Anonymous
02/19/2025 16:14
Subject: Valor
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The end of this season cannot come quick enough. What a mistake joining this club was.
What is wrong? We are moving into the area (Centreville) this spring and we were told they are a top club in the area. My two kids are strong soccer players from NCFC.
I am second guessing now.
Man, if 172 pages of unhappy customers doesn't steer you away, I don't know what will!
I didn't read the other pages, as it is usually one or two bad seeds who stir the pot.
Both my kids are not ECNL age so was going to develop them prior to that age. I was referred by a friend who has a kid who doesn't play soccer. I did some research on their site and likely will be in the area after tryouts. I will figure it out.
As for the Centreville comment, was that really necessary?
You think 1 or 2 complaining parents created 172 pages of commentary and pretended to be multiple other parents?
I think this forum might be the craziest on DCUM. You can tell there are a few people who post obsessively on threads. So that wouldn’t surprise me at all.
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Anonymous
02/19/2025 15:51
Subject: Valor
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The end of this season cannot come quick enough. What a mistake joining this club was.
What is wrong? We are moving into the area (Centreville) this spring and we were told they are a top club in the area. My two kids are strong soccer players from NCFC.
I am second guessing now.
Man, if 172 pages of unhappy customers doesn't steer you away, I don't know what will!
I didn't read the other pages, as it is usually one or two bad seeds who stir the pot.
Both my kids are not ECNL age so was going to develop them prior to that age. I was referred by a friend who has a kid who doesn't play soccer. I did some research on their site and likely will be in the area after tryouts. I will figure it out.
As for the Centreville comment, was that really necessary?
You think 1 or 2 complaining parents created 172 pages of commentary and pretended to be multiple other parents?
I think this forum might be the craziest on DCUM. You can tell there are a few people who post obsessively on threads. So that wouldn’t surprise me at all.
Anonymous
02/19/2025 15:33
Subject: Valor
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The end of this season cannot come quick enough. What a mistake joining this club was.
What is wrong? We are moving into the area (Centreville) this spring and we were told they are a top club in the area. My two kids are strong soccer players from NCFC.
I am second guessing now.
Man, if 172 pages of unhappy customers doesn't steer you away, I don't know what will!
I didn't read the other pages, as it is usually one or two bad seeds who stir the pot.
Both my kids are not ECNL age so was going to develop them prior to that age. I was referred by a friend who has a kid who doesn't play soccer. I did some research on their site and likely will be in the area after tryouts. I will figure it out.
As for the Centreville comment, was that really necessary?
You think 1 or 2 complaining parents created 172 pages of commentary and pretended to be multiple other parents?
Anonymous
02/19/2025 15:31
Subject: Valor
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The end of this season cannot come quick enough. What a mistake joining this club was.
What is wrong? We are moving into the area (Centreville) this spring and we were told they are a top club in the area. My two kids are strong soccer players from NCFC.
I am second guessing now.
Man, if 172 pages of unhappy customers doesn't steer you away, I don't know what will!
+100. I know this is a niche website but its kinda amazing that anyone shows up to their tryouts.
This board very much skews toward parents trying to position their kids to play in top leagues and get recruited for college... particularly for girls. Look at the threads that are most popular. Most parents just aren't thinking about travel soccer that way. They see it as something their kid enjoys that they are willing to pay for. They aren't constantly comparing one club to the other trying to get their kid on the "best" team in the "best" league. I agree Valor is not a good fit for families like that, and no one should fall for Valor trying to portray themselves as an elite club. But most parents do not care about that anyway. They like the locations of the fields and the fact that their kids can play with classmates and carpool with neighbors. They have the money and are willing to pay more for this convenience. That's really all there is to it. Most parents know their kid isn't headed on some elite path. The ones that have potential for that do tend to leave.
