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soccerNOVA wrote:Pepe wrote:Beyond necessary. DMV area was so concentrated with clubs. Clubs from Dallas, LA, and NY to name a few have fewer clubs that our area did. Working well for VDA, others followed. Clubs get more players, higher quality, better training in long run. There is no con to any of this for the players and clubs.
We’re still in a soccer hotbed. Just a couple of teams would make NOVA teams great, but travel to practice would be a nightmare for some families. I like the consolidation, but it’s not necessary to go that far. Consider that on the girls side all 5 NOVA teams are in the top 6 teams in ECNL at the U13 age group. That’s the first year things have been settled with the semi-recent promotion of Loudoun to ECNL, and the more recent consolidations leading to Union and Brave.
Things are more uneven in the boys side, but that’s because MLS Next has two teams that attract players in addition to the 5 ECNL clubs - and Alexandria and Springfield happen to be right next to each other.
If NOVA youth soccer was starting from scratch and I could align teams however I wanted, I’d make 4 top league county teams for both boys and girls. Those would go in Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William. And they would all start at U13 and not be affiliated with youth programs whose missions should be different.
A hotbed? Really? What makes you determine that? California and Texas are soccer hotbeds. NOVA, like every other densely populated area with lots of affluence, produces plenty of players. Philly, Boston, Charlotte, NY/NJ, Atlanta, South Florida are also “hotbeds”
I don’t see how this diluted anything. Still have the same number of ECNL teams and players in the area. Assuming ECNL was already pulling the best players from the region, isn’t it just the same players under a different team name?
Va_soccer_mom wrote:FC Virginia’s website is pretty bad. I have not heard anything good about their rec program or boys travel program so would rather pay for a better organized program with a better reputation.
Isn’t it wonderful that you are able to afford to pay for the program you choose? Not everyone has that luxury and some have to go with the free one with a bad website.
SoccerSkeptic wrote:lojack74 wrote:soccer197 wrote:A club in Virginia is now offering free rec soccer. I hope this catches on and more clubs do it. I would be glad to have my kids wear uniforms covered with corporate logos in order to reduce costs. Bravo
What's with the tease? Who is this club, and where are they??
I saw that same ad, it was FCV and free rec was sponsored by a car dealer.
Yes that was it. I saw the ad on FB and couldn’t remember the club https://www.fcvirginia.com/recsoccer
A club in Virginia is now offering free rec soccer. I hope this catches on and more clubs do it. I would be glad to have my kids wear uniforms covered with corporate logos in order to reduce costs. Bravo
Which conference? Searchable on Google. For example here is girls mid Atlantic from last season https://public.totalglobalsports.com/public/event/2366/
Looks like the youth soccer games site has added rankings now. https://youthsoccergames.com