What clubs are left in Nova?

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Anonymous wrote:How many littles (2034/2033/3032) try out in a given year, per team? How difficult is it to make a younger squad? I'm sure it varies by team, but can someone break it down? What are the hardest teams to get on in NOVA, and which are 'show up and you get a spot' type of places, for the young kids?

Pride NOVA
Pride Loudoun
YJMA
Stars
3D
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3rd-4th grade all the Nova teams are show up and get and offer, however Stars was the only one with an A and a B team for 4th graders. 5th grade will be getting a little more competitive for Pride and Stars with adding cuts. 3D Metro will take anyone. YJMA it depends on if it’s one of the years they have established teams for.

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You really think Pride and Stars are going to have cuts for 2032? Don’t know about Pride but the St James wants that money. And everyone knows their Navy team is a money grab and they only really care about the Light Blue team.

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Anonymous wrote:Where do the yellow jackets practice? Trying to figure things out for my 2032

Mostly at GMU

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We are also leaving stars for another club. Stars is a mess.

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Anonymous wrote:You really think Pride and Stars are going to have cuts for 2032? Don’t know about Pride but the St James wants that money. And everyone knows their Navy team is a money grab and they only really care about the Light Blue team.

I guess it depends if more than 2 teams worth of girls show up at the Stars tryouts. Not sure how big they’ll let their roster get for Navy. Pride likely wants 2 teams for 2032 but right now only has one. So you’re right, they probably won’t cut anyone if they have the numbers for a B team.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You really think Pride and Stars are going to have cuts for 2032? Don’t know about Pride but the St James wants that money. And everyone knows their Navy team is a money grab and they only really care about the Light Blue team.

I guess it depends if more than 2 teams worth of girls show up at the Stars tryouts. Not sure how big they’ll let their roster get for Navy. Pride likely wants 2 teams for 2032 but right now only has one. So you’re right, they probably won’t cut anyone if they have the numbers for a B team.

What do they do when they get 30-35 girls showing up for 2033/2034?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You really think Pride and Stars are going to have cuts for 2032? Don’t know about Pride but the St James wants that money. And everyone knows their Navy team is a money grab and they only really care about the Light Blue team.

I guess it depends if more than 2 teams worth of girls show up at the Stars tryouts. Not sure how big they’ll let their roster get for Navy. Pride likely wants 2 teams for 2032 but right now only has one. So you’re right, they probably won’t cut anyone if they have the numbers for a B team.

What do they do when they get 30-35 girls showing up for 2033/2034?

If there are enough 33's they will form two teams and make it a 34/35 team at this point.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You really think Pride and Stars are going to have cuts for 2032? Don’t know about Pride but the St James wants that money. And everyone knows their Navy team is a money grab and they only really care about the Light Blue team.

I guess it depends if more than 2 teams worth of girls show up at the Stars tryouts. Not sure how big they’ll let their roster get for Navy. Pride likely wants 2 teams for 2032 but right now only has one. So you’re right, they probably won’t cut anyone if they have the numbers for a B team.

What do they do when they get 30-35 girls showing up for 2033/2034?

If there are enough 33's they will form two teams and make it a 34/35 team at this point.

That makes total sense. Thank you for explaining. Example, at tryouts they get 22 33s, 15 34s, and 5 35s, they'll combine the youngest. And if there aren't enough 33s, I bet they'd pull a few 34s up and make another squad with the rest of the 34s and 35s. I guess if they get too many 33s, they'd have to either have a big squad. Do they ever have a few 33s play down? That seems like not ideal, unless your DD is on the young side of their grade.

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Anonymous wrote:Do any of the NoVA teams have good goalie development?

If you are serious about developing a goalie, you should consider individual private lessons.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Do any of the NoVA teams have good goalie development?

If you are serious about developing a goalie, you should consider individual private lessons.

Gussie at Healthy Baller offers goalie lessons.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You really think Pride and Stars are going to have cuts for 2032? Don’t know about Pride but the St James wants that money. And everyone knows their Navy team is a money grab and they only really care about the Light Blue team.

I guess it depends if more than 2 teams worth of girls show up at the Stars tryouts. Not sure how big they’ll let their roster get for Navy. Pride likely wants 2 teams for 2032 but right now only has one. So you’re right, they probably won’t cut anyone if they have the numbers for a B team.

What do they do when they get 30-35 girls showing up for 2033/2034?

If there are enough 33's they will form two teams and make it a 34/35 team at this point.

That makes total sense. Thank you for explaining. Example, at tryouts they get 22 33s, 15 34s, and 5 35s, they'll combine the youngest. And if there aren't enough 33s, I bet they'd pull a few 34s up and make another squad with the rest of the 34s and 35s. I guess if they get too many 33s, they'd have to either have a big squad. Do they ever have a few 33s play down? That seems like not ideal, unless your DD is on the young side of their grade.

I don't think you are allowed to play down just because it isn't fair to other teams. That said, most tournaments don't check rosters... but you will come across some who willl.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do any of the NoVA teams have good goalie development?

If you are serious about developing a goalie, you should consider individual private lessons.

Gussie at Healthy Baller offers goalie lessons.

We've used Lauren at ladylaxgoalies.com. Gary Morgan might also still be kicking around.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do any of the NoVA teams have good goalie development?

If you are serious about developing a goalie, you should consider individual private lessons.

Gussie at Healthy Baller offers goalie lessons.

We've used Lauren at ladylaxgoalies.com. Gary Morgan might also still be kicking around.

Or you could suck it up and head over to MD to Goaliesmith. That's what lots of local goalies do. It's not close to NoVa, but they're the best.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You really think Pride and Stars are going to have cuts for 2032? Don’t know about Pride but the St James wants that money. And everyone knows their Navy team is a money grab and they only really care about the Light Blue team.

I guess it depends if more than 2 teams worth of girls show up at the Stars tryouts. Not sure how big they’ll let their roster get for Navy. Pride likely wants 2 teams for 2032 but right now only has one. So you’re right, they probably won’t cut anyone if they have the numbers for a B team.

What do they do when they get 30-35 girls showing up for 2033/2034?

At that age it is not unusual for girls to play up a year. My daughter had a unique experience, which I believe really helped her, playing up three years. So, when she was a 4th grader she played up with the 7th grade team. But she had the size and athleticism to fit in. By the time she got to 8th grade she started playing with what would be her recruiting class, for recruiting purposes. If the opportunity presents itself and the players are physically mature I would recommend playing up for as long as one can.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You really think Pride and Stars are going to have cuts for 2032? Don’t know about Pride but the St James wants that money. And everyone knows their Navy team is a money grab and they only really care about the Light Blue team.

I guess it depends if more than 2 teams worth of girls show up at the Stars tryouts. Not sure how big they’ll let their roster get for Navy. Pride likely wants 2 teams for 2032 but right now only has one. So you’re right, they probably won’t cut anyone if they have the numbers for a B team.

What do they do when they get 30-35 girls showing up for 2033/2034?

At that age it is not unusual for girls to play up a year. My daughter had a unique experience, which I believe really helped her, playing up three years. So, when she was a 4th grader she played up with the 7th grade team. But she had the size and athleticism to fit in. By the time she got to 8th grade she started playing with what would be her recruiting class, for recruiting purposes. If the opportunity presents itself and the players are physically mature I would recommend playing up for as long as one can.

So, bottomline, they find a way to balance out the squads, and as long as your daughter has been playing rec for at least a couple of seasons, she'll make a team?