Anonymous
04/24/2025 09:48
Subject: Virginia Soccer Association-club
How are tryouts going? any offers yet?
Anonymous
04/11/2025 15:44
Subject: Virginia Soccer Association-club
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Only a few? Does rest of the players come from elsewhere? A few more from PWSI, still leaves about 10ish from elsewhere. Is this typical?Anonymous wrote:When catharpin is rained out, practice is usually moved to long park. As far as the club, they are fantastic. In our experience the coaches and admin are transparent and drama-free. A few players from each top team are developmental players for VDA. Parents and players infinitely nicer than other big clubs- supportive not snarky.
Developmental players are rostered RL but train 2-3x/wk with VDA.
developmental players at VDA are not actually DPs the way ECNL defines it. they just get to come to practice. maybe, if roster is small, and enough players on VDA get hurt, they may get a chance to play in a real game, but they just get to come to practice up to twice per week for no extra cost to them. then, rarely more than one of them will ever make it onto to VDA for following year bc like most clubs, VDA doesn't promote many players from its feeder clubs after U13. dp is used as a carrot to keep people at PWSI or VSA same as every other ECNL club in our area.
This is the same on the girls side. And actually worse with the influx of fcv and nva girls.
Anonymous
04/11/2025 15:06
Subject: Virginia Soccer Association-club
Anonymous wrote:Don't forget about the VDA players that get sent down to VSA or PWSI if they're on the back end of the rosters to get playing time. Happens more on the girls side I've seen at older ages, those rosters tend to be larger than 18.
VSA is VDA's trap. old trick. If you are an ECNL and GA player who can't make VDA due to limited space (not because of your quality), you can go to VSA and you may get another chance to get to VDA. Meanwhile, we are recruiting other ECNL players from other teams just we don't have enough space. Nice try VDA LOL.
Anonymous
04/11/2025 14:55
Subject: Virginia Soccer Association-club
Don't forget about the VDA players that get sent down to VSA or PWSI if they're on the back end of the rosters to get playing time. Happens more on the girls side I've seen at older ages, those rosters tend to be larger than 18.
Anonymous
04/11/2025 14:44
Subject: Virginia Soccer Association-club
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Only a few? Does rest of the players come from elsewhere? A few more from PWSI, still leaves about 10ish from elsewhere. Is this typical?Anonymous wrote:When catharpin is rained out, practice is usually moved to long park. As far as the club, they are fantastic. In our experience the coaches and admin are transparent and drama-free. A few players from each top team are developmental players for VDA. Parents and players infinitely nicer than other big clubs- supportive not snarky.
Developmental players are rostered RL but train 2-3x/wk with VDA.
developmental players at VDA are not actually DPs the way ECNL defines it. they just get to come to practice. maybe, if roster is small, and enough players on VDA get hurt, they may get a chance to play in a real game, but they just get to come to practice up to twice per week for no extra cost to them. then, rarely more than one of them will ever make it onto to VDA for following year bc like most clubs, VDA doesn't promote many players from its feeder clubs after U13. dp is used as a carrot to keep people at PWSI or VSA same as every other ECNL club in our area.
DD’s VDA ECNL team has 4 players that were DP’s. All of them were promoted from PWSI or VSA.
prior post was in reference to boys not girls. i know ppl only care about girls side, but sharing information about boys nonetheless.
Anonymous
04/11/2025 14:10
Subject: Virginia Soccer Association-club
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Only a few? Does rest of the players come from elsewhere? A few more from PWSI, still leaves about 10ish from elsewhere. Is this typical?Anonymous wrote:When catharpin is rained out, practice is usually moved to long park. As far as the club, they are fantastic. In our experience the coaches and admin are transparent and drama-free. A few players from each top team are developmental players for VDA. Parents and players infinitely nicer than other big clubs- supportive not snarky.
Developmental players are rostered RL but train 2-3x/wk with VDA.
developmental players at VDA are not actually DPs the way ECNL defines it. they just get to come to practice. maybe, if roster is small, and enough players on VDA get hurt, they may get a chance to play in a real game, but they just get to come to practice up to twice per week for no extra cost to them. then, rarely more than one of them will ever make it onto to VDA for following year bc like most clubs, VDA doesn't promote many players from its feeder clubs after U13. dp is used as a carrot to keep people at PWSI or VSA same as every other ECNL club in our area.
DD’s VDA ECNL team has 4 players that were DP’s. All of them were promoted from PWSI or VSA.
