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Anonymous wrote:If I'm Loudoun and they let in FCV who operates a stone's throw away, I would be incensed. I could be wrong but I don't think there is a single case of them doing this to an existing club.

Except that some ECNL clubs have two teams playing in the same age group in the same division in the same brackets (PDA White and PDA Blue or FC Stars Blue and FC Stars White). If you can have teams in the same club compete in an ECNL bracket, what’s the issue with having clubs a few miles away from each other compete.

PDA and FC Stars have demonstrated they have the player pool to support two clubs. Isn't the area is saturated already with the 4 NoVA clubs?

So you are saying that FCV and Arlington player pool at the elite level is lesser than that of the current ECNL clubs? Adding those two teams to ECNL doesn't grow the player pool - the FCV and Arlington players already exist and have supported very strong teams in every older age group.

I'm saying that adding two teams does not increase the elite playing pool. It will be the same size this year as it was last year. There are not enough truly elite players in the NoVA area to support more than 4 teams at every age group.

ECNL lost the high ground on that when they admitted Loudoun and BRYC.

Yes, that's right, and at the time, that was probably the right move. Now, of course, they're member clubs which ECNL appears to be honoring and protecting, at least so far. If they end up denying FCV, MU, and ARL, they'll be recovering the majority of that talent.

Well that’s nice. Force kids who have been at their chosen clubs for years to move in order to make the poor performing clubs you added in desperation better.

To be fair, no elite league has ever put the priority on the players, that's just the way it is here. These leagues are built and supported by the clubs. If you listen to Lavers interviews, he says that every player will still have a spot to play soccer, as if that somehow justifies it. Left unsaid is that it may not be at the level they perceived they were at last year. And in truth, these players don't have to leave their clubs. This "correction" is a painful and cruel one for lots of talented players.

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Anonymous wrote:If I'm Loudoun and they let in FCV who operates a stone's throw away, I would be incensed. I could be wrong but I don't think there is a single case of them doing this to an existing club.

Except that some ECNL clubs have two teams playing in the same age group in the same division in the same brackets (PDA White and PDA Blue or FC Stars Blue and FC Stars White). If you can have teams in the same club compete in an ECNL bracket, what’s the issue with having clubs a few miles away from each other compete.

PDA and FC Stars have demonstrated they have the player pool to support two clubs. Isn't the area is saturated already with the 4 NoVA clubs?

So you are saying that FCV and Arlington player pool at the elite level is lesser than that of the current ECNL clubs? Adding those two teams to ECNL doesn't grow the player pool - the FCV and Arlington players already exist and have supported very strong teams in every older age group.

FCV screwed over the ECNL 2 times. They will not be excepted back in. Arlington may be however, we will see.

Arlington is a maybe... just definitely not this season.

How do you know?

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Anonymous wrote:If I'm Loudoun and they let in FCV who operates a stone's throw away, I would be incensed. I could be wrong but I don't think there is a single case of them doing this to an existing club.

Except that some ECNL clubs have two teams playing in the same age group in the same division in the same brackets (PDA White and PDA Blue or FC Stars Blue and FC Stars White). If you can have teams in the same club compete in an ECNL bracket, what’s the issue with having clubs a few miles away from each other compete.

PDA and FC Stars have demonstrated they have the player pool to support two clubs. Isn't the area is saturated already with the 4 NoVA clubs?

So you are saying that FCV and Arlington player pool at the elite level is lesser than that of the current ECNL clubs? Adding those two teams to ECNL doesn't grow the player pool - the FCV and Arlington players already exist and have supported very strong teams in every older age group.

I'm saying that adding two teams does not increase the elite playing pool. It will be the same size this year as it was last year. There are not enough truly elite players in the NoVA area to support more than 4 teams at every age group.

ECNL lost the high ground on that when they admitted Loudoun and BRYC.

Yes, that's right, and at the time, that was probably the right move. Now, of course, they're member clubs which ECNL appears to be honoring and protecting, at least so far. If they end up denying FCV, MU, and ARL, they'll be recovering the majority of that talent.

Well that’s nice. Force kids who have been at their chosen clubs for years to move in order to make the poor performing clubs you added in desperation better.

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Anonymous wrote:If I'm Loudoun and they let in FCV who operates a stone's throw away, I would be incensed. I could be wrong but I don't think there is a single case of them doing this to an existing club.

Except that some ECNL clubs have two teams playing in the same age group in the same division in the same brackets (PDA White and PDA Blue or FC Stars Blue and FC Stars White). If you can have teams in the same club compete in an ECNL bracket, what’s the issue with having clubs a few miles away from each other compete.

