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Anonymous wrote:what's happening with the FVU 11 girls? All staying put with the new coach?

Maybe not all, but they will be just fine with a couple of outside pickups. And the coach is a draw for sure. Good decision by the club.

some going down. Some are heading out. Coach is definitely an improvement if he can manage his conflicts.

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Anonymous wrote:The 2011s that have August - December birthdays but are in the 9th grade, what’s the reasoning for playing with next year 9th graders when DD is in the 10th?

Curious to know as well. Make sense for current 2011 8th graders.

it makes sense to us soccer.

for recruiting purposes I thought it would be smarter for a 10th grader to play with other 10th graders. I have a DD with a September bday but I’m not having her play down a grade year. Seems like other players in that situation are. Wanted to know their reasoning that’s all.

Most parents can’t tell the coach which team their DD gets to be on. I don’t know if I would want to be at a club where parents have that kind of say over a coach. You must be at NVA…

Seriously, NVA should take this opportunity to realign players in their correct age groups. Things have gotten out of whack.

NVA is a mess from the top down. The TD allows his daughter to play 2 years up, and because of that, many other kids in other age groups have been offered the chance to play up as well even though they clearly do not belong on that team. As a result, the team is becoming weaker, and strong players will eventually start to leave because of these weak decisions.

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Anonymous wrote:What are everyone’s thoughts about Tryouts Sunday and the snow? Frustrating that we’re a day away from it starting and meteorologists are shrugging their shoulders and saying anywhere from 0-10 inches.

Snow won’t stick with 37 or 40 degrees

it does when it snows 6 inches in 3 hrs.

Anonymous wrote:What are everyone’s thoughts about Tryouts Sunday and the snow? Frustrating that we’re a day away from it starting and meteorologists are shrugging their shoulders and saying anywhere from 0-10 inches.

Snow won’t stick with 37 or 40 degrees

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Anonymous wrote:Why would outside 2012's want to come to VDA now and compete with ALL the 2011's? I am sure they will be given first priority with the amount coming down, literally a whole team

They won’t. VDA has 4 current 2010s who are going to be U16 next year. Then 9 current 2011s who will be U15 next year. Because of those moves the current 2012s who will be U15 next year and aren’t staters will likely move elsewhere

The 2012 team’s roster is only 15 so they can absorb 8 or 9 players with only a few cuts. They don’t have to burn the whole team down.

Flame on. Plenty are getting cut.

9 11s+ the SYC outsider, that is 10. Of nobody gets added from these ID sessions, you will be looking at least 6 cuts from the current 12s.

Smart money is on 8 of the 11s at most. They won’t bring both keepers down and they won’t gut the 2011 team if they can’t find good replacements. And word is 3 is of 15 are moving to the 2013s. So 2 to 3 cut barring unknown offers or other departures. Still plenty of spots to compete for from existing 2012 players.

Just because someone is trying out at the new U.S. Soccer age groupings doesn’t mean the offer that they’ll receive is from that age group. I think this was all just to see if teams could be formed with the age grouping but it doesn’t make sense for 2029 grad years (Aug-Dec birthdays in 9th grade) to repeat U15 and get left out of U16 college recruiting.

If you’re worried about repeating U15 it’s most likely because your DC may not belong on their current U15 team. Bench player perhaps? It’s happening unfortunately.

Most of the young 2011s are starters - try to keep up!

They should fair very well when they repeat on the U15 team next year!

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Anonymous wrote:Why would outside 2012's want to come to VDA now and compete with ALL the 2011's? I am sure they will be given first priority with the amount coming down, literally a whole team

They won’t. VDA has 4 current 2010s who are going to be U16 next year. Then 9 current 2011s who will be U15 next year. Because of those moves the current 2012s who will be U15 next year and aren’t staters will likely move elsewhere

The 2012 team’s roster is only 15 so they can absorb 8 or 9 players with only a few cuts. They don’t have to burn the whole team down.

Flame on. Plenty are getting cut.

9 11s+ the SYC outsider, that is 10. Of nobody gets added from these ID sessions, you will be looking at least 6 cuts from the current 12s.

Smart money is on 8 of the 11s at most. They won’t bring both keepers down and they won’t gut the 2011 team if they can’t find good replacements. And word is 3 is of 15 are moving to the 2013s. So 2 to 3 cut barring unknown offers or other departures. Still plenty of spots to compete for from existing 2012 players.

Just because someone is trying out at the new U.S. Soccer age groupings doesn’t mean the offer that they’ll receive is from that age group. I think this was all just to see if teams could be formed with the age grouping but it doesn’t make sense for 2029 grad years (Aug-Dec birthdays in 9th grade) to repeat U15 and get left out of U16 college recruiting.

If you’re worried about repeating U15 it’s most likely because your DC may not belong on their current U15 team. Bench player perhaps? It’s happening unfortunately.

Most of the young 2011s are starters - try to keep up!

