Anonymous
09/05/2025 12:59
Subject: Valor
I don't understand why teams aren't required to at least play on turf fields. Driving three hours to play on some crappy grass field....why?
Anonymous
09/05/2025 12:17
Subject: Valor
Anonymous wrote:What doesn't make sense to me is why they stopped having a north and south division for the pre ecnl teams. There are still plenty of teams two have two leagues and it would be less driving around.
and Richmond have their second teams in that league too... The issue is that the league is catering to the south division. north division teams travel south more than south division teams. not much north division teams can do...
Anonymous
09/05/2025 11:37
Subject: Valor
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If you have to spent money going out of town to a tournament, williamsburg in october is not the worst.
Not a Valor fan but its way better than a crappy weather November or March Richmond tournament. The Richmond tournaments are always on the crappiest grass fields.
I HATE Richmond tournaments. LOATHE.
After Williamsburg in October we get to go to Richnond in November!
is it the capital fall classic? we (not valor) did the capital fall classic last year and the fields were just terrible. nothing like spending hundreds of dollars to stay in a holiday express in ashland to play on garbage fields in cold november rain. i do not see the appeal of that tournament.
It is! I don't mind Richmond, Nov is probably hit or miss with the weather. I assumed it would be better than the Richmond in Feb that we did last year.
Anonymous
09/05/2025 11:23
Subject: Valor
Anonymous wrote:Traveling for a tournament is a little different than travelling all that way for one league game.
Is it? Especially when so few teams enter, the age groups are not divided into divisions, so you aren't playing against the appropriate level. And you get to play against teams you could scrimmage every day at practice?
Anonymous
09/05/2025 10:20
Subject: Valor
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If you have to spent money going out of town to a tournament, williamsburg in october is not the worst.
Not a Valor fan but its way better than a crappy weather November or March Richmond tournament. The Richmond tournaments are always on the crappiest grass fields.
I HATE Richmond tournaments. LOATHE.
After Williamsburg in October we get to go to Richnond in November!
is it the capital fall classic? we (not valor) did the capital fall classic last year and the fields were just terrible. nothing like spending hundreds of dollars to stay in a holiday express in ashland to play on garbage fields in cold november rain. i do not see the appeal of that tournament.
Anonymous
09/05/2025 10:17
Subject: Valor
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If you have to spent money going out of town to a tournament, williamsburg in october is not the worst.
Not a Valor fan but its way better than a crappy weather November or March Richmond tournament. The Richmond tournaments are always on the crappiest grass fields.
I HATE Richmond tournaments. LOATHE.
After Williamsburg in October we get to go to Richnond in November!
Anonymous
09/05/2025 09:33
Subject: Valor
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If you have to spent money going out of town to a tournament, williamsburg in october is not the worst.
Not a Valor fan but its way better than a crappy weather November or March Richmond tournament. The Richmond tournaments are always on the crappiest grass fields.
I HATE Richmond tournaments. LOATHE.
Anonymous
09/05/2025 09:28
Subject: Valor
Anonymous wrote:What doesn't make sense to me is why they stopped having a north and south division for the pre ecnl teams. There are still plenty of teams two have two leagues and it would be less driving around.
This doesn't make sense to me, either, You can see the teams would have split nicely into 11/9 team leagues....
Anonymous
09/05/2025 09:27
Subject: Valor
Anonymous wrote:If you have to spent money going out of town to a tournament, williamsburg in october is not the worst.
Not a Valor fan but its way better than a crappy weather November or March Richmond tournament. The Richmond tournaments are always on the crappiest grass fields.
Anonymous
09/05/2025 09:25
Subject: Valor
If you have to spent money going out of town to a tournament, williamsburg in october is not the worst.
Anonymous
09/05/2025 09:22
Subject: Valor
We are sitting that one out but some of the families say they like going to Busch Gardens. Maybe people like it and don't care that they are dropping hundreds on hotel and park tix to scrimmage the other valor teams.
Anonymous
09/05/2025 09:17
Subject: Valor
Anonymous wrote:The williamsburg tournament has the applied teams listed. Some age groups have 4 Valor teams going.
Is someone from Valor getting commissions on those?
There are local tournaments on Columbus day weekend they could play in.
Anonymous
09/05/2025 09:16
Subject: Valor
What doesn't make sense to me is why they stopped having a north and south division for the pre ecnl teams. There are still plenty of teams two have two leagues and it would be less driving around.
Anonymous
09/05/2025 09:09
Subject: Valor
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Did you ask?
NP-Why would a parent of a rising u11 even think to ask if the league has changed organizationally such that NOW games would be all over Virginia instead of local? No one would know or think to ask that, especially if it was their oldest kid and they were used to NCSL schedules.
Because they are special! They get a badge on their jerseys. What else would that mean other than lots of travel.
Anonymous
09/05/2025 09:07
Subject: Valor
The williamsburg tournament has the applied teams listed. Some age groups have 4 Valor teams going.