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Anonymous wrote:Well the gold and white teams always practice together so it makes sense.

So does silver and black and you don't see them posted all over the place together. 😉

What postings are you all talking about? On Valor's social media? Are there really that many posts of girls' team social events on there? I have seen a few but never paid much attention. I know the moms of one of the younger age groups have definitely coordinated age group wide events. We are not so organized over on the boys side! Our teams don't practice together as much either. Sometimes, but far from always.

Anonymous wrote:Well the gold and white teams always practice together so it makes sense.

So does silver and black and you don't see them posted all over the place together. 😉

There is no lack or coaching or training for my child. The coach clearly cares about the kids. The sessions seem to be well organized, they don’t do the same things every day, and they are clearly improving. They are successful on the field most of the time and rarely are they not ‘in’ a game.
Maybe that’s not the case for your player and coach, I have no idea, but I am confident your family is not part of our team. Valor has something like 50 teams. Could there be a dud coach on a team? Sure. Could that be said for any club? Probably.
I just think (from what I see) that most teams seem happy. Most coaches seem to care. There are always coaches doing coaching education classes so those must care about improving and learning more. I am sorry if your experience hasn’t been great, but I also don’t think you speak for the majority of families.
I do hope your child finds a good fit at tryouts, wherever you may look. Soccer is a great game with benefits beyond the field and I hope next year you are in the place I am, very happy with the program you join and the way your child is developing. If this comes across as snarky in any way, please know that is not how I mean it. Sometimes things don’t read the way they are meant and on a forum as filled with unhappiness as the topics here seem to be I don’t want to have you think I am being rude. I would like to think everyone is having the same experience we are having regardless of the age or gender or club involved. And I do believe that for the vast majority of families, Valor is a good option. No club can be right for everyone though.

Well the gold and white teams always practice together so it makes sense.

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Anonymous wrote:Is their girls' program that much worse than the boys'? I know people signing up for tryouts but like all clubs, they normally are much more talented at one or the other.

2011 girls team is great however their coach and I am sure some players are leaving to syc. That coach was probably the best coach they had on staff. I think the younger coaches are great but imo they value their boy teams over the girls. So there are some stand out years for both boys and girls but girls are definitely not respected as the boys are.

Interesting. Have a boy w Valor (year 3 so from the start) and I’ve always felt the girls get way more attention and have a lot more team activities etc than the boys!

That's moms trying to do social engineering and curry favor with the coaches by planning "fun".

A lot of moms from the lower teams try to engineer plans combined with the first team to make it seem like they are all just one big happy team.

100% this. You see tons of 'gold and white teams doing XYZ!' more than just white team posts.

Anonymous wrote:Team manager here. All teams at Valor get the same number of tournaments paid for by the club through their team fees. I don't know if that is what you mean by "events". Things like team outings are not planned by the club. Parents put those together, and some teams have a person who is in charge of that stuff. That is a team decision and teams either do or don't do social events based on whether anyone sets it up. Younger teams seem to do more than old ones but I definitely don't know about every team's social activity.

What are your thoughts on the training (or lack of) and coaching (or lack of)? Do you have an older player or younger?

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Anonymous wrote:That's what is so surprising to me about kids playing travel for so many years not even making their HS team. Most kids would love to play for their high school. The point of doing travel for many is to get good enough to make the high school team. If you can't even play for your high school, what was the point of all that training.

Where do colleges recruit from these days? High school? Travel? ECNL?

The point is, few should care.

Because your anonymous self wouldn't day half the shit you say in here in person.

They cared and asked. F off to another thread if you don't like the discussion. It's a valid question, you salty miserable jerk.

Why so touchy? Struck a nerve?

Yup. 😊 Does your trolling make feel better about your miserable life now?

Team manager here. All teams at Valor get the same number of tournaments paid for by the club through their team fees. I don't know if that is what you mean by "events". Things like team outings are not planned by the club. Parents put those together, and some teams have a person who is in charge of that stuff. That is a team decision and teams either do or don't do social events based on whether anyone sets it up. Younger teams seem to do more than old ones but I definitely don't know about every team's social activity.

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Anonymous wrote:Is their girls' program that much worse than the boys'? I know people signing up for tryouts but like all clubs, they normally are much more talented at one or the other.

2011 girls team is great however their coach and I am sure some players are leaving to syc. That coach was probably the best coach they had on staff. I think the younger coaches are great but imo they value their boy teams over the girls. So there are some stand out years for both boys and girls but girls are definitely not respected as the boys are.

Interesting. Have a boy w Valor (year 3 so from the start) and I’ve always felt the girls get way more attention and have a lot more team activities etc than the boys!

That's moms trying to do social engineering and curry favor with the coaches by planning "fun".

A lot of moms from the lower teams try to engineer plans combined with the first team to make it seem like they are all just one big happy team.

Anonymous wrote:McBrave mom did not have her Chardonnay yet

It’s Rozay Mr. Meanie!

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Anonymous wrote:Is their girls' program that much worse than the boys'? I know people signing up for tryouts but like all clubs, they normally are much more talented at one or the other.

2011 girls team is great however their coach and I am sure some players are leaving to syc. That coach was probably the best coach they had on staff. I think the younger coaches are great but imo they value their boy teams over the girls. So there are some stand out years for both boys and girls but girls are definitely not respected as the boys are.

Interesting. Have a boy w Valor (year 3 so from the start) and I’ve always felt the girls get way more attention and have a lot more team activities etc than the boys!

That's moms trying to do social engineering and curry favor with the coaches by planning "fun".

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Anonymous wrote:Is their girls' program that much worse than the boys'? I know people signing up for tryouts but like all clubs, they normally are much more talented at one or the other.

2011 girls team is great however their coach and I am sure some players are leaving to syc. That coach was probably the best coach they had on staff. I think the younger coaches are great but imo they value their boy teams over the girls. So there are some stand out years for both boys and girls but girls are definitely not respected as the boys are.

Interesting. Have a boy w Valor (year 3 so from the start) and I’ve always felt the girls get way more attention and have a lot more team activities etc than the boys!

McBrave mom did not have her Chardonnay yet

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Anonymous wrote:That's what is so surprising to me about kids playing travel for so many years not even making their HS team. Most kids would love to play for their high school. The point of doing travel for many is to get good enough to make the high school team. If you can't even play for your high school, what was the point of all that training.

Where do colleges recruit from these days? High school? Travel? ECNL?

The point is, few should care.

They cared and asked. F off to another thread if you don't like the discussion. It's a valid question, you salty miserable jerk.

Why so touchy? Struck a nerve?

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Anonymous wrote:It's crazy to me that so many people are focused on their kid playing in college. Why? You are paying a fortune in college tuition for your kid to get an education and take advantage of all the amenities of college life. Spending all their time playing a sport instead of enjoying college life and academic pursuits, for no purpose? Then they graduate and get a 9-5 like everyone else.

Because the kid wants all of the above, maybe?

Impossible to play a sport in college and still do all the above. Maybe at a D3 school.