Anonymous wrote:what's happening with the FVU 11 girls? All staying put with the new coach?

Maybe not all, but they will be just fine with a couple of outside pickups. And the coach is a draw for sure. Good decision by the club.

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Anonymous wrote:The 2011s that have August - December birthdays but are in the 9th grade, what’s the reasoning for playing with next year 9th graders when DD is in the 10th?

Curious to know as well. Make sense for current 2011 8th graders.

it makes sense to us soccer.

for recruiting purposes I thought it would be smarter for a 10th grader to play with other 10th graders. I have a DD with a September bday but I’m not having her play down a grade year. Seems like other players in that situation are. Wanted to know their reasoning that’s all.

Most parents can’t tell the coach which team their DD gets to be on. I don’t know if I would want to be at a club where parents have that kind of say over a coach. You must be at NVA…

NVAers went to VDA fysa… be careful.

what's happening with the FVU 11 girls? All staying put with the new coach?

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Anonymous wrote:The 2011s that have August - December birthdays but are in the 9th grade, what’s the reasoning for playing with next year 9th graders when DD is in the 10th?

Curious to know as well. Make sense for current 2011 8th graders.

it makes sense to us soccer.

for recruiting purposes I thought it would be smarter for a 10th grader to play with other 10th graders. I have a DD with a September bday but I’m not having her play down a grade year. Seems like other players in that situation are. Wanted to know their reasoning that’s all.

Most parents can’t tell the coach which team their DD gets to be on. I don’t know if I would want to be at a club where parents have that kind of say over a coach. You must be at NVA…

Nope. NC team but we do play them.

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Anonymous wrote:The 2011s that have August - December birthdays but are in the 9th grade, what’s the reasoning for playing with next year 9th graders when DD is in the 10th?

Curious to know as well. Make sense for current 2011 8th graders.

it makes sense to us soccer.

for recruiting purposes I thought it would be smarter for a 10th grader to play with other 10th graders. I have a DD with a September bday but I’m not having her play down a grade year. Seems like other players in that situation are. Wanted to know their reasoning that’s all.

Most parents can’t tell the coach which team their DD gets to be on. I don’t know if I would want to be at a club where parents have that kind of say over a coach. You must be at NVA…

Seriously, NVA should take this opportunity to realign players in their correct age groups. Things have gotten out of whack.

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Anonymous wrote:The 2011s that have August - December birthdays but are in the 9th grade, what’s the reasoning for playing with next year 9th graders when DD is in the 10th?

Curious to know as well. Make sense for current 2011 8th graders.

it makes sense to us soccer.

for recruiting purposes I thought it would be smarter for a 10th grader to play with other 10th graders. I have a DD with a September bday but I’m not having her play down a grade year. Seems like other players in that situation are. Wanted to know their reasoning that’s all.

Most parents can’t tell the coach which team their DD gets to be on. I don’t know if I would want to be at a club where parents have that kind of say over a coach. You must be at NVA…

It is smarter to have a September bday 10th grader play with 10th graders. Clubs will ultimately allow this for players on the top team.

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Anonymous wrote:The 2011s that have August - December birthdays but are in the 9th grade, what’s the reasoning for playing with next year 9th graders when DD is in the 10th?

Curious to know as well. Make sense for current 2011 8th graders.

it makes sense to us soccer.

for recruiting purposes I thought it would be smarter for a 10th grader to play with other 10th graders. I have a DD with a September bday but I’m not having her play down a grade year. Seems like other players in that situation are. Wanted to know their reasoning that’s all.

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Anonymous wrote:Why would outside 2012's want to come to VDA now and compete with ALL the 2011's? I am sure they will be given first priority with the amount coming down, literally a whole team

They won’t. VDA has 4 current 2010s who are going to be U16 next year. Then 9 current 2011s who will be U15 next year. Because of those moves the current 2012s who will be U15 next year and aren’t staters will likely move elsewhere

The 2012 team’s roster is only 15 so they can absorb 8 or 9 players with only a few cuts. They don’t have to burn the whole team down.

Flame on. Plenty are getting cut.

9 11s+ the SYC outsider, that is 10. Of nobody gets added from these ID sessions, you will be looking at least 6 cuts from the current 12s.

Smart money is on 8 of the 11s at most. They won’t bring both keepers down and they won’t gut the 2011 team if they can’t find good replacements. And word is 3 is of 15 are moving to the 2013s. So 2 to 3 cut barring unknown offers or other departures. Still plenty of spots to compete for from existing 2012 players.

Just because someone is trying out at the new U.S. Soccer age groupings doesn’t mean the offer that they’ll receive is from that age group. I think this was all just to see if teams could be formed with the age grouping but it doesn’t make sense for 2029 grad years (Aug-Dec birthdays in 9th grade) to repeat U15 and get left out of U16 college recruiting.

If you’re worried about repeating U15 it’s most likely because your DC may not belong on their current U15 team. Bench player perhaps? It’s happening unfortunately.