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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"They also make it pretty clear that if you don’t go to both days of tryouts that it reduces the likelihood of making a team."

How the heck can folks fit in tryouts for more than one team with that requirement?[/quote]
With the low price, small roster size, and reasonable level of competitiveness, the demand for MVSA is high. Unless a player decides they want to play for a higher level team, families are generally pretty loyal to MVSA and will come back year after year, so people are going to prioritize getting to MVSA tryouts.

Because of the long history of the club and length of time MVSA many of their coaches have been around, MVSA is a bit of a throwback. They do little recruiting (although many MCPS HS coaches are MVSA coaches so there is a bit of a pipeline there), they have resisted the trend of teams going to multiple qualifiers, and even their 1s teams go to a lot of regional tournaments. I think sticking with this tried and true formula continues to work for the most part, but I do think as the level of play continues to increase (both locally and nationally) MVSA is going to continue to slip in terms of their teams' rankings within the region. But I don't know that is a concern for the most part. There is always going to be a place for a good quality club at a reasonable price. Every club doesn't need to be striving for open bids and trying to send their entire 18s team to play in college every year. MVSA players who are looking for something more will go to other clubs and will be well trained when they get there.[/quote]

Is MVSA slipping in the rankings? I thought they did really well last season, like having many of their 2 teams do better in their age group than other good teams' 1 teams?[/quote]
I don't think they've slipped yet, but it's seeming like the writing is on the wall.  A lot of their success has been due to being able to get good players at the club when they were really young. Some might leave as they get older, but a core group of solid, experienced players would stay. This resulted in their younger teams being near the top in the region and then their older teams being slightly less successful, but still quite good and competing for bids at regionals and dominating local tournaments (most of the more competitive CHRVA clubs only go to the minimum numbers of regional tournaments to satisfy the requirements for bid regionals, but MVSA still has all of their teams attend tons of regional tournaments). They were one of the only CHRVA clubs that had teams in age groups younger than 12 so the players on their 12s teams already had a year or two of club experience while most other 12s teams were all beginners. More clubs are starting teams at 10s and 11s which will result in more competitive CHRVA teams in those age groups. Additionally, Paramount, Metro, and VA Elite have added 12s teams designed to be competitive.  I think with more clubs for younger players to start out and more competitive options for 12s, MVSA will no longer the only game in town for young players which is likely to reduce the talent pipeline for their older teams.[/quote]

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