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Anonymous wrote:Has anyone received an offer or a decline from VDA yet? We took our kid to tryouts last Wednesday. We’re from a small club, and she was grouped with a player from another club (I could tell by the uniforms).

There were about 60 kids on the field, and none of them had numbers, so I’m wondering how the coaches are keeping track of everyone. One coach asked my daughter for her name once, but that was it. We still haven’t heard anything back, and today’s tryouts were canceled.

Just curious if anyone else has received any updates?

You are very unlikely to hear an actual "decline" from a club. Most will just leave families hanging indefinitely.

Is that the norm from your experience or what you’ve heard from others? It’s good to know if clubs actually follow up with a decline or just ghost you, and you take the hint.

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone received an offer or a decline from VDA yet? We took our kid to tryouts last Wednesday. We’re from a small club, and she was grouped with a player from another club (I could tell by the uniforms).

There were about 60 kids on the field, and none of them had numbers, so I’m wondering how the coaches are keeping track of everyone. One coach asked my daughter for her name once, but that was it. We still haven’t heard anything back, and today’s tryouts were canceled.

Just curious if anyone else has received any updates?

You are very unlikely to hear an actual "decline" from a club. Most will just leave families hanging indefinitely.

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone received an offer or a decline from VDA yet? We took our kid to tryouts last Wednesday. We’re from a small club, and she was grouped with a player from another club (I could tell by the uniforms).

There were about 60 kids on the field, and none of them had numbers, so I’m wondering how the coaches are keeping track of everyone. One coach asked my daughter for her name once, but that was it. We still haven’t heard anything back, and today’s tryouts were canceled.

Just curious if anyone else has received any updates?

I know that session was a reschedule because of the weather and they had to cancel yesterday because of weather so you might just want to email the director and see what’s going on over there.

Anonymous wrote:So what do we make of it if our kid is coming from outside and says they were scrimmaging with a couple of really good players including those from inside the club, but who apparently don’t have an offer yet? This is at a second or third tryout where the very best kids who already got their offers were asked not to attend… so clearly an effort to evaluate bubble players. From what DC has said, the scrimmages seem to have the kids all mixed together as opposed to distinct groups (which we have seen at other tryouts in the past, where was for an entire age group at a club).

I would say, yes this would be a bubble player grouping. It depends on how many previous players have committed after receiving their offers. So, now they are looking at completing the team numbers. Will it be 16 players or 18 players? Sometimes they wait and see if any unicorns show up before sending out the final round of offers.

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone received an offer or a decline from VDA yet? We took our kid to tryouts last Wednesday. We’re from a small club, and she was grouped with a player from another club (I could tell by the uniforms).

There were about 60 kids on the field, and none of them had numbers, so I’m wondering how the coaches are keeping track of everyone. One coach asked my daughter for her name once, but that was it. We still haven’t heard anything back, and today’s tryouts were canceled.

Just curious if anyone else has received any updates?

Outsiders have heard. They didn’t provide numbers because they already know who they wanted to look at more closely, etc. Unfortunately the prospect doesn’t look promising for your DD. Ill be surprised if they schedule another tryout after cancelling today.

Has anyone received an offer or a decline from VDA yet? We took our kid to tryouts last Wednesday. We’re from a small club, and she was grouped with a player from another club (I could tell by the uniforms).

There were about 60 kids on the field, and none of them had numbers, so I’m wondering how the coaches are keeping track of everyone. One coach asked my daughter for her name once, but that was it. We still haven’t heard anything back, and today’s tryouts were canceled.

Just curious if anyone else has received any updates?

So what do we make of it if our kid is coming from outside and says they were scrimmaging with a couple of really good players including those from inside the club, but who apparently don’t have an offer yet? This is at a second or third tryout where the very best kids who already got their offers were asked not to attend… so clearly an effort to evaluate bubble players. From what DC has said, the scrimmages seem to have the kids all mixed together as opposed to distinct groups (which we have seen at other tryouts in the past, where was for an entire age group at a club).

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Anonymous wrote:Did FVU have a good turnout for 2014s?

Half as many as FVU. Unsure about talent.

This is a lie. VDA had about 60 and FVU had about 50. Stop lying just to prop up VDA

Not a lie, was there. easily 80-100 kids. Most of the kids there play on first teams and are from a variety of clubs around the area.

So about 60 first team players from around the area? That’s like half of all the players on all of the teams.

About 22 kids per field and three fields running at the same time. 2013 and 2014s. Most were high level players.

Sounds like a mess. How are the girls supposed to show their skill in an environment that cramped?

Do you think they already knew who they wanted before these tryouts from seeing kids at other practices, etc?

Have they started giving out offers?

yes and yes. I’m not sure why people think tryouts are real. Teams are set. Maybe you see a few outsiders to make sure. And it wasn’t a mess. Worked well.

