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Anonymous wrote:If a merger occurred between FCV and Loudoun it can occur between FCV and BRYC. What don't people get?

Who is at the top of Spirit? Larry Best (BRYC) Who is the coach for Spirit...thats right....a FCV guy.

Where is STJ? Springfield. Where is Robinson HS?

What lead will attract the talent? ECNL. Who needs ECNL? FCV

FCV and Loudoun never merged. They had an agreement is all. Short term at that too. Nobody will merge with STJ because it will mean giving up full control; they will not settle for any less.

When did this merge take place and why did it not come to fruition? Who was the biatch that blew it off? fcv or ls?

Loudoun Soccer, FC Virginia announce Development Academy partnership - SoccerWire
https://www.soccerwire.com/news/loudoun-soccer-fc-virginia-announce-development-academy-partnership/

So what happened?

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Anonymous wrote:If a merger occurred between FCV and Loudoun it can occur between FCV and BRYC. What don't people get?

Who is at the top of Spirit? Larry Best (BRYC) Who is the coach for Spirit...thats right....a FCV guy.

Where is STJ? Springfield. Where is Robinson HS?

What lead will attract the talent? ECNL. Who needs ECNL? FCV

FCV and Loudoun never merged. They had an agreement is all. Short term at that too. Nobody will merge with STJ because it will mean giving up full control; they will not settle for any less.

When did this merge take place and why did it not come to fruition? Who was the biatch that blew it off? fcv or ls?

Loudoun Soccer, FC Virginia announce Development Academy partnership - SoccerWire
https://www.soccerwire.com/news/loudoun-soccer-fc-virginia-announce-development-academy-partnership/

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Anonymous wrote:If a merger occurred between FCV and Loudoun it can occur between FCV and BRYC. What don't people get?

Who is at the top of Spirit? Larry Best (BRYC) Who is the coach for Spirit...thats right....a FCV guy.

Where is STJ? Springfield. Where is Robinson HS?

What lead will attract the talent? ECNL. Who needs ECNL? FCV

FCV and Loudoun never merged. They had an agreement is all. Short term at that too. Nobody will merge with STJ because it will mean giving up full control; they will not settle for any less.

When did this merge take place and why did it not come to fruition? Who was the biatch that blew it off? fcv or ls?

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Anonymous wrote:I agree with other PP I would much rather see Arlington in ECNL than BRYC

Arlington should be....but they went to DA. Thank USSF. No more ECNL clubs will be added.

Arlington tried, but Mclean blackballed them. Both before Girls DA and after it imploded. But Arlington boys are in ECNL this year, so if BRYC doesn’t win any games, maybe ECNL will get wise, drop BRYC, and add Arlington no matter what Mclean says.

Why would McLean only blackball the girls side? I think this blackball thing is a rumor

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Anonymous wrote:If a merger occurred between FCV and Loudoun it can occur between FCV and BRYC. What don't people get?

Who is at the top of Spirit? Larry Best (BRYC) Who is the coach for Spirit...thats right....a FCV guy.

Where is STJ? Springfield. Where is Robinson HS?

What lead will attract the talent? ECNL. Who needs ECNL? FCV

FCV and Loudoun never merged. They had an agreement is all. Short term at that too. Nobody will merge with STJ because it will mean giving up full control; they will not settle for any less.

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:I agree with other PP I would much rather see Arlington in ECNL than BRYC

Arlington should be....but they went to DA. Thank USSF. No more ECNL clubs will be added.

Arlington tried, but Mclean blackballed them. Both before Girls DA and after it imploded. But Arlington boys are in ECNL this year, so if BRYC doesn’t win any games, maybe ECNL will get wise, drop BRYC, and add Arlington no matter what Mclean says.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree with other PP I would much rather see Arlington in ECNL than BRYC

Arlington should be....but they went to DA. Thank USSF. No more ECNL clubs will be added.

Anonymous wrote:If a merger occurred between FCV and Loudoun it can occur between FCV and BRYC. What don't people get?

Who is at the top of Spirit? Larry Best (BRYC) Who is the coach for Spirit...thats right....a FCV guy.

Where is STJ? Springfield. Where is Robinson HS?

What lead will attract the talent? ECNL. Who needs ECNL? FCV

Anonymous wrote:If a merger occurred between FCV and Loudoun it can occur between FCV and BRYC. What don't people get?

Who is at the top of Spirit? Larry Best (BRYC) Who is the coach for Spirit...thats right....a FCV guy.

Where is STJ? Springfield. Where is Robinson HS?

What lead will attract the talent? ECNL. Who needs ECNL? FCV

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Anonymous wrote:FCV will take over BRYC to get back into ECNL and sell STJ memberships. Loudoun will strengthen. Arlington and Mclean will merge their girls program and strengthen. My prediction.

Done

Why would a gym double down by buying another club?

It is more likely that in a few years the St. James dissolves the soccer side of things than it is open to mergers. The St James is a business first and foremost.

Memberships. Thats what gyms acquire. It costs them nothing to run FCV. The parents pay everything. Lets be for real

And how many memberships have they acquired with a Loudoun based soccer club?

Do you think STJ is paying out of pocket to run FCV? Get a grip. They make money all different ways

The St. James is not a youth soccer company and the club needs to actually make them money not simply sustain itself.

While they make money in many different ways and the margins made on a soccer club make it unnecessary to their bottom line. It either carries itself and is profitable or they just dissolve the club. But purchasing another club isn't going to make them any more money. Their brand and business model is not youth soccer. They bought one of the few available for profit clubs in the area which was easier than trying to start their own club from scratch.

A merger with a non-profit simply muddies the waters as they are a business after all and not a community non-profit. It is also unlikely that BRYC is "for sale" either. If a merger were to happen it in fact would likely go in the other direction of FCV being bought by a local club.

A merger is not a purchase. A merger is a mutual agreement to share resources. In such, STJ gains more memberships.