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Anonymous wrote:If you take a quick look at U9B for NCSL this spring you can see that VRSC Black was playing LS City and they had similar schedules. Just by this you can assume that VRSC #1 team = LS #3 in most cases. I think parents who dont see this are drinking the kool-aid. This by no means is a swipe at your child. If the kid wants to get to the level where they are at a top club playing top teams then they need to work for it. Nothing wrong with that.

I wouldn't look at it that way at all. LS #3 = VRSC #3. VRSC doesn't have a #1 or #2 team yet. If they are able to get MLSN then they will form new teams that will become comparable with LS #1 and #2.

This is exactly what happened on the girls side. VRSC got Girls Academy and formed two completely new teams that will be comparable to LS #1 and LS #2. The existing VRSC Black team remains #3 in NCSL.

It's not useful to compare teams from clubs of different sizes based on their order in the club. Makes more sense to compare teams in similar leagues. Compare NCSL teams with NCSL, RL/EDP teams, GA/ECNL/MLSN teams.

Vrsc girls GA teams will be equivalent to LS top teams? You sure about that?

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Anonymous wrote:If you take a quick look at U9B for NCSL this spring you can see that VRSC Black was playing LS City and they had similar schedules. Just by this you can assume that VRSC #1 team = LS #3 in most cases. I think parents who dont see this are drinking the kool-aid. This by no means is a swipe at your child. If the kid wants to get to the level where they are at a top club playing top teams then they need to work for it. Nothing wrong with that.

I wouldn't look at it that way at all. LS #3 = VRSC #3. VRSC doesn't have a #1 or #2 team yet. If they are able to get MLSN then they will form new teams that will become comparable with LS #1 and #2.

This is exactly what happened on the girls side. VRSC got Girls Academy and formed two completely new teams that will be comparable to LS #1 and LS #2. The existing VRSC Black team remains #3 in NCSL.

It's not useful to compare teams from clubs of different sizes based on their order in the club. Makes more sense to compare teams in similar leagues. Compare NCSL teams with NCSL, RL/EDP teams, GA/ECNL/MLSN teams.

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Who cares how they market it. Nobody is fooled by that. It's not a secret which league a team plays in.

You might be surprised how many parents will change clubs just to be on the "top team" regardless of how they match up or what league they play in. Mostly younger travel ages.

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Who cares how they market it. Nobody is fooled by that. It's not a secret which league a team plays in.

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Anonymous wrote:If you take a quick look at U9B for NCSL this spring you can see that VRSC Black was playing LS City and they had similar schedules. Just by this you can assume that VRSC #1 team = LS #3 in most cases. I think parents who dont see this are drinking the kool-aid. This by no means is a swipe at your child. If the kid wants to get to the level where they are at a top club playing top teams then they need to work for it. Nothing wrong with that.

I wouldn't look at it that way at all. LS #3 = VRSC #3. VRSC doesn't have a #1 or #2 team yet. If they are able to get MLSN then they will form new teams that will become comparable with LS #1 and #2.

This is exactly what happened on the girls side. VRSC got Girls Academy and formed two completely new teams that will be comparable to LS #1 and LS #2. The existing VRSC Black team remains #3 in NCSL.

It's not useful to compare teams from clubs of different sizes based on their order in the club. Makes more sense to compare teams in similar leagues. Compare NCSL teams with NCSL, RL/EDP teams, GA/ECNL/MLSN teams.

You sir or Madame make way to much sense to be on this message board

they're correct but that's not how the club is going to market it - they're not going to say, "come join our 3rd tier team", they're going to say "come join our top team"

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Anonymous wrote:If you take a quick look at U9B for NCSL this spring you can see that VRSC Black was playing LS City and they had similar schedules. Just by this you can assume that VRSC #1 team = LS #3 in most cases. I think parents who dont see this are drinking the kool-aid. This by no means is a swipe at your child. If the kid wants to get to the level where they are at a top club playing top teams then they need to work for it. Nothing wrong with that.

I wouldn't look at it that way at all. LS #3 = VRSC #3. VRSC doesn't have a #1 or #2 team yet. If they are able to get MLSN then they will form new teams that will become comparable with LS #1 and #2.

This is exactly what happened on the girls side. VRSC got Girls Academy and formed two completely new teams that will be comparable to LS #1 and LS #2. The existing VRSC Black team remains #3 in NCSL.

It's not useful to compare teams from clubs of different sizes based on their order in the club. Makes more sense to compare teams in similar leagues. Compare NCSL teams with NCSL, RL/EDP teams, GA/ECNL/MLSN teams.

You sir or Madame make way to much sense to be on this message board

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Anonymous wrote:If you take a quick look at U9B for NCSL this spring you can see that VRSC Black was playing LS City and they had similar schedules. Just by this you can assume that VRSC #1 team = LS #3 in most cases. I think parents who dont see this are drinking the kool-aid. This by no means is a swipe at your child. If the kid wants to get to the level where they are at a top club playing top teams then they need to work for it. Nothing wrong with that.

I wouldn't look at it that way at all. LS #3 = VRSC #3. VRSC doesn't have a #1 or #2 team yet. If they are able to get MLSN then they will form new teams that will become comparable with LS #1 and #2.

This is exactly what happened on the girls side. VRSC got Girls Academy and formed two completely new teams that will be comparable to LS #1 and LS #2. The existing VRSC Black team remains #3 in NCSL.

It's not useful to compare teams from clubs of different sizes based on their order in the club. Makes more sense to compare teams in similar leagues. Compare NCSL teams with NCSL, RL/EDP teams, GA/ECNL/MLSN teams.

