Anonymous
08/07/2025 17:37
Subject: Copa Virginia Villareal Tournament
If Villarreal is hosting it, why are all the fields in Herndon and Chantilly?
Anonymous
08/07/2025 17:21
Subject: Copa Virginia Villareal Tournament
Anonymous wrote:Don't coaches usually select which tournaments they want to do?
Apparently not at Herndon as our coach was as surprised as we were that we were doing this ratchedy thing.
Anonymous
08/07/2025 16:23
Subject: Copa Virginia Villareal Tournament
Don't coaches usually select which tournaments they want to do?
Anonymous
08/07/2025 16:13
Subject: Copa Virginia Villareal Tournament
Anonymous wrote:How do you know what tournaments your Herndon team is doing for the year? My dc's team has been told nothing.
+100.
Our team has nothing but practices in playmetrics. No scrimmage, games or tournaments. No message from the
coach. No team manager. No schedule for fall even though other RL teams have been sent the basic schedule of dates and clubs. No info in the chat. Literally no info.
Anonymous
08/07/2025 16:06
Subject: Copa Virginia Villareal Tournament
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Overcharging players for tournament fees and then requiring their teams to pay/play Herndon and whatever this Herndon-associated tournament is (seems like the admin is freelancing and put all the Herndon teams into this tournament as a favor to the tournament franchise), feels sleazy.
There is an expectation that the tournaments chosen will be to the personal benefit of the player, not financially benefit the club or club admin.
It's a local tournament count yourself lucky you don't have to travel several hours and pay crazy stay to play hotel fees to play the same level of teams.
There are many well run local tournaments with good competition here in August. No need to travel or start a new crappy moneygrab tournament.
Anonymous
08/07/2025 16:01
Subject: Copa Virginia Villareal Tournament
But...your kid could be invited to pay to play in Spain for a mere $1950!
(Coaches travel for free? Hmmm very interesting. Is the club admin pushing this also a coach???)
(Coaches travel for free? Hmmm very interesting. Is the club admin pushing this also a coach???)
Anonymous
08/07/2025 15:58
Subject: Copa Virginia Villareal Tournament
Anonymous wrote:Overcharging players for tournament fees and then requiring their teams to pay/play Herndon and whatever this Herndon-associated tournament is (seems like the admin is freelancing and put all the Herndon teams into this tournament as a favor to the tournament franchise), feels sleazy.
There is an expectation that the tournaments chosen will be to the personal benefit of the player, not financially benefit the club or club admin.
It's a local tournament count yourself lucky you don't have to travel several hours and pay crazy stay to play hotel fees to play the same level of teams.
Anonymous
08/07/2025 15:56
Subject: Copa Virginia Villareal Tournament
Overcharging players for tournament fees and then requiring their teams to pay/play Herndon and whatever this Herndon-associated tournament is (seems like the admin is freelancing and put all the Herndon teams into this tournament as a favor to the tournament franchise), feels sleazy.
There is an expectation that the tournaments chosen will be to the personal benefit of the player, not financially benefit the club or club admin.
There is an expectation that the tournaments chosen will be to the personal benefit of the player, not financially benefit the club or club admin.
Anonymous
08/07/2025 15:49
Subject: Copa Virginia Villareal Tournament
For those of you saying "money grab," does it matter to you whether Herndon is a 501(c)3 non-profit? Or that they run rec leagues and such?
Are you expecting tournament hosts to NOT make money? Or is it you feel like there's not quality for the money? Is Copa Rayados, for instance, OK because it attracts higher level teams? It seems to me tournaments are a good way for the non-profit clubs to earn money for programming. And they're fun events no matter the level.
Are you expecting tournament hosts to NOT make money? Or is it you feel like there's not quality for the money? Is Copa Rayados, for instance, OK because it attracts higher level teams? It seems to me tournaments are a good way for the non-profit clubs to earn money for programming. And they're fun events no matter the level.
Anonymous
08/07/2025 15:39
Subject: Copa Virginia Villareal Tournament
Applications due 8/8; payments due 8/9; accepted list 8/10; brackets 8/12.
Anonymous
08/07/2025 13:59
Subject: Copa Virginia Villareal Tournament
How do you know what tournaments your Herndon team is doing for the year? My dc's team has been told nothing.
Anonymous
08/07/2025 12:52
Subject: Copa Virginia Villareal Tournament
Anonymous wrote:I asked about the team fees doubling(which is explained as a fee that covers tournament registration and coach travel expenses) going up and did not get a satisfactory answer. Our team is only doing four local tournaments, same as last year. How is the "team fee" exactly the same across many different teams ($550) if some teams are doing different tournaments and some where coaches travel, and some are all local--and there is not the exact same number of players per team?
It feels like a money grab by Herndon.
💯 Indeed a money grab.
Anonymous
08/07/2025 11:30
Subject: Copa Virginia Villareal Tournament
Anonymous wrote:As a team manager for another club I can tell you that fair team fees for 4 local tournaments should be in the $200 range.
Agree, and if the team roster is more than 17/18 it should be even lower.
Anonymous
08/07/2025 10:46
Subject: Copa Virginia Villareal Tournament
As a team manager for another club I can tell you that fair team fees for 4 local tournaments should be in the $200 range.
Anonymous
08/07/2025 10:05
Subject: Copa Virginia Villareal Tournament
Anonymous wrote:I asked about the team fees doubling(which is explained as a fee that covers tournament registration and coach travel expenses) going up and did not get a satisfactory answer. Our team is only doing four local tournaments, same as last year. How is the "team fee" exactly the same across many different teams ($550) if some teams are doing different tournaments and some where coaches travel, and some are all local--and there is not the exact same number of players per team?
It feels like a money grab by Herndon.
In the world of travel soccer, it’s almost always the case that lower teams subsidize higher teams. When DS was young and on a B team (a very strong one) we paid the same as the A team but they got extra practice and the shared coach always prioritized the A team games leaving us with a sub many times. Later at a different club my son played B but guested with A for most games and tournaments. I could see firsthand that the B team was registered for less expensive tournaments again for the same fees (but we personally got a deal since he was playing both for one fee). In later years when my son played for the A team, I also was aware that we were traveling more, while B and C families paid the same This experience was across multiple clubs. It would be much more fair to figure out total fees for a team and divide them across the number of rostered players (allowing for the fact that clubs need to add a little something on top for the unexpected). I can understand there’s an argument made for simplifying the process but it is unfair, especially to families stretching to afford it.