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Anonymous wrote:Herndon pulled their teams and put them in NCSL instead because their coaches and parents didn't want to travel all the wqy to Timbuktu for one U-little league game.

I think that was smart TBH. The competition in NCSL D1 or playing up a year in NCSL is the same, only you are driving 15 minutes instead of 3 hours one way.

HAHAHAHAAHAH yes! Let's blame it on the "drive"... ANY parent and club will drive 3 or 33 hours if they can compete and win games at that level. The only people that don't want to drive and play top teams are the teams that are getting absolutely destroyed when they get there. The club is poorly run and they don't have the numbers or skilled players to play at that level...and it's OK!!!

That's nonsense. Most reasonable parents and coaches see no need to drive multiple hours for a 5th grade soccer game. "At that level?"--Pre-ecnl is not some elite group where good competition simply can't be found without driving across the state.

It does seem like the club is poorly run based on the other thread but this call they actually got right, especially if their girls teams are weak. Why drive three hours to get crushed? That would just be dumb.

Anonymous wrote:Herndon pulled their teams and put them in NCSL instead because their coaches and parents didn't want to travel all the wqy to Timbuktu for one U-little league game.

I think that was smart TBH. The competition in NCSL D1 or playing up a year in NCSL is the same, only you are driving 15 minutes instead of 3 hours one way.

HAHAHAHAAHAH yes! Let's blame it on the "drive"... ANY parent and club will drive 3 or 33 hours if they can compete and win games at that level. The only people that don't want to drive and play top teams are the teams that are getting absolutely destroyed when they get there. The club is poorly run and they don't have the numbers or skilled players to play at that level...and it's OK!!!

Yes I know that at the 2015 level they're playing the same kids for all level teams. You'll have a top (black team) player playing for his game then go and play with their VISA and red team... It's great they're winning games

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Anonymous wrote:Herndon pulled their teams and put them in NCSL instead because their coaches and parents didn't want to travel all the wqy to Timbuktu for one U-little league game.

I think that was smart TBH. The competition in NCSL D1 or playing up a year in NCSL is the same, only you are driving 15 minutes instead of 3 hours one way.

Huh for girls 2015's are in the last NCSL division and there is no 2014 team.

Sorry, I don't know anything about the girla side. Sounds like they wouldn't have been competitive in pre -ecnl so right call.

Anonymous wrote:Herndon pulled their teams and put them in NCSL instead because their coaches and parents didn't want to travel all the wqy to Timbuktu for one U-little league game.

I think that was smart TBH. The competition in NCSL D1 or playing up a year in NCSL is the same, only you are driving 15 minutes instead of 3 hours one way.

Huh for girls 2015's are in the last NCSL division and there is no 2014 team.

Herndon pulled their teams and put them in NCSL instead because their coaches and parents didn't want to travel all the wqy to Timbuktu for one U-little league game.

I think that was smart TBH. The competition in NCSL D1 or playing up a year in NCSL is the same, only you are driving 15 minutes instead of 3 hours one way.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, not enough kids to fill teams, so many are playing in different age groups (e.g. 2013)

Not enough kids to fill one team for any of the 2014G, 2015G, 2014B and 2015B?

If they are missing, then Yes. I know for the girls this is the case. Not sure about boys. They may have teams doing NCSL or something but they struggled a lot last year and heard they were having trouble filling competitive teams.

If they can't fill one team for 2014 (boys or girls), then why in the world would Fairfax Union add them to the alliance?

Are you under the impression that alliance actually matters for anything? Tryouts for every higher level team are open to anyone. They’re not going to take kids from any one team just because they are part of an alliance. It’s purely a marketing tactic.

It’s sad really. If you look at the 2014 girls record only Valor is doing well. Valor! The rest are at the bottom. When Valor is your strongest team in your alliance then your alliance is fake. I can’t imagine that FVU 2014 (and 2015 the following year) will be made up of much from the alliance. I wonder if McLean 2014 will take most of the slots like McLean 2013 did.

Hon, there is no 'alliance". It just a marketing brochure. It literally means nothing.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, not enough kids to fill teams, so many are playing in different age groups (e.g. 2013)

Not enough kids to fill one team for any of the 2014G, 2015G, 2014B and 2015B?

If they are missing, then Yes. I know for the girls this is the case. Not sure about boys. They may have teams doing NCSL or something but they struggled a lot last year and heard they were having trouble filling competitive teams.

If they can't fill one team for 2014 (boys or girls), then why in the world would Fairfax Union add them to the alliance?

Are you under the impression that alliance actually matters for anything? Tryouts for every higher level team are open to anyone. They’re not going to take kids from any one team just because they are part of an alliance. It’s purely a marketing tactic.

It’s sad really. If you look at the 2014 girls record only Valor is doing well. Valor! The rest are at the bottom. When Valor is your strongest team in your alliance then your alliance is fake. I can’t imagine that FVU 2014 (and 2015 the following year) will be made up of much from the alliance. I wonder if McLean 2014 will take most of the slots like McLean 2013 did.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, not enough kids to fill teams, so many are playing in different age groups (e.g. 2013)

Not enough kids to fill one team for any of the 2014G, 2015G, 2014B and 2015B?

If they are missing, then Yes. I know for the girls this is the case. Not sure about boys. They may have teams doing NCSL or something but they struggled a lot last year and heard they were having trouble filling competitive teams.

If they can't fill one team for 2014 (boys or girls), then why in the world would Fairfax Union add them to the alliance?

Are you under the impression that alliance actually matters for anything? Tryouts for every higher level team are open to anyone. They’re not going to take kids from any one team just because they are part of an alliance. It’s purely a marketing tactic.

The boys side has no problem filling teams. The girls side is the problem. The league would not let the boys teams enter without the girls because of scheduling. Boys teams are playing NCSL division 1 in their own age group in the fall and playing up a year in the spring.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, not enough kids to fill teams, so many are playing in different age groups (e.g. 2013)

Not enough kids to fill one team for any of the 2014G, 2015G, 2014B and 2015B?

If they are missing, then Yes. I know for the girls this is the case. Not sure about boys. They may have teams doing NCSL or something but they struggled a lot last year and heard they were having trouble filling competitive teams.

If they can't fill one team for 2014 (boys or girls), then why in the world would Fairfax Union add them to the alliance?

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, not enough kids to fill teams, so many are playing in different age groups (e.g. 2013)

Not enough kids to fill one team for any of the 2014G, 2015G, 2014B and 2015B?

If they are missing, then Yes. I know for the girls this is the case. Not sure about boys. They may have teams doing NCSL or something but they struggled a lot last year and heard they were having trouble filling competitive teams.

Anonymous wrote:Yes, not enough kids to fill teams, so many are playing in different age groups (e.g. 2013)

Not enough kids to fill one team for any of the 2014G, 2015G, 2014B and 2015B?

Yes, not enough kids to fill teams, so many are playing in different age groups (e.g. 2013)

I noticed that for the Pre-ECNL standings on the VPSL page that Herndon is missing for both Boys and Girls and both U11 and U12. I know Herndon did not go GA, because they joined Fairfax Union. Anyone knows what happened with them?