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Anonymous wrote:It doesnt surprise me that people spend money on ncsl division 8 travel but it does surprise me that they spend $3200 on it from Valor when it is a known bad product.

It’s simple. For me it’s the close drive, nice fields, chance for my kid to make friends and play/practice soccer 3-4 times a week. Soccer is fun and I can afford it. Anything else you want to know?

Don’t bother engaging these trolls.

They throw a bunch of accusations that pretty much describes problems in any club. When they get confronted about that, they try to pinpoint specific examples. When they get proven wrong, they come back and repeat general issues common in any club. It’s a never ending cycle of stupidity with these haters.

And yet you keep coming back here to hang out and argue with "stupid haters", eager to heroically defend the honor of Valor Soccer.

VSA has most of their coach slate --not just their first teams-on instagram if someone is looking for info.

What other clubs have no coaches or only their first team coaches listed?

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Anonymous wrote:The kids enjoy the travel tournaments and having more than one practice a week. They like having the same teammates (mostly) year to year. You don't get that with rec. What is sad about kids having fun playing a sport they like? Is it just sad because it seems like a lot of money to you? Obviously all these people paying to be on these teams don't mind the price.

Most people making fun of lower travel team families are bitter second team families that can't make top team so to feel.better they look down on anyone on a lower team. Ignore them they are the same as any other bully trying to overcompensate. Normal people don't care what you do with your money/time.

No one is making fun of lower team parents. They are making fun of parents who gripe and conjur up imaginary slights.

Yet they aren't imaginary. It's not reasonable to not know who the coach will be when committing for a year.

Parent of second team DC

Not knowing who the coach will be is indeed a valid concern. I can’t say for everyone else but I called the office and was told who the coach will be.

Care to share with the group? Its insane that the only source of information about coaches for next year is this troll fest.
Every previous year, they posted the coaches well before tryouts. Sure, an odd lower level coach would be "TBD" but this year is so disrespectful to families.

2014 girls

Asking if you can share who the coach is. You know the information you got from calling the office?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It doesnt surprise me that people spend money on ncsl division 8 travel but it does surprise me that they spend $3200 on it from Valor when it is a known bad product.

It’s simple. For me it’s the close drive, nice fields, chance for my kid to make friends and play/practice soccer 3-4 times a week. Soccer is fun and I can afford it. Anything else you want to know?

Don’t bother engaging these trolls.

They throw a bunch of accusations that pretty much describes problems in any club. When they get confronted about that, they try to pinpoint specific examples. When they get proven wrong, they come back and repeat general issues common in any club. It’s a never ending cycle of stupidity with these haters.

Anonymous wrote:It doesnt surprise me that people spend money on ncsl division 8 travel but it does surprise me that they spend $3200 on it from Valor when it is a known bad product.

It’s simple. For me it’s the close drive, nice fields, chance for my kid to make friends and play/practice soccer 3-4 times a week. Soccer is fun and I can afford it. Anything else you want to know?

Anonymous wrote:We finally received an offer from another team. I think my kid was a back up choice since tryouts ended several days ago, but we are going to go with it rather than deal with the uncertainty of Valor. No coaches listed for the team he is interested in (2nd team).

Good on you for finding a club with coaches filled. I wish Valor would be able to do that too.

To be fair, Valor is not the only club with this problem. We were looking at VSA and even their site says “coaching slate to be announced” but nothing on the link. Other parents mentioned some more clubs with vacant coaches. So this seems more widespread than just Valor.

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Anonymous wrote:The kids enjoy the travel tournaments and having more than one practice a week. They like having the same teammates (mostly) year to year. You don't get that with rec. What is sad about kids having fun playing a sport they like? Is it just sad because it seems like a lot of money to you? Obviously all these people paying to be on these teams don't mind the price.

Most people making fun of lower travel team families are bitter second team families that can't make top team so to feel.better they look down on anyone on a lower team. Ignore them they are the same as any other bully trying to overcompensate. Normal people don't care what you do with your money/time.

No one is making fun of lower team parents. They are making fun of parents who gripe and conjur up imaginary slights.

Yet they aren't imaginary. It's not reasonable to not know who the coach will be when committing for a year.

Parent of second team DC

Not knowing who the coach will be is indeed a valid concern. I can’t say for everyone else but I called the office and was told who the coach will be.

