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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=RantingSoccerDad][quote=Anonymous]After 2 weeks with the program, my kid loves it.  Just like any other club, skill levels vary but none of the kids are penalized or given an advantage based on level of play.  I love sitting and watching practice without all the gossip from other parents.  I don't know you and you don't know me, i'm good with that.  I'm not here to party with parents or looking for white rocks in your yard.

Coaches are all legit, no arrogant pricks like with other clubs.  I don't talk to them, but a friendly wave or handshake is what I get and all I need.  Onto the pitch, they teach the kids...let me repeat...teach.  No yelling for motivation, they simply teach.  We have had a different coach for each practice and they have all been solid.  I have no idea how we would do against an outside team, but my child is having fun learning soccer again, enough said.[/quote]

I know I got in trouble for saying it before, but this really does sound so much like PAC. Surely more ambitious, though, if they're entering teams in EDP. [/quote]

Take it for what it's worth, but the word that the owner of the company that brought FCB into the partnership claimed that there was resistance to FCB teams entering local leagues from other clubs....assumption was NCSL and/or VPL, but I don't remember a league named.  This was at a club meeting where he said he wanted to "unleash soccer" on the area.  So, yeah, there is a lot of "ambition" involved. [/quote]

Some of the top teams in the age groups are starting in the top Division of EDP, alongside #1 ranked VA and #1 MD teams.  These are the teams that had success in several competitive tournaments.  Again, just the older teams are entering EDP until Spring.  It's still very early--but they haven't veered from using the games for development purposes vs wins. Kids play equal amounts, in different positions and they don't veer off methodology.  They were worried about entering competition too early and have kids slide into old bad habits.  These teams are very new and going up against many that have been playing together for years and with a style they are just getting comfortable with for the most part--so if nothing, it will be interesting.  I think most of the people in it care more about the weekly training sessions than sheer results at this point.

And, yes, there wasn't a very warm welcome for them.  And, there was active resistance in some cases to prevent them from entering leagues and I think that was the context--and that statement was said partly in jest.  But, of course, they do ultimately want to be successful over time.  Development takes time and it's been fun to watch the progression.  [/quote]

I agree and think it will be good for them to get into league play.  I think NCSL or ODSL would have been a good choice as a starting point, especially for the young teams.  Not sure why there would be so much resistance from those clubs.
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Some of the teams that were placed in EDP have already beaten and shown to be competitive against top teams, so starting them in ODSL would be ridiculous.  They have many different levels at the Academy.   And most leagues have different tiers so it should sort itself out.[/quote]

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