FCV DA

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Anonymous wrote:I’d say since FCV DA right now is top quality, stick it out for the coming year and see where all this goes from a coaching and logistics perspective. If nothing else your kid will practice and play with really good talent and can make a move to another team in summer of 2020 if things change drastically for the worse. In the meantime, take everything your hear the coaches and admins tell you with a grain of salt.

I think that is good advice. I wouldn't be making decisions based on what some crazed, bitter and envious people on a message board say.

Who is bitter or envious of a Springfield location?

Not sure why it is so hard for people to grasp that if STJFCV or whatever they will be called actually moves trainings to STJ full-time, it will just attract a different geography of players. Obviously if the staff changes or the costs change, decisions MAY be affected. But you could speculate like that about every single club and every single team in those clubs.

It is truly a stupid thing to be this worried about unless you have a kid on FCV and you aren't willing to make that drive. If you don't have a kid on FCV why do you care about how far others drive. The BDA and the GDA attract a much wider geography of players that other levels, followed closely by ECNL. This isn't that big of a deal except to those that are bitter and envious of everyone else outside their club and team. To those people, get a life.

I too think it is silly for so many to troll on this board as it comes across as very petty...shows the true personality behind the anonymity of a keyboard.
If you have a kid at FCV, then take it a season at a time and if a drive to Springfield is necessary, then so be it. You are correct that the geography base is much wider. Much more than people who don't play at a DA club realize I believe.
ECNL used to be a larger geography base, but with so many in the area there really isn't a need to drive that far.

Still being defensive but go ahead and enjoy driving by all of those other options.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’d say since FCV DA right now is top quality, stick it out for the coming year and see where all this goes from a coaching and logistics perspective. If nothing else your kid will practice and play with really good talent and can make a move to another team in summer of 2020 if things change drastically for the worse. In the meantime, take everything your hear the coaches and admins tell you with a grain of salt.

I think that is good advice. I wouldn't be making decisions based on what some crazed, bitter and envious people on a message board say.

Who is bitter or envious of a Springfield location?

Not sure why it is so hard for people to grasp that if STJFCV or whatever they will be called actually moves trainings to STJ full-time, it will just attract a different geography of players. Obviously if the staff changes or the costs change, decisions MAY be affected. But you could speculate like that about every single club and every single team in those clubs.

It is truly a stupid thing to be this worried about unless you have a kid on FCV and you aren't willing to make that drive. If you don't have a kid on FCV why do you care about how far others drive. The BDA and the GDA attract a much wider geography of players that other levels, followed closely by ECNL. This isn't that big of a deal except to those that are bitter and envious of everyone else outside their club and team. To those people, get a life.

I too think it is silly for so many to troll on this board as it comes across as very petty...shows the true personality behind the anonymity of a keyboard.
If you have a kid at FCV, then take it a season at a time and if a drive to Springfield is necessary, then so be it. You are correct that the geography base is much wider. Much more than people who don't play at a DA club realize I believe.
ECNL used to be a larger geography base, but with so many in the area there really isn't a need to drive that far.

Still being defensive but go ahead and enjoy driving by all of those other options.

I don't really enjoy driving anywhere to be honest. But what I do know for sure is that I am certainly not going to waste my time driving to training for a coach that is developing players. I don't care how close or far it is.

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Anonymous wrote:I’d say since FCV DA right now is top quality, stick it out for the coming year and see where all this goes from a coaching and logistics perspective. If nothing else your kid will practice and play with really good talent and can make a move to another team in summer of 2020 if things change drastically for the worse. In the meantime, take everything your hear the coaches and admins tell you with a grain of salt.

I think that is good advice. I wouldn't be making decisions based on what some crazed, bitter and envious people on a message board say.

Who is bitter or envious of a Springfield location?

Not sure why it is so hard for people to grasp that if STJFCV or whatever they will be called actually moves trainings to STJ full-time, it will just attract a different geography of players. Obviously if the staff changes or the costs change, decisions MAY be affected. But you could speculate like that about every single club and every single team in those clubs.

