LS will partner with the county to fund some turf fields and will have almost exclusive access to the fields. The whole deal to sell the soccer park was a back door deal orchestrated by the backward county government. The entire operation is shady and probably entailed a bunch of separate deals.

Anonymous wrote:Thoughts on direction of Boys u10 - u13 programs at Loudoun? Is the soccer actually any good or different from other nearby programs like VRSC?

I am biased with a son in that age group. The top (2?) teams are competitive in most age groups and getting better. The group does have strong coaches with DP, KL and FA all being very different but very effective. Losing SM to the younger academy kids hurt because he is fantastic for this age group too.

The rising u12s are way more talented than their VPSL record and have done quite well in high level tournaments. They’ve recently added 1 or 2 kids from Revolution whose team is struggling in EDP at that age group. The rising u11s are also very talented and playing up an age group in 2nd division of NCSL and doing well. Those two teams have been together a long time with very little turnover but some new talent added each year (1 maybe 2 kids) to address holes in the roster. Too soon to tell for rising u10. FA is a good coach and there is talent there. Sometimes his coaching style is better for older kids so I expect them to get better as they mature. New group just finishing their first year but solid.

Getting the same coach 2 years in a row does help because each has a different style approach and I’ve not seen a true “club philosophy” but consistency helps. They also actively promote players up to guest play and have seen kids fleet up to top team from 3rd team.

All that being said - if you aren’t on one of the top two teams - you won’t get the same level of coaching or commitment. But that’s every large club.

Anonymous wrote:Thoughts on direction of Boys u10 - u13 programs at Loudoun? Is the soccer actually any good or different from other nearby programs like VRSC?

It all depends on the coaches really. If your kid enjoys where they are and they're developing and learning, there's no reason to chase something else. Winning/Losing games on the weekend really does nothing. It's all about development and as much as it is a team sport, you have to look at your kid's development individually and if he/she is learning and developing each season.

Anonymous wrote:I heard a park worker at boland say there are plans to upgrade a few more of the grass fields to turf. He was cancelling a rec game on saturday last minute weather and mentioned it. Dc united has a training facility in the park. LS is not for profit. Wonder if they would be allowed to build there. Lots of land. If they got 4 million and aren't for profit...?

MLS NExt costs a lot so that 4 mill will help pay for that

Thoughts on direction of Boys u10 - u13 programs at Loudoun? Is the soccer actually any good or different from other nearby programs like VRSC?

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Anonymous wrote:What team is playing aspire with Loudoun?

The team they can piece together with the girls they have left.

They already added a few very weak players to the ga team and some teams have no goalie.

Girls 2013 red team staying together at NVA. Is the 2013 black team staying together at LS? Are there spots left on the LS GA (not aspire) team?

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Anonymous wrote:What team is playing aspire with Loudoun?

The team they can piece together with the girls they have left.

They already added a few very weak players to the ga team and some teams have no goalie.

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Anonymous wrote:Boys soccer is SO much more profitable for the these large soccer orgs. They have twice as many boys willing to pay $ then girls, and twice as many boys teams. Of *course* if forced to choose they will pick what makes more money eg the boys side.

Girl parents don't understand how incredibly dull girls and womens sports are because that is all you see. No one except their parents want to watch that.

Your son probably sucks. There aren’t more boys players because people want to watch boys soccer. There are more boys players because more boys choose to play soccer. You’re an idiot. He might get recruited to play division three soccer. He will not be a professional. If he is not at a real MLS Academy then he’s not going to division one. Real MLS Academy is at an MLS club. Not a youth soccer club playing in the same league.

Turing’s test:

Name at least 20 worldwide known female players that move millions of dollars. Or name 5. Or name 1.

On the flip side, you can ask an Amish or a native Indian in a reservation if they heard of Messi or Ronaldo and they’ll say yes even though they’ve never kicked a ball.

No further questions your honor.

Bonus track:

The only reason there was actually any World Cup coverage and hype for the women is because of FORCED guidelines by the political status quo. NOT because fans asked for it.

Make of that what you will.

You’re talking about professional sports. We are talking about youth sports. You might get to stand in the bleachers to cheer on your son playing division three college soccer. My daughter will get a free education at a school of her choosing.

Nva boys aren’t great now and they’ll not be great in MLSNext. The girls program is going down in flames.

You literally just proved PPs point. Your daughter will get free ride because of LACK of quality product. Boys having the do D3 and think it’s crap is essentially the definition of supply and demand. Youth soccer in USA is a clown world but this DMV area is absolutely insanely full of rich ignorants. No wonder these outsider coaches are making a killing when/where they couldn’t amount to crap back home.

Ask yourself this:

Why is a UEFA o CONMEBOL license holder coach here making 10-20k per team in the country of basketball baseball and football American and not back home in Argentina, Brazil, Germany, England? Think hard.

This is youth soccer. It’s not a spectator sport. NVA burned their girls program to “help” the boys because of parents and politics. It has nothing to do with professional teams or revenue.

There are non-Americans coaching in the nba and mlb. Maybe you should look around.

Also boys ECNL is comparable to MLSNext top to bottom. The GA is nowhere near girls ECNL top to bottom.

Boys ENCL is more comparable to MLSN2

Anonymous wrote:What team is playing aspire with Loudoun?

The team they can piece together with the girls they have left.

What team is playing aspire with Loudoun?

I know a kid who played MLS Next for Sporting KC for many years. He recently aged out and they had to offer him a contract.

The offer . . . $900 a month and cannot play college soccer while on contract.

I heard a park worker at boland say there are plans to upgrade a few more of the grass fields to turf. He was cancelling a rec game on saturday last minute weather and mentioned it. Dc united has a training facility in the park. LS is not for profit. Wonder if they would be allowed to build there. Lots of land. If they got 4 million and aren't for profit...?

Ivies are separate athletic category who don't technically offer scholarships. They do work arounds through packages. But, they can't lose the package even if injured or stop playing.

Ivies are separate athletic category who don't technically offer scholarships. They do work arounds through packages. But, they can't lose the package even if injured or stop playing.

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Anonymous wrote:Why so much D3 hate? I would be thrilled if my kid- boy or girl, played soccer at williams/amherst. Or another non D1 school like Yale.

your kid still needs to get into the school. So most kids are not looking at those schools, they look at Roanoke College or some other school that has maybe the same amount of kids at your high school. And these schools aren't good schools. Most kids in this area are smarter than the school they can get recruited to play for.

Yale is division 1.