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[quote=SpiritVAParent]Wow, did things take a rumor-driven turn here. Personally, I think any kids, girls or boys, should have a backup plan because things happen—kid moves to the area who displaces the player. Injury. Awkward path through puberty. I’ve cultivated a couple of backup options for my daughter all along. Because things happen.

I still think it’s more likely that there could be a new partnership of some kind (BRYC would be geographically logical) rather than a full closure of Spirit VA. But if there is any truth to the rumor of a Spirit VA shutdown, one thing I’m pretty sure about is that the coaching staff would help the girls find good follow-on appropriate places to play. Some probably at non-DA/ECNL levels.

But regardless of what turns out to be true, it’s probably good for the girls to realize that this is the first step in a process riddled with this kind of thing. You want coach Smith to watch you at a showcase but she spends time with the top bracket CA teams instead. You get recruited at school X then never play. You want school Y but that coach prefers the other left back on your club team. You sign with an NWSL team in your hometown where you can live with your parents but then the Boston Breakers fold and you’re living in high-cost DC. Either you move through those things and work with your backup plans or you don’t.

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