Anonymous wrote:No one is forced to make a decision in december get a grip- maybe its a question but certainly not a committment lol

Anonymous wrote:My daughter is in GA club, and yes, we’re already locked in for next year. But not even getting an offer and then being forced to make a decision in December is crazy! The kids just finished the fall season and haven’t even started spring or played in a couple of the upcoming tournaments.

What happens if we don’t sign? Does she not get invited to indoor futsal? Does she get benched for the rest of the season? It just feels unfair to force families to make decisions so early. What an art of sucker!

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter (who does not play for McLean) her best friend plays for McLean 2014 and accepted an offer to play again next year. The parents told me they had to accept an offer in December before they could even try out anywhere else. They feel held hostage by the club and are planning to leave next year when the landscape settles with all the age group changes.

December? Is that even enforceable? MYS needs a serious overhaul.

Anonymous wrote:All the GA clubs did that this year to lock in their best kids before ECNL tryouts. This is not an MYS specific thing. Happens every year at every club. ECNL clubs did it to each other a few years ago before all the GA teams. So it is not a GA thing either. Clubs are competing for the same kids, so IDs keep getting pushed up. The leagues decide when you can start IDs and start handing out offers. Then most clubs give you 48 hours to respond so they can lock in other players if you aren’t interested. This is a league problem, not a club problem. These questions and comments happen every year amongst the newer parents. The tryouts typically happen before high school soccer tryouts so the kids are not trying out while playing HS. That is why MD tryouts are later, because HS soccer is in the fall. The system is flawed, IDs should happen AFTER HS soccer, but you need to get the leagues to change that. Good luck with that…

Anonymous wrote:My daughter (who does not play for McLean) her best friend plays for McLean 2014 and accepted an offer to play again next year. The parents told me they had to accept an offer in December before they could even try out anywhere else. They feel held hostage by the club and are planning to leave next year when the landscape settles with all the age group changes.

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Anonymous wrote:Has anyone heard how MYS GA sessions went? Any offers to outside players yet?

Were there any outside players?

A few FVU bags spotted

What about for the U13 tryouts (FVU bags had to be for U14 tryout)? Any bags from other clubs or was that it?

Is McLean keeping all of their top players for u13 or have any defected?

Nobody wants to go there for u13 because of the Queen and the Princess, and their donkey named Coach.

Correction - one family chose to leave and the team has already added new talent to replace the loss. The entire rest of the team somehow seems capable of maturely handling the situation. With the relentless & repetitive posting, it almost seems like this family is having regrets if they can't keep talking about the team on DCUM using multiple 'personalities'. It's not clear why this family is burning bridges on the way out, but I'm sure they'll keep posting the same thing across multiple threads. Just let it go and move on to your new club.

VDA families -> This family is your problem now. Enjoy!

Not any of the previous apps, but either TM or Coach seems to admit there is a “situation” there lol

Meant PPs not apps autocorrect.

Every team has a 'situation', this team is no different. Just some situations are more bearable than others and some families can maturely handle problems better than others. We all know there's plenty of drama on the other top 2014 teams, their families just aren't crying about it on DCUM. If I was an objective/outside observer, I'd count how many players chose to leave each year and then make my own assessment based on that (team lost one starter last year and will lose one starter this year). GFR used to be #1, but all their top players left (though they're having a slow resurgence). SYC also used to be #1, and while they're still a top team, they've lost some key players. MYS 2014s didn't used to be a top team, but they've gotten better every year and, despite having a 'situation', they're now a top 5 team. No one is saying they're going to be #1 next year so it's not clear why one family is so set on dragging the team through the mud. If the team dynamic doesn't work for you, there are plenty of other options in the area. The family that is leaving is going to a place that will probably work better for their unique situation - everyone understood why they were leaving and most people were wishing them well; no one was upset with them until they started posting on DCUM.

First off, wow, quite the analysis of 9, 10, 11, 12 year olds. Moving that craziness to the side and back to Mclean, I am pretty sure you are all mixing up people. Granted, talking about individual families see kind of outrageous. "Unique situation", interesting.