Anonymous
Post 02/26/2026 08:45     Subject: Riverbend FC
Girls who are on loudoun GA or GA aspire cannot play with NVA during the season. NVA during the season can only pull non-GA girls. Hence why they are likely doing this. (So it gives them an extended bench) Now add the money factor.

In the end this further erodes teams. As they get older the TD rather poach current ECNL players or GA players. An Aspire player has almost no chance. NVA coaches rarely if any ever watch B teams. And communication is very limited between the coaches.
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2026 08:32     Subject: Riverbend FC
Anonymous wrote:At this point there are way more girls soccer programs, teams, leagues then actual decent players. Bizarre.


So if the teams fill up with girls who want to play am confused why you claim that it’s bizarre. Where would you put the cut line to prevent a girl that wants to play because they aren’t decent enough for you?
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2026 08:01     Subject: Riverbend FC
At this point there are way more girls soccer programs, teams, leagues then actual decent players. Bizarre.
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2026 07:56     Subject: Riverbend FC
What club usually has the permits for Scotts Run? Im surprised they were able to get any turf space, but its before most league games have started.
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2026 07:37     Subject: Riverbend FC
Tryouts in the middle of VYS / McLean territory - curious if RB has any practice fields planned out, and if so, why aren't they sharing?
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2026 07:29     Subject: Re:Riverbend FC
Anonymous wrote:They scheduled the GA Aspire tryout in the middle of Jefferson Cup. Think they didn’t realize it or concluded they’re not competing for those players?


No one who moves to these teams will be playing at the Jeff cup anyway. Whatever teams they end up fielding will be NCSL girls.
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2026 07:28     Subject: Riverbend FC
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Feels like a disjointed rollout and awful intention communication. What the heck is this really. Comms director should be ashamed.

It's not hard to comprehend... Hopefully you're just trolling, and you're not actually that slow.


Pray tell genius what are they tying to accomplish with all this. Haven’t you noticed the other dozens of posters expressing confusion. Ears first, mouth second. Try it


Not the PP, but here's what's happening. NVA/Loudoun gamed the system last year to get two GA teams--one for NVA and one for Loudoun--because they're officially separate entities on paper, but everyone knows it's the same club. This effectively allowed them to have two GA teams in the same club which is great for marketing and money for the club.

The challenge they ran into was that, because the talent hierarchy is NVA GA->Loudoun GA->Loudoun Aspire, NVA GA doesn't have a second team to pull from in-season when injuries start to mount because they're the only official team in their program. I don't know what the financial relationship is between RBFC and NVA, but now NVA can market and develop a little more in-season player depth. In reality, when it comes to talent promotion, you're still more likely to have a better chance of joining NVA GA if you're on the Loudoun GA team than this new NVA/RBFC Aspire team.


Nah it’s all about the money as all is not well in NVA-land these days. Dwindling numbers at ID sessions, internal strife within Loudoun about officially separating these 2 entities for good. This will be a catalyst to do that. NVA will have more funds and potentially their own field space. Believe me Loudoun admin and families can’t wait for this to happen. NVA is an albatross.
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2026 07:14     Subject: Riverbend FC
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Feels like a disjointed rollout and awful intention communication. What the heck is this really. Comms director should be ashamed.

It's not hard to comprehend... Hopefully you're just trolling, and you're not actually that slow.


Pray tell genius what are they tying to accomplish with all this. Haven’t you noticed the other dozens of posters expressing confusion. Ears first, mouth second. Try it


Not the PP, but here's what's happening. NVA/Loudoun gamed the system last year to get two GA teams--one for NVA and one for Loudoun--because they're officially separate entities on paper, but everyone knows it's the same club. This effectively allowed them to have two GA teams in the same club which is great for marketing and money for the club.

The challenge they ran into was that, because the talent hierarchy is NVA GA->Loudoun GA->Loudoun Aspire, NVA GA doesn't have a second team to pull from in-season when injuries start to mount because they're the only official team in their program. I don't know what the financial relationship is between RBFC and NVA, but now NVA can market and develop a little more in-season player depth. In reality, when it comes to talent promotion, you're still more likely to have a better chance of joining NVA GA if you're on the Loudoun GA team than this new NVA/RBFC Aspire team.

See, not that hard to comprehend
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2026 07:10     Subject: Riverbend FC
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Feels like a disjointed rollout and awful intention communication. What the heck is this really. Comms director should be ashamed.

It's not hard to comprehend... Hopefully you're just trolling, and you're not actually that slow.


Pray tell genius what are they tying to accomplish with all this. Haven’t you noticed the other dozens of posters expressing confusion. Ears first, mouth second. Try it


Not the PP, but here's what's happening. NVA/Loudoun gamed the system last year to get two GA teams--one for NVA and one for Loudoun--because they're officially separate entities on paper, but everyone knows it's the same club. This effectively allowed them to have two GA teams in the same club which is great for marketing and money for the club.

The challenge they ran into was that, because the talent hierarchy is NVA GA->Loudoun GA->Loudoun Aspire, NVA GA doesn't have a second team to pull from in-season when injuries start to mount because they're the only official team in their program. I don't know what the financial relationship is between RBFC and NVA, but now NVA can market and develop a little more in-season player depth. In reality, when it comes to talent promotion, you're still more likely to have a better chance of joining NVA GA if you're on the Loudoun GA team than this new NVA/RBFC Aspire team.
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2026 07:08     Subject: Riverbend FC
Anonymous wrote:Loudoun Aspire can barely win a game. Where is RBFC going to get any talent from?


NVA can't even fill out their TOP teams without having to dip down "DEEP" into the Loudoun GA and Loudoun Aspire teams to backfill their rosters.
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2026 07:02     Subject: Re:Riverbend FC
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The club will take off like gangbusters! Every girl in Great Falls dreams of a chance to play for GA Aspire.


That’s still more of a pathway than GFR has.


Ahhh, I think most people view RL > GA Aspire.


I think most people without an agenda think local RL and GA are roughly equivalent when considering the leagues as a whole, with some top GA teams being one notch up. GA aspire is a significant step down in overall competition from either.
Anonymous
Post 02/25/2026 22:04     Subject: Riverbend FC
Anonymous wrote:Here is an FAQ from the NVA website.
https://www.nvasoccer.com/nva-aspire
Does McLean have Aspire or just GA and isn't it in Fairfax County?


McLean has aspire. So does VRSC in Loudoun.
Anonymous
Post 02/25/2026 22:03     Subject: Re:Riverbend FC
Who’s going to coach these teams? HM? He was invoked during ML’s putsch attempt last spring.
Anonymous
Post 02/25/2026 22:03     Subject: Re:Riverbend FC
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The club will take off like gangbusters! Every girl in Great Falls dreams of a chance to play for GA Aspire.


That’s still more of a pathway than GFR has.


No, it is not. Aspire is garbage.
Anonymous
Post 02/25/2026 22:02     Subject: Re:Riverbend FC
Anonymous wrote:They scheduled the GA Aspire tryout in the middle of Jefferson Cup. Think they didn’t realize it or concluded they’re not competing for those players?


Yes