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[quote=Anonymous][quote=FPYCparent]I'm still wrapping my brain around the usual top performers within CHRVA, but do Metro and Paramount have [i]that much[/i] turnover year after year?  In other words, haven't some of these local teams been together for awhile?  (My casual observation is that parents and players from each club seem to know each other fairly well ... as if they've all known each other for more than a few years.)

In any event, it is a bit humbling to see how CHRVA teams are fairing thus far in Las Vegas:

16 Open - Metro is 0-5 (last in pool of 6)
16 National - Paramount is 2-3 (3rd in pool of 6)
16 American - MVSA is 0-6 (last in pool of 8)

17 Open - no CHRVA teams
17 National - Metro and VA Elite are both 3-2 in their respective pools (Metro is 4th out of 6 in pool, while VAE is 3rd out of 6 in pool)
17 American - Paramount 6-0 and will play another 6-0 team to complete pool play in the morning
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The 16s and 17s ages had the most player movement between clubs we've seen in a long time. That resulted in movement at all of the next tier clubs in the local DC area. There were a lot of reasons including college recruiting, promises of playing time, coaching changes, aggressive recruiting, etc. It was also a function of the crazy decision CHRVA made to have every age group try out on the same weekend.  The result was a bunch of good teams, but no incredible teams and a lot of teams where its been about the individual rather than developing team cohesion.

Another issue is our bid tournament process -- we put way too much value in performance on a single day rather the finding the teams that are consistent over a season. USAV Nationals is a long tournament that requires depth and consistency much more than other tournaments, but our tournament focuses on who was hot on a single day. We'd be better served moving to the power league format a lot of other regions have adopted.

FYI, the players all know each other because the number of players on top teams is pretty small -- if you take the top 10 teams in each age group, its only 100-120 players -- and most of them play with each other in high school.[/quote]

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