Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To be fair to VA Revolution- and I have nothing to do with them- there are a lot of kids at all clubs who could play in college and choose not to. They play IMs or maybe club and pick a school they love and have a college experience. You know what? That’s fine. Soccer makes great memories and friendships and that should be the main desire for every parents.

I love your answer and agree 100%!

So every kid at VRSC that could play college chose not to. Every single one.

That is not what was said but there are several who I know made the choice not to play in college, one I know was injured and did not go on to play, and one didn't pursue the tryout he was going to go to and therefore did not play. So, to blame it all on the club is not a fair thing either. Also, I am not the owner, coach, or on staff at VRSC so not post a comment that I must be.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know if VRSC actually produces any real talent? It’s been approximately 6 years since foundation. Not one single college recruit… not even like D3 or JUCO without scholarship. Zilch.

But they have a bar and post about consuming alcohol despite being a youth club? Imagine what use you could give to the 20 million plus Jim has burned already.

Produce talent? You have a misguided view of what clubs do. Clubs assemble talent. They do that by attracting players to come to their club instead of other clubs. How? By gaining membership in national leagues. No high school age player will stay with your club if there is no national platform. VRSC only just got this for girls, not yet for boys. So we’ll have to check back in 3-4 years.

The idea that clubs produce talent and not that talent chooses clubs is crazy. Take any of the so called talented players at clubs now, move them to another club in the same level, and they will still be just as talented. Just with a different club claiming to have produced them.

LOL.This thinking is so fking backwards there is no help for you. Spoken like someone who owns a club and doesn’t know sh** about soccer.

DCUM says private trainers and parents develop trainers. Clubs do nothing but steal money.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To be fair to VA Revolution- and I have nothing to do with them- there are a lot of kids at all clubs who could play in college and choose not to. They play IMs or maybe club and pick a school they love and have a college experience. You know what? That’s fine. Soccer makes great memories and friendships and that should be the main desire for every parents.

I love your answer and agree 100%!

So every kid at VRSC that could play college chose not to. Every single one.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know if VRSC actually produces any real talent? It’s been approximately 6 years since foundation. Not one single college recruit… not even like D3 or JUCO without scholarship. Zilch.

But they have a bar and post about consuming alcohol despite being a youth club? Imagine what use you could give to the 20 million plus Jim has burned already.

Produce talent? You have a misguided view of what clubs do. Clubs assemble talent. They do that by attracting players to come to their club instead of other clubs. How? By gaining membership in national leagues. No high school age player will stay with your club if there is no national platform. VRSC only just got this for girls, not yet for boys. So we’ll have to check back in 3-4 years.

The idea that clubs produce talent and not that talent chooses clubs is crazy. Take any of the so called talented players at clubs now, move them to another club in the same level, and they will still be just as talented. Just with a different club claiming to have produced them.

LOL.This thinking is so fking backwards there is no help for you. Spoken like someone who owns a club and doesn’t know sh** about soccer.

Anonymous wrote:To be fair to VA Revolution- and I have nothing to do with them- there are a lot of kids at all clubs who could play in college and choose not to. They play IMs or maybe club and pick a school they love and have a college experience. You know what? That’s fine. Soccer makes great memories and friendships and that should be the main desire for every parents.

I love your answer and agree 100%!

To be fair to VA Revolution- and I have nothing to do with them- there are a lot of kids at all clubs who could play in college and choose not to. They play IMs or maybe club and pick a school they love and have a college experience. You know what? That’s fine. Soccer makes great memories and friendships and that should be the main desire for every parents.

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know if VRSC actually produces any real talent? It’s been approximately 6 years since foundation. Not one single college recruit… not even like D3 or JUCO without scholarship. Zilch.

But they have a bar and post about consuming alcohol despite being a youth club? Imagine what use you could give to the 20 million plus Jim has burned already.

First, the club does not post about consuming alcohol others on this thread post about it. The club advertising it for the Pro Games NOT the youth games.

Second, like you said it has been a club since 2019 and when it started it started with younger teams so only in the past 2 years have any of those players reached the age of college. The players graduating before this from the club came in at an older age and were pretty much developed at other clubs. VRSC has hired a college a new employee whose role is primary to guide players through the college pathway.

You also have to put some responsibility on the players to be willing to pursue their college path and attend ID camps and work to make connections to colleges they would like to attend.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know if VRSC actually produces any real talent? It’s been approximately 6 years since foundation. Not one single college recruit… not even like D3 or JUCO without scholarship. Zilch.

But they have a bar and post about consuming alcohol despite being a youth club? Imagine what use you could give to the 20 million plus Jim has burned already.

Produce talent? You have a misguided view of what clubs do. Clubs assemble talent. They do that by attracting players to come to their club instead of other clubs. How? By gaining membership in national leagues. No high school age player will stay with your club if there is no national platform. VRSC only just got this for girls, not yet for boys. So we’ll have to check back in 3-4 years.

The idea that clubs produce talent and not that talent chooses clubs is crazy. Take any of the so called talented players at clubs now, move them to another club in the same level, and they will still be just as talented. Just with a different club claiming to have produced them.

You articulated more or less what I was thinking. Each club has to have a value proposition for attracting customers/players. Youth sports is interesting because the customer is also the talent and the product. There are lots of talent managment models out there but they typically include attracting, engaging, rewarding, developing, and retaining talent. And developing the right mix takes time. VRSC appears to be taking a very robust approach to attracting talent and it sounds like they are finding moderate success on this front. What will be critical is what comes next.

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know if VRSC actually produces any real talent? It’s been approximately 6 years since foundation. Not one single college recruit… not even like D3 or JUCO without scholarship. Zilch.

But they have a bar and post about consuming alcohol despite being a youth club? Imagine what use you could give to the 20 million plus Jim has burned already.

The facility itself is self sustaining. Not sure how you arrive at $20m.

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know if VRSC actually produces any real talent? It’s been approximately 6 years since foundation. Not one single college recruit… not even like D3 or JUCO without scholarship. Zilch.

But they have a bar and post about consuming alcohol despite being a youth club? Imagine what use you could give to the 20 million plus Jim has burned already.

Produce talent? You have a misguided view of what clubs do. Clubs assemble talent. They do that by attracting players to come to their club instead of other clubs. How? By gaining membership in national leagues. No high school age player will stay with your club if there is no national platform. VRSC only just got this for girls, not yet for boys. So we’ll have to check back in 3-4 years.

The idea that clubs produce talent and not that talent chooses clubs is crazy. Take any of the so called talented players at clubs now, move them to another club in the same level, and they will still be just as talented. Just with a different club claiming to have produced them.

Does anyone know if VRSC actually produces any real talent? It’s been approximately 6 years since foundation. Not one single college recruit… not even like D3 or JUCO without scholarship. Zilch.

But they have a bar and post about consuming alcohol despite being a youth club? Imagine what use you could give to the 20 million plus Jim has burned already.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Walk around the upper deck.

+1. Use any passed out drunk parents as hurdles.

All sports started somewhere. Drunken hurdles could be the next pickleball lol

Anonymous wrote:HAHAHA ROSTER!

That was a great autocorrect fail, though. Lol

No idea... It's annoying since other clubs already switched over to 24-25 now that they are done with the season/year.

There is a plan to build an indoor gym which would be available to parents for working out while the kids practice. All they'll need is a dry cleaner to be a one stop shop.

Anonymous wrote:Walk around the upper deck.

+1. Use any passed out drunk parents as hurdles.