Anonymous
03/25/2025 18:16
Subject: FVU boys
Anonymous wrote:no your kid did not get offers elsewhere. As only moron would choose this as their first choice. Your kid is there because you want the ECNL hat. My kid got an offer last year and I told him hell no.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Does the 2010 group provide a good experience?
Just because they have won the most games of any team does not make for a good experience. Still the same culture. Still the same lack of communication. Still the excessive roster. Still the crappy training, etc etc. Read the two threads on FVU boys. GM is still in charge and KJ is his pawn.
How large is the 2010 roster?
If you are legitimately asking you'll never get an unbiased answer here. This is the home of the entitled, left out and bitter.
Oh FVU boys have their problems for sure. Communication is definitely one of them. And rebuilding has been slow.
But if you don't know the history on the boys side, which most obviously don't, you don't get it's a rebuilding, that's what you are signing up for.
And GM is old school, in an 80s coaches way, he doesn't suffer fool parents and he doesn't cater to them. If you can't handle that, this is not a fit.
He is knowledgable and the majority of boys like him a lot.
But on DCUM it's rarely about the kids and mostly about parent ego.
Like I said, there are legitimate complaints to be had with FVU but some of these posts, especially from people at tryouts just have very little to do with the reality of being in the Club.
The 2010 roster is 21. KJ has been their coach for a long time, he's much less old school, much more approachable.
FVU works for us, and my son has gotten offers from other ECNL teams. It's year by year obviously, but isn't everything in NoVa soccer.
All I know is I was seeing 50-60 kids at tryouts, so not everyone has ruled them out. But obviously if they rule your kid out, your first stop is DCUM.
I have to agree. If a kid is good enough to play ECNL National or MLS Next they would get at least one offer elsewhere. Now if a kid is not there yet and did not get a 1st team offer anywhere else, but still wants to playin a 1st team he could get a spot at FVU. I’m sure there will be additional tryouts at FVU, at least until they get 22+ per team. That’s an unfortunate truth for a union that had potential to be great. Same coaches/leadership same results upcoming year.
Also about the 50-60 kids at tryouts that was most likely the 2010s and 2009s in one field, which is usual for clubs to do, with each team having 21+ kids it was mostly the two FVU teams.
Anonymous
03/25/2025 17:35
Subject: FVU boys
no your kid did not get offers elsewhere. As only moron would choose this as their first choice. Your kid is there because you want the ECNL hat. My kid got an offer last year and I told him hell no.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Does the 2010 group provide a good experience?
Just because they have won the most games of any team does not make for a good experience. Still the same culture. Still the same lack of communication. Still the excessive roster. Still the crappy training, etc etc. Read the two threads on FVU boys. GM is still in charge and KJ is his pawn.
How large is the 2010 roster?
If you are legitimately asking you'll never get an unbiased answer here. This is the home of the entitled, left out and bitter.
Oh FVU boys have their problems for sure. Communication is definitely one of them. And rebuilding has been slow.
But if you don't know the history on the boys side, which most obviously don't, you don't get it's a rebuilding, that's what you are signing up for.
And GM is old school, in an 80s coaches way, he doesn't suffer fool parents and he doesn't cater to them. If you can't handle that, this is not a fit.
He is knowledgable and the majority of boys like him a lot.
But on DCUM it's rarely about the kids and mostly about parent ego.
Like I said, there are legitimate complaints to be had with FVU but some of these posts, especially from people at tryouts just have very little to do with the reality of being in the Club.
The 2010 roster is 21. KJ has been their coach for a long time, he's much less old school, much more approachable.
FVU works for us, and my son has gotten offers from other ECNL teams. It's year by year obviously, but isn't everything in NoVa soccer.
All I know is I was seeing 50-60 kids at tryouts, so not everyone has ruled them out. But obviously if they rule your kid out, your first stop is DCUM.
Anonymous
03/25/2025 15:32
Subject: FVU boys
Not all players have the same opinion or experience with a coach. And coaches don't treat each player the same either.
There are posts here from families that are happy with their experience with FVU and some have had quite the opposite. If you're coming here for advice on FVU maybe just the results should tell you the real answers. How could two ECNL clubs merge and have zero improvement? Answer......it's coaching.
There are posts here from families that are happy with their experience with FVU and some have had quite the opposite. If you're coming here for advice on FVU maybe just the results should tell you the real answers. How could two ECNL clubs merge and have zero improvement? Answer......it's coaching.
