Anonymous
Post 05/08/2024 13:48     Subject: Approximately many players do not receive an invitation to play 10u soccer for VYS?
No offer for my U9 boy. He said he would play rec for another year and try out again next spring. He’s disappointed as many of his friends made teams and DS is generally thought to be a solid player on their rec team. Congratulations to the players who received a spot.
Anonymous
Post 05/08/2024 12:54     Subject: Approximately many players do not receive an invitation to play 10u soccer for VYS?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:More 10U players received offers today for those waiting.

It would be nice if they emailed us and let us know if our player didn’t make a team.


Ended up receiving an offer in the afternoon. We will be declining as it's not the appropriate competition level. I now understand the importance of attending a training session before tryouts vs. just showing up to tryouts. The offers from places where my son attended training sessions first are for much higher teams.


Unless one of those teams is valor. lol
Anonymous
Post 05/08/2024 12:47     Subject: Approximately many players do not receive an invitation to play 10u soccer for VYS?
2019 Gold team!
Anonymous
Post 05/08/2024 12:47     Subject: Approximately many players do not receive an invitation to play 10u soccer for VYS?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:More 10U players received offers today for those waiting.

It would be nice if they emailed us and let us know if our player didn’t make a team.


Ended up receiving an offer in the afternoon. We will be declining as it's not the appropriate competition level. I now understand the importance of attending a training session before tryouts vs. just showing up to tryouts. The offers from places where my son attended training sessions first are for much higher teams.


What age, gender and team did your DC get?
Anonymous
Post 05/08/2024 11:57     Subject: Approximately many players do not receive an invitation to play 10u soccer for VYS?
Anonymous wrote:More 10U players received offers today for those waiting.

It would be nice if they emailed us and let us know if our player didn’t make a team.


Ended up receiving an offer in the afternoon. We will be declining as it's not the appropriate competition level. I now understand the importance of attending a training session before tryouts vs. just showing up to tryouts. The offers from places where my son attended training sessions first are for much higher teams.
Anonymous
Post 05/08/2024 09:53     Subject: Approximately many players do not receive an invitation to play 10u soccer for VYS?
Does anyone know how the current VYS U9 red team is?
Anonymous
Post 05/07/2024 22:37     Subject: Approximately many players do not receive an invitation to play 10u soccer for VYS?
Anonymous wrote:More 10U players received offers today for those waiting.

It would be nice if they emailed us and let us know if our player didn’t make a team.


2015 (rising 10U) or 2014 (current 10U)?

Having been through this for many years, it takes time to go through the offer process. I know it’s nerve-wracking. I really wish Vienna would add more teams at uLittle.

If an existing player, don’t hesitate to talk to G after practice.
Anonymous
Post 05/07/2024 21:06     Subject: Approximately many players do not receive an invitation to play 10u soccer for VYS?
AC Milan
Anonymous
Post 05/07/2024 19:32     Subject: Approximately many players do not receive an invitation to play 10u soccer for VYS?
Anonymous wrote:More 10U players received offers today for those waiting.

It would be nice if they emailed us and let us know if our player didn’t make a team.


They won't do that until they have full paid deposit rosters for the last team
Anonymous
Post 05/07/2024 17:20     Subject: Approximately many players do not receive an invitation to play 10u soccer for VYS?
More 10U players received offers today for those waiting.

It would be nice if they emailed us and let us know if our player didn’t make a team.
Anonymous
Post 05/07/2024 12:53     Subject: Approximately many players do not receive an invitation to play 10u soccer for VYS?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Has anyone heard from VYS if they didn't get an offer after the first tryout? My son said they would be sending out notifications today. Also wondering what the groupings/field placement meant at the second tryout. Did they separate out boys who had received offers from those who had not? Were more skilled/higher team players grouped separately from less skilled/lower team players?


It looked to me like they can separated them by talent. DS was in the lowest group and the one coach between the two groups rarely looked at them. I don’t expect an offer.


What field was your son on? There were so many boys there. It’s hard to know what to make of the groupings. It seemed like the fields on the left when facing the fields from the parking lot were existing players just doing a normal practice.
Anonymous
Post 05/07/2024 12:18     Subject: Approximately many players do not receive an invitation to play 10u soccer for VYS?
Anonymous wrote:Has anyone heard from VYS if they didn't get an offer after the first tryout? My son said they would be sending out notifications today. Also wondering what the groupings/field placement meant at the second tryout. Did they separate out boys who had received offers from those who had not? Were more skilled/higher team players grouped separately from less skilled/lower team players?