Anonymous wrote:If you take a quick look at U9B for NCSL this spring you can see that VRSC Black was playing LS City and they had similar schedules. Just by this you can assume that VRSC #1 team = LS #3 in most cases. I think parents who dont see this are drinking the kool-aid. This by no means is a swipe at your child. If the kid wants to get to the level where they are at a top club playing top teams then they need to work for it. Nothing wrong with that.

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Anonymous wrote: Lol no most are bored parents of players stirring shit up for funsies. I can pick a few out just by the way they type because I talk the exact same way.

Yes, that is the most fun part of this!

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Anonymous wrote:Loudoun Red is LS's #3 team, that shouldn't be considered an accomplishment

Well, I will bow to you and your superior soccer knowledge and obviously more skilled child today. You can feel so much better about yourself today. The ECNL RL and National teams come in ahead of the Red team at LS therefore they can diminish any accomplishments of the Black teams at VRSC. So the checkmate goes to you today. Yay, to you today!! You win the soccer blog award for the day.

just calling a spade a spade. Winning championships and beating Loudoun is fun but come on, if it's against another club's 3rd team with your 1st team is that really an accomplishment?

Come watch that team some time and look at their talent and you decide. Just because they don't go play for your almight LS soccer doesn't mean they aren't good. There is a lot of talent out there that doesn't want to play for the "Red". Maybe if they played the "top" "red" teams they might beat them.

I 100% disagree and I am a LS parent. It does not matter if it is VRSC #1 vs LS #3. LS has 5-6 teams in some age groups it is possible that LS#3 team is as good as the VRSC #1 team. It does not mean the VRSC #1 team is bad...it just means at this time in the clubs development VRSC #1 teams are competing with big clubs #2 and #3 teams...such is life

When choosing a club choose the team that fits you and your child, whatever that is. Chances are you DD does not have the ability to play on LS NVA team, that does not make her a bad soccer player. It just puts her in with the other 90% of youth soccer players the top ECNL team is meant to be the top 5-10% best players in the area.

No need to constantly compare clubs to each other, just join the club that fits your vibe.

never said they weren't good, I'm just saying beating ANY club's 3rd team isn't an accomplishment

Anonymous wrote: Lol no most are bored parents of players stirring shit up for funsies. I can pick a few out just by the way they type because I talk the exact same way.

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Anonymous wrote:Loudoun rejects head over to VA Revolution, but this year VRSC had their tryouts the same time as Loudoun.

If Loudoun rejects go to VRSC, why did Loudoun threaten to bench players for going to VRSC tryouts? Loudoun knows VRSC has a better program and sunk to new lows to prevent players from moving club this year. I guess Loudoun wants to hang on to those rejects.

If VRSC get the MLSN slot - then you might see an exodus of top players from Loudoun (and other clubs). However right now there is zero exodus of players from the top 2-3 teams in Loudoun and the only boys age group where VRSC is remotely competitive with their top team is/was 2014.

Sadly VRSC have been moving their top teams out of the higher NCSL divisions and dropping them to level 3&4. Same as tournaments where VRSC has been moving themselves down in tournament pools simply so they can post better records and claim “championships.” That’s Nico’s path to relevancy apparently - either buy it or lower the level of competition.

Meanwhile Loudoun is pushing their kids up (eg 2014s playing 9v9 vs 2013s this spring) where they aren’t worrying about scores but focusing on development and pushing their players to grow (although they’ve done quite well playing up in 2nd NCSL division).

Wow, glad to know you know all of the teams so well at VRSC. Also, you might want to get the spelling of Niko's name correct.

My son plays on the top team (black team) in his age group he played EDP in the fall this year NCSL in the spring. The past 2 years he played EDP both fall and spring. EDP didn't have a spring schedule of games this year. Their team was not dropped down to lower divisions in tournaments. They just played the Potomac Tournament (the tournament placed them not our club) they won their championship for their division. He is not on the 2014 team by the way! His team has never been dropped down a division in a tournament just to get a "win". They are competitive and are improving each year, their team did win against the Loudoun team in their league play this year. Just saying VRSC is out there being a little more competitive than all of you haters out there would like them to be!

Thats great for VRSC, congrats on the wins! As an outsider, I'm curious which Loudoun team did they beat?
We have offers to both - still open FWIW - but at my son's age group it appears VRSCs "Black" team played LS "City" team - which by my research is the #3 team. I am most focused on development, but I'm hesitant to put my son on a top team who's playing against #3 teams from other clubs as I don't think that will make them better.

That goes in both directions. Loudoun's lower teams are playing top or second teams at other clubs. Very challenging, especially in the levels where the teams are basically money grabs.

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Anonymous wrote:I think in reality you have three groups here.

Group 1: those who don't care for VRSC and are here to sound off against them in any way they can. Run Niko down, run the club down, bash the facility, bash the money coming into the facility, bash the coaching staff, run down the level of ability that is at the club etc.

Group 2: Parents who have found a place at the club and like all that the club has to offer. They are here to support the club and their children who play their coaches.

Group 3: Parents who are looking for a club for their children and looking at VRSC as a possibility for their child.

The first 2 groups will sound off the most here in support of their stance. This at times will get a little heated.

For those that are here to speak out against VRSC I have found that yes, you at times can come off as running down the players and their ability. You claim you don't but you in reality do. You say you are supporting the ability or higher level of coaching at your club but in reality you are saying the skill level and ability of the players at VRSC are not as good as the players at your club.

So, if this is what you think and feel then why even bother coming here and posting on a board for VRSC?

you are forgetting what is likely the largest group: club staff and coaches. this is a guess but i wouldn't be surprised if 50 percent of the posts on the form come from people directly employed by clubs. i know for a fact that the larger clubs have a strategy to use this forum to spread information about their club, or mis-information about others.