It is truly a stupid thing to be this worried about unless you have a kid on FCV and you aren't willing to make that drive. If you don't have a kid on FCV why do you care about how far others drive. The BDA and the GDA attract a much wider geography of players that other levels, followed closely by ECNL. This isn't that big of a deal except to those that are bitter and envious of everyone else outside their club and team. To those people, get a life.

That should have said for a coach that is NOT developing players.
I too think it is silly for so many to troll on this board as it comes across as very petty...shows the true personality behind the anonymity of a keyboard.
If you have a kid at FCV, then take it a season at a time and if a drive to Springfield is necessary, then so be it. You are correct that the geography base is much wider. Much more than people who don't play at a DA club realize I believe.
ECNL used to be a larger geography base, but with so many in the area there really isn't a need to drive that far.

Still being defensive but go ahead and enjoy driving by all of those other options.

I don't really enjoy driving anywhere to be honest. But what I do know for sure is that I am certainly not going to waste my time driving to training for a coach that is developing players. I don't care how close or far it is.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’d say since FCV DA right now is top quality, stick it out for the coming year and see where all this goes from a coaching and logistics perspective. If nothing else your kid will practice and play with really good talent and can make a move to another team in summer of 2020 if things change drastically for the worse. In the meantime, take everything your hear the coaches and admins tell you with a grain of salt.

I think that is good advice. I wouldn't be making decisions based on what some crazed, bitter and envious people on a message board say.

Who is bitter or envious of a Springfield location?

Not sure why it is so hard for people to grasp that if STJFCV or whatever they will be called actually moves trainings to STJ full-time, it will just attract a different geography of players. Obviously if the staff changes or the costs change, decisions MAY be affected. But you could speculate like that about every single club and every single team in those clubs.

It is truly a stupid thing to be this worried about unless you have a kid on FCV and you aren't willing to make that drive. If you don't have a kid on FCV why do you care about how far others drive. The BDA and the GDA attract a much wider geography of players that other levels, followed closely by ECNL. This isn't that big of a deal except to those that are bitter and envious of everyone else outside their club and team. To those people, get a life.

NOT developing players
I too think it is silly for so many to troll on this board as it comes across as very petty...shows the true personality behind the anonymity of a keyboard.
If you have a kid at FCV, then take it a season at a time and if a drive to Springfield is necessary, then so be it. You are correct that the geography base is much wider. Much more than people who don't play at a DA club realize I believe.
ECNL used to be a larger geography base, but with so many in the area there really isn't a need to drive that far.

Still being defensive but go ahead and enjoy driving by all of those other options.

I don't really enjoy driving anywhere to be honest. But what I do know for sure is that I am certainly not going to waste my time driving to training for a coach that is developing players. I don't care how close or far it is.

[Anonymous]

driving hours to a practice requires helluva commitment.

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Anonymous wrote:I’d say since FCV DA right now is top quality, stick it out for the coming year and see where all this goes from a coaching and logistics perspective. If nothing else your kid will practice and play with really good talent and can make a move to another team in summer of 2020 if things change drastically for the worse. In the meantime, take everything your hear the coaches and admins tell you with a grain of salt.

I think that is good advice. I wouldn't be making decisions based on what some crazed, bitter and envious people on a message board say.

Who is bitter or envious of a Springfield location?

Not sure why it is so hard for people to grasp that if STJFCV or whatever they will be called actually moves trainings to STJ full-time, it will just attract a different geography of players. Obviously if the staff changes or the costs change, decisions MAY be affected. But you could speculate like that about every single club and every single team in those clubs.

It is truly a stupid thing to be this worried about unless you have a kid on FCV and you aren't willing to make that drive. If you don't have a kid on FCV why do you care about how far others drive. The BDA and the GDA attract a much wider geography of players that other levels, followed closely by ECNL. This isn't that big of a deal except to those that are bitter and envious of everyone else outside their club and team. To those people, get a life.

NOT developing players
I too think it is silly for so many to troll on this board as it comes across as very petty...shows the true personality behind the anonymity of a keyboard.
If you have a kid at FCV, then take it a season at a time and if a drive to Springfield is necessary, then so be it. You are correct that the geography base is much wider. Much more than people who don't play at a DA club realize I believe.
ECNL used to be a larger geography base, but with so many in the area there really isn't a need to drive that far.

