Anonymous
02/11/2026 20:35
Subject: REV Soccer Only CHAT, No drama please
Anonymous wrote:I can’t speak for other age groups but CC plays the opposite of kickball. So much so it is frustrating. Tells at players if they do play it over the top.
Guess no consistency in philosophy across age groups and that will always be a problem no matter the club.
There's something to be said for having a "Plan B." Sometimes Plan A doesn't work and you need to try something different. You know, the "definition of insanity"and all that.
Anonymous
02/11/2026 20:31
Subject: REV Soccer Only CHAT, No drama please
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:After a few weeks with GD, how do Rev parents and players on his new teams feel about him?
Had no issues. My DD likes the style (not kickball) for those who claim he plays that style. Watched his entire practice last night and no balls left the ground unless striking for the goal. A lot of negativity was gathered on this string about him. I’d say VRSC has had a lot of talent coming out at multiple age groups to test the waters. I’m sure this is giving VRSC current players angst.
That.can also be a problem.
Oh pray tell why? What if that was the objective of this practice session. Dumb comment.
No. It is not. Don't lie to yourself, and everyone else. You were happy because you believed it to be only 500 sideways and backwards passes every game from now on. If it was the objective of the practice, in your giddiness to tell everyone about it you would have mentioned it.
Moreover, I hate to break it to you most girls currently playing for VRSC, across the age groups I have seen, don't have the technical skills to play the tika-taka style. And they won't magically appear overnight.
What a happy ignorant know nothing you are, Sir/Madame/M'theydy.
+1.
Right, seems the kick and run style currently prevails at this club...sometimes blunt force trauma is the only way the ball advances up the pitch.
Wow so vr$c literally did become a Loudoun2.0. Well, with the added side-pounding affairs but yeah
Loudoun 0.5. The OG Loudon had more talent than VRSC.
Oh, when Loudoun actually won games? I remember RAT’s teams would always win, then Phil or someone else would take over and they would immediately lose. The 08s are the last of that generation only because all of the 09s left. Kids would go from kickball to well…coaches that didn’t understand the game of soccer. Went on like that for years until 07s who had a decent season or two. NVA has just essentially turned into a developmental Club for VDA and Union now.
Anonymous
02/11/2026 20:24
Subject: REV Soccer Only CHAT, No drama please
*Yells*
Anonymous
02/11/2026 20:24
Subject: REV Soccer Only CHAT, No drama please
I can’t speak for other age groups but CC plays the opposite of kickball. So much so it is frustrating. Tells at players if they do play it over the top.
Guess no consistency in philosophy across age groups and that will always be a problem no matter the club.
Guess no consistency in philosophy across age groups and that will always be a problem no matter the club.
Anonymous
02/11/2026 19:06
Subject: REV Soccer Only CHAT, No drama please
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:After a few weeks with GD, how do Rev parents and players on his new teams feel about him?
Had no issues. My DD likes the style (not kickball) for those who claim he plays that style. Watched his entire practice last night and no balls left the ground unless striking for the goal. A lot of negativity was gathered on this string about him. I’d say VRSC has had a lot of talent coming out at multiple age groups to test the waters. I’m sure this is giving VRSC current players angst.
That.can also be a problem.
Oh pray tell why? What if that was the objective of this practice session. Dumb comment.
No. It is not. Don't lie to yourself, and everyone else. You were happy because you believed it to be only 500 sideways and backwards passes every game from now on. If it was the objective of the practice, in your giddiness to tell everyone about it you would have mentioned it.
Moreover, I hate to break it to you most girls currently playing for VRSC, across the age groups I have seen, don't have the technical skills to play the tika-taka style. And they won't magically appear overnight.
What a happy ignorant know nothing you are, Sir/Madame/M'theydy.
+1.
Right, seems the kick and run style currently prevails at this club...sometimes blunt force trauma is the only way the ball advances up the pitch.
Wow so vr$c literally did become a Loudoun2.0. Well, with the added side-pounding affairs but yeah
Loudoun 0.5. The OG Loudon had more talent than VRSC.
Anonymous
02/11/2026 18:47
Subject: REV Soccer Only CHAT, No drama please
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:After a few weeks with GD, how do Rev parents and players on his new teams feel about him?
Had no issues. My DD likes the style (not kickball) for those who claim he plays that style. Watched his entire practice last night and no balls left the ground unless striking for the goal. A lot of negativity was gathered on this string about him. I’d say VRSC has had a lot of talent coming out at multiple age groups to test the waters. I’m sure this is giving VRSC current players angst.
