Anonymous
Post 05/06/2025 19:35     Subject: Valor
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why is everyone so pressed about who the non-1st team coaches are? Most clubs in the DMV don't have coaches listed. What are you going to do with a name? FB Stalk?


Ok Valor cheerleader thats wrong and has already been established multiple times in this conversation as wrong.

Most clubs have most of their coaches listed. Stop gaslighting your customers. You are embarassing yourselves even more than usual at this point.


Established?
There are parents on this very site literally asking about when coaches will be identified for various clubs. You’re so fixated on Valor that you either ignorant to the fact that this is a regional problem or willfully lying about it.


Why are Valor staff such incredibly bad liars? You said "most clubs in the DMV don't have coaches listed."
That is FACTUALLY WRONG. A handful of clubs including Valor don't have coaches listed. The rest have almost all their coaches listed. I don't know why you keep trying to re-argue this and lie. At least do better with your lying. This is cringey.
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2025 18:53     Subject: Valor
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why is everyone so pressed about who the non-1st team coaches are? Most clubs in the DMV don't have coaches listed. What are you going to do with a name? FB Stalk?


Ok Valor cheerleader thats wrong and has already been established multiple times in this conversation as wrong.

Most clubs have most of their coaches listed. Stop gaslighting your customers. You are embarassing yourselves even more than usual at this point.


Established?
There are parents on this very site literally asking about when coaches will be identified for various clubs. You’re so fixated on Valor that you either ignorant to the fact that this is a regional problem or willfully lying about it.
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2025 18:46     Subject: Valor
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why is everyone so pressed about who the non-1st team coaches are? Most clubs in the DMV don't have coaches listed. What are you going to do with a name? FB Stalk?


Ok Valor cheerleader thats wrong and has already been established multiple times in this conversation as wrong.

Most clubs have most of their coaches listed. Stop gaslighting your customers. You are embarassing yourselves even more than usual at this point.


Okay. Go to the other clubs then. Sheesh
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2025 18:45     Subject: Valor
Anonymous wrote:Why is everyone so pressed about who the non-1st team coaches are? Most clubs in the DMV don't have coaches listed. What are you going to do with a name? FB Stalk?


Ok Valor cheerleader thats wrong and has already been established multiple times in this conversation as wrong.

Most clubs have most of their coaches listed. Stop gaslighting your customers. You are embarassing yourselves even more than usual at this point.
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2025 18:39     Subject: Valor
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Anyone who was willing to pay could sign their kid up for the u8 valor programs, right?


I think there were two different programs this year. For one of them anyone who was willing to pay could sign up. For the other, I think they identified kids. That one cost more and I think they played in some games?

I’d disagree that a parent coming from rec would have no idea of their kid’s talent level. With our oldest, we could tell they were pretty good and would make a higher level team. Our youngest really likes soccer, but I would say they are just OK right now. They’re one of the better players on their rec team but still sufficiently challenged by other good rec players. Not jumping into travel right now because they would probably get a third or fourth team offer. We will see what rec looks like next year when some of the better kids have peeled off to travel. Maybe lower level travel will make sense for our youngest if rec is no longer enjoyable or sufficiently challenging. But we would probably sign them up somewhere smaller and cheaper. I personally don’t think the bigger and more expensive clubs make sense if a kid is not within striking distance of the top team.


My understanding was that anyone could sign their kid up for either U8 program. No tryouts or selection process.


Nope. The kids selected for the U8 Valor Rising program are evaluated before being accepted. The U7/U8 Valor Lite Program which is a 1 day a week supplemental program while they still do rec.


Oh honey. They were all selected. Do you think they turned down anyone's credit card?
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2025 18:32     Subject: Valor
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Anyone who was willing to pay could sign their kid up for the u8 valor programs, right?


I think there were two different programs this year. For one of them anyone who was willing to pay could sign up. For the other, I think they identified kids. That one cost more and I think they played in some games?

I’d disagree that a parent coming from rec would have no idea of their kid’s talent level. With our oldest, we could tell they were pretty good and would make a higher level team. Our youngest really likes soccer, but I would say they are just OK right now. They’re one of the better players on their rec team but still sufficiently challenged by other good rec players. Not jumping into travel right now because they would probably get a third or fourth team offer. We will see what rec looks like next year when some of the better kids have peeled off to travel. Maybe lower level travel will make sense for our youngest if rec is no longer enjoyable or sufficiently challenging. But we would probably sign them up somewhere smaller and cheaper. I personally don’t think the bigger and more expensive clubs make sense if a kid is not within striking distance of the top team.


My understanding was that anyone could sign their kid up for either U8 program. No tryouts or selection process.


Nope. The kids selected for the U8 Valor Rising program are evaluated before being accepted. The U7/U8 Valor Lite Program which is a 1 day a week supplemental program while they still do rec.
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2025 18:30     Subject: Valor
Why is everyone so pressed about who the non-1st team coaches are? Most clubs in the DMV don't have coaches listed. What are you going to do with a name? FB Stalk?
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2025 17:50     Subject: Valor
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Anyone who was willing to pay could sign their kid up for the u8 valor programs, right?


