Anonymous
Post 07/29/2024 16:06     Subject: anyone know about the "Virginia Valor Fathers Day Fiesta" or the "FPYC Fathers Day Tournament"
Anonymous wrote:Perhaps FPYC should charge a little more if they have so much trouble paying their referees. My son was an AR for 7 games and still has not been paid. Each week they claim they are close to mailing out checks. It is disgraceful. No wonder there is a referee shortage.


Wow! That's pretty bad.
Anonymous
Post 07/29/2024 12:21     Subject: anyone know about the "Virginia Valor Fathers Day Fiesta" or the "FPYC Fathers Day Tournament"
Perhaps FPYC should charge a little more if they have so much trouble paying their referees. My son was an AR for 7 games and still has not been paid. Each week they claim they are close to mailing out checks. It is disgraceful. No wonder there is a referee shortage.
Anonymous
Post 06/24/2024 08:31     Subject: anyone know about the "Virginia Valor Fathers Day Fiesta" or the "FPYC Fathers Day Tournament"
I thought this thread was completely absurd but I just picked up my dc's medal to move it on her dresser and it just broke like a piece of paper.
Anonymous
Post 06/20/2024 09:42     Subject: anyone know about the "Virginia Valor Fathers Day Fiesta" or the "FPYC Fathers Day Tournament"
Surely we can take this to 50 pages ...
Anonymous
Post 06/19/2024 22:07     Subject: anyone know about the "Virginia Valor Fathers Day Fiesta" or the "FPYC Fathers Day Tournament"
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:An All-Star rec team from Loudon is almost like an A or B travel team from any other smaller club. Just so you guys know.


Not necessarily. They charge so much for all-star that a lot of good players stay away. Plus they try to pick two teams per age group so those second teams can be pretty good My kid played twice and his teams were a cumulative -50.


How much do other clubs charge to enter the allstar tournament? LS charges $120 per player.
That is new. It used to be $160. Another club charged $45.


I think that is when the price included uniforms. They are extra now so if you add it all up, it is closer to $170.
Anonymous
Post 06/19/2024 21:40     Subject: anyone know about the "Virginia Valor Fathers Day Fiesta" or the "FPYC Fathers Day Tournament"
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So they are profiting off the all star fees?


No -- all other clubs are government-subsidized and offer all rec soccer, including All-Stars, for free. Referees work for free -- in fact, they pay for the equipment to maintain fields. Clubs make the money they need to exist solely through surcharges on the ice cream trucks that stop by the fields during All-Star tournaments.


What are you smoking? Recreational soccer leagues generally charge fees to break even. Our league charges $60 for All Stars, which roughly correlates to the cost for the team entry fee (and the shirt).


You might want to re-read that post.
Anonymous
Post 06/19/2024 21:24     Subject: anyone know about the "Virginia Valor Fathers Day Fiesta" or the "FPYC Fathers Day Tournament"
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So they are profiting off the all star fees?


No -- all other clubs are government-subsidized and offer all rec soccer, including All-Stars, for free. Referees work for free -- in fact, they pay for the equipment to maintain fields. Clubs make the money they need to exist solely through surcharges on the ice cream trucks that stop by the fields during All-Star tournaments.


What are you smoking? Recreational soccer leagues generally charge fees to break even. Our league charges $60 for All Stars, which roughly correlates to the cost for the team entry fee (and the shirt).


You're the one who's smoking. I agree with the previous poster.
Anonymous
Post 06/19/2024 18:27     Subject: anyone know about the "Virginia Valor Fathers Day Fiesta" or the "FPYC Fathers Day Tournament"
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So they are profiting off the all star fees?


No -- all other clubs are government-subsidized and offer all rec soccer, including All-Stars, for free. Referees work for free -- in fact, they pay for the equipment to maintain fields. Clubs make the money they need to exist solely through surcharges on the ice cream trucks that stop by the fields during All-Star tournaments.


