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Anonymous wrote:NVA to MLS next confirmed in 2025-2026 season

What about GA?

Anonymous wrote:NVA to MLS next confirmed in 2025-2026 season

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Anonymous wrote:Is “NVA Select” new? If you click on one of the links it shows a pyramid with Loudoun and Valor on the bottom, then NVA Select in the middle, and then NVA ECNL at the top. I’d never heard of NVA Select.

no its something DS started at Valor to make parents think there kids were on a pathway to be selected. In the end its mostly loudoun kids and kids hand selected by the TD

How many kids from neither Loudoun nor Valor end up on NVA teams? Does being on a Valor team give a kid any sort of inside track to making an NVA team compared to a kid from outside either club? Obviously they are looking to put together the best teams they can, but wondering if things like internal ID sessions and coach input help a kid get extra consideration compared to someone who just shows up at a couple of practices or at tryouts.

I'm curious how this works for any ECNL club that has an "alliance", not just NVA.

For Valor, it’s getting better each year. Definitely some growing pains. 2013s have weekly joint practices between clubs and other items for shared looks. NVA select has valor and loudoun kids based on skill. They practice with ecnl occasionally. No clue about other clubs.

So is it the top 2013 teams from each club practicing together? And that is separate from NVA Select?

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Anonymous wrote:Union also posted theirs without any ECNL branding.

Hmmmm 🤔

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Anonymous wrote:Is “NVA Select” new? If you click on one of the links it shows a pyramid with Loudoun and Valor on the bottom, then NVA Select in the middle, and then NVA ECNL at the top. I’d never heard of NVA Select.

no its something DS started at Valor to make parents think there kids were on a pathway to be selected. In the end its mostly loudoun kids and kids hand selected by the TD

How many kids from neither Loudoun nor Valor end up on NVA teams? Does being on a Valor team give a kid any sort of inside track to making an NVA team compared to a kid from outside either club? Obviously they are looking to put together the best teams they can, but wondering if things like internal ID sessions and coach input help a kid get extra consideration compared to someone who just shows up at a couple of practices or at tryouts.

I'm curious how this works for any ECNL club that has an "alliance", not just NVA.

For Valor, it’s getting better each year. Definitely some growing pains. 2013s have weekly joint practices between clubs and other items for shared looks. NVA select has valor and loudoun kids based on skill. They practice with ecnl occasionally. No clue about other clubs.

So is it the top 2013 teams from each club practicing together? And that is separate from NVA Select?

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Anonymous wrote:Is “NVA Select” new? If you click on one of the links it shows a pyramid with Loudoun and Valor on the bottom, then NVA Select in the middle, and then NVA ECNL at the top. I’d never heard of NVA Select.

no its something DS started at Valor to make parents think there kids were on a pathway to be selected. In the end its mostly loudoun kids and kids hand selected by the TD

How many kids from neither Loudoun nor Valor end up on NVA teams? Does being on a Valor team give a kid any sort of inside track to making an NVA team compared to a kid from outside either club? Obviously they are looking to put together the best teams they can, but wondering if things like internal ID sessions and coach input help a kid get extra consideration compared to someone who just shows up at a couple of practices or at tryouts.

I'm curious how this works for any ECNL club that has an "alliance", not just NVA.

For Valor, it’s getting better each year. Definitely some growing pains. 2013s have weekly joint practices between clubs and other items for shared looks. NVA select has valor and loudoun kids based on skill. They practice with ecnl occasionally. No clue about other clubs.

Anonymous wrote:Union also posted theirs without any ECNL branding.

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Anonymous wrote:The post for NVA ID sessions makes no mention of ECNL. Something must be brewing! Does this add more uncertainty to their plans for next year?

you mean the id sessions posted on the instagram account called "nvaecnlsoccer"?

ha ha, knew that one was coming. Sure it has ecnl listed but they aren't going to remove it while they are still in the league and no announcement has yet been made. If they were staying, they would have added it on the post and in the description mentioned how great ecnl is. The description of the post is very vague an not mention of league.

Don't conflate laziness with intention.

Eh, NVA is very articulate and they make their posts with intention.

It is an ECNL ID camp. Call it what it is. If they know this is a topic of discussion, why make folks wonder.

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Anonymous wrote:The post for NVA ID sessions makes no mention of ECNL. Something must be brewing! Does this add more uncertainty to their plans for next year?

you mean the id sessions posted on the instagram account called "nvaecnlsoccer"?

ha ha, knew that one was coming. Sure it has ecnl listed but they aren't going to remove it while they are still in the league and no announcement has yet been made. If they were staying, they would have added it on the post and in the description mentioned how great ecnl is. The description of the post is very vague an not mention of league.

Don't conflate laziness with intention.

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Anonymous wrote:The post for NVA ID sessions makes no mention of ECNL. Something must be brewing! Does this add more uncertainty to their plans for next year?

you mean the id sessions posted on the instagram account called "nvaecnlsoccer"?

ha ha, knew that one was coming. Sure it has ecnl listed but they aren't going to remove it while they are still in the league and no announcement has yet been made. If they were staying, they would have added it on the post and in the description mentioned how great ecnl is. The description of the post is very vague an not mention of league.

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Anonymous wrote:The post for NVA ID sessions makes no mention of ECNL. Something must be brewing! Does this add more uncertainty to their plans for next year?

you mean the id sessions posted on the instagram account called "nvaecnlsoccer"?

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Anonymous wrote:The post for NVA ID sessions makes no mention of ECNL. Something must be brewing! Does this add more uncertainty to their plans for next year?

you mean the id sessions posted on the instagram account called "nvaecnlsoccer"?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The post for NVA ID sessions makes no mention of ECNL. Something must be brewing! Does this add more uncertainty to their plans for next year?

you mean the id sessions posted on the instagram account called "nvaecnlsoccer"?