PDA and FC Stars have demonstrated they have the player pool to support two clubs. Isn't the area is saturated already with the 4 NoVA clubs?

So you are saying that FCV and Arlington player pool at the elite level is lesser than that of the current ECNL clubs? Adding those two teams to ECNL doesn't grow the player pool - the FCV and Arlington players already exist and have supported very strong teams in every older age group.

I'm saying that adding two teams does not increase the elite playing pool. It will be the same size this year as it was last year. There are not enough truly elite players in the NoVA area to support more than 4 teams at every age group.

ECNL lost the high ground on that when they admitted Loudoun and BRYC.

Yes, that's right, and at the time, that was probably the right move. Now, of course, they're member clubs which ECNL appears to be honoring and protecting, at least so far. If they end up denying FCV, MU, and ARL, they'll be recovering the majority of that talent.

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Anonymous wrote:If I'm Loudoun and they let in FCV who operates a stone's throw away, I would be incensed. I could be wrong but I don't think there is a single case of them doing this to an existing club.

Except that some ECNL clubs have two teams playing in the same age group in the same division in the same brackets (PDA White and PDA Blue or FC Stars Blue and FC Stars White). If you can have teams in the same club compete in an ECNL bracket, what’s the issue with having clubs a few miles away from each other compete.

PDA and FC Stars have demonstrated they have the player pool to support two clubs. Isn't the area is saturated already with the 4 NoVA clubs?

So you are saying that FCV and Arlington player pool at the elite level is lesser than that of the current ECNL clubs? Adding those two teams to ECNL doesn't grow the player pool - the FCV and Arlington players already exist and have supported very strong teams in every older age group.

I'm saying that adding two teams does not increase the elite playing pool. It will be the same size this year as it was last year. There are not enough truly elite players in the NoVA area to support more than 4 teams at every age group.

ECNL lost the high ground on that when they admitted Loudoun and BRYC.

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Anonymous wrote:If I'm Loudoun and they let in FCV who operates a stone's throw away, I would be incensed. I could be wrong but I don't think there is a single case of them doing this to an existing club.

Except that some ECNL clubs have two teams playing in the same age group in the same division in the same brackets (PDA White and PDA Blue or FC Stars Blue and FC Stars White). If you can have teams in the same club compete in an ECNL bracket, what’s the issue with having clubs a few miles away from each other compete.

PDA and FC Stars have demonstrated they have the player pool to support two clubs. Isn't the area is saturated already with the 4 NoVA clubs?

So you are saying that FCV and Arlington player pool at the elite level is lesser than that of the current ECNL clubs? Adding those two teams to ECNL doesn't grow the player pool - the FCV and Arlington players already exist and have supported very strong teams in every older age group.

I'm saying that adding two teams does not increase the elite playing pool. It will be the same size this year as it was last year. There are not enough truly elite players in the NoVA area to support more than 4 teams at every age group.

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Anonymous wrote:If I'm Loudoun and they let in FCV who operates a stone's throw away, I would be incensed. I could be wrong but I don't think there is a single case of them doing this to an existing club.

Except that some ECNL clubs have two teams playing in the same age group in the same division in the same brackets (PDA White and PDA Blue or FC Stars Blue and FC Stars White). If you can have teams in the same club compete in an ECNL bracket, what’s the issue with having clubs a few miles away from each other compete.

PDA and FC Stars have demonstrated they have the player pool to support two clubs. Isn't the area is saturated already with the 4 NoVA clubs?

So you are saying that FCV and Arlington player pool at the elite level is lesser than that of the current ECNL clubs? Adding those two teams to ECNL doesn't grow the player pool - the FCV and Arlington players already exist and have supported very strong teams in every older age group.

FCV screwed over the ECNL 2 times. They will not be excepted back in. Arlington may be however, we will see.

Arlington is a maybe... just definitely not this season.

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Anonymous wrote:If I'm Loudoun and they let in FCV who operates a stone's throw away, I would be incensed. I could be wrong but I don't think there is a single case of them doing this to an existing club.

Except that some ECNL clubs have two teams playing in the same age group in the same division in the same brackets (PDA White and PDA Blue or FC Stars Blue and FC Stars White). If you can have teams in the same club compete in an ECNL bracket, what’s the issue with having clubs a few miles away from each other compete.

PDA and FC Stars have demonstrated they have the player pool to support two clubs. Isn't the area is saturated already with the 4 NoVA clubs?

So you are saying that FCV and Arlington player pool at the elite level is lesser than that of the current ECNL clubs? Adding those two teams to ECNL doesn't grow the player pool - the FCV and Arlington players already exist and have supported very strong teams in every older age group.

