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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]By the end of the season next year, people will realize how much FVU has fallen off.

The Boys have already fallen off (they were never really on) and the girls are headed straight for the cliff with no guardrails in sight [/quote] yep.  And got lower tier players with parents who chased ECNL badge.  Announcement will come next spring with the assumption that I expect little improvement.[/quote]

How is it that in a county as large as Fairfax, no one can figure out how to field uniformly successful ECNL teams? I know there are several other options in neighboring counties. Is this area truly just oversaturated with clubs? There are so many kids here that I can't believe it's a lack of talent. Are kids on Arlington or VSA/PWSI second team, for example, choosing to play RL rather than FVU?

Wouldn't a good coach be able to develop kids that are more on the bubble, into players that can compete at that level? So seems it's either a lack of good coaching or a lack of talent identification. Maybe both? [/quote]

Imho, it is mostly due to a number of recent changes. Union changing over a handful of times and getting aligned with different partners. The brief GA is the future uprising that swayed parents of younger kids. And finally the age group change.

I think once things are allowed to settle down a bit (that is if the landscape can stop having seismic changes every other year) then Union will have the chance to build, at least on the girls side. They are geographically best positioned to capture the most talent. No matter how much parents try to trick themselves, driving out to Long park is not how you want to be spending your week.

Of course leadership must continue to push towards running the organization in a more professional manner, at least on par with other area clubs. Setting up a true pipeline so that there is a foundation of a team by u13 that they can add onto will need to be a priority. [/quote] never happening.. talent will keep going to Arlington and VDA.   And there isn't enough elite kids in area.  FVU needs to start with actually getting fields they own.  Going to be alot of pissed off parents after next season.[/quote]

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