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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=FPYCparent]Boarding a plane tomorrow for Big South.  DD's team has yet to earn a bid to Chicago.  Philadelphia next weekend.

Other than the bids listed above, have any others been earned by CHRVA teams?  (I'd be interested in the bid tracking website, if anyone knows where to find it.)

I see that the Paramount 16s now have this "16 USA" icon when listed on the [url=https://results.advancedeventsystems.com/event/PTAwMDAwMzAwMzA90/divisions/137145/standings]standings of the recent regional[/url] (<== link).  What does that signify (since no other team across 14s, 15s, and 16s seem to have a similar designation)?[/quote]

U12: MDJRS (National Bid), MVSA (American Bid)
U13: Metro (National Bid), LEVBC (American Bid)
U14: Paramount (National Bid), Blue Ridge (American Bid), Metro (Freedom Bid)
U15: Paramount (National Bid), Metro (American Bid), MVSA (Freedom Bid)
U16: Metro (National Bid), Paramount (USA Bid, which was earned at the Sunshine National Qualifier), Blue Ridge (American Bid), MVSA (Freedom Bid)
U17: Blue Ridge (National Bid), Paramount (American Bid), MDJRS (Freedom Bid)
U18: Paramount (Open Bid, Double qualified in open), Metro (open bid, triple qualified in open), VA Juniors (National Bid); not sure who got the American and Freedom Bids in 18s[/quote]

Updated bids earned by the CHRVA teams

U12: MDJRS (National Bid), MVSA (American Bid)
U13: Metro (National Bid), LEVBC (American Bid)
U14: Paramount (National Bid), MDJRS (Liberty Bid, earned at Northeast Qualifier), Blue Ridge (American Bid), Metro (Freedom Bid), VA Juniors (Freedom Bid, reallocated from another region)
U15: Paramount (National Bid), Metro (American Bid), MVSA (Freedom Bid), Blue Ridge (Freedom Bid, reallocated)
U16: Metro (National Bid), Paramount (USA Bid, which was earned at the Sunshine National Qualifier), Blue Ridge (American Bid), MVSA (Freedom Bid), VA Juniors (Freedom Bid, reallocated)
U17: Metro (Open Bid, earned at Northeast Qualifier), Blue Ridge (National Bid), Paramount (American Bid), MDJRS (American Bid, reallocated), EC Power Chesapeake (Freedom Bid, reallocated)
U18: Paramount (Open Bid, Double qualified in open), Metro (open bid, triple qualified in open), VA Juniors (National Bid), EC Power Chesapeake (American Bid), Vienna Elite (Freedom Bid), Columbia (Freedom Bid, reallocated)[/quote]

Just for context - open is where the best play, by a long way, National is equivalent of HS ball, American is a poor HS level and Freedom is like rec league.[/quote]

How many teams get a bid? Only 12-16 teams (out of the many clubs in the area) get to play at the CHRVA bid regionals. Usually 3rd place team in CHRVA makes freedom bid. So are the other teams that don't make the regional bid championship or get a bid [b]below rec league level[/b]? [/quote]

Disagree with PP regarding National being equivalent to HS ball at least for people in the CHRVA region unless you are referring to those teams that go to Regionals and State in HS. National will be hodgepodge depending on the regions represented at USAV Girls Jr Nationals. You can only get National level by winning the top spot in your region (or however other regions decide how to allocate their bids). For CHRVA, it is a one and done tournament - top 16 go in, top 3 come out with a bid at National, American and Freedom in that order. Open bids can only be received by going to a national qualifier and winning first or second (or for some tournaments if enough teams playing a 3rd Open bid). USAV also has a few at large that they will give out to some teams each year to go to USAV Nationals. It is true Open is the top level in the country. However, some regions have really really strong clubs and they may not have won an Open bid at a national qualifier but will be in the National division at Nationals. For weak/weaker regions, top in that region may equate to other regions' HS ball. Strong regions with a team in National division represent Open/near Open level of play in the National division and will overrun those weaker regions at nationals in the first day.

There is a BIG drop between National level and American level in USAV. For the CHRVA region, I would say American is a broad spectrum and is your average HS ball, maybe not the top 6A HS ball top team play but depends on age group and which HS team. The 2nd place regional teams that got American bids typically go to a national qualifier to get a higher division bid like Open, USA and Liberty which are all higher than American. Metro 15s came in 2nd at CHRVA tournament and got the American bid but then just got an Open bid at NEQs. The upper American teams and lower National teams depending on region are closer to HS range of ball. Freedom division teams will also be hodge podge and HS ball but not your strong HS upperclassmen ball. I would say for CHRVA, the teams that have gotten Freedom bids and those receiving trickle down Freedom bids (where they didn't finish top 3) are quite strong.

The 13 other teams of the 16 teams that go to the CHRVA regional tournament but didn't get bids are still much better than rec league any day. There are 120+ teams in CHRVA depending on the age group. Yes, there are many in that group that are similar to rec/beginner level. That doesn't mean all else other than top 3 are below rec level. [/quote]

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