FCV screwed over the ECNL 2 times. They will not be excepted back in. Arlington may be however, we will see.

How did fcv screw over their ecnl2 teams?

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Anonymous wrote:If I'm Loudoun and they let in FCV who operates a stone's throw away, I would be incensed. I could be wrong but I don't think there is a single case of them doing this to an existing club.

Except that some ECNL clubs have two teams playing in the same age group in the same division in the same brackets (PDA White and PDA Blue or FC Stars Blue and FC Stars White). If you can have teams in the same club compete in an ECNL bracket, what’s the issue with having clubs a few miles away from each other compete.

PDA and FC Stars have demonstrated they have the player pool to support two clubs. Isn't the area is saturated already with the 4 NoVA clubs?

So you are saying that FCV and Arlington player pool at the elite level is lesser than that of the current ECNL clubs? Adding those two teams to ECNL doesn't grow the player pool - the FCV and Arlington players already exist and have supported very strong teams in every older age group.

FCV screwed over the ECNL 2 times. They will not be excepted back in. Arlington may be however, we will see.

Anonymous wrote:WOW-and still no FCV or Arlington!!

Has Arlington 2008 Dad been on here yet to spew garbage about “If Arlington chooses to go to ECNL”?

Anonymous wrote:the other teams won't compete as members of FCV next year if FCV doesn't exist which it won't if the player pool up and leaves!!! That's what you don't seem to understand!!

FCV United is not FCV. This really doesn’t affect these teams and no amount of zoom meetings will change that.

Go ahead, leave your FCV United B team for another club playing in NPL or NCSL. It is all
The same.

the other teams won't compete as members of FCV next year if FCV doesn't exist which it won't if the player pool up and leaves!!! That's what you don't seem to understand!!

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Anonymous wrote:Still nothing from FCV.

They had a zoom meeting with all the details this week.

They had zoom meetings with at least four of the age groups, but to say “with all the details” is a bit of a stretch, don’t you think?

+1 Agree. I believe all the Ex-DA teams were covered. Not sure what if anything has been shared with other Non-Ex-DA teams in the club.

This is a fact. Our team has heard nothing!

If your team is not a former DA team why would you expect to hear anything?

What an an A hole comment. It’s not only ex DA players that are impacted by this change. It will have an impact on the entire club and it’s future. The reality is that FCV’s chance of survival as a club isn’t looking good.

No, you’re really not immediately impacted. You’re not on a team who’s league no longer exists. DA imploding only matters to a very small percentage of players and you are not one of them.

LOL i have a player on a DA team, I just don’t have the pompous attitude FCV parents are infamous for.

It isn’t being pompous.

The DA teams are impacted IMMEDIATELY. The club brand is tied to where their top teams play. There is a lot of work to be done to sort out where the club will place their A teams. Sorry, but that takes functional priority over holding Zoom meetings with every team who are not yet directly impacted. You can choose to be upset by this but the hard truth is there is currently no change for any B team. They will be playing in their same league next year.

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Anonymous wrote:If I'm Loudoun and they let in FCV who operates a stone's throw away, I would be incensed. I could be wrong but I don't think there is a single case of them doing this to an existing club.

Except that some ECNL clubs have two teams playing in the same age group in the same division in the same brackets (PDA White and PDA Blue or FC Stars Blue and FC Stars White). If you can have teams in the same club compete in an ECNL bracket, what’s the issue with having clubs a few miles away from each other compete.

PDA and FC Stars have demonstrated they have the player pool to support two clubs. Isn't the area is saturated already with the 4 NoVA clubs?

So you are saying that FCV and Arlington player pool at the elite level is lesser than that of the current ECNL clubs? Adding those two teams to ECNL doesn't grow the player pool - the FCV and Arlington players already exist and have supported very strong teams in every older age group.

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Anonymous wrote:Still nothing from FCV.

They had a zoom meeting with all the details this week.

They had zoom meetings with at least four of the age groups, but to say “with all the details” is a bit of a stretch, don’t you think?

+1 Agree. I believe all the Ex-DA teams were covered. Not sure what if anything has been shared with other Non-Ex-DA teams in the club.

This is a fact. Our team has heard nothing!

If your team is not a former DA team why would you expect to hear anything?

What an an A hole comment. It’s not only ex DA players that are impacted by this change. It will have an impact on the entire club and it’s future. The reality is that FCV’s chance of survival as a club isn’t looking good.

No, you’re really not immediately impacted. You’re not on a team who’s league no longer exists. DA imploding only matters to a very small percentage of players and you are not one of them.

LOL i have a player on a DA team, I just don’t have the pompous attitude FCV parents are infamous for.