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Anonymous wrote:Did that great marketing team come up with the “The St. James FCV” ? Were they still high from Colorado when they came up with that ridiculousness?

As opposed to Metro United? When I looked for their site, I was directed to Metro Untied Soccer Club, which is in Kansas. Whoops. It would not surprise me if the VA clowns even searched to see if "Metro United" was available or conflicted with other soccer clubs.

Anonymous wrote:Wonder how many will move over to FCV from BRYC now? The "Friends and family" rulers at BRYC might be in a scramble to keep their blinded by loyalty families from seeing the light.

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Anonymous wrote:The announcement makes no mention of DA.

Is FCV St James even participating in DA?

Yes- if you read the FAQ on the St. James website it even lists the cost for regular teams and cost for DA team. ($2895 for DA)

https://www.thestjames.co/files/TheStJames_FC_Virginia__FAQs.pdf

I'll say this. Two DA clubs recently had big announcements. FCV made a formal press release, sent an email to parents, and had a website with FAQ ready to go. Spirit, on the other hand, has still not made any formal press release, and there is no website with any information about the clubs.

Which one seems more organized and better run than the other?

Look under the Spirit thread for the formal letter sent to DA parents this morning. You are way behind the 8 ball in your info.

Re-read my post. I said Spirit has not made a formal press release, and there is nothing on the Spirit website about the split. Yes, they sent a letter to the parents. But that's it. The Spirit website still has the same DA information page that they've always had. If you were new to that site, you'd have no idea that the MD and VA teams are no longer affiliated with Spirit. There is no website for the new MU DA team, and there is nothing on the Baltimore Armour site about their new girls DA program. Why? Is it really that hard to coordinate (a) a letter to parents, (b) a press release and (c) an update to your website? The fact that Spirit, and the new MD and VA DA clubs, could not coordinate these 3 simple tasks is just par for the course when it comes to the operation of those clubs over the last 2 years, and it does not signal any fresh change going forward.

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Anonymous wrote:Did that great marketing team come up with the “The St. James FCV” ? Were they still high from Colorado when they came up with that ridiculousness?

As opposed to Metro United? When I looked for their site, I was directed to Metro Untied Soccer Club, which is in Kansas. Whoops. It would not surprise me if the VA clowns even searched to see if "Metro United" was available or conflicted with other soccer clubs.

Anonymous wrote:Did that great marketing team come up with the “The St. James FCV” ? Were they still high from Colorado when they came up with that ridiculousness?

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Anonymous wrote:The announcement makes no mention of DA.

Is FCV St James even participating in DA?

Yes- if you read the FAQ on the St. James website it even lists the cost for regular teams and cost for DA team. ($2895 for DA)

https://www.thestjames.co/files/TheStJames_FC_Virginia__FAQs.pdf

I'll say this. Two DA clubs recently had big announcements. FCV made a formal press release, sent an email to parents, and had a website with FAQ ready to go. Spirit, on the other hand, has still not made any formal press release, and there is no website with any information about the clubs.

Which one seems more organized and better run than the other?

Look under the Spirit thread for the formal letter sent to DA parents this morning. You are way behind the 8 ball in your info.

Re-read my post. I said Spirit has not made a formal press release, and there is nothing on the Spirit website about the split. Yes, they sent a letter to the parents. But that's it. The Spirit website still has the same DA information page that they've always had. If you were new to that site, you'd have no idea that the MD and VA teams are no longer affiliated with Spirit. There is no website for the new MU DA team, and there is nothing on the Baltimore Armour site about their new girls DA program. Why? Is it really that hard to coordinate (a) a letter to parents, (b) a press release and (c) an update to your website? The fact that Spirit, and the new MD and VA DA clubs, could not coordinate these 3 simple tasks is just par for the course when it comes to the operation of those clubs over the last 2 years, and it does not signal any fresh change going forward.

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Anonymous wrote:They probably were having turf wars with Loudoun over field space. Why would they not practice at the St James consistently? It made it sound like the plan from their email!

It is liikely that Loudoun will start using Evergreen Sportsplex more often in my opinion

Barca uses the majority of Evergreen fields. They have a 5-year lease.

I think his point was that Loudoun will try to bid FCV out of their space at Evergreen to force them completely over to Springfield. Would be a smart move on their part, if they can swing it.

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Anonymous wrote:They probably were having turf wars with Loudoun over field space. Why would they not practice at the St James consistently? It made it sound like the plan from their email!

It is liikely that Loudoun will start using Evergreen Sportsplex more often in my opinion

Barca uses the majority of Evergreen fields. They have a 5-year lease.

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Anonymous wrote:They probably were having turf wars with Loudoun over field space. Why would they not practice at the St James consistently? It made it sound like the plan from their email!

It is liikely that Loudoun will start using Evergreen Sportsplex more often in my opinion

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Anonymous wrote:The announcement makes no mention of DA.

Is FCV St James even participating in DA?

Yes- if you read the FAQ on the St. James website it even lists the cost for regular teams and cost for DA team. ($2895 for DA)

https://www.thestjames.co/files/TheStJames_FC_Virginia__FAQs.pdf

I'll say this. Two DA clubs recently had big announcements. FCV made a formal press release, sent an email to parents, and had a website with FAQ ready to go. Spirit, on the other hand, has still not made any formal press release, and there is no website with any information about the clubs.

Which one seems more organized and better run than the other?

Look under the Spirit thread for the formal letter sent to DA parents this morning. You are way behind the 8 ball in your info.

Re-read my post. I said Spirit has not made a formal press release, and there is nothing on the Spirit website about the split. Yes, they sent a letter to the parents. But that's it. The Spirit website still has the same DA information page that they've always had. If you were new to that site, you'd have no idea that the MD and VA teams are no longer affiliated with Spirit. There is no website for the new MU DA team, and there is nothing on the Baltimore Armour site about their new girls DA program. Why? Is it really that hard to coordinate (a) a letter to parents, (b) a press release and (c) an update to your website? The fact that Spirit, and the new MD and VA DA clubs, could not coordinate these 3 simple tasks is just par for the course when it comes to the operation of those clubs over the last 2 years, and it does not signal any fresh change going forward.