I have one child on a top team at Valor who works hard, loves soccer and wants to try to get on the best team that will accept them. So we are looking into that this spring. I have another child who likes soccer but frankly isn't great at it and doesn't have a very strong work ethic. Not moving to travel for them yet, but not ruling out Valor if rec stops being a good fit. I'm sure it would be on a lower team and that is fine. It would keep our child active and busy doing something they enjoy. Sometimes that's all that matters. You just have to know what you are signing up for. I'm sure some parents are clueless/delusional, but I suspect most who stick with Valor for more than a year or two understand the situation and are fine with it. Not everything has to be so serious.
I disagree, a lot of the complaints on this thread seem to come from parents on the lower teams. Which Valor seems to consider their kids as interchangeable widgets just for revenue and not provides a good, quality experience. Not as many complaints from the top team.
Anonymous
02/19/2025 15:22
Subject: Valor
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The end of this season cannot come quick enough. What a mistake joining this club was.
What is wrong? We are moving into the area (Centreville) this spring and we were told they are a top club in the area. My two kids are strong soccer players from NCFC.
I am second guessing now.
Man, if 172 pages of unhappy customers doesn't steer you away, I don't know what will!
I didn't read the other pages, as it is usually one or two bad seeds who stir the pot.
Both my kids are not ECNL age so was going to develop them prior to that age. I was referred by a friend who has a kid who doesn't play soccer. I did some research on their site and likely will be in the area after tryouts. I will figure it out.
As for the Centreville comment, was that really necessary?
Anonymous
02/19/2025 15:19
Subject: Valor
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The end of this season cannot come quick enough. What a mistake joining this club was.
What is wrong? We are moving into the area (Centreville) this spring and we were told they are a top club in the area. My two kids are strong soccer players from NCFC.
I am second guessing now.
Man, if 172 pages of unhappy customers doesn't steer you away, I don't know what will!
+100. I know this is a niche website but its kinda amazing that anyone shows up to their tryouts.
This board very much skews toward parents trying to position their kids to play in top leagues and get recruited for college... particularly for girls. Look at the threads that are most popular. Most parents just aren't thinking about travel soccer that way. They see it as something their kid enjoys that they are willing to pay for. They aren't constantly comparing one club to the other trying to get their kid on the "best" team in the "best" league. I agree Valor is not a good fit for families like that, and no one should fall for Valor trying to portray themselves as an elite club. But most parents do not care about that anyway. They like the locations of the fields and the fact that their kids can play with classmates and carpool with neighbors. They have the money and are willing to pay more for this convenience. That's really all there is to it. Most parents know their kid isn't headed on some elite path. The ones that have potential for that do tend to leave.
I have one child on a top team at Valor who works hard, loves soccer and wants to try to get on the best team that will accept them. So we are looking into that this spring. I have another child who likes soccer but frankly isn't great at it and doesn't have a very strong work ethic. Not moving to travel for them yet, but not ruling out Valor if rec stops being a good fit. I'm sure it would be on a lower team and that is fine. It would keep our child active and busy doing something they enjoy. Sometimes that's all that matters. You just have to know what you are signing up for. I'm sure some parents are clueless/delusional, but I suspect most who stick with Valor for more than a year or two understand the situation and are fine with it. Not everything has to be so serious.
Well said
Anonymous
02/19/2025 14:21
Subject: Valor
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The end of this season cannot come quick enough. What a mistake joining this club was.
What is wrong? We are moving into the area (Centreville) this spring and we were told they are a top club in the area. My two kids are strong soccer players from NCFC.
I am second guessing now.
Man, if 172 pages of unhappy customers doesn't steer you away, I don't know what will!
+100. I know this is a niche website but its kinda amazing that anyone shows up to their tryouts.
This board very much skews toward parents trying to position their kids to play in top leagues and get recruited for college... particularly for girls. Look at the threads that are most popular. Most parents just aren't thinking about travel soccer that way. They see it as something their kid enjoys that they are willing to pay for. They aren't constantly comparing one club to the other trying to get their kid on the "best" team in the "best" league. I agree Valor is not a good fit for families like that, and no one should fall for Valor trying to portray themselves as an elite club. But most parents do not care about that anyway. They like the locations of the fields and the fact that their kids can play with classmates and carpool with neighbors. They have the money and are willing to pay more for this convenience. That's really all there is to it. Most parents know their kid isn't headed on some elite path. The ones that have potential for that do tend to leave.
