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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]There are 21 pages and over 300 posts dedicated to a single club's dysfunction. Sure, other clubs are not perfect either, but somehow, it doesn't bleed out into the internet. This is not a "buyer beware" situation because other club's gossip is kept at a minimum. You sound more like the abusive husband who tries to point out the supposed failings of the neighbors husband to make himself somehow look better.[/b][/quote]

Except that VYS isn't an abusive husband. It's a youth soccer club that has made good decisions and some bad, some good hires and some bad. There are a variety of reasons why VYS gets talked about on this board more than other clubs -- the biggest would simply have to be that DCUM includes a handful of people whose kids play or have played there. And there are a couple of people with axes to grind who've chosen to do so here rather than on ... I don't know, Fairfax Racists' Underground or the local coffee bar.

I can give you some observations of other clubs if you like, though bear in mind that these are mostly limited looks from across the sidelines while watching games -- some involving VYS teams, some not (also, some travel, some All-Star, some other impressions). See if you can guess which clubs they are:

- A large club that teaches a beautiful passing style.  BETHESDA

- A club with turbulent partnerships.  FCV

- A large club with one local coaching legend, but the rest of the coaching carousel and the in-club politics seems scary.  MCLEAN

- A semi-rural club with travel teams that seem to be big, fast kids who haven't yet learned much skill.  FUTURE MONARCHS/MARYLAND UNITED

- A small club that keeps losing teams for some reason. FPYC

- A large club with DA teams. Almost as good as they think they are.  ARLINGTON

- A successful (non-DA) club where the coaches have struck me as friendly and professional.  BRYC

- A small club that isn't competitive at early ages, but they get better, so coaches must be doing something right.  THIS ONE IS TRICKY - I think BETHESDA fits but not small, I think Annandale &  McLean and get competitive but only because of recruiting and not small.  ALEXANDRIA? DC STODDERT?

- A large-ish club with overbearing coaches who are clearly encouraging "physical" play and gamesmanship, even in House All-Stars.  PWSI & ANNANDALE

- A mid-sized club with some good teams that veers toward "physical," but they have good footskills programs.  CYA & LMVSC

- A large club with some good teams whose parents really need to take it down a notch. - FCV again but you could add PWSI, SYA, CERRITOS

- A mid-sized club with a proud history and a partnership with DC Uni- ... oh, wait, we're merging with FC Virginia. - SYA
  
- A club named after its county, which is exurban and growing, so the population base can't help turning up a fair number of talented kids. Fortunately, it also has some good staff members in place. (OK, I can think of two meeting that description.)  LOUDOUN

- A boutique club that revolves around one guy with some ties to overseas clubs. (OK, maybe more than one there, too.) - JOGA & CUGINI but ties to overseas are all hype anyone can pay $10000 and go find teams in Europe to play.

Looking forward to your guesses.[/quote]

How did I do?[/quote]

About 50%. You missed on the smaller ones -- I'd consider FPYC mid-sized. And in some cases (CERRITOS), your answer is as good as the one I had in mind. So not bad -- most of your answers are at least plausible.[/quote]

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