NVA/Loudoun to MLS Next

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Anonymous wrote:It seems like they’re not really fans of ECNL or the direction the league is headed. I think their decision to move on is pretty bold, but they might end up looking like geniuses soon!

Loudoun will always be a step behind because they don’t take the time to develop their teams. You see it from the u littles - all they care about is winning that’s why these teams struggle when they get older. They moved on from ECNL because they can’t stand being the small fish in a big pond.

You are clueless, Loudoun has some of the most competitive younger age teams in dmv.

Very true, solely from a HUGE pool of young local players. It's slipped in qualify recently with the influx of other clubs. They don't develop their players they just grab the meanest and fastest kids and run them into the ground by u14 when you have to understand how to move the ball not just blast and chase it

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It seems like they’re not really fans of ECNL or the direction the league is headed. I think their decision to move on is pretty bold, but they might end up looking like geniuses soon!

Are they geniuses if they are the same people who went all in and pushed for ECNL in the first place?

Therein lies the rub. A “changing landscape” is part of the strategy. Funny how the landscape doesn’t change much in my other kid’s sports.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It seems like they’re not really fans of ECNL or the direction the league is headed. I think their decision to move on is pretty bold, but they might end up looking like geniuses soon!

Loudoun will always be a step behind because they don’t take the time to develop their teams. You see it from the u littles - all they care about is winning that’s why these teams struggle when they get older. They moved on from ECNL because they can’t stand being the small fish in a big pond.

nor have the energy and resources to properly care for and develop their girls. Ez fix enter mlsn and asspire. That will certainly scratch everyones’s itch. Because the girls really wanted to play for GA in the first place …..

What does NVA bring to the table for the girls that multiple other clubs don’t have or do better?


Smh…

[Anonymous]

Location

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no vrsc is right around the corner w better facilities

But i hear u… the monopoly on fields probably helps. Kept most of us traveling cross counties for practice…. Not anymore . NvaG parents had a good run. Carpooling is in some-of our cards

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It seems like they’re not really fans of ECNL or the direction the league is headed. I think their decision to move on is pretty bold, but they might end up looking like geniuses soon!

Loudoun will always be a step behind because they don’t take the time to develop their teams. You see it from the u littles - all they care about is winning that’s why these teams struggle when they get older. They moved on from ECNL because they can’t stand being the small fish in a big pond.

You are clueless, Loudoun has some of the most competitive younger age teams in dmv.

Very true, solely from a HUGE pool of young local players. It's slipped in qualify recently with the influx of other clubs. They don't develop their players they just grab the meanest and fastest kids and run them into the ground by u14 when you have to understand how to move the ball not just blast and chase it

Tell me which ECNL does develop their players. They all recruit and import players. VDA is exhibit A. Sure, clubs will have some players who have been with them since U9 but that’s not development that’s just luck that a talented player happened to live nearby. There is not a single top player at these clubs who wouldn’t have been just as good had they been born 20 miles away and joined a different club at U9

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It seems like they’re not really fans of ECNL or the direction the league is headed. I think their decision to move on is pretty bold, but they might end up looking like geniuses soon!

Loudoun will always be a step behind because they don’t take the time to develop their teams. You see it from the u littles - all they care about is winning that’s why these teams struggle when they get older. They moved on from ECNL because they can’t stand being the small fish in a big pond.

You are clueless, Loudoun has some of the most competitive younger age teams in dmv.

Very true, solely from a HUGE pool of young local players. It's slipped in qualify recently with the influx of other clubs. They don't develop their players they just grab the meanest and fastest kids and run them into the ground by u14 when you have to understand how to move the ball not just blast and chase it

Tell me which ECNL does develop their players. They all recruit and import players. VDA is exhibit A. Sure, clubs will have some players who have been with them since U9 but that’s not development that’s just luck that a talented player happened to live nearby. There is not a single top player at these clubs who wouldn’t have been just as good had they been born 20 miles away and joined a different club at U9

So what’s your point? Not challenging you but dont follow your point? Also, if every club on this thread doesn’t develop kids, how do kids transfer from other clubs? I hear this argument about the big clubs, they dont develop kids. But as a parent who does not have a kid on these big clubs, is that really the case? From outside looking in, it seems like they practice just like everyone else. While yes, some new kids come in, is it really fair that these clubs do no development? Honest question.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It seems like they’re not really fans of ECNL or the direction the league is headed. I think their decision to move on is pretty bold, but they might end up looking like geniuses soon!