What are you smoking? Recreational soccer leagues generally charge fees to break even. Our league charges $60 for All Stars, which roughly correlates to the cost for the team entry fee (and the shirt).
Anonymous
Post 06/19/2024 17:56     Subject: anyone know about the "Virginia Valor Fathers Day Fiesta" or the "FPYC Fathers Day Tournament"
Anonymous wrote:So they are profiting off the all star fees?


They sell it as a great deal for 15 hours of training. To get to 15 they include the time for the matches and the tryouts.
Anonymous
Post 06/19/2024 17:54     Subject: anyone know about the "Virginia Valor Fathers Day Fiesta" or the "FPYC Fathers Day Tournament"
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:An All-Star rec team from Loudon is almost like an A or B travel team from any other smaller club. Just so you guys know.


Not necessarily. They charge so much for all-star that a lot of good players stay away. Plus they try to pick two teams per age group so those second teams can be pretty good My kid played twice and his teams were a cumulative -50.


How much do other clubs charge to enter the allstar tournament? LS charges $120 per player.
That is new. It used to be $160. Another club charged $45.
Anonymous
Post 06/19/2024 17:50     Subject: anyone know about the "Virginia Valor Fathers Day Fiesta" or the "FPYC Fathers Day Tournament"
Anonymous wrote:So they are profiting off the all star fees?


No -- all other clubs are government-subsidized and offer all rec soccer, including All-Stars, for free. Referees work for free -- in fact, they pay for the equipment to maintain fields. Clubs make the money they need to exist solely through surcharges on the ice cream trucks that stop by the fields during All-Star tournaments.
Anonymous
Post 06/19/2024 16:41     Subject: anyone know about the "Virginia Valor Fathers Day Fiesta" or the "FPYC Fathers Day Tournament"
So they are profiting off the all star fees?
Anonymous
Post 06/19/2024 16:20     Subject: anyone know about the "Virginia Valor Fathers Day Fiesta" or the "FPYC Fathers Day Tournament"
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:An All-Star rec team from Loudon is almost like an A or B travel team from any other smaller club. Just so you guys know.


Not necessarily. They charge so much for all-star that a lot of good players stay away. Plus they try to pick two teams per age group so those second teams can be pretty good My kid played twice and his teams were a cumulative -50.


How much do other clubs charge to enter the allstar tournament? LS charges $120 per player.
Anonymous
Post 06/19/2024 15:09     Subject: anyone know about the "Virginia Valor Fathers Day Fiesta" or the "FPYC Fathers Day Tournament"
Anonymous wrote:An All-Star rec team from Loudon is almost like an A or B travel team from any other smaller club. Just so you guys know.


Not necessarily. They charge so much for all-star that a lot of good players stay away. Plus they try to pick two teams per age group so those second teams can be pretty good My kid played twice and his teams were a cumulative -50.
Anonymous
Post 06/19/2024 14:32     Subject: anyone know about the "Virginia Valor Fathers Day Fiesta" or the "FPYC Fathers Day Tournament"
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:An All-Star rec team from Loudon is almost like an A or B travel team from any other smaller club. Just so you guys know.


Why don't any of these teams compete in the SFL/NCSL like the 30+ other clubs who do?



Because they have a large enough pool of teams to have a full schedule. The SFL teams do not so it makes sense for them to join.


Its not rocket science. Arlington does the same thing.


Its not even remedial science , but this cya woman is super unhinged will just keep repeating her talking points until someone believes that her precious Larlo was robbed of a sombrero medal.


At some point, can we get back to the point I was making (I am neither CYA nor a woman, and I don't know anyone named Larlo) about Loudoun keeping its All-Stars together from season to season, which strikes me as unfair to other kids in Loudoun?

Along those lines, I'd argue that Loudoun should form more All-Star teams. Give more kids a chance.

(Note to self: Start a soccer club in Loudoun County.)


LS already has two teams per age group in the allstar tournaments.


A lot of smaller clubs have 3-4 teams in the lower age groups.