Anonymous
Post 05/06/2019 17:13     Subject: Washington Spirit Virginia
Anonymous wrote:Who ever said they wouldn’t be part of DA still? The Spirit affiliation is not necessary for DA inclusion.


Spirit is being dropped on the MD side- it will be dropped on the VA time in due course. What local club will they be then affiliated with?
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2019 17:08     Subject: Washington Spirit Virginia
Anonymous wrote:Who ever said they wouldn’t be part of DA still? The Spirit affiliation is not necessary for DA inclusion.


Then there is no pathway to the pros?
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2019 17:07     Subject: Washington Spirit Virginia
It's really not that simple. It's not you. It's me

I smell a breakup
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2019 17:06     Subject: Washington Spirit Virginia
Who ever said they wouldn’t be part of DA still? The Spirit affiliation is not necessary for DA inclusion.
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2019 17:00     Subject: Washington Spirit Virginia
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Anonymous wrote:As in ever single DA player associated with Spirit in Virginia must is a registered member of Great Falls/Reston.


Great. Why is that relevant to the discussion?


Because thats who the are affiliated with. If Spirit pulls out that's who they go with.


It is not so simple.

Certainly they have had an affiliation with GFR. It is through this affiliation that they get fields.

You shouldn't think that Spirit is being replaced by GFR.


who will spirit be replaced with then? when spirit is not part of DA anymore, which club affiliation will occur for that DA team?
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2019 16:42     Subject: Washington Spirit Virginia
^^^Yep-it’s not!
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2019 16:39     Subject: Washington Spirit Virginia
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Anonymous wrote:As in ever single DA player associated with Spirit in Virginia must is a registered member of Great Falls/Reston.


Great. Why is that relevant to the discussion?


Because thats who the are affiliated with. If Spirit pulls out that's who they go with.


It is not so simple.

Certainly they have had an affiliation with GFR. It is through this affiliation that they get fields.

You shouldn't think that Spirit is being replaced by GFR.
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2019 16:27     Subject: Washington Spirit Virginia
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Anonymous wrote:As in ever single DA player associated with Spirit in Virginia must is a registered member of Great Falls/Reston.


Great. Why is that relevant to the discussion?


Because thats who the are affiliated with. If Spirit pulls out that's who they go with.
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2019 16:24     Subject: Washington Spirit Virginia
Spirit VA spokesman.

Stand up! Once and for all.

Tell us all what you know to be fact.
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2019 16:16     Subject: Washington Spirit Virginia
Anonymous wrote:As in ever single DA player associated with Spirit in Virginia must is a registered member of Great Falls/Reston.


Great. Why is that relevant to the discussion?
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2019 16:16     Subject: Washington Spirit Virginia
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Anonymous wrote:Spirit got rid of their successful DA with an established pipeline just to keep the not successful DA with no pipeline is an over saturated market. This is their pathway to the pros?

Even the diehards have to question this.


This is the most logical thing that has been said in this thread. By all accounts, the MD teams have been better run, and better positioned for success, than WSVA. MD announced last week the end of the Spirit affiliation and the move to Baltimore Armour. Given this fact (not rumor) about the MD teams, one has to ask why the VA teams would be treated differently by Spirit. Maybe Spirit told both MD and VA that Spirit was getting out of youth after the 19-20 season, and the MD team decided to make the break a year early?

Time will tell with the VA teams, but the MD teams are already split from Spirit for next year.


did they officially announce that?
I know its happening because the coaches have said it, but didnt see anything official.


If you mean an official announcement on the DA or Baltimore Armour website, then no, it has not been officially announced. But, as you said, the coaches have told the players and parents. If anyone doesn't believe it, come to the games this weekend at Evergreen and ask any of the MD parents.


If that's true, where is the official announcement? Why hasn't it been posted? That makes no sense either. Announcements like that go up online. Even the defunct airline WOW posted something on their main page.


its coming. And yes, its 100percent true.


If true, post the announcement. I'm not in denial. I'm simply unwilling to believe an anonymous poster on this forum when so many things posted here turned out to be garbage. I want real evidence. Any evidence. Baltimore Armous's website also has nothing to say.


I have no idea why the announcement is not yet on the site, and I don't really care whether you choose to believe me or not. I understand your skepticism, especially with the anti-Spirit people on this site. But I am also being sincere in telling you that, if you don't believe the couple MD posters on this thread, then come watch us play FCV on Saturday and ask any of the MD parents. WSVA has no DA games scheduled this weekend. Come see for yourself.

This is not an anti-Spirit troll job, but an honest attempt by a couple Spirit MD parents to pass along real information about our club.


I believe you. I don't think there's anything anti-Spirit about stating there will be a change to the management of the DA teams. It's the posters saying that the DA teams will be dissolved or absorbed by FCV that are the trolls.