It looked to me like they can separated them by talent. DS was in the lowest group and the one coach between the two groups rarely looked at them. I don’t expect an offer.
Anonymous
Post 05/07/2024 12:09     Subject: Approximately many players do not receive an invitation to play 10u soccer for VYS?
Has anyone heard from VYS if they didn't get an offer after the first tryout? My son said they would be sending out notifications today. Also wondering what the groupings/field placement meant at the second tryout. Did they separate out boys who had received offers from those who had not? Were more skilled/higher team players grouped separately from less skilled/lower team players?
Anonymous
Post 05/03/2024 19:03     Subject: Approximately many players do not receive an invitation to play 10u soccer for VYS?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
How is VYS going to hire all these additional coaches if they keep adding new teams this year?


I don't know if anyone meant that VYS was "adding new teams" this year. In my experience, they always have 3 or so teams for each age group: Red / Black / White / sometimes even more.


I heard 2014 boys has 5 teams right now in U10. Maybe that goes down to 4 next year? Either way seems like some kids will not get offered any kind of spot. I wonder whether they have already filled their top two teams or if they are still leaving a few spots open for new players. There were so many boys at the first tryout. I hope they separate existing from new (or received an offer vs. not received an offer) at the second tryout.


2014 does indeed have 5 teams of approx 12 players each. They will be moving to 9v9 in the fall, and the standard move would be to switch to 4 teams of 14 players each (56 spots). VYS trains as an academy (all teams players from an age group on the field at the same time), so the main limitation is field space.

In big birth years like this I really wish they would keep more teams, as the funnel will continue to narrow over time, and having a large player base will make their top teams better at older ages.

Last year, approximately 20 new players were added to the team. I don’t expect as many this year, but there will be some. Do not worry about what team you get if you get an offer. Take the spot, perform, and you’ll be moved up.

If you don’t get a spot, be gracious about it, stay in touch with the club, and ask to practice with the team a few times in the fall. The club will usually lose a player or two over the summer unexpectedly.

The best time to join any team is not tryouts. It is fall or early spring. You start by practicing with the team, then work your way on from there. Most clubs actually leave a spot or two open for these kinds of players.

The key is to continue improving in the meantime. Play futsal over the summer, enroll in camps, practice at an empty field on weekends, potentially look at private training, etc.


What about the 2014 VYS girls? How many teams do they have and how many are they looking to have next year? How were their tryouts?
Anonymous
Post 05/03/2024 18:33     Subject: Approximately many players do not receive an invitation to play 10u soccer for VYS?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
How is VYS going to hire all these additional coaches if they keep adding new teams this year?


I don't know if anyone meant that VYS was "adding new teams" this year. In my experience, they always have 3 or so teams for each age group: Red / Black / White / sometimes even more.


I heard 2014 boys has 5 teams right now in U10. Maybe that goes down to 4 next year? Either way seems like some kids will not get offered any kind of spot. I wonder whether they have already filled their top two teams or if they are still leaving a few spots open for new players. There were so many boys at the first tryout. I hope they separate existing from new (or received an offer vs. not received an offer) at the second tryout.


2014 does indeed have 5 teams of approx 12 players each. They will be moving to 9v9 in the fall, and the standard move would be to switch to 4 teams of 14 players each (56 spots). VYS trains as an academy (all teams players from an age group on the field at the same time), so the main limitation is field space.

In big birth years like this I really wish they would keep more teams, as the funnel will continue to narrow over time, and having a large player base will make their top teams better at older ages.

Last year, approximately 20 new players were added to the team. I don’t expect as many this year, but there will be some. Do not worry about what team you get if you get an offer. Take the spot, perform, and you’ll be moved up.

If you don’t get a spot, be gracious about it, stay in touch with the club, and ask to practice with the team a few times in the fall. The club will usually lose a player or two over the summer unexpectedly.

The best time to join any team is not tryouts. It is fall or early spring. You start by practicing with the team, then work your way on from there. Most clubs actually leave a spot or two open for these kinds of players.

The key is to continue improving in the meantime. Play futsal over the summer, enroll in camps, practice at an empty field on weekends, potentially look at private training, etc.


Are players from outside usually added to lower teams then moved up if they perform, or will they add a player to a higher team right away if it seems like they would add strength to the existing team? Also curious how the 2014 boys top team at VYS stacks up against other clubs like McLean, BRYC, SYC, Arlington, etc. Better or worse than those clubs' first and second teams?


Also, 2014 is a strong year for VYS boys, but SYC and Arlington are better boys’ programs. 2014 SYC top team is amazing. 2014 VYS, MYS, and BRYC are probably comparable for boys. Still pretty early to tell how that will shake out.