Still being defensive but go ahead and enjoy driving by all of those other options.

I don't really enjoy driving anywhere to be honest. But what I do know for sure is that I am certainly not going to waste my time driving to training for a coach that is developing players. I don't care how close or far it is.

should have said NOT developing players. If a coach is playing only to win, I don't care what league or how close it is, not going to spend the time or money on that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’d say since FCV DA right now is top quality, stick it out for the coming year and see where all this goes from a coaching and logistics perspective. If nothing else your kid will practice and play with really good talent and can make a move to another team in summer of 2020 if things change drastically for the worse. In the meantime, take everything your hear the coaches and admins tell you with a grain of salt.

I think that is good advice. I wouldn't be making decisions based on what some crazed, bitter and envious people on a message board say.

Who is bitter or envious of a Springfield location?

Not sure why it is so hard for people to grasp that if STJFCV or whatever they will be called actually moves trainings to STJ full-time, it will just attract a different geography of players. Obviously if the staff changes or the costs change, decisions MAY be affected. But you could speculate like that about every single club and every single team in those clubs.

It is truly a stupid thing to be this worried about unless you have a kid on FCV and you aren't willing to make that drive. If you don't have a kid on FCV why do you care about how far others drive. The BDA and the GDA attract a much wider geography of players that other levels, followed closely by ECNL. This isn't that big of a deal except to those that are bitter and envious of everyone else outside their club and team. To those people, get a life.

NOT developing players
I too think it is silly for so many to troll on this board as it comes across as very petty...shows the true personality behind the anonymity of a keyboard.
If you have a kid at FCV, then take it a season at a time and if a drive to Springfield is necessary, then so be it. You are correct that the geography base is much wider. Much more than people who don't play at a DA club realize I believe.
ECNL used to be a larger geography base, but with so many in the area there really isn't a need to drive that far.

Still being defensive but go ahead and enjoy driving by all of those other options.

I don't really enjoy driving anywhere to be honest. But what I do know for sure is that I am certainly not going to waste my time driving to training for a coach that is developing players. I don't care how close or far it is.

At least you are coming to terms that FCV will ultimately be at the St. James. That is a first step. Of course there will be people who will make the drive. It is just that many people seem to be clinging on to the hope that FCV will stay at Evergreen and in Loudoun in general.

So, step one is to come to terms with the likely outcome and that is within two years FCV's DA will be Springfield based.

Step two is to rationalize the drive because of the quality of the program while driving past several programs.

Again, this works fine for the tight carpool of starting players who get no less than 60 minutes a game.

But lets say you are a perennial second half sub who year after year just can't crack that starting spot. Is the drive worth it? Long drive, no HS soccer, no real role on the team, perennial backup?

Then the grades start to slip because you're giving up nearly 3 hours alone to sitting in a car and not getting home until 10 or 10:30. I'm sure lots of homework will get done in the carpool.

Then the truth starts to slip in that all along the college coaches were interested in your player because your player is GOOD and not actually the team or the club they play for. All of a sudden your DD is allowed to talk to the coaches herself and she takes ownership of the process as her own best advocate and little by little the club becomes less and less important.

Kids get recruited from different clubs all across the country. Not one club has a magic key and sooner or later you will realize that it was always about your DD and her ability.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’d say since FCV DA right now is top quality, stick it out for the coming year and see where all this goes from a coaching and logistics perspective. If nothing else your kid will practice and play with really good talent and can make a move to another team in summer of 2020 if things change drastically for the worse. In the meantime, take everything your hear the coaches and admins tell you with a grain of salt.

I think that is good advice. I wouldn't be making decisions based on what some crazed, bitter and envious people on a message board say.

Who is bitter or envious of a Springfield location?

Not sure why it is so hard for people to grasp that if STJFCV or whatever they will be called actually moves trainings to STJ full-time, it will just attract a different geography of players. Obviously if the staff changes or the costs change, decisions MAY be affected. But you could speculate like that about every single club and every single team in those clubs.