Anonymous
03/25/2025 15:16
Subject: FVU boys
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Does the 2010 group provide a good experience?
Just because they have won the most games of any team does not make for a good experience. Still the same culture. Still the same lack of communication. Still the excessive roster. Still the crappy training, etc etc. Read the two threads on FVU boys. GM is still in charge and KJ is his pawn.
How large is the 2010 roster?
If you are legitimately asking you'll never get an unbiased answer here. This is the home of the entitled, left out and bitter.
Oh FVU boys have their problems for sure. Communication is definitely one of them. And rebuilding has been slow.
But if you don't know the history on the boys side, which most obviously don't, you don't get it's a rebuilding, that's what you are signing up for.
And GM is old school, in an 80s coaches way, he doesn't suffer fool parents and he doesn't cater to them. If you can't handle that, this is not a fit.
He is knowledgable and the majority of boys like him a lot.
But on DCUM it's rarely about the kids and mostly about parent ego.
Like I said, there are legitimate complaints to be had with FVU but some of these posts, especially from people at tryouts just have very little to do with the reality of being in the Club.
The 2010 roster is 21. KJ has been their coach for a long time, he's much less old school, much more approachable.
FVU works for us, and my son has gotten offers from other ECNL teams. It's year by year obviously, but isn't everything in NoVa soccer.
All I know is I was seeing 50-60 kids at tryouts, so not everyone has ruled them out. But obviously if they rule your kid out, your first stop is DCUM.
Thank you. Yes, you are correct, I don't know the whole story so the insight you provided was helpful.
Current results (and last year results as BRAVE) and roster sizes (according to the ECNL website) will help you understanding the whole story
Anonymous
03/25/2025 15:03
Subject: FVU boys
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Does the 2010 group provide a good experience?
Just because they have won the most games of any team does not make for a good experience. Still the same culture. Still the same lack of communication. Still the excessive roster. Still the crappy training, etc etc. Read the two threads on FVU boys. GM is still in charge and KJ is his pawn.
How large is the 2010 roster?
If you are legitimately asking you'll never get an unbiased answer here. This is the home of the entitled, left out and bitter.
Oh FVU boys have their problems for sure. Communication is definitely one of them. And rebuilding has been slow.
But if you don't know the history on the boys side, which most obviously don't, you don't get it's a rebuilding, that's what you are signing up for.
And GM is old school, in an 80s coaches way, he doesn't suffer fool parents and he doesn't cater to them. If you can't handle that, this is not a fit.
He is knowledgable and the majority of boys like him a lot.
But on DCUM it's rarely about the kids and mostly about parent ego.
Like I said, there are legitimate complaints to be had with FVU but some of these posts, especially from people at tryouts just have very little to do with the reality of being in the Club.
The 2010 roster is 21. KJ has been their coach for a long time, he's much less old school, much more approachable.
FVU works for us, and my son has gotten offers from other ECNL teams. It's year by year obviously, but isn't everything in NoVa soccer.
All I know is I was seeing 50-60 kids at tryouts, so not everyone has ruled them out. But obviously if they rule your kid out, your first stop is DCUM.
Thank you. Yes, you are correct, I don't know the whole story so the insight you provided was helpful.
Anonymous
03/25/2025 14:49
Subject: FVU boys
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Does the 2010 group provide a good experience?
Just because they have won the most games of any team does not make for a good experience. Still the same culture. Still the same lack of communication. Still the excessive roster. Still the crappy training, etc etc. Read the two threads on FVU boys. GM is still in charge and KJ is his pawn.
How large is the 2010 roster?
If you are legitimately asking you'll never get an unbiased answer here. This is the home of the entitled, left out and bitter.
Oh FVU boys have their problems for sure. Communication is definitely one of them. And rebuilding has been slow.
But if you don't know the history on the boys side, which most obviously don't, you don't get it's a rebuilding, that's what you are signing up for.
And GM is old school, in an 80s coaches way, he doesn't suffer fool parents and he doesn't cater to them. If you can't handle that, this is not a fit.
He is knowledgable and the majority of boys like him a lot.
But on DCUM it's rarely about the kids and mostly about parent ego.
Like I said, there are legitimate complaints to be had with FVU but some of these posts, especially from people at tryouts just have very little to do with the reality of being in the Club.