That.can also be a problem.
Oh pray tell why? What if that was the objective of this practice session. Dumb comment.
It’s a sad fact. Playing a triangle is a lost art which just rarely happens on the top ga teams.
No. It is not. Don't lie to yourself, and everyone else. You were happy because you believed it to be only 500 sideways and backwards passes every game from now on. If it was the objective of the practice, in your giddiness to tell everyone about it you would have mentioned it.
Moreover, I hate to break it to you most girls currently playing for VRSC, across the age groups I have seen, don't have the technical skills to play the tika-taka style. And they won't magically appear overnight.
What a happy ignorant know nothing you are, Sir/Madame/M'theydy.
+1.
Right, seems the kick and run style currently prevails at this club...sometimes blunt force trauma is the only way the ball advances up the pitch.
Wow so vr$c literally did become a Loudoun2.0. Well, with the added side-pounding affairs but yeah
Anonymous
02/11/2026 18:46
Subject: REV Soccer Only CHAT, No drama please
Anonymous wrote:Question is will ED somehow still advance his favorites from behind the scenes.
You mean the people that private train with him?
Anonymous
02/11/2026 18:43
Subject: Re:REV Soccer Only CHAT, No drama please
[quote=Anonymous]Some parents followed their coach from FCV, fully understanding that it would take Rev some time just like it does for any club building something new. I’m genuinely curious, what club does your children play for that you feel is doing such an amazing job? I think other parents would appreciate knowing, especially since ID sessions are open everywhere.
Every club right now has their own thread with negative posts. VDA has its own chat, and there are plenty of parents there who complain about playing time yet still choose to stay, and the other half happy. At NVA, after Roberto was removed, half the families want to leave because he’s no longer coaching, while the other half are happy he is gone. SYC, Loudoun, McLean, Union, NVA and St James you have many of their players actively trying out elsewhere right now. Players are jumping around constantly.
Instead of arguing or talking down to one another, why don’t parents come together, give honest feedback, and help bring talent together so the landscape isn’t so saturated? We all know things change every year. A club that wasn’t strong one year can suddenly be very strong the next simply because they recruited the right talent.[/quote]
Wait Roberto is gone? Where did he go?
Every club right now has their own thread with negative posts. VDA has its own chat, and there are plenty of parents there who complain about playing time yet still choose to stay, and the other half happy. At NVA, after Roberto was removed, half the families want to leave because he’s no longer coaching, while the other half are happy he is gone. SYC, Loudoun, McLean, Union, NVA and St James you have many of their players actively trying out elsewhere right now. Players are jumping around constantly.
Instead of arguing or talking down to one another, why don’t parents come together, give honest feedback, and help bring talent together so the landscape isn’t so saturated? We all know things change every year. A club that wasn’t strong one year can suddenly be very strong the next simply because they recruited the right talent.[/quote]
Wait Roberto is gone? Where did he go?
Anonymous
02/11/2026 18:29
Subject: REV Soccer Only CHAT, No drama please
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:After a few weeks with GD, how do Rev parents and players on his new teams feel about him?
Had no issues. My DD likes the style (not kickball) for those who claim he plays that style. Watched his entire practice last night and no balls left the ground unless striking for the goal. A lot of negativity was gathered on this string about him. I’d say VRSC has had a lot of talent coming out at multiple age groups to test the waters. I’m sure this is giving VRSC current players angst.
That.can also be a problem.
Oh pray tell why? What if that was the objective of this practice session. Dumb comment.
No. It is not. Don't lie to yourself, and everyone else. You were happy because you believed it to be only 500 sideways and backwards passes every game from now on. If it was the objective of the practice, in your giddiness to tell everyone about it you would have mentioned it.
Moreover, I hate to break it to you most girls currently playing for VRSC, across the age groups I have seen, don't have the technical skills to play the tika-taka style. And they won't magically appear overnight.
What a happy ignorant know nothing you are, Sir/Madame/M'theydy.
+1.
Right, seems the kick and run style currently prevails at this club...sometimes blunt force trauma is the only way the ball advances up the pitch.
Wow so vr$c literally did become a Loudoun2.0. Well, with the added side-pounding affairs but yeah
Anonymous
02/11/2026 17:45
Subject: REV Soccer Only CHAT, No drama please
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:After a few weeks with GD, how do Rev parents and players on his new teams feel about him?
