Anonymous wrote:MV has an A license, runs an efficient practice, doesn’t mess around with the parent bs. You could do much worse with coaches in the DMV.
Athletic kids who are serious about the game would do well with him, though he’s likely only to promote the really elite players.

Anonymous wrote:MV has an A license, runs an efficient practice, doesn’t mess around with the parent bs. You could do much worse with coaches in the DMV.
Athletic kids who are serious about the game would do well with him, though he’s likely only to promote the really elite players.

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Anonymous wrote:These glowing endorsements for MV are clearly just one person trying to convince you that obvious is not true. Let me lay it out for you -- The Emperor has no clothes and MV is not a good coach. Whoever is trying to convince otherwise is either an employee or a relative of MV. The truth is that your DD will not develop under him and they will play the lowest form of kickball and call it "Dutch Total Football". It's not even close, it is basic playground elementary school soccer during recess or PE class.

Very different than the play style ML coached with the 2010s last year.

Anonymous wrote:These glowing endorsements for MV are clearly just one person trying to convince you that obvious is not true. Let me lay it out for you -- The Emperor has no clothes and MV is not a good coach. Whoever is trying to convince otherwise is either an employee or a relative of MV. The truth is that your DD will not develop under him and they will play the lowest form of kickball and call it "Dutch Total Football". It's not even close, it is basic playground elementary school soccer during recess or PE class.

Anonymous wrote:Talk about kickball, All LS does is play kickball. If you watch RB teams, they almost always do a kickball from one of the defenders 90% of the time she just boots the ball from the back. It’s a total kickball show.

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Anonymous wrote:I know that Loudoun/NVA, McLean, Arlington, and VSA/VDA are cleaning house now. They are very strict with age groups. Even if you are the best player, they will still cut you because of this new school-year rule. A lot of Q4 2013 players are getting pushed down.

seriously? I know someone on each of those teams that is already playing up, even before the SY change. That's not suddenly going to change for next year because of the SY change. Each of the clubs is going to put together the best team they can from the eligible candidates, and if that includes some Q4 2013s or Q4 2014s, then that's who will be on the team.

Our club's unstated policy is along the lines of 'no one plays up if they're not on the top team', so I expect to see some Q4 2013s move down based on that rule, but we'll see for the Q4 2013s who are already starters on the top team but could move down and become stars

Sounds like you are mostly talking about Loudoun/ NVA, which has the most “flexible perspective”. Clubs should require that you have to be on top team and top third, not just top team. Anyways, anyone in the know knows that these teams have set rosters already and tryouts are more of a formality. Most Q4 2013s already know if they will continue or play in next age group. I’ve been surprised by how many 2013s are actually going to be in the 2014 age group. Depending on how some of these clubs handle roster size, I think a lot of people are going to be shocked.

FVU coach for 2026-2027 U13 was posted: MV. What do we need to know?

There is rich discussion on MV throughout these boards. Not sure I've ever seen a positive comment.

He's doesn't play the parent game and most of the girls are okay with him. He is the lesser of many evils in this area.

Agree! Lots of parents are negative because he doesn't entertain any fraternizing and being influenced by parents unlike other coaches in the region. If you appreciate that and if your kid is a strong & serious player you will be happy. Probably best suited to the younger age teams too.

I think it has more to do with the lack development for his players. His teams play kickball and get worse when they play for him coming from another coach. He has a record of failure with teams and his best players head for greener pastures by the time recruiting comes around.

I think some of this could be seen as true depending on who you are but "record of failure with teams and best players leaving" rings hollow. He's been with Union for 1.5 years, Brave just for 1 year and Vienna, who did not have a pathway to anything, before that. He had the 10's at Vienna/Brave and now the 12's at Union who have had relative success. He's definitely not a parent schmoozer.

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Anonymous wrote:I know that Loudoun/NVA, McLean, Arlington, and VSA/VDA are cleaning house now. They are very strict with age groups. Even if you are the best player, they will still cut you because of this new school-year rule. A lot of Q4 2013 players are getting pushed down.

seriously? I know someone on each of those teams that is already playing up, even before the SY change. That's not suddenly going to change for next year because of the SY change. Each of the clubs is going to put together the best team they can from the eligible candidates, and if that includes some Q4 2013s or Q4 2014s, then that's who will be on the team.