It is truly a stupid thing to be this worried about unless you have a kid on FCV and you aren't willing to make that drive. If you don't have a kid on FCV why do you care about how far others drive. The BDA and the GDA attract a much wider geography of players that other levels, followed closely by ECNL. This isn't that big of a deal except to those that are bitter and envious of everyone else outside their club and team. To those people, get a life.

NOT developing players
I too think it is silly for so many to troll on this board as it comes across as very petty...shows the true personality behind the anonymity of a keyboard.
If you have a kid at FCV, then take it a season at a time and if a drive to Springfield is necessary, then so be it. You are correct that the geography base is much wider. Much more than people who don't play at a DA club realize I believe.
ECNL used to be a larger geography base, but with so many in the area there really isn't a need to drive that far.

Still being defensive but go ahead and enjoy driving by all of those other options.

I don't really enjoy driving anywhere to be honest. But what I do know for sure is that I am certainly not going to waste my time driving to training for a coach that is developing players. I don't care how close or far it is.

At least you are coming to terms that FCV will ultimately be at the St. James. That is a first step. Of course there will be people who will make the drive. It is just that many people seem to be clinging on to the hope that FCV will stay at Evergreen and in Loudoun in general.

So, step one is to come to terms with the likely outcome and that is within two years FCV's DA will be Springfield based.

Step two is to rationalize the drive because of the quality of the program while driving past several programs.

Again, this works fine for the tight carpool of starting players who get no less than 60 minutes a game.

But lets say you are a perennial second half sub who year after year just can't crack that starting spot. Is the drive worth it? Long drive, no HS soccer, no real role on the team, perennial backup?

Then the grades start to slip because you're giving up nearly 3 hours alone to sitting in a car and not getting home until 10 or 10:30. I'm sure lots of homework will get done in the carpool.

Then the truth starts to slip in that all along the college coaches were interested in your player because your player is GOOD and not actually the team or the club they play for. All of a sudden your DD is allowed to talk to the coaches herself and she takes ownership of the process as her own best advocate and little by little the club becomes less and less important.

Kids get recruited from different clubs all across the country. Not one club has a magic key and sooner or later you will realize that it was always about your DD and her ability.

We can agree with that last sentence. However, along the way development is happening at much different pace depending on the coach(es) and training. So I am willing to drive to those coaches and trainings so long as my children are as committed as they should be for the sacrifices they are making.

Not sure why this continues to be so difficult for you to comprehend. You seem like you really are pumped up about Loudoun so let's use that for an example. I don't care if Loudoun trains within walking distance of my home if the coaches and trainers are doing what I consider a good job. I don't care what anyone else considers a good job either. I am very comfortable in my knowledge of the game and my ability to assess where good development can be found for my children.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’d say since FCV DA right now is top quality, stick it out for the coming year and see where all this goes from a coaching and logistics perspective. If nothing else your kid will practice and play with really good talent and can make a move to another team in summer of 2020 if things change drastically for the worse. In the meantime, take everything your hear the coaches and admins tell you with a grain of salt.

I think that is good advice. I wouldn't be making decisions based on what some crazed, bitter and envious people on a message board say.

Who is bitter or envious of a Springfield location?

Not sure why it is so hard for people to grasp that if STJFCV or whatever they will be called actually moves trainings to STJ full-time, it will just attract a different geography of players. Obviously if the staff changes or the costs change, decisions MAY be affected. But you could speculate like that about every single club and every single team in those clubs.

It is truly a stupid thing to be this worried about unless you have a kid on FCV and you aren't willing to make that drive. If you don't have a kid on FCV why do you care about how far others drive. The BDA and the GDA attract a much wider geography of players that other levels, followed closely by ECNL. This isn't that big of a deal except to those that are bitter and envious of everyone else outside their club and team. To those people, get a life.

NOT developing players
I too think it is silly for so many to troll on this board as it comes across as very petty...shows the true personality behind the anonymity of a keyboard.
If you have a kid at FCV, then take it a season at a time and if a drive to Springfield is necessary, then so be it. You are correct that the geography base is much wider. Much more than people who don't play at a DA club realize I believe.
ECNL used to be a larger geography base, but with so many in the area there really isn't a need to drive that far.

Still being defensive but go ahead and enjoy driving by all of those other options.

