College soccer games

[Anonymous]

Hello! I want to expose my middle school aged DD to the world of college soccer, and see if it might be something she wants to pursue in the future. I was thinking of taking her to a women’s college soccer game in the spring or fall. We live in Bethesda, so I was thinking of taking her to either a George Mason or University of Maryland womens game. Has anyone ever been? Would this be a good idea?

[Anonymous]

Definitely. Georgetown has a good women’s team, too. Much closer to Bethesda than Fairfax.

[Anonymous]

In the NCAA soccer is a fall sport, there are no spring games.

It might be nice to see a variety. Gtown is a great idea to start.

[Anonymous]

Go to a variety of different colleges because there are huge differences in how they play just like in club soccer at the youth level. Georgetown plays a very physical direct style. American University is also nearby. The highest level college soccer will be ACC teams like UVA/Duke/UNC.

[Anonymous]

Just go to the closest game. I watch a fair bit of college soccer and many times the best games are the rivalry games or just some random game nobody would expect.

[Anonymous]

I have a son so we’ve been attending men’s soccer games. UMD is very easy though we haven’t seen the women play. He loves it and it’s a cheap outing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In the NCAA soccer is a fall sport, there are no spring games.

It might be nice to see a variety. Gtown is a great idea to start.

My son loves to watch UMD play. Although the main season is fall, there are some spring games.

[Anonymous]

2nd vote for Georgetown. Tickets are usually $10 or less. Go on a nice evening next fall. Open seating. Some games are televised on ESPN. Easy parking, small crowds.

But I'd also take her to a DC Power Game at Audi Field or a Washington Spirit game is you have not sone so yet. Games resume this Spring.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In the NCAA soccer is a fall sport, there are no spring games.

It might be nice to see a variety. Gtown is a great idea to start.

Almost every college team scrimmages in the Spring against other teams. Easy to go watch.

[Anonymous]

Games are fun and inexpensive - if you start checking some of the college team websites, they should be posting their spring scrimmage schedules soon. Those may even be free to attend.

I would also recommend checking out some of the local summer semi-pro leagues too - USL-W is mostly college players, NWSL is also similar with quite a few college players.

Enjoy!

[Anonymous]

There are spring games. Georgetown Men’s team plays in a spring series with wake forest w&m, v tech and Duke and sometimes from others. Just check the Mataram or team pages.

[Anonymous]

Georgetown Men always have a good home match against a top school Labor Day weekend

[Anonymous]

Sure, a fun way to spend time together. Go see a variety of games at different levels. Georgetown or Maryland or American. Plus a DIII school like Catholic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hello! I want to expose my middle school aged DD to the world of college soccer, and see if it might be something she wants to pursue in the future. I was thinking of taking her to a women’s college soccer game in the spring or fall. We live in Bethesda, so I was thinking of taking her to either a George Mason or University of Maryland womens game. Has anyone ever been? Would this be a good idea?

Georgetown is much easier.