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Anonymous wrote:VSA fields are convenient if you live on the western side of Centreville.

Burke and Bryc fields are convenient if you live on the eastern side of centreville.

Again if you are NORTH neither of those are good options. Going to SYA one day a week and more convenient fields the other days isn't that bad.

except you are paying 25% more for half the events than other clubs. Keep paying valor then but it’s dumb.

yeah you are paying a premium for an inferior service. As a result, you are perpetuating an issue for your child. Convenience is nice but there is a reason there are so many unhappy people about this club. It bleeds talent and keeps convenience.

Yeah, we stuck with Valor longer than we should have due to convenience. It was a mistake. The coaching was just not good and this was on the top team in multiple age groups. I kind of think all of these clubs suck for different reasons. They are just out to make money and the people in charge probably wouldn’t be successful running any other type of business/organization. There are certainly things we aren’t thrilled with at the new one. But the coaching is better and it’s less expensive.

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Anonymous wrote:VSA fields are convenient if you live on the western side of Centreville.

Burke and Bryc fields are convenient if you live on the eastern side of centreville.

Again if you are NORTH neither of those are good options. Going to SYA one day a week and more convenient fields the other days isn't that bad.

except you are paying 25% more for half the events than other clubs. Keep paying valor then but it’s dumb.

yeah you are paying a premium for an inferior service. As a result, you are perpetuating an issue for your child. Convenience is nice but there is a reason there are so many unhappy people about this club. It bleeds talent and keeps convenience.

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Anonymous wrote:VSA fields are convenient if you live on the western side of Centreville.

Burke and Bryc fields are convenient if you live on the eastern side of centreville.

Again if you are NORTH neither of those are good options. Going to SYA one day a week and more convenient fields the other days isn't that bad.

except you are paying 25% more for half the events than other clubs. Keep paying valor then but it’s dumb.

Half the events what are you talking about? Practice is 3 days a week. (Additional speed and agility day that i don't think anyone wants) League games and 5 tournaments. It's already too much I don't want more. Again I'm not rah rah Valor, but I don't really have any better alternatives at the moment. But at least make the arguments make sense.

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Anonymous wrote:VSA fields are convenient if you live on the western side of Centreville.

Burke and Bryc fields are convenient if you live on the eastern side of centreville.

Again if you are NORTH neither of those are good options. Going to SYA one day a week and more convenient fields the other days isn't that bad.

except you are paying 25% more for half the events than other clubs. Keep paying valor then but it’s dumb.

Anonymous wrote:VSA fields are convenient if you live on the western side of Centreville.

Burke and Bryc fields are convenient if you live on the eastern side of centreville.

Again if you are NORTH neither of those are good options. Going to SYA one day a week and more convenient fields the other days isn't that bad.

Anonymous wrote:VSA fields are convenient if you live on the western side of Centreville.

Burke and Bryc fields are convenient if you live on the eastern side of centreville.

except bryc and Burke are not good clubs. At least for girls

VSA fields are convenient if you live on the western side of Centreville.

Burke and Bryc fields are convenient if you live on the eastern side of centreville.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a 20171 mom whose kid plays in CYA rec. If we want to do travel, what's the alternative where practices aren't too far away (also two work out of the house parents here)?

I know of several Valor kids that are at VSA now. But that's a hike if you don't live more on the Centreville end of things. There are actually a lot of options within 20-30 min. I think it partly depends on how much you want to drive and how serious your kid wants to get. And a lot depends on the specific gender and age group.

not really a hike. Sya field is in VSA backyard.

Sya is the worst possible option from that zip code VSA is even further. That hike once a week vs further everyday. Yeah it's not feasible.

yes, exactly. Sya isn’t close. VSA isn’t further if you take express lanes. Mileage <> time

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a 20171 mom whose kid plays in CYA rec. If we want to do travel, what's the alternative where practices aren't too far away (also two work out of the house parents here)?

I know of several Valor kids that are at VSA now. But that's a hike if you don't live more on the Centreville end of things. There are actually a lot of options within 20-30 min. I think it partly depends on how much you want to drive and how serious your kid wants to get. And a lot depends on the specific gender and age group.

not really a hike. Sya field is in VSA backyard.

Sya is the worst possible option from that zip code VSA is even further. That hike once a week vs further everyday. Yeah it's not feasible.

Anonymous wrote:I'm a 20171 mom whose kid plays in CYA rec. If we want to do travel, what's the alternative where practices aren't too far away (also two work out of the house parents here)?

And that's the problem. Herndon and GFR are the two options there. Both of those threads are just as bad if not worse than Valor. Not everyone can drive 40 min to an hour each way to practice 3 to 4 days a week. So we settle for Valor for all it's faults because unfortunately it's still a better option for our children and families ability to get them to practice.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a 20171 mom whose kid plays in CYA rec. If we want to do travel, what's the alternative where practices aren't too far away (also two work out of the house parents here)?

I know of several Valor kids that are at VSA now. But that's a hike if you don't live more on the Centreville end of things. There are actually a lot of options within 20-30 min. I think it partly depends on how much you want to drive and how serious your kid wants to get. And a lot depends on the specific gender and age group.

not really a hike. Sya field is in VSA backyard.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a 20171 mom whose kid plays in CYA rec. If we want to do travel, what's the alternative where practices aren't too far away (also two work out of the house parents here)?

I’d like to know this as well. We are in 22033. This forum says that Valor is awful and Herndon sounds like a mess and unsafe fields (from what I have read on here) so where do we go?

From there maybe Burke, FPYC, or Vienna

Anonymous wrote:I'm a 20171 mom whose kid plays in CYA rec. If we want to do travel, what's the alternative where practices aren't too far away (also two work out of the house parents here)?

I know of several Valor kids that are at VSA now. But that's a hike if you don't live more on the Centreville end of things. There are actually a lot of options within 20-30 min. I think it partly depends on how much you want to drive and how serious your kid wants to get. And a lot depends on the specific gender and age group.

Anonymous wrote:I'm a 20171 mom whose kid plays in CYA rec. If we want to do travel, what's the alternative where practices aren't too far away (also two work out of the house parents here)?

I’d like to know this as well. We are in 22033. This forum says that Valor is awful and Herndon sounds like a mess and unsafe fields (from what I have read on here) so where do we go?

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t forget dignity!

Every time I see a valor magnet I smile….(what is it they say? Oh, “bless your heart..”)

Haha same. Ex Valor here too and I never put it on my car. We stayed because our kid was happy (until they weren’t) but I never wanted to publicly advertise it that we were paying them money.

+1

Yep, me either. Like “hi, you like being part of a disorganized group and being shafted with money and coaching, too? Cool…cool…”

And the moms that are the managers we all in cahoots with each other doing stupid stuff like, buy socks and bows and headbands…

This ain’t cheerleading. Ugh!

Diehard Valor fans tend to be people with more money than sense. And people whose kids can't make a first team anywhere else but the parents are invested in being able to say their kid plays on a top team.

Ha! Love this response! “More money than sense!” Excellent. Really sums them up! And right on point about the teams too.