Largely they know ahead of time who they want. The fraud (or tough reality) is that it is not an open tryout. An unknown kid will likely not even been seen if they show up and list their current team/ club as a small club, lower level team. That player will just be cast off to the lower level scrimmage right away where the coaching staff will barely watch the scrimmage.

Players are juiced in before the tryout happens. They are usually coming from a a near peer competing high level club/ team. Or their parents have already communicated extensively with the coach. Or, they have already been out to practice more than a few times. Or a fellow coach on the staff has vouched for the player. If you are not one of those types, you really have two bust your butt and stand out at the lower level scrimmages -which is hard to do as the coaches are barely watching and there is a bunch of kids on a tiny space to compete with.

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Anonymous wrote:Did FVU have a good turnout for 2014s?

Half as many as FVU. Unsure about talent.

This is a lie. VDA had about 60 and FVU had about 50. Stop lying just to prop up VDA

Not a lie, was there. easily 80-100 kids. Most of the kids there play on first teams and are from a variety of clubs around the area.

So about 60 first team players from around the area? That’s like half of all the players on all of the teams.

About 22 kids per field and three fields running at the same time. 2013 and 2014s. Most were high level players.

Sounds like a mess. How are the girls supposed to show their skill in an environment that cramped?

Exactly. They know before the tryouts even start who’s on the team

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Anonymous wrote:Did FVU have a good turnout for 2014s?

Half as many as FVU. Unsure about talent.

This is a lie. VDA had about 60 and FVU had about 50. Stop lying just to prop up VDA

Not a lie, was there. easily 80-100 kids. Most of the kids there play on first teams and are from a variety of clubs around the area.

So about 60 first team players from around the area? That’s like half of all the players on all of the teams.

About 22 kids per field and three fields running at the same time. 2013 and 2014s. Most were high level players.

Sounds like a mess. How are the girls supposed to show their skill in an environment that cramped?

Do you think they already knew who they wanted before these tryouts from seeing kids at other practices, etc?

Have they started giving out offers?

Tryouts for top teams are a fraud. Kids soft offers going into them. They miss alot of kids because of it.

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Anonymous wrote:Did FVU have a good turnout for 2014s?

Half as many as FVU. Unsure about talent.

This is a lie. VDA had about 60 and FVU had about 50. Stop lying just to prop up VDA

Not a lie, was there. easily 80-100 kids. Most of the kids there play on first teams and are from a variety of clubs around the area.

So about 60 first team players from around the area? That’s like half of all the players on all of the teams.

About 22 kids per field and three fields running at the same time. 2013 and 2014s. Most were high level players.

Sounds like a mess. How are the girls supposed to show their skill in an environment that cramped?

Do you think they already knew who they wanted before these tryouts from seeing kids at other practices, etc?

Have they started giving out offers?

yes and yes. I’m not sure why people think tryouts are real. Teams are set. Maybe you see a few outsiders to make sure. And it wasn’t a mess. Worked well.

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Anonymous wrote:Did FVU have a good turnout for 2014s?

Half as many as FVU. Unsure about talent.

This is a lie. VDA had about 60 and FVU had about 50. Stop lying just to prop up VDA

Not a lie, was there. easily 80-100 kids. Most of the kids there play on first teams and are from a variety of clubs around the area.

So about 60 first team players from around the area? That’s like half of all the players on all of the teams.

About 22 kids per field and three fields running at the same time. 2013 and 2014s. Most were high level players.

Sounds like a mess. How are the girls supposed to show their skill in an environment that cramped?

Do you think they already knew who they wanted before these tryouts from seeing kids at other practices, etc?

Have they started giving out offers?

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Anonymous wrote:Did FVU have a good turnout for 2014s?

Half as many as FVU. Unsure about talent.

This is a lie. VDA had about 60 and FVU had about 50. Stop lying just to prop up VDA

Not a lie, was there. easily 80-100 kids. Most of the kids there play on first teams and are from a variety of clubs around the area.

So about 60 first team players from around the area? That’s like half of all the players on all of the teams.

About 22 kids per field and three fields running at the same time. 2013 and 2014s. Most were high level players.

Sounds like a mess. How are the girls supposed to show their skill in an environment that cramped?

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Anonymous wrote:Did FVU have a good turnout for 2014s?

Half as many as FVU. Unsure about talent.

This is a lie. VDA had about 60 and FVU had about 50. Stop lying just to prop up VDA

Not a lie, was there. easily 80-100 kids. Most of the kids there play on first teams and are from a variety of clubs around the area.

So about 60 first team players from around the area? That’s like half of all the players on all of the teams.

About 22 kids per field and three fields running at the same time. 2013 and 2014s. Most were high level players.

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Anonymous wrote:Did FVU have a good turnout for 2014s?

Half as many as FVU. Unsure about talent.

This is a lie. VDA had about 60 and FVU had about 50. Stop lying just to prop up VDA

Not a lie, was there. easily 80-100 kids. Most of the kids there play on first teams and are from a variety of clubs around the area.

So about 60 first team players from around the area? That’s like half of all the players on all of the teams.