The 2010 roster is 21. KJ has been their coach for a long time, he's much less old school, much more approachable.
FVU works for us, and my son has gotten offers from other ECNL teams. It's year by year obviously, but isn't everything in NoVa soccer.
All I know is I was seeing 50-60 kids at tryouts, so not everyone has ruled them out. But obviously if they rule your kid out, your first stop is DCUM.
This was good for a laugh. You’ve been drinking some FVU cool aid. Majority of the kids like GM? Seriously, this is so untrue I don’t know what rock you’re living under. And no roster on FVU is 21. You can go to ecnl app and count.
I'd also disagree that the majority of the kids "like" GM, but I do agree he's an old school 70s/80s coach and doesn't suffer fools, goofing around kids or complaining parents. Many kids fear him and so do some parents. He will be very blunt with both parents and kids. My son was older when he started FVU so I can't say what he is like with younger players.
The kids that have talent, that can play, and want to improve respect him because of his direct nature. He will tell players what they need to do to get better and he's not going to sugar coat his comments. Players will push themselves when he is around to prove themselves and if they can get a positive reaction from him, they know it really means something.
I had a coach like this when I was younger playing football. Show up early, play your hardest, and don't give excuses for poor play, take ownership of it and try to improve. Parents have to be realistic in evaluating their players and know GM will tell them exactly what he thinks. Not everyone is a rocket scientist and not everyone can play at the ECNL-N level.
The thing is, a good coach gets to know his players well enough to know which ones respond well to tough love and which ones give their best with a different approach. GM is not that coach.
Anonymous
03/25/2025 14:45
Subject: FVU boys
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Does the 2010 group provide a good experience?
Just because they have won the most games of any team does not make for a good experience. Still the same culture. Still the same lack of communication. Still the excessive roster. Still the crappy training, etc etc. Read the two threads on FVU boys. GM is still in charge and KJ is his pawn.
How large is the 2010 roster?
If you are legitimately asking you'll never get an unbiased answer here. This is the home of the entitled, left out and bitter.
Oh FVU boys have their problems for sure. Communication is definitely one of them. And rebuilding has been slow.
But if you don't know the history on the boys side, which most obviously don't, you don't get it's a rebuilding, that's what you are signing up for.
And GM is old school, in an 80s coaches way, he doesn't suffer fool parents and he doesn't cater to them. If you can't handle that, this is not a fit.
He is knowledgable and the majority of boys like him a lot.
But on DCUM it's rarely about the kids and mostly about parent ego.
Like I said, there are legitimate complaints to be had with FVU but some of these posts, especially from people at tryouts just have very little to do with the reality of being in the Club.
The 2010 roster is 21. KJ has been their coach for a long time, he's much less old school, much more approachable.
FVU works for us, and my son has gotten offers from other ECNL teams. It's year by year obviously, but isn't everything in NoVa soccer.
All I know is I was seeing 50-60 kids at tryouts, so not everyone has ruled them out. But obviously if they rule your kid out, your first stop is DCUM.
I agree KJ is a good coach. He is certainly approachable and players like him, not like others that won’t mention.
About The majority of boys like GM, that’s completely false, I have not met one parent or player that does. The two teams he’s coaching are in 12th place, and the teams he was coaching last year (when they were BRAVE) had the same results.
Anonymous
03/25/2025 13:54
Subject: FVU boys
Very bitter for the 2007 boys. Their VA Union team got dismantled for their very last year of soccer. Very few made it to the new team as the Brave coaches gave preference to their players. And to go back on their decision a year later.
Many boy parents could see this coming when they announced it, many boys parents were vocal but completely ignored. SO much incompetence that it is making my head spin. My son youth soccer years are over and it is such a relief.
The main issues are:
- Coaches are typically just good soccer players but are receiving little to NO training on youth psychology. You wouldn't trust a teacher without it, and yet, we let those men with overinflated egos train our kids.
- Administration is in it for the $$. Protecting their salaries while providing as little work as possible.
- Boards are useless because either their kids are on the teams and they just act in the best interest of their child or to get the favors of their coaches. OR they get the position to look good on their resumes or shine in society.
This is broken in so many places that I have little faith it could be fixed.
Many boy parents could see this coming when they announced it, many boys parents were vocal but completely ignored. SO much incompetence that it is making my head spin. My son youth soccer years are over and it is such a relief.
