Imagine hearing someone else this emotionally invested in freshman soccer and then four years later realizing it really didn't mean that much what your tournament record or league record was. Such empty lives.

Enjoy your future.

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Anonymous wrote:FCV has the most college placements of any club in the area. With our reputation, it doesn’t matter what the team’s w/l record is. College recruit players, not teams. For the girls that want to leave…leave, as there are a number of girls just as good ready to take your place.

Actually I think you meant to say McLean. Just a quick google search will prove me right.

Thanks Nadir.

Nadir looks and sounds like a pissed off female teenager when complaining to the ref. Rather amusing to see. Haha.

Bobby P sounds like a Howler Monkey in heat.

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Anonymous wrote:FCV has the most college placements of any club in the area. With our reputation, it doesn’t matter what the team’s w/l record is. College recruit players, not teams. For the girls that want to leave…leave, as there are a number of girls just as good ready to take your place.

Actually I think you meant to say McLean. Just a quick google search will prove me right.

Thanks Nadir.

Nadir looks and sounds like a pissed off female teenager when complaining to the ref. Rather amusing to see. Haha.

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Anonymous wrote:FCV has the most college placements of any club in the area. With our reputation, it doesn’t matter what the team’s w/l record is. College recruit players, not teams. For the girls that want to leave…leave, as there are a number of girls just as good ready to take your place.

Actually I think you meant to say McLean. Just a quick google search will prove me right.

Thanks Nadir.

Anonymous wrote:FCV has the most college placements of any club in the area. With our reputation, it doesn’t matter what the team’s w/l record is. College recruit players, not teams. For the girls that want to leave…leave, as there are a number of girls just as good ready to take your place.

Actually I think you meant to say McLean. Just a quick google search will prove me right.

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Anonymous wrote:Agree with all that as said about coaches believing their eyes but...FCV has had very strong college placement for 04s, they will do the same for 05s, and 06s I would expect. Those ages are all far enough along in the process and the relatively weaker competition won’t matter. It seems like 07 and younger where the drop off is happening. Families likely thinking through whether they want to be outside of ECNL for all of high school years.

DP, I have been following the FCV drama on this site for some time. I believe it was stated in several threads, that this was the expected result of FCV now being on the outside of the elite league in the DMV area. They would keep the 03-05 to possibly 06 levels intact and then drop off from there as kids start flocking to ECNL teams. It is now up to the new ECNL clubs to take the college placement reins over, which would put the final dagger into the GA clubs. Each year, it is getting closer and closer to this coming to fruition. I am predicting 2 more years before FCV club owners make a major decision.

There is value in the GA for college coaches but much less moving forward with the Power 5 schools.

GA will be an excellent league for those kids looking to play college more regionally and at lower level DI programs. While FCV has excellent pipelines to top programs currently that can dry up if talent or perceived quality drops over the coming years. The kids who are currently being committed had been watched by these schools well before GA was a thing. They have seen these kids play at DA and are familiar with their overall level of play.

Moving forward top college programs will not trust the overall level of GA and its' players in such large numbers. Highly talented players may not risk being overlooked because they are playing in what is perceived as a lower level league. 07-09 kids are the make or break point for GA. If clubs like FCV are already losing kids bit by bit to ECNL at these ages that will only snowball later.

And FCV parents may brush off such departures as kids "who were subs" or "not the top players", but losing players of quality only erodes a team if they are not being replaced by equal or better players from the outside. And that is the key distinction, when players are leaving freely and not because a better kid came in and displaced them. This is what the concern should be with FCV parents. Is the team actually getting stronger or is it just treading water at the same level?

Anonymous wrote:Agree with all that as said about coaches believing their eyes but...FCV has had very strong college placement for 04s, they will do the same for 05s, and 06s I would expect. Those ages are all far enough along in the process and the relatively weaker competition won’t matter. It seems like 07 and younger where the drop off is happening. Families likely thinking through whether they want to be outside of ECNL for all of high school years.

