Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
They are not “trapped” — they are not in the 2030 grad year and are not 8th graders. ECNL is not going by graduation year but by Aug 1 - July 31. Current VDA 2011s have like 8-10 players who are born August 2011-December 2011 and so they’re likely moving “down.”

It is almost like this is not about the girls development but the coach W and trophy chasing. A true ECNL Girls Director would put kids in their recruitment year and brave parents would band together to push for that

Band together and threaten to do what exactly? Move to a GA team? Lol. Not happening. There are only three ECNL clubs here and one (FVU) is a joke. We parents have zero leverage. Not to mention that the coach actually gets results in recruiting… Things will work out just fine. It’s been made clear that parent tantrums will not be tolerated which I as a parent appreciate! No favoritism to the loudest mouth.

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think they all go. It seems that most clubs are not seeing as much interest as they had hoped for based ooff of session registrations, including VDA. That hardline they are taking is about to get softer.

I think this is a fair assessment. The weather delays (gratefully) took the air out of this stupid early try out season. More moves have been made mid season than for next year. And for the 2014s, you guys are an anomaly. Keep your kid showing up. If you feel like they got overlooked and really can keep up ask to attend a training in April or May, or join the USL--Y team.

VDA is poorly managed. Before registering, do yourself a favor and ask about their roster size. They seem more focused on constantly recruiting new players than developing the ones they already have, which raises serious concerns about their confidence in their coaching and player development.

I don’t think they all go. It seems that most clubs are not seeing as much interest as they had hoped for based ooff of session registrations, including VDA. That hardline they are taking is about to get softer.

Anonymous wrote:
They are not “trapped” — they are not in the 2030 grad year and are not 8th graders. ECNL is not going by graduation year but by Aug 1 - July 31. Current VDA 2011s have like 8-10 players who are born August 2011-December 2011 and so they’re likely moving “down.”

It is almost like this is not about the girls development but the coach W and trophy chasing. A true ECNL Girls Director would put kids in their recruitment year and brave parents would band together to push for that

They are not “trapped” — they are not in the 2030 grad year and are not 8th graders. ECNL is not going by graduation year but by Aug 1 - July 31. Current VDA 2011s have like 8-10 players who are born August 2011-December 2011 and so they’re likely moving “down.”

They are not “trapped” as in they are in the 2030 grad year and are 8th graders. ECNl is not going by graduation year but by Aug 1 - July 31. Current VDA 2011s have like 8-10 players who are born August 2011-December 2011 and so they’re likely moving “down.”

Anonymous wrote:Anyone was at VDA U15 OD session? Can someone explain why there were so many 2011s ( Not trapped) in the 2012 session with surprisingly very few players from outside? This was the most confusing ID session we ever attended.

they are coming down. They are trapped. Thats going to be a good team. Outside players have already been appoached pun intended

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Anonymous wrote:Tons of 2011..bye bye current 2012s..

Definitely a lot are not 2030 grad year. So we
Don’t know what was going on. It seems premeditated session already.

Teams are not organized by grad year. They’re organized by birthday.

Anonymous wrote:They were trapped. They may be freshman but everyone is trying out based on their birthday. All the good outside kids already have offers and were told they don’t need to come and with the weather can you blame them?

The good outside players were there FYI. There was close to 40 players, 30 or so are wearing VDA training gear.

Anonymous wrote:Tons of 2011..bye bye current 2012s..

Definitely a lot are not 2030 grad year. So we
Don’t know what was going on. It seems premeditated session already.

Tons of 2011..bye bye current 2012s..

They were trapped. They may be freshman but everyone is trying out based on their birthday. All the good outside kids already have offers and were told they don’t need to come and with the weather can you blame them?

Anyone was at VDA U15 OD session? Can someone explain why there were so many 2011s ( Not trapped) in the 2012 session with surprisingly very few players from outside? This was the most confusing ID session we ever attended.

Predicting record roster sizes that clubs attribute to the uncertainty on how the age group changes will affect the game.
U13-u14 averaging 20
U15-16 averaging 24
U 17-19 26-28

All your money spends once you sign on the line.