Care to share with the group? Its insane that the only source of information about coaches for next year is this troll fest.
Every previous year, they posted the coaches well before tryouts. Sure, an odd lower level coach would be "TBD" but this year is so disrespectful to families.

2014 girls

We finally received an offer from another team. I think my kid was a back up choice since tryouts ended several days ago, but we are going to go with it rather than deal with the uncertainty of Valor. No coaches listed for the team he is interested in (2nd team).

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Anonymous wrote:The kids enjoy the travel tournaments and having more than one practice a week. They like having the same teammates (mostly) year to year. You don't get that with rec. What is sad about kids having fun playing a sport they like? Is it just sad because it seems like a lot of money to you? Obviously all these people paying to be on these teams don't mind the price.

Most people making fun of lower travel team families are bitter second team families that can't make top team so to feel.better they look down on anyone on a lower team. Ignore them they are the same as any other bully trying to overcompensate. Normal people don't care what you do with your money/time.

No one is making fun of lower team parents. They are making fun of parents who gripe and conjur up imaginary slights.

Yet they aren't imaginary. It's not reasonable to not know who the coach will be when committing for a year.

Parent of second team DC

Not knowing who the coach will be is indeed a valid concern. I can’t say for everyone else but I called the office and was told who the coach will be.

Care to share with the group? Its insane that the only source of information about coaches for next year is this troll fest.
Every previous year, they posted the coaches well before tryouts. Sure, an odd lower level coach would be "TBD" but this year is so disrespectful to families.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The kids enjoy the travel tournaments and having more than one practice a week. They like having the same teammates (mostly) year to year. You don't get that with rec. What is sad about kids having fun playing a sport they like? Is it just sad because it seems like a lot of money to you? Obviously all these people paying to be on these teams don't mind the price.

Most people making fun of lower travel team families are bitter second team families that can't make top team so to feel.better they look down on anyone on a lower team. Ignore them they are the same as any other bully trying to overcompensate. Normal people don't care what you do with your money/time.

No one is making fun of lower team parents. They are making fun of parents who gripe and conjur up imaginary slights.

Yet they aren't imaginary. It's not reasonable to not know who the coach will be when committing for a year.

Parent of second team DC

Not knowing who the coach will be is indeed a valid concern. I can’t say for everyone else but I called the office and was told who the coach will be.

I find it completely wild that they decided keeping the coaches a secret during tryouts was a good marketing strategy.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The kids enjoy the travel tournaments and having more than one practice a week. They like having the same teammates (mostly) year to year. You don't get that with rec. What is sad about kids having fun playing a sport they like? Is it just sad because it seems like a lot of money to you? Obviously all these people paying to be on these teams don't mind the price.

Most people making fun of lower travel team families are bitter second team families that can't make top team so to feel.better they look down on anyone on a lower team. Ignore them they are the same as any other bully trying to overcompensate. Normal people don't care what you do with your money/time.

No one is making fun of lower team parents. They are making fun of parents who gripe and conjur up imaginary slights.

Yet they aren't imaginary. It's not reasonable to not know who the coach will be when committing for a year.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The kids enjoy the travel tournaments and having more than one practice a week. They like having the same teammates (mostly) year to year. You don't get that with rec. What is sad about kids having fun playing a sport they like? Is it just sad because it seems like a lot of money to you? Obviously all these people paying to be on these teams don't mind the price.

Most people making fun of lower travel team families are bitter second team families that can't make top team so to feel.better they look down on anyone on a lower team. Ignore them they are the same as any other bully trying to overcompensate. Normal people don't care what you do with your money/time.

No one is making fun of lower team parents. They are making fun of parents who gripe and conjur up imaginary slights.

It doesnt surprise me that people spend money on ncsl division 8 travel but it does surprise me that they spend $3200 on it from Valor when it is a known bad product.

Anonymous wrote:The kids enjoy the travel tournaments and having more than one practice a week. They like having the same teammates (mostly) year to year. You don't get that with rec. What is sad about kids having fun playing a sport they like? Is it just sad because it seems like a lot of money to you? Obviously all these people paying to be on these teams don't mind the price.

Most people making fun of lower travel team families are bitter second team families that can't make top team so to feel.better they look down on anyone on a lower team. Ignore them they are the same as any other bully trying to overcompensate. Normal people don't care what you do with your money/time.