I have one child on a top team at Valor who works hard, loves soccer and wants to try to get on the best team that will accept them. So we are looking into that this spring. I have another child who likes soccer but frankly isn't great at it and doesn't have a very strong work ethic. Not moving to travel for them yet, but not ruling out Valor if rec stops being a good fit. I'm sure it would be on a lower team and that is fine. It would keep our child active and busy doing something they enjoy. Sometimes that's all that matters. You just have to know what you are signing up for. I'm sure some parents are clueless/delusional, but I suspect most who stick with Valor for more than a year or two understand the situation and are fine with it. Not everything has to be so serious.
Anonymous
02/19/2025 14:19
Subject: Valor
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The end of this season cannot come quick enough. What a mistake joining this club was.
What is wrong? We are moving into the area (Centreville) this spring and we were told they are a top club in the area. My two kids are strong soccer players from NCFC.
I am second guessing now.
Man, if 172 pages of unhappy customers doesn't steer you away, I don't know what will!
+100. I know this is a niche website but its kinda amazing that anyone shows up to their tryouts.
Looks like this thread started a year ago. If I had known of it’s existence I’m not sure it would have changed my decision to have my kid tryout, I take comfort that there are many others as miserable as me and I will not be making that decision again. You live you learn and hopefully don’t repeat the same mistakes. Reading the AC Milan thread that might have been a worse decision. You can’t predict how everything will play out.
Anonymous
02/19/2025 13:58
Subject: Valor
Once you remind yourself how dumb the average person is...and that half the people are even dumber than that average guy, many things in life start to make more sense.
Anonymous
02/19/2025 08:51
Subject: Valor
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The end of this season cannot come quick enough. What a mistake joining this club was.
What is wrong? We are moving into the area (Centreville) this spring and we were told they are a top club in the area. My two kids are strong soccer players from NCFC.
I am second guessing now.
Man, if 172 pages of unhappy customers doesn't steer you away, I don't know what will!
+100. I know this is a niche website but its kinda amazing that anyone shows up to their tryouts.
Anonymous
02/18/2025 22:26
Subject: Valor
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We used to fly to see relatives in san antonio and could never find cheap flights.
Very odd to fly all the way out there to play in a local tournament. Its a weird choice and apparently a bunch of teams went.
Probably some connection between the texas tournament organizer and Valor head guy. They needed more teams. Or he got a kickback. Etc.
Status quo for Valor
Anonymous
02/18/2025 18:00
Subject: Valor
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The end of this season cannot come quick enough. What a mistake joining this club was.
What is wrong? We are moving into the area (Centreville) this spring and we were told they are a top club in the area. My two kids are strong soccer players from NCFC.
I am second guessing now.
Man, if 172 pages of unhappy customers doesn't steer you away, I don't know what will!
Anonymous
02/18/2025 09:56
Subject: Valor
Anonymous wrote:We used to fly to see relatives in san antonio and could never find cheap flights.
Very odd to fly all the way out there to play in a local tournament. Its a weird choice and apparently a bunch of teams went.
Probably some connection between the texas tournament organizer and Valor head guy. They needed more teams. Or he got a kickback. Etc.
Anonymous
02/18/2025 08:44
Subject: Valor
We used to fly to see relatives in san antonio and could never find cheap flights.
Very odd to fly all the way out there to play in a local tournament. Its a weird choice and apparently a bunch of teams went.
Very odd to fly all the way out there to play in a local tournament. Its a weird choice and apparently a bunch of teams went.
Anonymous
02/18/2025 07:57
Subject: Re:Valor
Anonymous wrote:What's the size of Valor compared to Loudoun or other local area clubs?
Similar size at the younger ages to Loudoun but their teams are not equivalent. Eg-the 5th Loudoun team would be even with the 2nd Valor team.
Smaller in the older age groups as people get disgusted and bail.