Loudoun will always be a step behind because they don’t take the time to develop their teams. You see it from the u littles - all they care about is winning that’s why these teams struggle when they get older. They moved on from ECNL because they can’t stand being the small fish in a big pond.

You are clueless, Loudoun has some of the most competitive younger age teams in dmv.

Very true, solely from a HUGE pool of young local players. It's slipped in qualify recently with the influx of other clubs. They don't develop their players they just grab the meanest and fastest kids and run them into the ground by u14 when you have to understand how to move the ball not just blast and chase it

Tell me which ECNL does develop their players. They all recruit and import players. VDA is exhibit A. Sure, clubs will have some players who have been with them since U9 but that’s not development that’s just luck that a talented player happened to live nearby. There is not a single top player at these clubs who wouldn’t have been just as good had they been born 20 miles away and joined a different club at U9

So what’s your point? Not challenging you but dont follow your point? Also, if every club on this thread doesn’t develop kids, how do kids transfer from other clubs? I hear this argument about the big clubs, they dont develop kids. But as a parent who does not have a kid on these big clubs, is that really the case? From outside looking in, it seems like they practice just like everyone else. While yes, some new kids come in, is it really fair that these clubs do no development? Honest question.

Anyone looking for a club and practice to develop your kid is not serious. Development should be happening by training at home and with external training. Practice is to make the team better...not your kid.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It seems like they’re not really fans of ECNL or the direction the league is headed. I think their decision to move on is pretty bold, but they might end up looking like geniuses soon!

Loudoun will always be a step behind because they don’t take the time to develop their teams. You see it from the u littles - all they care about is winning that’s why these teams struggle when they get older. They moved on from ECNL because they can’t stand being the small fish in a big pond.

You are clueless, Loudoun has some of the most competitive younger age teams in dmv.

Very true, solely from a HUGE pool of young local players. It's slipped in qualify recently with the influx of other clubs. They don't develop their players they just grab the meanest and fastest kids and run them into the ground by u14 when you have to understand how to move the ball not just blast and chase it

Tell me which ECNL does develop their players. They all recruit and import players. VDA is exhibit A. Sure, clubs will have some players who have been with them since U9 but that’s not development that’s just luck that a talented player happened to live nearby. There is not a single top player at these clubs who wouldn’t have been just as good had they been born 20 miles away and joined a different club at U9

So what’s your point? Not challenging you but dont follow your point? Also, if every club on this thread doesn’t develop kids, how do kids transfer from other clubs? I hear this argument about the big clubs, they dont develop kids. But as a parent who does not have a kid on these big clubs, is that really the case? From outside looking in, it seems like they practice just like everyone else. While yes, some new kids come in, is it really fair that these clubs do no development? Honest question.

I've yet to come across any good player that was "developed" by their club. Due to the prices we pay most of these parents expect that rather than being realistic about it. Then they're the same parents crying about other players getting better and getting more opportunities, not taking into consideration the amount of supplemental training the realistic parents provided.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It seems like they’re not really fans of ECNL or the direction the league is headed. I think their decision to move on is pretty bold, but they might end up looking like geniuses soon!

Loudoun will always be a step behind because they don’t take the time to develop their teams. You see it from the u littles - all they care about is winning that’s why these teams struggle when they get older. They moved on from ECNL because they can’t stand being the small fish in a big pond.

You are clueless, Loudoun has some of the most competitive younger age teams in dmv.