Anonymous
04/11/2025 11:21
Subject: Virginia Soccer Association-club
Anonymous wrote:Only a few? Does rest of the players come from elsewhere? A few more from PWSI, still leaves about 10ish from elsewhere. Is this typical?Anonymous wrote:When catharpin is rained out, practice is usually moved to long park. As far as the club, they are fantastic. In our experience the coaches and admin are transparent and drama-free. A few players from each top team are developmental players for VDA. Parents and players infinitely nicer than other big clubs- supportive not snarky.
Only a few DP players. Can you read?
Anonymous
04/11/2025 11:21
Subject: Virginia Soccer Association-club
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Only a few? Does rest of the players come from elsewhere? A few more from PWSI, still leaves about 10ish from elsewhere. Is this typical?Anonymous wrote:When catharpin is rained out, practice is usually moved to long park. As far as the club, they are fantastic. In our experience the coaches and admin are transparent and drama-free. A few players from each top team are developmental players for VDA. Parents and players infinitely nicer than other big clubs- supportive not snarky.
Developmental players are rostered RL but train 2-3x/wk with VDA.
developmental players at VDA are not actually DPs the way ECNL defines it. they just get to come to practice. maybe, if roster is small, and enough players on VDA get hurt, they may get a chance to play in a real game, but they just get to come to practice up to twice per week for no extra cost to them. then, rarely more than one of them will ever make it onto to VDA for following year bc like most clubs, VDA doesn't promote many players from its feeder clubs after U13. dp is used as a carrot to keep people at PWSI or VSA same as every other ECNL club in our area.
Anonymous
04/11/2025 11:20
Subject: Virginia Soccer Association-club
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Only a few? Does rest of the players come from elsewhere? A few more from PWSI, still leaves about 10ish from elsewhere. Is this typical?Anonymous wrote:When catharpin is rained out, practice is usually moved to long park. As far as the club, they are fantastic. In our experience the coaches and admin are transparent and drama-free. A few players from each top team are developmental players for VDA. Parents and players infinitely nicer than other big clubs- supportive not snarky.
Developmental players are rostered RL but train 2-3x/wk with VDA.
It’s up to two practices with VDA for the DPs. Not 3. DPs don’t get to play in games though.
DD plays for VDA. We had a DP play for our team recently in games.
Anonymous
04/11/2025 11:03
Subject: Virginia Soccer Association-club
For u13 what the break down of vda players between vsa/pwsi/ and outside clubs on the girls side?
Anonymous
04/09/2025 11:22
Subject: Virginia Soccer Association-club
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Only a few? Does rest of the players come from elsewhere? A few more from PWSI, still leaves about 10ish from elsewhere. Is this typical?Anonymous wrote:When catharpin is rained out, practice is usually moved to long park. As far as the club, they are fantastic. In our experience the coaches and admin are transparent and drama-free. A few players from each top team are developmental players for VDA. Parents and players infinitely nicer than other big clubs- supportive not snarky.
Developmental players are rostered RL but train 2-3x/wk with VDA.
It’s up to two practices with VDA for the DPs. Not 3. DPs don’t get to play in games though.
Anonymous
04/09/2025 10:51
Subject: Virginia Soccer Association-club
Anonymous wrote:Only a few? Does rest of the players come from elsewhere? A few more from PWSI, still leaves about 10ish from elsewhere. Is this typical?Anonymous wrote:When catharpin is rained out, practice is usually moved to long park. As far as the club, they are fantastic. In our experience the coaches and admin are transparent and drama-free. A few players from each top team are developmental players for VDA. Parents and players infinitely nicer than other big clubs- supportive not snarky.
Developmental players are rostered RL but train 2-3x/wk with VDA.
Anonymous
04/09/2025 10:47
Subject: Re:Virginia Soccer Association-club
When the teams are initially formed at the younger ages majority come from PWSI and VSA. In the older ages they don’t promote from within anymore and look to recruit from outside the club just like most other ecnl clubs.
Anonymous
04/09/2025 10:34
Subject: Virginia Soccer Association-club
Only a few? Does rest of the players come from elsewhere? A few more from PWSI, still leaves about 10ish from elsewhere. Is this typical?Anonymous wrote:When catharpin is rained out, practice is usually moved to long park. As far as the club, they are fantastic. In our experience the coaches and admin are transparent and drama-free. A few players from each top team are developmental players for VDA. Parents and players infinitely nicer than other big clubs- supportive not snarky.