Had no issues. My DD likes the style (not kickball) for those who claim he plays that style. Watched his entire practice last night and no balls left the ground unless striking for the goal. A lot of negativity was gathered on this string about him. I’d say VRSC has had a lot of talent coming out at multiple age groups to test the waters. I’m sure this is giving VRSC current players angst.
That.can also be a problem.
Oh pray tell why? What if that was the objective of this practice session. Dumb comment.
No. It is not. Don't lie to yourself, and everyone else. You were happy because you believed it to be only 500 sideways and backwards passes every game from now on. If it was the objective of the practice, in your giddiness to tell everyone about it you would have mentioned it.
Moreover, I hate to break it to you most girls currently playing for VRSC, across the age groups I have seen, don't have the technical skills to play the tika-taka style. And they won't magically appear overnight.
What a happy ignorant know nothing you are, Sir/Madame/M'theydy.
Another even dumber, ignorant comment. Got any more, quite entertaining
Nah. No need to dumb myself down to help you understand. Some people never get it because they don't have the mental capacity or they can't accept learning something because they always have to be right. My apologies for your character flaw.
Yep, knew you had one more dumb comment left.
Anonymous
02/11/2026 17:18
Subject: REV Soccer Only CHAT, No drama please
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:After a few weeks with GD, how do Rev parents and players on his new teams feel about him?
Had no issues. My DD likes the style (not kickball) for those who claim he plays that style. Watched his entire practice last night and no balls left the ground unless striking for the goal. A lot of negativity was gathered on this string about him. I’d say VRSC has had a lot of talent coming out at multiple age groups to test the waters. I’m sure this is giving VRSC current players angst.
That.can also be a problem.
Oh pray tell why? What if that was the objective of this practice session. Dumb comment.
No. It is not. Don't lie to yourself, and everyone else. You were happy because you believed it to be only 500 sideways and backwards passes every game from now on. If it was the objective of the practice, in your giddiness to tell everyone about it you would have mentioned it.
Moreover, I hate to break it to you most girls currently playing for VRSC, across the age groups I have seen, don't have the technical skills to play the tika-taka style. And they won't magically appear overnight.
What a happy ignorant know nothing you are, Sir/Madame/M'theydy.
Another even dumber, ignorant comment. Got any more, quite entertaining
Nah. No need to dumb myself down to help you understand. Some people never get it because they don't have the mental capacity or they can't accept learning something because they always have to be right. My apologies for your character flaw.
Anonymous
02/11/2026 15:59
Subject: REV Soccer Only CHAT, No drama please
One club, one home, on family has been forgotten throughout the development ethos.
What used to be Academy no longer serves its purpose. Instead of trained coaches, they started using the parent volunteer model.
Academy Select the next tier is having tryouts. This shows the too lazy to development mindset. Having tryouts for 6,7, and 8 years olds is shortsighted. Revolution used to provide a fun environment where all young kids were developed and encouraged to pursue the next tier of soccer as a goal. This used to be the pipeline for VRSC travel soccer.
On the travel side, Revolution’s recent strategy is to hire young adult with no people management or little coaching experience at a discounted salary, and to coach with the second and third teams.
The club should be focusing on those second and third teams in order to strengthen the program and promote from within. Instead the directors are caught in a political musical chair competition for who is going to coach the older MLS and GA teams.
Most of the directors talk about development and pathways, yet they consistently coach the older age groups. The Technical Director or now Youth Program Director has produced nothing program related. There is no club, philosophy, identity, and strategy. Instead CC and company keep hiring external talent to do their job. The new hires seem qualified let’s just hope it’s not to late to right the boat for our sake.
What used to be Academy no longer serves its purpose. Instead of trained coaches, they started using the parent volunteer model.
Academy Select the next tier is having tryouts. This shows the too lazy to development mindset. Having tryouts for 6,7, and 8 years olds is shortsighted. Revolution used to provide a fun environment where all young kids were developed and encouraged to pursue the next tier of soccer as a goal. This used to be the pipeline for VRSC travel soccer.
On the travel side, Revolution’s recent strategy is to hire young adult with no people management or little coaching experience at a discounted salary, and to coach with the second and third teams.
The club should be focusing on those second and third teams in order to strengthen the program and promote from within. Instead the directors are caught in a political musical chair competition for who is going to coach the older MLS and GA teams.
