Anonymous wrote:

Jackass Spirit Parent wrote:It's a combination of over-filled rosters and parent politics. None of the playups are even able to dominate their own age group.

You should be more specific about which teams you're talking about before insulting every player who plays up for Spirit. On my DD's team, all of the players playing up will be starters or significant contributors.

Jackass Spirit Parent wrote:It's a combination of over-filled rosters and parent politics. None of the playups are even able to dominate their own age group.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That may be their hope, but so far, it hasn't translated well. If a player can't hang onto the ball or even hardly ever touch the ball, they should probably go back down to their own age group.

However, with some rosters over-filled, I doubt WS-VA has a choice. When you have 25 on a roster, you have to try anything to make sure players are getting their game time and requisite number of starts. So they have to try to move a couple of players up if at all possible.

It's a combination of over-filled rosters and parent politics. None of the playups are even able to dominate their own age group.

Anonymous wrote:The rosters are posted here

http://wsav.ussoccerda.com/sam/teams/index.php?team=7525936

They average 20 players a team. No team has 25 rostered. The play-ups happen in every age group and some could return to their nominal age group with no problem.

Let's not start this again.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That may be their hope, but so far, it hasn't translated well. If a player can't hang onto the ball or even hardly ever touch the ball, they should probably go back down to their own age group.

However, with some rosters over-filled, I doubt WS-VA has a choice. When you have 25 on a roster, you have to try anything to make sure players are getting their game time and requisite number of starts. So they have to try to move a couple of players up if at all possible.

It's a combination of over-filled rosters and parent politics. None of the playups are even able to dominate their own age group.

Anonymous wrote:That may be their hope, but so far, it hasn't translated well. If a player can't hang onto the ball or even hardly ever touch the ball, they should probably go back down to their own age group.

However, with some rosters over-filled, I doubt WS-VA has a choice. When you have 25 on a roster, you have to try anything to make sure players are getting their game time and requisite number of starts. So they have to try to move a couple of players up if at all possible.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Play ups definitely hurt almost every WS-VA team's ability to compete on both sides. They might could have helped their own team, and they aren't doing anything for the teams they are on.

One midfielder hardly touched the ball the whole weekend.

Not sure that's actually development. Routine play ups as a matter of policy is odd. I don't see any other DA doing that. Playing up usually is only done when that player is so strong in their own age group, they aren't challenged. It also shouldn't makes no sense when the play ups can't keep up.

Anonymous wrote:Why didn't Arlington get permission to have older DA teams?

Anonymous wrote:Play ups definitely hurt almost every WS-VA team's ability to compete on both sides. They might could have helped their own team, and they aren't doing anything for the teams they are on.

One midfielder hardly touched the ball the whole weekend.

Anonymous wrote:FCV is in the first place in U15, U16/17 and U18/19 age groups and won all their games. It is early in the season, but is anyone really surprised that the other local teams are well behind FCV?

Anonymous wrote:How are things going now that we are few weeks in? Has FCV lost a game yet? Has WS-VA won one yet?

Sorry, just stirring the pot to keep things interesting.

WS-VA does seem to be struggling again though. I had hoped they'd do better in year two. What's odd is that WS-MD seems to have a really strong program. I wonder why there's such a difference, with the same parent organization. Is there just less competition for players in the WS-MD market?