Anonymous
05/29/2025 09:31
Subject: FVU is on probation?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:FVU is garbage. Thats what everyone knows. Bye bye ECNL within 2 yrs
MV > EG. No contest
What's an EG?
Anonymous
05/29/2025 09:22
Subject: FVU is on probation?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Its kind of crazy that the only ECNL club for boys in all of Fairfax has such a terrible record. There are so many good players.
The talent was there, but the coaching was suspect for many of the teams. During the Brave rebuild it began to improve then the craziness of of the Union merger took them 10 steps back. They tried to keep the top players from each group instead of just picking the top 20 or so that showed up for tryouts. They might be the only ECNL team in FFX, but they are competing with a lot of clubs outside of ECNL including some very good small clubs and MLS Next clubs. Arlington and VDA steal a ton of FFX players because they are destination clubs.
+1
Anonymous
05/29/2025 09:21
Subject: FVU is on probation?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Its kind of crazy that the only ECNL club for boys in all of Fairfax has such a terrible record. There are so many good players.
The talent was there, but the coaching was suspect for many of the teams. During the Brave rebuild it began to improve then the craziness of of the Union merger took them 10 steps back. They tried to keep the top players from each group instead of just picking the top 20 or so that showed up for tryouts. They might be the only ECNL team in FFX, but they are competing with a lot of clubs outside of ECNL including some very good small clubs and MLS Next clubs. Arlington and VDA steal a ton of FFX players because they are destination clubs.
Anonymous
05/28/2025 22:54
Subject: FVU is on probation?
Anonymous wrote:FVU is garbage. Thats what everyone knows. Bye bye ECNL within 2 yrs
MV > EG. No contest
Anonymous
05/28/2025 15:14
Subject: FVU is on probation?
This whole thread is predicated off of crystal ball predictions and then supported by more crystal ball predictions.
Anonymous
05/28/2025 14:06
Subject: FVU is on probation?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Its kind of crazy that the only ECNL club for boys in all of Fairfax has such a terrible record. There are so many good players.
I know players that live 5-10 min away from FVU practices that would rather make the 45-min drive to VDA or ARL to play ECNL National. Why? Because those clubs have a solid reputation of coaches, system in place and do well in standings for most age groups.
FVU could end after next year or It will be remained again again to something else or other partner clubs, same leadership same results.
Fact: You will never see parents from ARL or VDA areas commute for 45-min to Fairfax to be in FVU, that’s the truth.
Are you on crack?
You must be an ARL parent, obviously. ARL isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be. EG is terrible.
Still better than FVU by a long mile
Anonymous
05/27/2025 21:25
Subject: FVU is on probation?
FVU is garbage. Thats what everyone knows. Bye bye ECNL within 2 yrs
Anonymous
05/27/2025 20:42
Subject: FVU is on probation?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Its kind of crazy that the only ECNL club for boys in all of Fairfax has such a terrible record. There are so many good players.
I know players that live 5-10 min away from FVU practices that would rather make the 45-min drive to VDA or ARL to play ECNL National. Why? Because those clubs have a solid reputation of coaches, system in place and do well in standings for most age groups.
FVU could end after next year or It will be remained again again to something else or other partner clubs, same leadership same results.
Fact: You will never see parents from ARL or VDA areas commute for 45-min to Fairfax to be in FVU, that’s the truth.
Are you on crack?
You must be an ARL parent, obviously. ARL isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be. EG is terrible.
Anonymous
05/27/2025 17:41
Subject: FVU is on probation?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Its kind of crazy that the only ECNL club for boys in all of Fairfax has such a terrible record. There are so many good players.
The talent was there, but the coaching was suspect for many of the teams. During the Brave rebuild it began to improve then the craziness of of the Union merger took them 10 steps back. They tried to keep the top players from each group instead of just picking the top 20 or so that showed up for tryouts. They might be the only ECNL team in FFX, but they are competing with a lot of clubs outside of ECNL including some very good small clubs and MLS Next clubs. Arlington and VDA steal a ton of FFX players because they are destination clubs.
