Anonymous wrote:I don't see the point to this whole complicated fake "pathway" to NVA for just the one RBFC team that exists.

From a strategic standpoint, NVA launching an Aspire team in Fairfax with Riverbend makes a lot of sense.

Geography matters more than people admit. Most families prefer a 10–25 minute drive to training. Once you push past 30 minutes multiple nights a week, the pool shrinks fast, especially for multi-kid households. Loudoun and VRSC naturally pull from western Fairfax and Loudoun because of proximity. By placing Aspire’s home base in Fairfax County, NVA opens access to a completely different player base that likely wouldn’t consider driving west consistently.

Fairfax County has over 1.1 million residents and produces one of the deepest youth soccer pools in the region. Yet the top-tier pathway options locally are limited. Great Falls Reston (GFR) offers ECNL-RL, NCSL, and EDP. Vienna competes in the RL. McLean has Aspire, but roster spots are finite and internal competition is tight. For players in central and eastern Fairfax, Aspire in Fairfax becomes a strong, convenient alternative without requiring a Loudoun commute.

From a league positioning standpoint, Aspire generally sits above ECNL-RL in the player development hierarchy, which makes it attractive to families seeking a higher competitive ceiling without jumping immediately to full ECNL travel demands. That naturally creates interest from players currently in RL who feel capped.

It’s also smart portfolio management. Instead of concentrating Aspire talent pools in Loudoun and competing for the same households as VRSC, Fairfax expands the footprint and reduces direct cannibalization. Different geography, different recruiting lanes.

Fairfax is a massive soccer ecosystem with strong rec foundations and competitive club pipelines. Putting Aspire there taps into a dense player base that hasn’t had as many elite pathway options within immediate reach.

51 pages on a club that has no teams.

Anonymous wrote:I don't see the point to this whole complicated fake "pathway" to NVA for just the one RBFC team that exists.

Maybe GA is starting to require teams to have a Aspire as a way to seem like there is a pyramid and pathway. If my speculation is true, then NVA had to do this vs wanted to

I don't see the point to this whole complicated fake "pathway" to NVA for just the one RBFC team that exists.

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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.

I agree that most people think that but that is based on how strong RL used to be. Currently if you average the rankings for all teams in mid Atlantic’s south GA, VA RL and Mid Atlantic South Aspire you will see a different story. For instance for 2011 you get

GA - 331
Aspire - 772
RL - 926

RL has a few really good teams but also numerous teams ranked 1000+.

Source please? Sounds fishy.

Source? Just look at the RL rankings for 2011 in Mid Atlantic if you want to fact check.

So you are citing a few crappy RL teams for 2011 as the basis for your made-up statistics? Hahaha. If you want a somewhat realistic gauge look at big tournament seedings. You will see RL teams in brackets with GA teams. IF any aspire teams make it they are at the bottom.

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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.

I agree that most people think that but that is based on how strong RL used to be. Currently if you average the rankings for all teams in mid Atlantic’s south GA, VA RL and Mid Atlantic South Aspire you will see a different story. For instance for 2011 you get

GA - 331
Aspire - 772
RL - 926

RL has a few really good teams but also numerous teams ranked 1000+.

Source please? Sounds fishy.

Source? Just look at the RL rankings for 2011 in Mid Atlantic if you want to fact check.

Rankings where ? GotSport? Those are basically meaningless.

All rankings out side the top 25 are worthless, and a waste of time.

True, just look at a sport with real money involved, College football. They only rank Top 25 and they have multiple polls that rarely align on the back half of 25. This ranking into the hundreds is comical. And people treat it like it’s real data.

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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.

I agree that most people think that but that is based on how strong RL used to be. Currently if you average the rankings for all teams in mid Atlantic’s south GA, VA RL and Mid Atlantic South Aspire you will see a different story. For instance for 2011 you get

GA - 331
Aspire - 772
RL - 926

RL has a few really good teams but also numerous teams ranked 1000+.

Source please? Sounds fishy.

Source? Just look at the RL rankings for 2011 in Mid Atlantic if you want to fact check.

Rankings where ? GotSport? Those are basically meaningless.

All rankings out side the top 25 are worthless, and a waste of time.

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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.

I agree that most people think that but that is based on how strong RL used to be. Currently if you average the rankings for all teams in mid Atlantic’s south GA, VA RL and Mid Atlantic South Aspire you will see a different story. For instance for 2011 you get

GA - 331
Aspire - 772
RL - 926

RL has a few really good teams but also numerous teams ranked 1000+.

Source please? Sounds fishy.

Source? Just look at the RL rankings for 2011 in Mid Atlantic if you want to fact check.

Rankings where ? GotSport? Those are basically meaningless.

Anonymous wrote: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.

How is that different from any other club out there. Every parent of every club in every state that has a 2nd, 3rd, or 4th team have the same complaints about every club out there. Also NVA doesn't have a B team to watch right now anyways.

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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.

I agree that most people think that but that is based on how strong RL used to be. Currently if you average the rankings for all teams in mid Atlantic’s south GA, VA RL and Mid Atlantic South Aspire you will see a different story. For instance for 2011 you get

GA - 331
Aspire - 772
RL - 926

RL has a few really good teams but also numerous teams ranked 1000+.

Source please? Sounds fishy.

Source? Just look at the RL rankings for 2011 in Mid Atlantic if you want to fact check.

Its like whoever started RBFC is trying to finagle something particular for his own daughter LOL.

So RBFC is going to be a "club" with just one team. Aspire league play is lower than most NCSL teams.

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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?

Are they even filling up these low level teams? You can see the huge drop off for girls in the NCSL as they get older. Lots of girls drop out. The RBFC thing is bizarre.

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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.

I agree that most people think that but that is based on how strong RL used to be. Currently if you average the rankings for all teams in mid Atlantic’s south GA, VA RL and Mid Atlantic South Aspire you will see a different story. For instance for 2011 you get

GA - 331
Aspire - 772
RL - 926

RL has a few really good teams but also numerous teams ranked 1000+.

Source please? Sounds fishy.

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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.

I agree that most people think that but that is based on how strong RL used to be. Currently if you average the rankings for all teams in mid Atlantic’s south GA, VA RL and Mid Atlantic South Aspire you will see a different story. For instance for 2011 you get

GA - 331
Aspire - 772
RL - 926

RL has a few really good teams but also numerous teams ranked 1000+.

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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?

Not PP, but the issue is the continued watering down of talent between the competing clubs and leagues, particularly on the girls side. It's hurting development and making the leagues uneven.