I think there's a lot of benefit to splitting the management of the DA teams away from the pro team....resources always give priority to the pro team and not enough to the DA. Also, maybe the costs can come down if the DA teams are separate. That;s been a common complaint here, especially when tied to the controversial ticket.


What a moronic statement. If they split from Spirit they are being absorbed by someone else....FCV or otherwise.


Wrong again.


So, if Spirit breaks away from the VA players, who will they be? What will they be called? What fields will the use? Who will run their administration.
How will the parents make payments? To whom? How will the players be carded?

Great Falls Reston



Ding ding ding!

Did you know that all Spirit VA players are registered GFR players?

Cant see two feet in front of their face.




DA players are registered thru US soccer DA program. They don't play for other teams and don't really need player cards to play in DA games.
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2019 16:15     Subject: Washington Spirit Virginia
As in ever single DA player associated with Spirit in Virginia must is a registered member of Great Falls/Reston.
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2019 16:11     Subject: Washington Spirit Virginia
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Anonymous wrote:Spirit got rid of their successful DA with an established pipeline just to keep the not successful DA with no pipeline is an over saturated market. This is their pathway to the pros?

Even the diehards have to question this.


This is the most logical thing that has been said in this thread. By all accounts, the MD teams have been better run, and better positioned for success, than WSVA. MD announced last week the end of the Spirit affiliation and the move to Baltimore Armour. Given this fact (not rumor) about the MD teams, one has to ask why the VA teams would be treated differently by Spirit. Maybe Spirit told both MD and VA that Spirit was getting out of youth after the 19-20 season, and the MD team decided to make the break a year early?

Time will tell with the VA teams, but the MD teams are already split from Spirit for next year.


did they officially announce that?
I know its happening because the coaches have said it, but didnt see anything official.


If you mean an official announcement on the DA or Baltimore Armour website, then no, it has not been officially announced. But, as you said, the coaches have told the players and parents. If anyone doesn't believe it, come to the games this weekend at Evergreen and ask any of the MD parents.


If that's true, where is the official announcement? Why hasn't it been posted? That makes no sense either. Announcements like that go up online. Even the defunct airline WOW posted something on their main page.


its coming. And yes, its 100percent true.


If true, post the announcement. I'm not in denial. I'm simply unwilling to believe an anonymous poster on this forum when so many things posted here turned out to be garbage. I want real evidence. Any evidence. Baltimore Armous's website also has nothing to say.


I have no idea why the announcement is not yet on the site, and I don't really care whether you choose to believe me or not. I understand your skepticism, especially with the anti-Spirit people on this site. But I am also being sincere in telling you that, if you don't believe the couple MD posters on this thread, then come watch us play FCV on Saturday and ask any of the MD parents. WSVA has no DA games scheduled this weekend. Come see for yourself.

This is not an anti-Spirit troll job, but an honest attempt by a couple Spirit MD parents to pass along real information about our club.


I believe you. I don't think there's anything anti-Spirit about stating there will be a change to the management of the DA teams. It's the posters saying that the DA teams will be dissolved or absorbed by FCV that are the trolls.

I think there's a lot of benefit to splitting the management of the DA teams away from the pro team....resources always give priority to the pro team and not enough to the DA. Also, maybe the costs can come down if the DA teams are separate. That;s been a common complaint here, especially when tied to the controversial ticket.


What a moronic statement. If they split from Spirit they are being absorbed by someone else....FCV or otherwise.


Wrong again.


So, if Spirit breaks away from the VA players, who will they be? What will they be called? What fields will the use? Who will run their administration.
How will the parents make payments? To whom? How will the players be carded?

Great Falls Reston



Ding ding ding!

Did you know that all Spirit VA players are registered GFR players?

Cant see two feet in front of their face.




As in they’re NPL carded with GFR and then DA carded with spirit?
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2019 16:07     Subject: Washington Spirit Virginia
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Anonymous wrote:Spirit got rid of their successful DA with an established pipeline just to keep the not successful DA with no pipeline is an over saturated market. This is their pathway to the pros?

Even the diehards have to question this.


This is the most logical thing that has been said in this thread. By all accounts, the MD teams have been better run, and better positioned for success, than WSVA. MD announced last week the end of the Spirit affiliation and the move to Baltimore Armour. Given this fact (not rumor) about the MD teams, one has to ask why the VA teams would be treated differently by Spirit. Maybe Spirit told both MD and VA that Spirit was getting out of youth after the 19-20 season, and the MD team decided to make the break a year early?

Time will tell with the VA teams, but the MD teams are already split from Spirit for next year.


did they officially announce that?
I know its happening because the coaches have said it, but didnt see anything official.