The main issues are:
- Coaches are typically just good soccer players but are receiving little to NO training on youth psychology. You wouldn't trust a teacher without it, and yet, we let those men with overinflated egos train our kids.
- Administration is in it for the $$. Protecting their salaries while providing as little work as possible.
- Boards are useless because either their kids are on the teams and they just act in the best interest of their child or to get the favors of their coaches. OR they get the position to look good on their resumes or shine in society.
This is broken in so many places that I have little faith it could be fixed.
Anonymous
03/25/2025 13:29
Subject: FVU boys
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Does the 2010 group provide a good experience?
Just because they have won the most games of any team does not make for a good experience. Still the same culture. Still the same lack of communication. Still the excessive roster. Still the crappy training, etc etc. Read the two threads on FVU boys. GM is still in charge and KJ is his pawn.
How large is the 2010 roster?
If you are legitimately asking you'll never get an unbiased answer here. This is the home of the entitled, left out and bitter.
Oh FVU boys have their problems for sure. Communication is definitely one of them. And rebuilding has been slow.
But if you don't know the history on the boys side, which most obviously don't, you don't get it's a rebuilding, that's what you are signing up for.
And GM is old school, in an 80s coaches way, he doesn't suffer fool parents and he doesn't cater to them. If you can't handle that, this is not a fit.
He is knowledgable and the majority of boys like him a lot.
But on DCUM it's rarely about the kids and mostly about parent ego.
Like I said, there are legitimate complaints to be had with FVU but some of these posts, especially from people at tryouts just have very little to do with the reality of being in the Club.
The 2010 roster is 21. KJ has been their coach for a long time, he's much less old school, much more approachable.
FVU works for us, and my son has gotten offers from other ECNL teams. It's year by year obviously, but isn't everything in NoVa soccer.
All I know is I was seeing 50-60 kids at tryouts, so not everyone has ruled them out. But obviously if they rule your kid out, your first stop is DCUM.
This was good for a laugh. You’ve been drinking some FVU cool aid. Majority of the kids like GM? Seriously, this is so untrue I don’t know what rock you’re living under. And no roster on FVU is 21. You can go to ecnl app and count.
No Kool Aid. And much better counting skills than you, check the app, oh and I know the team, do you?
And yes, if a kid has skill, work ethic and a good attitude our kids have found GM to be very supportive....
Anonymous
03/25/2025 13:26
Subject: FVU boys
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Does the 2010 group provide a good experience?
Just because they have won the most games of any team does not make for a good experience. Still the same culture. Still the same lack of communication. Still the excessive roster. Still the crappy training, etc etc. Read the two threads on FVU boys. GM is still in charge and KJ is his pawn.
How large is the 2010 roster?
If you are legitimately asking you'll never get an unbiased answer here. This is the home of the entitled, left out and bitter.
Oh FVU boys have their problems for sure. Communication is definitely one of them. And rebuilding has been slow.
But if you don't know the history on the boys side, which most obviously don't, you don't get it's a rebuilding, that's what you are signing up for.
And GM is old school, in an 80s coaches way, he doesn't suffer fool parents and he doesn't cater to them. If you can't handle that, this is not a fit.
He is knowledgable and the majority of boys like him a lot.
But on DCUM it's rarely about the kids and mostly about parent ego.
Like I said, there are legitimate complaints to be had with FVU but some of these posts, especially from people at tryouts just have very little to do with the reality of being in the Club.
The 2010 roster is 21. KJ has been their coach for a long time, he's much less old school, much more approachable.
FVU works for us, and my son has gotten offers from other ECNL teams. It's year by year obviously, but isn't everything in NoVa soccer.
All I know is I was seeing 50-60 kids at tryouts, so not everyone has ruled them out. But obviously if they rule your kid out, your first stop is DCUM.
This was good for a laugh. You’ve been drinking some FVU cool aid. Majority of the kids like GM? Seriously, this is so untrue I don’t know what rock you’re living under. And no roster on FVU is 21. You can go to ecnl app and count.
I'd also disagree that the majority of the kids "like" GM, but I do agree he's an old school 70s/80s coach and doesn't suffer fools, goofing around kids or complaining parents. Many kids fear him and so do some parents. He will be very blunt with both parents and kids. My son was older when he started FVU so I can't say what he is like with younger players.
The kids that have talent, that can play, and want to improve respect him because of his direct nature. He will tell players what they need to do to get better and he's not going to sugar coat his comments. Players will push themselves when he is around to prove themselves and if they can get a positive reaction from him, they know it really means something.
