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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FCV was an early member of ECNL, when member clubs held single-vote blackball privileges to keep out new applicants. For years they protected their turf well, successfully spiking Loudoun’s annual bid and poaching their top players who aspired to play at the next level. As a for-profit venture, this played well with their business model. But when the DA was announced, Loudoun was awarded that bid. In order to hop on that bandwagon, FCV formed a strategic partnership with Loudoun for the DA and left ECNL, burning many bridges in the process. The joint venture lasted less than a year, Loudoun abandoned them and submitted again for ECNL. Without FCV to blackball them, they were immediately accepted. When the DA imploded, FCV attempted to rejoin ECNL but were denied, due to bad blood over their departure. They then became a founding member of the GA.

Their success in placing players at the next level was due to the sheer effort of one person to promote the heck out of his girls. The level of support their players got in recruitment was second to none, again because their for-profit model depended on it. [b]But they were never heads-and-shoulder above the local ECNL teams during the rare times they had matches.[/b] Very good, but by no means dominant and definitely not the undisputed best. [/quote]

Disagree and I have seen those matches...They were much more technical and had much better ball handing skills hands down. Love or hate FCV, there is a reason why this forum continues to talk about their positives and negatives. [/quote]

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