Totally, agree that teams were not built on 20 best players at tryouts. The players that were picked for the new merged teams were about half Brave/half Virginia Union. Then the problem became coaching and the politics of the merged teams. Some of the coaches didn't know how to construct their new teams. Coaches didn't admit to it, but I'm sure they were told to try and start an equal number of Brave/Union players on the new merged teams to limit parent complaints. And this policy showed up in the final results. Teams that both Brave and Union handily beat the previous year when they were separate programs, the new FXU merged teams lost to.
Not in our age group. They only took like 2-3 Brave. The rest were Union.
Anonymous
05/27/2025 16:39
Subject: FVU is on probation?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Its kind of crazy that the only ECNL club for boys in all of Fairfax has such a terrible record. There are so many good players.
The talent was there, but the coaching was suspect for many of the teams. During the Brave rebuild it began to improve then the craziness of of the Union merger took them 10 steps back. They tried to keep the top players from each group instead of just picking the top 20 or so that showed up for tryouts. They might be the only ECNL team in FFX, but they are competing with a lot of clubs outside of ECNL including some very good small clubs and MLS Next clubs. Arlington and VDA steal a ton of FFX players because they are destination clubs.
Totally, agree that teams were not built on 20 best players at tryouts. The players that were picked for the new merged teams were about half Brave/half Virginia Union. Then the problem became coaching and the politics of the merged teams. Some of the coaches didn't know how to construct their new teams. Coaches didn't admit to it, but I'm sure they were told to try and start an equal number of Brave/Union players on the new merged teams to limit parent complaints. And this policy showed up in the final results. Teams that both Brave and Union handily beat the previous year when they were separate programs, the new FXU merged teams lost to.
Anonymous
05/27/2025 15:33
Subject: FVU is on probation?
Anonymous wrote:Going back to the OP...
Was this entire thread based on an actual fact (FVU was placed on probation), a rumor, or someone's attempt at a crystal ball prediction?
Actual supporting details if claiming a "fact" please.
Yes
Anonymous
05/27/2025 14:33
Subject: FVU is on probation?
Going back to the OP...
Was this entire thread based on an actual fact (FVU was placed on probation), a rumor, or someone's attempt at a crystal ball prediction?
Actual supporting details if claiming a "fact" please.
Was this entire thread based on an actual fact (FVU was placed on probation), a rumor, or someone's attempt at a crystal ball prediction?
Actual supporting details if claiming a "fact" please.
Anonymous
05/27/2025 14:32
Subject: FVU is on probation?
or MLSN like most doAnonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:nope incorrect with current rules.. the MLSN and GA partnership killed a single gender ECNL.. just ask NVA. ECNL said noAnonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:that would mean end of ECNL thoughAnonymous wrote:I do not speak for all Union girls parents, but for myself, but I would welcome the albatross of the boys program gone. I have other wishes and wants, but I am the parent not the coach.
Nope. see: highlands. only boys. The benefit (maybe only one) to this union is that it is easier to slough the boys. They can all go play MLSN3
It’s MLSNext.
Anonymous
05/27/2025 14:27
Subject: FVU is on probation?
Anonymous wrote:Its kind of crazy that the only ECNL club for boys in all of Fairfax has such a terrible record. There are so many good players.
I know players that live 5-10 min away from FVU practices that would rather make the 45-min drive to VDA or ARL to play ECNL National. Why? Because those clubs have a solid reputation of coaches, system in place and do well in standings for most age groups.
FVU could end after next year or It will be remained again again to something else or other partner clubs, same leadership same results.
Fact: You will never see parents from ARL or VDA areas commute for 45-min to Fairfax to be in FVU, that’s the truth.
Anonymous
05/27/2025 10:27
Subject: FVU is on probation?
Anonymous wrote:nope incorrect with current rules.. the MLSN and GA partnership killed a single gender ECNL.. just ask NVA. ECNL said noAnonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:that would mean end of ECNL thoughAnonymous wrote:I do not speak for all Union girls parents, but for myself, but I would welcome the albatross of the boys program gone. I have other wishes and wants, but I am the parent not the coach.
Nope. see: highlands. only boys. The benefit (maybe only one) to this union is that it is easier to slough the boys. They can all go play MLSN3
It’s MLSNext.