I don't really enjoy driving anywhere to be honest. But what I do know for sure is that I am certainly not going to waste my time driving to training for a coach that is developing players. I don't care how close or far it is.

At least you are coming to terms that FCV will ultimately be at the St. James. That is a first step. Of course there will be people who will make the drive. It is just that many people seem to be clinging on to the hope that FCV will stay at Evergreen and in Loudoun in general.

So, step one is to come to terms with the likely outcome and that is within two years FCV's DA will be Springfield based.

Step two is to rationalize the drive because of the quality of the program while driving past several programs.

Again, this works fine for the tight carpool of starting players who get no less than 60 minutes a game.

But lets say you are a perennial second half sub who year after year just can't crack that starting spot. Is the drive worth it? Long drive, no HS soccer, no real role on the team, perennial backup?

Then the grades start to slip because you're giving up nearly 3 hours alone to sitting in a car and not getting home until 10 or 10:30. I'm sure lots of homework will get done in the carpool.

Then the truth starts to slip in that all along the college coaches were interested in your player because your player is GOOD and not actually the team or the club they play for. All of a sudden your DD is allowed to talk to the coaches herself and she takes ownership of the process as her own best advocate and little by little the club becomes less and less important.

Kids get recruited from different clubs all across the country. Not one club has a magic key and sooner or later you will realize that it was always about your DD and her ability.

We can agree with that last sentence. However, along the way development is happening at much different pace depending on the coach(es) and training. So I am willing to drive to those coaches and trainings so long as my children are as committed as they should be for the sacrifices they are making.

Not sure why this continues to be so difficult for you to comprehend. You seem like you really are pumped up about Loudoun so let's use that for an example. I don't care if Loudoun trains within walking distance of my home if the coaches and trainers are doing what I consider a good job. I don't care what anyone else considers a good job either. I am very comfortable in my knowledge of the game and my ability to assess where good development can be found for my children.

*NOT doing a good job. Keep leaving that word NOT out. Lol.

[Anonymous]

Freudian slip - noun - an unintentional error regarded as revealing subconscious feelings.

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Anonymous wrote:Freudian slip - noun - an unintentional error regarded as revealing subconscious feelings.

As predictable a response as they come.

[Anonymous]

If you are only playing 20 minutes a game but for a winning DA team, is that good enough to get onto a good D1 soccer program? Or do only the starters make it to good D1 schools?

[Anonymous]

I think this poster must want you to leave FCv and go wherever his kid is to make her look better. Most of the FCV haters are from Spirit, MCLean and Loudoun. These girls didn’t make the FCV team, so they are annoyed about that, but happy to rub your longer commute in your face, and now they want you to leave what you have. As an aside the FCV team gets 4-5 times the number of coaches at a showcase than any other va or md team.. No comparison.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think this poster must want you to leave FCv and go wherever his kid is to make her look better. Most of the FCV haters are from Spirit, MCLean and Loudoun. These girls didn’t make the FCV team, so they are annoyed about that, but happy to rub your longer commute in your face, and now they want you to leave what you have. As an aside the FCV team gets 4-5 times the number of coaches at a showcase than any other va or md team.. No comparison.

If you are a starter at FCV it makes sense. If you are not a starter at FCV it doesn't really matter how many coaches show up to the games if you are bot on the field. And this is true just about anywhere at any level. If you are a sub you need to find a team where you can be a starter, period.

If you are only getting 20 minutes a game, you need a new team.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think this poster must want you to leave FCv and go wherever his kid is to make her look better. Most of the FCV haters are from Spirit, MCLean and Loudoun. These girls didn’t make the FCV team, so they are annoyed about that, but happy to rub your longer commute in your face, and now they want you to leave what you have. As an aside the FCV team gets 4-5 times the number of coaches at a showcase than any other va or md team.. No comparison.

And yet, FCV lover, you do know that Bobby and his merry band all spring have been happily calling girls at all of those other clubs you listed and trying to get them to defect and take your FCV players' spots, right? (whether moving that starter down, or moving the bench player on.) If you don't think it happens, you are crazy. You may still want to play for FCV, but have your eyes open.