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Anonymous wrote:Will Pride and Stars girls be trying out for the American Select Virginia team this year?
Pretty likely.
All America is at the same time, as well.
I hope the VA team is more competitive than it was last year (if girls see this as more desirable than All America).
Unfortunately, I don’t think the objective is to put together a truly competitive team. This does not make sense to me, but it seems to be true.
It definitely appeared to be the objective of several of the other regions. I don't believe it was a talent deficit. DD told me the other regions said that they practiced together starting after selection. You can see on the Am Select page that many have coaches named already, etc. Not yet for DC/VA.
It is perplexing. I would think Stars and Pride and whomever else would have their top players trying out to compete with the Long Island, Maryland and other teams out there. Looked like a really fun tournament last year. Hope the top VA kids give it a hard look.
Money grab. The good Pride players should try out for team Maryland. The DC team can be the rest of Stars.
This is not a great take for a couple of reasons. I'll focus on the first one. "Money grab" gets thrown around a lot on these threads. Kind of a meaningless phrase on its own.
The opportunity to make a profit is the only reason that these tournaments exist and provide opportunities for our kids. It costs money to rent facilities, hire referees, provide trainers, security, etc. It is not realistic to expect there to be some non-profit consortium working to organize these complicated events, right? If you are saying that this particular event does not provide the value for the money, then some facts to back up that statement would be warranted.
One caveat, if you were referring to the outrageous daily parking charges at DE Turf Complex, than I agree strongly...