Very true, solely from a HUGE pool of young local players. It's slipped in qualify recently with the influx of other clubs. They don't develop their players they just grab the meanest and fastest kids and run them into the ground by u14 when you have to understand how to move the ball not just blast and chase it

Tell me which ECNL does develop their players. They all recruit and import players. VDA is exhibit A. Sure, clubs will have some players who have been with them since U9 but that’s not development that’s just luck that a talented player happened to live nearby. There is not a single top player at these clubs who wouldn’t have been just as good had they been born 20 miles away and joined a different club at U9

So what’s your point? Not challenging you but dont follow your point? Also, if every club on this thread doesn’t develop kids, how do kids transfer from other clubs? I hear this argument about the big clubs, they dont develop kids. But as a parent who does not have a kid on these big clubs, is that really the case? From outside looking in, it seems like they practice just like everyone else. While yes, some new kids come in, is it really fair that these clubs do no development? Honest question.

Anyone looking for a club and practice to develop your kid is not serious. Development should be happening by training at home and with external training. Practice is to make the team better...not your kid.

This is the truth right here. Club trainings are to improve the team as a whole, tactically, etc.

If a family has the $ and resources to go to VDA and they're a baller, that is the place to go since BP is truly the king of exposure if you have the resources and funds to send your kid to what he can get you access to. Soccer exposure costs money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It seems like they’re not really fans of ECNL or the direction the league is headed. I think their decision to move on is pretty bold, but they might end up looking like geniuses soon!

Loudoun will always be a step behind because they don’t take the time to develop their teams. You see it from the u littles - all they care about is winning that’s why these teams struggle when they get older. They moved on from ECNL because they can’t stand being the small fish in a big pond.

You are clueless, Loudoun has some of the most competitive younger age teams in dmv.

Very true, solely from a HUGE pool of young local players. It's slipped in qualify recently with the influx of other clubs. They don't develop their players they just grab the meanest and fastest kids and run them into the ground by u14 when you have to understand how to move the ball not just blast and chase it

Tell me which ECNL does develop their players. They all recruit and import players. VDA is exhibit A. Sure, clubs will have some players who have been with them since U9 but that’s not development that’s just luck that a talented player happened to live nearby. There is not a single top player at these clubs who wouldn’t have been just as good had they been born 20 miles away and joined a different club at U9

So what’s your point? Not challenging you but dont follow your point? Also, if every club on this thread doesn’t develop kids, how do kids transfer from other clubs? I hear this argument about the big clubs, they dont develop kids. But as a parent who does not have a kid on these big clubs, is that really the case? From outside looking in, it seems like they practice just like everyone else. While yes, some new kids come in, is it really fair that these clubs do no development? Honest question.

I've yet to come across any good player that was "developed" by their club. Due to the prices we pay most of these parents expect that rather than being realistic about it. Then they're the same parents crying about other players getting better and getting more opportunities, not taking into consideration the amount of supplemental training the realistic parents provided.

So their skill comes from…? A weekly personal trainer once a week yields the same return as 3-4 times a week of practices and the parent? Camps in the summer? I have heard this argument about clubs not developing players but it doesn’t hit with me. The development has to come from somewhere, no?

[Anonymous]

Announcement today

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It seems like they’re not really fans of ECNL or the direction the league is headed. I think their decision to move on is pretty bold, but they might end up looking like geniuses soon!

Loudoun will always be a step behind because they don’t take the time to develop their teams. You see it from the u littles - all they care about is winning that’s why these teams struggle when they get older. They moved on from ECNL because they can’t stand being the small fish in a big pond.

You are clueless, Loudoun has some of the most competitive younger age teams in dmv.