Our club's unstated policy is along the lines of 'no one plays up if they're not on the top team', so I expect to see some Q4 2013s move down based on that rule, but we'll see for the Q4 2013s who are already starters on the top team but could move down and become stars

Sounds like you are mostly talking about Loudoun/ NVA, which has the most “flexible perspective”. Clubs should require that you have to be on top team and top third, not just top team. Anyways, anyone in the know knows that these teams have set rosters already and tryouts are more of a formality. Most Q4 2013s already know if they will continue or play in next age group. I’ve been surprised by how many 2013s are actually going to be in the 2014 age group. Depending on how some of these clubs handle roster size, I think a lot of people are going to be shocked.

FVU coach for 2026-2027 U13 was posted: MV. What do we need to know?

There is rich discussion on MV throughout these boards. Not sure I've ever seen a positive comment.

He's doesn't play the parent game and most of the girls are okay with him. He is the lesser of many evils in this area.

Agree! Lots of parents are negative because he doesn't entertain any fraternizing and being influenced by parents unlike other coaches in the region. If you appreciate that and if your kid is a strong & serious player you will be happy. Probably best suited to the younger age teams too.

I think it has more to do with the lack development for his players. His teams play kickball and get worse when they play for him coming from another coach. He has a record of failure with teams and his best players head for greener pastures by the time recruiting comes around.

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Anonymous wrote:I know that Loudoun/NVA, McLean, Arlington, and VSA/VDA are cleaning house now. They are very strict with age groups. Even if you are the best player, they will still cut you because of this new school-year rule. A lot of Q4 2013 players are getting pushed down.

seriously? I know someone on each of those teams that is already playing up, even before the SY change. That's not suddenly going to change for next year because of the SY change. Each of the clubs is going to put together the best team they can from the eligible candidates, and if that includes some Q4 2013s or Q4 2014s, then that's who will be on the team.

Our club's unstated policy is along the lines of 'no one plays up if they're not on the top team', so I expect to see some Q4 2013s move down based on that rule, but we'll see for the Q4 2013s who are already starters on the top team but could move down and become stars

Sounds like you are mostly talking about Loudoun/ NVA, which has the most “flexible perspective”. Clubs should require that you have to be on top team and top third, not just top team. Anyways, anyone in the know knows that these teams have set rosters already and tryouts are more of a formality. Most Q4 2013s already know if they will continue or play in next age group. I’ve been surprised by how many 2013s are actually going to be in the 2014 age group. Depending on how some of these clubs handle roster size, I think a lot of people are going to be shocked.

FVU coach for 2026-2027 U13 was posted: MV. What do we need to know?

There is rich discussion on MV throughout these boards. Not sure I've ever seen a positive comment.

He's doesn't play the parent game and most of the girls are okay with him. He is the lesser of many evils in this area.

Agree! Lots of parents are negative because he doesn't entertain any fraternizing and being influenced by parents unlike other coaches in the region. If you appreciate that and if your kid is a strong & serious player you will be happy. Probably best suited to the younger age teams too.

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Anonymous wrote:I know that Loudoun/NVA, McLean, Arlington, and VSA/VDA are cleaning house now. They are very strict with age groups. Even if you are the best player, they will still cut you because of this new school-year rule. A lot of Q4 2013 players are getting pushed down.

seriously? I know someone on each of those teams that is already playing up, even before the SY change. That's not suddenly going to change for next year because of the SY change. Each of the clubs is going to put together the best team they can from the eligible candidates, and if that includes some Q4 2013s or Q4 2014s, then that's who will be on the team.

Our club's unstated policy is along the lines of 'no one plays up if they're not on the top team', so I expect to see some Q4 2013s move down based on that rule, but we'll see for the Q4 2013s who are already starters on the top team but could move down and become stars

Sounds like you are mostly talking about Loudoun/ NVA, which has the most “flexible perspective”. Clubs should require that you have to be on top team and top third, not just top team. Anyways, anyone in the know knows that these teams have set rosters already and tryouts are more of a formality. Most Q4 2013s already know if they will continue or play in next age group. I’ve been surprised by how many 2013s are actually going to be in the 2014 age group. Depending on how some of these clubs handle roster size, I think a lot of people are going to be shocked.

FVU coach for 2026-2027 U13 was posted: MV. What do we need to know?

There is rich discussion on MV throughout these boards. Not sure I've ever seen a positive comment.

