out of the goodness in my heart I'll assume this comment was not outwardly racist. For that reason, I'm happy to step in and provide a little background and context. Many Hispanic families came to this area over a decade ago. Poor parents from desperately poor areas came north to find work and improve theirs and their families' lots in life. They ate poor diets as children and rarely got adequate protection and nutrition, leading to very short statures. However, their kids who grew up in the us often had access to meat every day, and even some fast food. Protein works and the growth hormones in our food are real. Hispanic kids frequently do tower over their parents when the kids are born or grew up in the US. Many Latin Americans are really big people- if properly fed!

So, those Hispanic kids with US birth certificates are just as legit as your kid. And so are the ones from abroad, because guess what, their native countries have a lot riding on them coming here and succeeding and maybe contributing later in life, so they're very good to make sure their documents are legit and accurate.

Hope the context helps. Don't be mad if your kid gets all his/her soccer at practice. He/she could be a significantly better player with friends and relatives who loved soccer above all else and who actually played at home, at school and with friends from an early age and just for fun- that's stereotypical, but that's a great way to develop skills in youth.

Danny Almonte's parents also insisted his documents were legit and accurate.

[Anonymous]

Is the Potomac tournament always so muddy? What a swamp it was this weekend.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At the Virginian U11 boys,one coach was red carded and thrown off the field.

C'mon man, you can't just throw that out there without details. What did the coach do? Which club?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is the Potomac tournament always so muddy? What a swamp it was this weekend.

Since a lot of the games are played on turf and it's rare to have multiple rainy days leading up to the tournament, I'm going to go with no.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Virginian -- Witnessed some horrific coach behavior ... yelling the whole time..at his players, at the ref..Then he used the F word in front of 9 and 10-year olds. No card. Pretty shocking. Also discovered a team playing illegally. No roster...and they used the same jerseys...switched shirts w subs. No idea how they let them play. Not too impressed with that.

There is always massive cheating at these things. They check in and then teams disperse...who knows who is actually playing with jersey switches.

Also, ages given at the border/immigration are usually given younger. That's why you ha e much older kids in schools and on the soccer fields for some of these teams. Looking like adults---180lb, 6" 11-year olds. U-12 who is really a u-15. We always laugh when you see a sideline of 5"2-5"4 men and women and gigantic kids. Ages are way off, but the documentation they register with in vysa/mysa has the fake ages. It's often for schooling purposes as well.

There is very little tournament hosts can do. They did thoroughly check the passes 15 min before each game.

We did have some God-awful refs for both children's games. Lots of injuries because of one letting game get completely out of hand. Some very aggregious calls as well.

I'll assume the previous poster is referring to Hispanic families based on the comment about height . And out of the goodness in my heart I'll assume this comment was not outwardly racist. For that reason, I'm happy to step in and provide a little background and context. Many Hispanic families came to this area over a decade ago. Poor parents from desperately poor areas came north to find work and improve theirs and their families' lots in life. They ate poor diets as children and rarely got adequate protection and nutrition, leading to very short statures. However, their kids who grew up in the us often had access to meat every day, and even some fast food. Protein works and the growth hormones in our food are real. Hispanic kids frequently do tower over their parents when the kids are born or grew up in the US. Many Latin Americans are really big people- if properly fed!

So, those Hispanic kids with US birth certificates are just as legit as your kid. And so are the ones from abroad, because guess what, their native countries have a lot riding on them coming here and succeeding and maybe contributing later in life, so they're very good to make sure their documents are legit and accurate.

Hope the context helps. Don't be mad if your kid gets all his/her soccer at practice. He/she could be a significantly better player with friends and relatives who loved soccer above all else and who actually played at home, at school and with friends from an early age and just for fun- that's stereotypical, but that's a great way to develop skills in youth.

Nice response to a ridiculous, obnoxious post.

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Heard about a new futsal academy so thought I would share in case anyone is interested. Sounds like it will be competitive and modeled after some of the established futsal academies in the country. Price doesn't seem to bad if you can get to Dulles Sportplex.

http://www.pumaelite.com.prod.sportngin.com/page/show/3351971--futsal-academy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Virginian -- Witnessed some horrific coach behavior ... yelling the whole time..at his players, at the ref..Then he used the F word in front of 9 and 10-year olds. No card. Pretty shocking. Also discovered a team playing illegally. No roster...and they used the same jerseys...switched shirts w subs. No idea how they let them play. Not too impressed with that.

There is always massive cheating at these things. They check in and then teams disperse...who knows who is actually playing with jersey switches.

Also, ages given at the border/immigration are usually given younger. That's why you ha e much older kids in schools and on the soccer fields for some of these teams. Looking like adults---180lb, 6" 11-year olds. U-12 who is really a u-15. We always laugh when you see a sideline of 5"2-5"4 men and women and gigantic kids. Ages are way off, but the documentation they register with in vysa/mysa has the fake ages. It's often for schooling purposes as well.

There is very little tournament hosts can do. They did thoroughly check the passes 15 min before each game.

We did have some God-awful refs for both children's games. Lots of injuries because of one letting game get completely out of hand. Some very aggregious calls as well.

I'll assume the previous poster is referring to Hispanic families based on the comment about height . And out of the goodness in my heart I'll assume this comment was not outwardly racist. For that reason, I'm happy to step in and provide a little background and context. Many Hispanic families came to this area over a decade ago. Poor parents from desperately poor areas came north to find work and improve theirs and their families' lots in life. They ate poor diets as children and rarely got adequate protection and nutrition, leading to very short statures. However, their kids who grew up in the us often had access to meat every day, and even some fast food. Protein works and the growth hormones in our food are real. Hispanic kids frequently do tower over their parents when the kids are born or grew up in the US. Many Latin Americans are really big people- if properly fed!

So, those Hispanic kids with US birth certificates are just as legit as your kid. And so are the ones from abroad, because guess what, their native countries have a lot riding on them coming here and succeeding and maybe contributing later in life, so they're very good to make sure their documents are legit and accurate.

Hope the context helps. Don't be mad if your kid gets all his/her soccer at practice. He/she could be a significantly better player with friends and relatives who loved soccer above all else and who actually played at home, at school and with friends from an early age and just for fun- that's stereotypical, but that's a great way to develop skills in youth.

Nice response to a ridiculous, obnoxious post.

+1

And I've often been tempted to ask a 12-year-old white kid if I can have a ride home just to see if they confess to having a license. Some of them have more facial hair than I do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:U9 boys

Final is tomorrow.

Alexandria

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:U9 boys

Final is tomorrow.

Alexandria

Google the rest please. We don't need to post results here.