Very true, solely from a HUGE pool of young local players. It's slipped in qualify recently with the influx of other clubs. They don't develop their players they just grab the meanest and fastest kids and run them into the ground by u14 when you have to understand how to move the ball not just blast and chase it

Tell me which ECNL does develop their players. They all recruit and import players. VDA is exhibit A. Sure, clubs will have some players who have been with them since U9 but that’s not development that’s just luck that a talented player happened to live nearby. There is not a single top player at these clubs who wouldn’t have been just as good had they been born 20 miles away and joined a different club at U9

So what’s your point? Not challenging you but dont follow your point? Also, if every club on this thread doesn’t develop kids, how do kids transfer from other clubs? I hear this argument about the big clubs, they dont develop kids. But as a parent who does not have a kid on these big clubs, is that really the case? From outside looking in, it seems like they practice just like everyone else. While yes, some new kids come in, is it really fair that these clubs do no development? Honest question.

I've yet to come across any good player that was "developed" by their club. Due to the prices we pay most of these parents expect that rather than being realistic about it. Then they're the same parents crying about other players getting better and getting more opportunities, not taking into consideration the amount of supplemental training the realistic parents provided.

So their skill comes from…? A weekly personal trainer once a week yields the same return as 3-4 times a week of practices and the parent? Camps in the summer? I have heard this argument about clubs not developing players but it doesn’t hit with me. The development has to come from somewhere, no?

Generally it lies within the player and their desire to get better on their own, however that may be. Could be their own drive, personal training, so on and so forth. Does the club play a part in it? I guess you could say so. I guarantee you'll find stories of players that have been in environments in clubs where they were on the bottom end of the roster and didn't get many minutes on the field, does that play into their development? One could say yeah depending on if the player took that as a drive to go on their own and get better. Another could say that hurt the player and they lost their love for the game.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Announcement today

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It seems like they’re not really fans of ECNL or the direction the league is headed. I think their decision to move on is pretty bold, but they might end up looking like geniuses soon!

Loudoun will always be a step behind because they don’t take the time to develop their teams. You see it from the u littles - all they care about is winning that’s why these teams struggle when they get older. They moved on from ECNL because they can’t stand being the small fish in a big pond.

You are clueless, Loudoun has some of the most competitive younger age teams in dmv.

Very true, solely from a HUGE pool of young local players. It's slipped in qualify recently with the influx of other clubs. They don't develop their players they just grab the meanest and fastest kids and run them into the ground by u14 when you have to understand how to move the ball not just blast and chase it

Tell me which ECNL does develop their players. They all recruit and import players. VDA is exhibit A. Sure, clubs will have some players who have been with them since U9 but that’s not development that’s just luck that a talented player happened to live nearby. There is not a single top player at these clubs who wouldn’t have been just as good had they been born 20 miles away and joined a different club at U9

So what’s your point? Not challenging you but dont follow your point? Also, if every club on this thread doesn’t develop kids, how do kids transfer from other clubs? I hear this argument about the big clubs, they dont develop kids. But as a parent who does not have a kid on these big clubs, is that really the case? From outside looking in, it seems like they practice just like everyone else. While yes, some new kids come in, is it really fair that these clubs do no development? Honest question.

I've yet to come across any good player that was "developed" by their club. Due to the prices we pay most of these parents expect that rather than being realistic about it. Then they're the same parents crying about other players getting better and getting more opportunities, not taking into consideration the amount of supplemental training the realistic parents provided.

So their skill comes from…? A weekly personal trainer once a week yields the same return as 3-4 times a week of practices and the parent? Camps in the summer? I have heard this argument about clubs not developing players but it doesn’t hit with me. The development has to come from somewhere, no?

Generally it lies within the player and their desire to get better on their own, however that may be. Could be their own drive, personal training, so on and so forth. Does the club play a part in it? I guess you could say so. I guarantee you'll find stories of players that have been in environments in clubs where they were on the bottom end of the roster and didn't get many minutes on the field, does that play into their development? One could say yeah depending on if the player took that as a drive to go on their own and get better. Another could say that hurt the player and they lost their love for the game.

That is a fair point. To that extent, no club develops players. I dont agree but let’s go with it. From your perspective, could be different with boys than girls, but when do you see think it really matters for that drive to kick in? I just watched a swimming documentary, I know, not normal, and one of the best Australian swimmers didnt have the bug until 14. Granted, there is raw talent, etc., but that fire had to light to go to the next level.