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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yeah, it sounds like expensive rec soccer to me. No thanks[/quote]

Except that they have a lot of D1 and D2 teams.

I met some VISTA parents at the Richmond tournament this weekend. They seemed a lot happier than the rest of us.[/quote]

Except the highest level reached is only one VISTA team in D2 in NCSL. And "VISTA" is not a club but an affiliation of independent teams. There is no oversight, no developmental plan, just a dude who possibly coached a rec team, liked the team and somehow kept the band together to play some travel soccer. If the coach decides to stop coaching it is up to the team to find the replacement. That sounds fun.

For the equivalent level of teams the prices at Loudoun Soccer range from $1000-$1500 depending on age. In some cases the $200 difference likely is not worth the potential mom and pop hassles. [/quote]

Listen guy, your club changes coaches every year, I was at a club once where due to the career of the coach, 20-something former college player, taking off and needing to dedicate more time to his FT position he had to quite mid-fall season.  He was asked to quite because he was missing practices and games.  They found another coach who already had a team, and had that coach takeover the practices and coaching games.  The problem of a coach leaving isn't just for the independent club, and if the coach were to move, then he wouldn't need a replacement for his son/daughter, but otherwise the coach that were to leave would still want a coach to train his son/daughter and would probably try to find another coach.  If you were to say that from one year to the next, you would might end up having to quit the team because other players leave, then there is no difference in changing clubs from one year to another.

For the price, Loudoun does not charge as little as $1,000 for any travel team...

Finally, for those non-believers that say $300/season is impossible, I direct you to the PWSI Classic program for $625/player for 17-2018.  It requires a coach to volunteer his time and has to show some ambition in attempting to get a license, but otherwise they give you a couple tournaments in one year, give you practice fields and make it affordable.  Take a peek for yourself through the link, and ask yourself if the coach for your travel team shows so much more knowledge and patience in the training and games that a volunteer(gasp!) that knows soccer just as well and has interest in their DC learning  wouldn't be able to match.  I have been frustrated many a time when I see the travel coach going through the motions of training, and even though the kids didn't get the point of the drill or the technique, they move on the next drill in their prescribed lesson plan.

http://www.pwsi.org/Default.aspx?tabid=546276

Check out the teams as well, plenty of parents have formed teams with this affordable option.[/quote]

Loudoun Fees:
http://www.loudounsoccer.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Travel-Fees-for-2017-2018.pdf

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You cherry-picked the most watered-down program for the oldest-age group, I do wonder how many young men sign up for that U19 program if they have already committed to a college program, or decided that soccer isn't for them and no sense in spending $ in the last season while they're 18-19 yo.  What kind of trainer for the 'Travel 2' program do you think you're going to get?  And on top there is a Team Fee that I imagine isn't negotiable so it will certainly be more around $1,200 for the year.[/quote]

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