DP, I have been following the FCV drama on this site for some time. I believe it was stated in several threads, that this was the expected result of FCV now being on the outside of the elite league in the DMV area. They would keep the 03-05 to possibly 06 levels intact and then drop off from there as kids start flocking to ECNL teams. It is now up to the new ECNL clubs to take the college placement reins over, which would put the final dagger into the GA clubs. Each year, it is getting closer and closer to this coming to fruition. I am predicting 2 more years before FCV club owners make a major decision.

Agree with all that as said about coaches believing their eyes but...FCV has had very strong college placement for 04s, they will do the same for 05s, and 06s I would expect. Those ages are all far enough along in the process and the relatively weaker competition won’t matter. It seems like 07 and younger where the drop off is happening. Families likely thinking through whether they want to be outside of ECNL for all of high school years.

Anonymous wrote:FCV has the most college placements of any club in the area. With our reputation, it doesn’t matter what the team’s w/l record is. College recruit players, not teams. For the girls that want to leave…leave, as there are a number of girls just as good ready to take your place.

College coaches don't care about your win loss record, this is true, but they care about the quality of the players and the quality of the competition. If they don't respect who you are losing to they won't believe that your players stand out either. This works when winning too by the way.

When FCV blows out league competition it actually does little to elevate the quality of the players performance in the eyes of college coaches as well. They tend to trust their eyes on a higher level more evenly matched game than what appears to be a fast forward scoring goal after goal when they don't trust the quality of the defenders being scored against.

High quality parity is what helps coaches evaluate what they are really seeing on the field the most.

Anonymous wrote:FCV has the most college placements of any club in the area. With our reputation, it doesn’t matter what the team’s w/l record is. College recruit players, not teams. For the girls that want to leave…leave, as there are a number of girls just as good ready to take your place.

Wow….. it’s no wonder they lost a good player after only a few weeks. Who’d want to be around parents like this? Can only imagine what the daughter is like.

Anonymous wrote:FCV has the most college placements of any club in the area. With our reputation, it doesn’t matter what the team’s w/l record is. College recruit players, not teams. For the girls that want to leave…leave, as there are a number of girls just as good ready to take your place.

LoL.

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Anonymous wrote:Didn't their best player just leave now too?

To Virginia Union or is this different?

Correct - to Virginia Union.

Hearing several kids looking for teams outside GA 07. Already trying to work on getting one foot in the ECNL door for next season.

This. A couple of families already having FOMO for ecnl next year - don't want to be left standing when key players leave for greener pastures.

FWIW timing a move is really key especially in the high school recruiting years. We moved my oldest DD for her freshman year and it took time for her to learn the new club’s system and earn her minutes. Especially when moving to a successful team, many players have been together for awhile, understand the coach’s style of play, and formed a good chemistry. It’s not always easy to break into that unless you are a really good player or filling a specific position they need. Kids coming from GA teams certainly have an advantage because they can move to an ECNL club at any time in the year. Players already at ECNL clubs have a limited window. I’m sure tryouts next spring will be back to bigger numbers with Covid fading by then and larger groups may make it more competitive and difficult for players to stand out. If my daughter was looking to make a move, I’d be putting out some feelers now.

Anonymous wrote:FCV has the most college placements of any club in the area. With our reputation, it doesn’t matter what the team’s w/l record is. College recruit players, not teams. For the girls that want to leave…leave, as there are a number of girls just as good ready to take your place.

Then why do FCV parents talk about winning so much?

Anonymous wrote:FCV has the most college placements of any club in the area. With our reputation, it doesn’t matter what the team’s w/l record is. College recruit players, not teams. For the girls that want to leave…leave, as there are a number of girls just as good ready to take your place.

You’re next level.

Your blood pressure must be off the charts

FCV has the most college placements of any club in the area. With our reputation, it doesn’t matter what the team’s w/l record is. College recruit players, not teams. For the girls that want to leave…leave, as there are a number of girls just as good ready to take your place.