Most of the directors talk about development and pathways, yet they consistently coach the older age groups. The Technical Director or now Youth Program Director has produced nothing program related. There is no club, philosophy, identity, and strategy. Instead CC and company keep hiring external talent to do their job. The new hires seem qualified let’s just hope it’s not to late to right the boat for our sake.
Anonymous
02/11/2026 15:24
Subject: REV Soccer Only CHAT, No drama please
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:After a few weeks with GD, how do Rev parents and players on his new teams feel about him?
Had no issues. My DD likes the style (not kickball) for those who claim he plays that style. Watched his entire practice last night and no balls left the ground unless striking for the goal. A lot of negativity was gathered on this string about him. I’d say VRSC has had a lot of talent coming out at multiple age groups to test the waters. I’m sure this is giving VRSC current players angst.
That.can also be a problem.
Oh pray tell why? What if that was the objective of this practice session. Dumb comment.
No. It is not. Don't lie to yourself, and everyone else. You were happy because you believed it to be only 500 sideways and backwards passes every game from now on. If it was the objective of the practice, in your giddiness to tell everyone about it you would have mentioned it.
Moreover, I hate to break it to you most girls currently playing for VRSC, across the age groups I have seen, don't have the technical skills to play the tika-taka style. And they won't magically appear overnight.
What a happy ignorant know nothing you are, Sir/Madame/M'theydy.
Another even dumber, ignorant comment. Got any more, quite entertaining
Anonymous
02/11/2026 15:21
Subject: REV Soccer Only CHAT, No drama please
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:After a few weeks with GD, how do Rev parents and players on his new teams feel about him?
Had no issues. My DD likes the style (not kickball) for those who claim he plays that style. Watched his entire practice last night and no balls left the ground unless striking for the goal. A lot of negativity was gathered on this string about him. I’d say VRSC has had a lot of talent coming out at multiple age groups to test the waters. I’m sure this is giving VRSC current players angst.
That.can also be a problem.
Since we have literal people on this string who can’t get a nuance or a jist. Here is what was meant with this “hot take.” Coaching style was quick 1 maybe 2 touches to feet and proper space. Drills worked movement with the ball in space even with pressure. No long balls or kick and run and pray to track down the ball. Goalie’s were impressive with how fast the balls were moving. I know the positive feedback on here is not well regarded.
This should not surprise anyone who has been at the club or with CC for any amount of time. This is the style he has always been teaching and the training sessions he prescribes show it. If anything, he doesn't focus enough on the long ball tactics and skills in training and teams typically train in small spaces and then struggle when they get to use the whole field in matches. GD will fit in well with this style which is also no surprise since he has been with CC before.
Anonymous
02/11/2026 14:43
Subject: REV Soccer Only CHAT, No drama please
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:After a few weeks with GD, how do Rev parents and players on his new teams feel about him?
Had no issues. My DD likes the style (not kickball) for those who claim he plays that style. Watched his entire practice last night and no balls left the ground unless striking for the goal. A lot of negativity was gathered on this string about him. I’d say VRSC has had a lot of talent coming out at multiple age groups to test the waters. I’m sure this is giving VRSC current players angst.
That.can also be a problem.
Oh pray tell why? What if that was the objective of this practice session. Dumb comment.
No. It is not. Don't lie to yourself, and everyone else. You were happy because you believed it to be only 500 sideways and backwards passes every game from now on. If it was the objective of the practice, in your giddiness to tell everyone about it you would have mentioned it.
Moreover, I hate to break it to you most girls currently playing for VRSC, across the age groups I have seen, don't have the technical skills to play the tika-taka style. And they won't magically appear overnight.
What a happy ignorant know nothing you are, Sir/Madame/M'theydy.
+1.
Right, seems the kick and run style currently prevails at this club...sometimes blunt force trauma is the only way the ball advances up the pitch.
There is a place for direct football. Liverpool was extremely successful under Klopp playing direct football. However, they also used a high intensity press in conjunction with the style. Again, it takes special personnel to accomplish it. I'd be surprised if many/any of the youth clubs around here could replicate it. Kick and run, on the other hand...
This is like pointing to Larry Csonka and the 72 Dolphins to justify your kid's football team not throwing the ball.
Not at all. There are varying levels and if your talent can run a system well enough for your age group to impose your will on an opponent anything can work. Would it look like a Klopp team? Of course not. But does anyone really believe a youth team playing a tika-taka style can do it as well as Barcelona or MCFC, in the prime Guardiola years? It just has to be done well enough. But again, you need the proper personnel who understand their roles and can physically achieve it.