I had a coach like this when I was younger playing football. Show up early, play your hardest, and don't give excuses for poor play, take ownership of it and try to improve. Parents have to be realistic in evaluating their players and know GM will tell them exactly what he thinks. Not everyone is a rocket scientist and not everyone can play at the ECNL-N level.
Anonymous
03/25/2025 12:57
Subject: FVU boys
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Does the 2010 group provide a good experience?
Just because they have won the most games of any team does not make for a good experience. Still the same culture. Still the same lack of communication. Still the excessive roster. Still the crappy training, etc etc. Read the two threads on FVU boys. GM is still in charge and KJ is his pawn.
How large is the 2010 roster?
If you are legitimately asking you'll never get an unbiased answer here. This is the home of the entitled, left out and bitter.
Oh FVU boys have their problems for sure. Communication is definitely one of them. And rebuilding has been slow.
But if you don't know the history on the boys side, which most obviously don't, you don't get it's a rebuilding, that's what you are signing up for.
And GM is old school, in an 80s coaches way, he doesn't suffer fool parents and he doesn't cater to them. If you can't handle that, this is not a fit.
He is knowledgable and the majority of boys like him a lot.
But on DCUM it's rarely about the kids and mostly about parent ego.
Like I said, there are legitimate complaints to be had with FVU but some of these posts, especially from people at tryouts just have very little to do with the reality of being in the Club.
The 2010 roster is 21. KJ has been their coach for a long time, he's much less old school, much more approachable.
FVU works for us, and my son has gotten offers from other ECNL teams. It's year by year obviously, but isn't everything in NoVa soccer.
All I know is I was seeing 50-60 kids at tryouts, so not everyone has ruled them out. But obviously if they rule your kid out, your first stop is DCUM.
This was good for a laugh. You’ve been drinking some FVU cool aid. Majority of the kids like GM? Seriously, this is so untrue I don’t know what rock you’re living under. And no roster on FVU is 21. You can go to ecnl app and count.
Anonymous
03/25/2025 12:47
Subject: FVU boys
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Does the 2010 group provide a good experience?
Just because they have won the most games of any team does not make for a good experience. Still the same culture. Still the same lack of communication. Still the excessive roster. Still the crappy training, etc etc. Read the two threads on FVU boys. GM is still in charge and KJ is his pawn.
How large is the 2010 roster?
If you are legitimately asking you'll never get an unbiased answer here. This is the home of the entitled, left out and bitter.
Oh FVU boys have their problems for sure. Communication is definitely one of them. And rebuilding has been slow.
But if you don't know the history on the boys side, which most obviously don't, you don't get it's a rebuilding, that's what you are signing up for.
And GM is old school, in an 80s coaches way, he doesn't suffer fool parents and he doesn't cater to them. If you can't handle that, this is not a fit.
He is knowledgable and the majority of boys like him a lot.
But on DCUM it's rarely about the kids and mostly about parent ego.
Like I said, there are legitimate complaints to be had with FVU but some of these posts, especially from people at tryouts just have very little to do with the reality of being in the Club.
The 2010 roster is 21. KJ has been their coach for a long time, he's much less old school, much more approachable.
FVU works for us, and my son has gotten offers from other ECNL teams. It's year by year obviously, but isn't everything in NoVa soccer.
All I know is I was seeing 50-60 kids at tryouts, so not everyone has ruled them out. But obviously if they rule your kid out, your first stop is DCUM.
Anonymous
03/25/2025 12:35
Subject: FVU boys
Wow. Not recommendable at all.
Anonymous
03/25/2025 12:30
Subject: FVU boys
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Does the 2010 group provide a good experience?
Just because they have won the most games of any team does not make for a good experience. Still the same culture. Still the same lack of communication. Still the excessive roster. Still the crappy training, etc etc. Read the two threads on FVU boys. GM is still in charge and KJ is his pawn.
How large is the 2010 roster?
25 deep
Anonymous
03/25/2025 12:04
Subject: FVU boys
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Does the 2010 group provide a good experience?
Just because they have won the most games of any team does not make for a good experience. Still the same culture. Still the same lack of communication. Still the excessive roster. Still the crappy training, etc etc. Read the two threads on FVU boys. GM is still in charge and KJ is his pawn.
How large is the 2010 roster?