He's doesn't play the parent game and most of the girls are okay with him. He is the lesser of many evils in this area.

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Anonymous wrote:I know that Loudoun/NVA, McLean, Arlington, and VSA/VDA are cleaning house now. They are very strict with age groups. Even if you are the best player, they will still cut you because of this new school-year rule. A lot of Q4 2013 players are getting pushed down.

seriously? I know someone on each of those teams that is already playing up, even before the SY change. That's not suddenly going to change for next year because of the SY change. Each of the clubs is going to put together the best team they can from the eligible candidates, and if that includes some Q4 2013s or Q4 2014s, then that's who will be on the team.

Our club's unstated policy is along the lines of 'no one plays up if they're not on the top team', so I expect to see some Q4 2013s move down based on that rule, but we'll see for the Q4 2013s who are already starters on the top team but could move down and become stars

Sounds like you are mostly talking about Loudoun/ NVA, which has the most “flexible perspective”. Clubs should require that you have to be on top team and top third, not just top team. Anyways, anyone in the know knows that these teams have set rosters already and tryouts are more of a formality. Most Q4 2013s already know if they will continue or play in next age group. I’ve been surprised by how many 2013s are actually going to be in the 2014 age group. Depending on how some of these clubs handle roster size, I think a lot of people are going to be shocked.

FVU coach for 2026-2027 U13 was posted: MV. What do we need to know?

There is rich discussion on MV throughout these boards. Not sure I've ever seen a positive comment.

He's doesn't play the parent game and most of the girls are okay with him. He is the lesser of many evils in this area.

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Anonymous wrote:I know that Loudoun/NVA, McLean, Arlington, and VSA/VDA are cleaning house now. They are very strict with age groups. Even if you are the best player, they will still cut you because of this new school-year rule. A lot of Q4 2013 players are getting pushed down.

seriously? I know someone on each of those teams that is already playing up, even before the SY change. That's not suddenly going to change for next year because of the SY change. Each of the clubs is going to put together the best team they can from the eligible candidates, and if that includes some Q4 2013s or Q4 2014s, then that's who will be on the team.

Our club's unstated policy is along the lines of 'no one plays up if they're not on the top team', so I expect to see some Q4 2013s move down based on that rule, but we'll see for the Q4 2013s who are already starters on the top team but could move down and become stars

Sounds like you are mostly talking about Loudoun/ NVA, which has the most “flexible perspective”. Clubs should require that you have to be on top team and top third, not just top team. Anyways, anyone in the know knows that these teams have set rosters already and tryouts are more of a formality. Most Q4 2013s already know if they will continue or play in next age group. I’ve been surprised by how many 2013s are actually going to be in the 2014 age group. Depending on how some of these clubs handle roster size, I think a lot of people are going to be shocked.

FVU coach for 2026-2027 U13 was posted: MV. What do we need to know?

There is rich discussion on MV throughout these boards. Not sure I've ever seen a positive comment.

He's doesn't play the parent game and most of the girls are okay with him. He is the lesser of many evils in this area.

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Anonymous wrote:I know that Loudoun/NVA, McLean, Arlington, and VSA/VDA are cleaning house now. They are very strict with age groups. Even if you are the best player, they will still cut you because of this new school-year rule. A lot of Q4 2013 players are getting pushed down.

seriously? I know someone on each of those teams that is already playing up, even before the SY change. That's not suddenly going to change for next year because of the SY change. Each of the clubs is going to put together the best team they can from the eligible candidates, and if that includes some Q4 2013s or Q4 2014s, then that's who will be on the team.

Our club's unstated policy is along the lines of 'no one plays up if they're not on the top team', so I expect to see some Q4 2013s move down based on that rule, but we'll see for the Q4 2013s who are already starters on the top team but could move down and become stars

Sounds like you are mostly talking about Loudoun/ NVA, which has the most “flexible perspective”. Clubs should require that you have to be on top team and top third, not just top team. Anyways, anyone in the know knows that these teams have set rosters already and tryouts are more of a formality. Most Q4 2013s already know if they will continue or play in next age group. I’ve been surprised by how many 2013s are actually going to be in the 2014 age group. Depending on how some of these clubs handle roster size, I think a lot of people are going to be shocked.

FVU coach for 2026-2027 U13 was posted: MV. What do we need to know?

There is rich discussion on MV throughout these boards. Not sure I've ever seen a positive comment.