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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Let’s not forget Spirit VA has only been around for a year and half.  I think the club has done amazingly well considering that they started from scratch and without a direct pipeline to their DA.  If any other area club started from the ground up they’d be in the same situation from a win/loss results based evaluation after a year and half.  The other area DA teams have had their top players in their pipeline which allowed for consistency in training via shared club philosophy at all age levels. Every year there are players added and let go but this allows for little disruption in their overall playing system.  Spirit hasnt had that benefit yet.  Currently they have good players that came from multiple systems and simply need time to gel under a unified club training philosophy. Growing a program takes time and I hope the new leadership will invest in giving these players some more time to develop.

Some have said we are in a diluted area for soccer with too many elite options to play.  I would agree with that for this year and maybe next couple of years.  However looking ahead, Northern VA is still growing & growing.  More and more single family homes are being built everyday in Fairfax and especially Loudoun County.  This means more and more potential players will be in search for an elite club opportunity.  Look at Loudoun County alone and how many high schools are opening in the next few years or have recently just opened.  The population isn’t decreasing it’s only getting bigger and the market will be there.  I really believe it would be a long term mistake for Spirit to even consider giving up DA slot in such a fast growing pocket of the country.[/quote]

I doubt the player dilution factor weighs very heavily into this decision. More significant I think is the dilution of focus and resources that comes with it, and that it is more difficult to control your struggling brand with this dilution. The business of an NWSL franchise probably needs to be centered on the pro team. When that team is struggling, and has two DA franchises, one of which is also struggling and is likely to take years to mature for reasons beyond your control, it seems natural to want to prune that limb.

With regard to the local crowding in the WS VA area, population growth is unlikely to provide many more players for the club. The Reston area they are in has very little new construction, and the commute times there from the growing areas are getting longer by the day. The 4x practice commute plus home games in Md is untenable for many. They would be better off locating themselves further out to capture that.[/quote]

LOL. Loudoun County is one of the fastest growing counties in the country and is the wealthiest. There will be plenty of players that live 15 minutes away from Reston with a reverse commute to practice.[/quote]

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