If you mean an official announcement on the DA or Baltimore Armour website, then no, it has not been officially announced. But, as you said, the coaches have told the players and parents. If anyone doesn't believe it, come to the games this weekend at Evergreen and ask any of the MD parents.


If that's true, where is the official announcement? Why hasn't it been posted? That makes no sense either. Announcements like that go up online. Even the defunct airline WOW posted something on their main page.


its coming. And yes, its 100percent true.


If true, post the announcement. I'm not in denial. I'm simply unwilling to believe an anonymous poster on this forum when so many things posted here turned out to be garbage. I want real evidence. Any evidence. Baltimore Armous's website also has nothing to say.


I have no idea why the announcement is not yet on the site, and I don't really care whether you choose to believe me or not. I understand your skepticism, especially with the anti-Spirit people on this site. But I am also being sincere in telling you that, if you don't believe the couple MD posters on this thread, then come watch us play FCV on Saturday and ask any of the MD parents. WSVA has no DA games scheduled this weekend. Come see for yourself.

This is not an anti-Spirit troll job, but an honest attempt by a couple Spirit MD parents to pass along real information about our club.


I believe you. I don't think there's anything anti-Spirit about stating there will be a change to the management of the DA teams. It's the posters saying that the DA teams will be dissolved or absorbed by FCV that are the trolls.

I think there's a lot of benefit to splitting the management of the DA teams away from the pro team....resources always give priority to the pro team and not enough to the DA. Also, maybe the costs can come down if the DA teams are separate. That;s been a common complaint here, especially when tied to the controversial ticket.


What a moronic statement. If they split from Spirit they are being absorbed by someone else....FCV or otherwise.


Wrong again.


So, if Spirit breaks away from the VA players, who will they be? What will they be called? What fields will the use? Who will run their administration.
How will the parents make payments? To whom? How will the players be carded?

Great Falls Reston



Ding ding ding!

Did you know that all Spirit VA players are registered GFR players?

Cant see two feet in front of their face.


Anonymous
Post 05/06/2019 16:05     Subject: Washington Spirit Virginia
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:Spirit got rid of their successful DA with an established pipeline just to keep the not successful DA with no pipeline is an over saturated market. This is their pathway to the pros?

Even the diehards have to question this.


This is the most logical thing that has been said in this thread. By all accounts, the MD teams have been better run, and better positioned for success, than WSVA. MD announced last week the end of the Spirit affiliation and the move to Baltimore Armour. Given this fact (not rumor) about the MD teams, one has to ask why the VA teams would be treated differently by Spirit. Maybe Spirit told both MD and VA that Spirit was getting out of youth after the 19-20 season, and the MD team decided to make the break a year early?

Time will tell with the VA teams, but the MD teams are already split from Spirit for next year.


did they officially announce that?
I know its happening because the coaches have said it, but didnt see anything official.


If you mean an official announcement on the DA or Baltimore Armour website, then no, it has not been officially announced. But, as you said, the coaches have told the players and parents. If anyone doesn't believe it, come to the games this weekend at Evergreen and ask any of the MD parents.


If that's true, where is the official announcement? Why hasn't it been posted? That makes no sense either. Announcements like that go up online. Even the defunct airline WOW posted something on their main page.


its coming. And yes, its 100percent true.


If true, post the announcement. I'm not in denial. I'm simply unwilling to believe an anonymous poster on this forum when so many things posted here turned out to be garbage. I want real evidence. Any evidence. Baltimore Armous's website also has nothing to say.


I have no idea why the announcement is not yet on the site, and I don't really care whether you choose to believe me or not. I understand your skepticism, especially with the anti-Spirit people on this site. But I am also being sincere in telling you that, if you don't believe the couple MD posters on this thread, then come watch us play FCV on Saturday and ask any of the MD parents. WSVA has no DA games scheduled this weekend. Come see for yourself.

This is not an anti-Spirit troll job, but an honest attempt by a couple Spirit MD parents to pass along real information about our club.


I believe you. I don't think there's anything anti-Spirit about stating there will be a change to the management of the DA teams. It's the posters saying that the DA teams will be dissolved or absorbed by FCV that are the trolls.

I think there's a lot of benefit to splitting the management of the DA teams away from the pro team....resources always give priority to the pro team and not enough to the DA. Also, maybe the costs can come down if the DA teams are separate. That;s been a common complaint here, especially when tied to the controversial ticket.


What a moronic statement. If they split from Spirit they are being absorbed by someone else....FCV or otherwise.


Wrong again.


So, if Spirit breaks away from the VA players, who will they be? What will they be called? What fields will the use? Who will run their administration.
How will the parents make payments? To whom? How will the players be carded?

Great Falls Reston