I think there were two different programs this year. For one of them anyone who was willing to pay could sign up. For the other, I think they identified kids. That one cost more and I think they played in some games?

I’d disagree that a parent coming from rec would have no idea of their kid’s talent level. With our oldest, we could tell they were pretty good and would make a higher level team. Our youngest really likes soccer, but I would say they are just OK right now. They’re one of the better players on their rec team but still sufficiently challenged by other good rec players. Not jumping into travel right now because they would probably get a third or fourth team offer. We will see what rec looks like next year when some of the better kids have peeled off to travel. Maybe lower level travel will make sense for our youngest if rec is no longer enjoyable or sufficiently challenging. But we would probably sign them up somewhere smaller and cheaper. I personally don’t think the bigger and more expensive clubs make sense if a kid is not within striking distance of the top team.


My understanding was that anyone could sign their kid up for either U8 program. No tryouts or selection process.
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2025 17:48     Subject: Valor
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Are the u9 offers coming with teams attached, or are they going to wait an assign teams at the end of the summer.


My son started out at Valor at U9. The offer was not for a specific team. But one potential clue is the timing of the offer. An offer shortly after the first tryout is a sign that your child will probably be on one of the top two teams. We also got a personal email from the lead coach telling us that an offer would be coming. There were a few practices during the month of July, with team placement notification shortly after that. I don’t remember whether we ordered uniforms before or after the team placement. Theoretically you don’t need to wait to find out what team you’re on before ordering the uniform kit.


What's Valor's deal? Why are they making parents hunt for clues on who their kid's coach will be like the world's most expensive scavenger hunt?


Its wild. How many posts have there been on here with people begging just to know who the hired coaches will be for their kids team after they attend tryouts and get no deets? Nearby clubs post lists on their website like a normal business.
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2025 17:33     Subject: Valor
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Are the u9 offers coming with teams attached, or are they going to wait an assign teams at the end of the summer.


My son started out at Valor at U9. The offer was not for a specific team. But one potential clue is the timing of the offer. An offer shortly after the first tryout is a sign that your child will probably be on one of the top two teams. We also got a personal email from the lead coach telling us that an offer would be coming. There were a few practices during the month of July, with team placement notification shortly after that. I don’t remember whether we ordered uniforms before or after the team placement. Theoretically you don’t need to wait to find out what team you’re on before ordering the uniform kit.


What's Valor's deal? Why are they making parents hunt for clues on who their kid's coach will be like the world's most expensive scavenger hunt?


We were clueless about travel soccer back then, but at the time they had at least told us who the coaches were going to be for each team level and how many teams they anticipated having. Not like what they’re apparently doing this year. We learned a lot and are not at Valor anymore.
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2025 17:30     Subject: Valor
Probably an unpopular opinion but in general they should be more willing to move players between teams. Some kids put in work over the summer, even attending some camps and playing over the summer makes a difference at the young ages. The idea that you can't move kids up and down to not upset parents, just ends up upsetting even more parents.
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2025 17:15     Subject: Valor
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Are the u9 offers coming with teams attached, or are they going to wait an assign teams at the end of the summer.


My son started out at Valor at U9. The offer was not for a specific team. But one potential clue is the timing of the offer. An offer shortly after the first tryout is a sign that your child will probably be on one of the top two teams. We also got a personal email from the lead coach telling us that an offer would be coming. There were a few practices during the month of July, with team placement notification shortly after that. I don’t remember whether we ordered uniforms before or after the team placement. Theoretically you don’t need to wait to find out what team you’re on before ordering the uniform kit.


What's Valor's deal? Why are they making parents hunt for clues on who their kid's coach will be like the world's most expensive scavenger hunt?
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2025 17:07     Subject: Valor
Can't believe u9 parents commit to 3k without knowing which team/coach when they could go elsewhere to another club and know what they are buying ahead of time. Kudos to Valor for talking people into doing it.
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2025 17:03     Subject: Valor
Anonymous wrote:Anyone who was willing to pay could sign their kid up for the u8 valor programs, right?


All clubs have rising academy - U7-U8. Most of the top teams on every club have been decided 90% and rest is filled with kids that stand out during tryouts
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2025 16:28     Subject: Valor
Anonymous wrote:Anyone who was willing to pay could sign their kid up for the u8 valor programs, right?


I think there were two different programs this year. For one of them anyone who was willing to pay could sign up. For the other, I think they identified kids. That one cost more and I think they played in some games?

I’d disagree that a parent coming from rec would have no idea of their kid’s talent level. With our oldest, we could tell they were pretty good and would make a higher level team. Our youngest really likes soccer, but I would say they are just OK right now. They’re one of the better players on their rec team but still sufficiently challenged by other good rec players. Not jumping into travel right now because they would probably get a third or fourth team offer. We will see what rec looks like next year when some of the better kids have peeled off to travel. Maybe lower level travel will make sense for our youngest if rec is no longer enjoyable or sufficiently challenging. But we would probably sign them up somewhere smaller and cheaper. I personally don’t think the bigger and more expensive clubs make sense if a kid is not within striking distance of the top team.