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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]VDA was just one loss away from not going to the North American Cup. They were closer to not qualifying for the North American Cup than they were to qualifying for the Champions League Tournament, yet somehow they are ranked 2nd in the region in your eyes.

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VDA had 9 draws this year too. If two of those draws become wins, they are in champions league. The visceral reaction to anyone suggesting any of the 04-07 vda teams are or will be good is great. Why are you so mad fcv and metro dads?[/quote]

VDA 06 is a very, very good team. No argument there. VDA will be a force in the coming years, but that doesn't mean the 04's and older are. And the reason is simple, FCV and McLean already stocked up on talent before VDA on the girls side was in DA. Kids at PWSI and VSA moved on to other clubs. Now VDA is keeping those kids and the results are showing in the younger age groups. Just as they will with Loudoun as well at the younger ages.

I'm not anti VDA. I just have a hard time reconciling VDA being 2nd in the region when they have not demonstratively proven to be better than either BRYC or MD United. To me they are all about the same level but until VDA shows it on the field this year, without knowing about some significant upgrade in talent or significant departure in talent at BRYC or MD United I just don't see a number 2 team there.

The second issue is not really about VDA but the local dilution. The fact that one can even make the argument that a 6th place team in ECNL Mid Atlantic is the second best team in this region is pretty significant problem regarding dilution. And frankly, there isn't any team at the 04 age group in either DA or ECNL who performed significantly better than 5th or 6th place.

ECNL
BRYC 5th
VDA 6th
Loudoun 8th
McLean 9th

DA:
FCV 1
Spirit MD 5th
Arlington 6th
Spirit VA 8th (last)

That is pretty abysmal all around.

When considering only these clubs by tiers:
Top 15 DA teams and Top 15 ECNL teams all better than:

FCV

BRYC/Spirit MD
Arlington/VDA/Loudoun
McLean/Metro
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