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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]there's nothing wrong with being a local club. GFR has never been a destination club. It has always been on par with the Herndons and Valors of the world. [/quote]

Both those clubs have pathways and Valor is the strongest club in Union now -- probably the only decent one. GFR has been a strong club but will continue to decline unless they fix their pathway issue.[/quote]

GFR had a pathway to NVA and it was a disaster for them.  You don't have to have a direct pathway to a national league, you can just be a local club.....and GFR has done that well for a while now. [/quote]

They continue to lose players due to the pathway issue and will continue to do so until they address it -- Loudoun, McLean, SYC, Arlington have all been beneficiaries of good GFR players wanting more than RL.[/quote]

It is fine to lose players to other clubs.  It happens even to clubs WITH a pathway.  Having strong local and regional teams and not competing nationally is FINE.  How many ECNL and GA/MLS NEXT clubs can there be in just the DMV?  As long as they encourage talented players to move to other clubs I do not see why it matters that they don't aspire to be bigger/better.  [/quote]

Last season was one of the worst retention years for GFR during tryouts. Granted much of that was because of the craziness initiated by the board. But it was also GFR’s first season in a while without a pathway. Don’t be naive to think that GFR didn’t want a pathway. Last year it looked very likely that GFR was going to join BRYC, VYS and McLean in FVU. Then McLean made the surprise announcement and left. To this day no one knows why GFR didn’t join. It also seems odd that they are not entertaining a move to GA/MLS2. Why is that? I’m not buying this whole “local club” story. Something is not adding up. Any club of GFR’s size is making moves but why are they not?[/quote]

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