Kindergarten girls' team?

[Anonymous]

Please pardon my lack of knowledge! Our family is brand-new to soccer. Our soon-to-be kindergartener wants to join a team, and she'd ideally like a team that's either all girls or at least not majority boys. Does such a thing exist? The teams that we see playing at various parks (we're in NW DC) seem to be dominated by boys. Thank you!

[Anonymous]

At that age most clubs have some kind of “me and my ball” programming and there will be rec or pre-travel options with all girl teams in age based groupings soon if not yet. Usually team-based play starts a little older. Depending on where you are folks here might be able to suggest some close-by clubs.

[Anonymous]

We are interviewing sperm donors and are between one that played u12 on the first team at a small club and a second team at a bigger club.

Which should we sue when our dear sweet child chooses theatre?

[Anonymous]

Arlington rec soccer starts in kinder and has all girls and all boys teams. It’s super low key and fun!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are interviewing sperm donors and are between one that played u12 on the first team at a small club and a second team at a bigger club.

Which should we sue when our dear sweet child chooses theatre?

Was this posted to the wrong thread?

[Anonymous]

If it is near you, Takoma Soccer offers nice rec options.

[Anonymous]

Let her play with the boys, it's great for girls and boys to play mixed gender sports at this age. Why do you feel like you need to separate her out from the boys so early? Are you also going to insist that she have a pink jersey?

My daughter really excelled on a team of 2 girls and 8 boys from K-2, and she made lifelong friends out of some of those boys while a lot of the other girls her age never hung out with or talked with boys.

[Anonymous]

I believe PPA has girls teams in k.

[Anonymous]

For future reference, the DC Soccer club rec program is co-ed until 1st, and then it splits to all girls and co-ed options.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let her play with the boys, it's great for girls and boys to play mixed gender sports at this age. Why do you feel like you need to separate her out from the boys so early? Are you also going to insist that she have a pink jersey?

My daughter really excelled on a team of 2 girls and 8 boys from K-2, and she made lifelong friends out of some of those boys while a lot of the other girls her age never hung out with or talked with boys.

Not gonna speak for OP but my daughter hates playing soccer with boys (though she did play coed in k). Their level of play is rougher and more aggressive and she’s tiny and gets bodied off the ball. I agree that she’d probably get better faster if she played with boys, but instead she just wouldn’t play at all since it’s not fun for her. She has fun playing on all girls teams and is competitive enough there. It’s not about pink jerseys.

[Anonymous]

Find an academy nearby and they will be split by sex and skill level. Almost all clubs have a program and it's a little more expensive but no co-ed and better development.

[Anonymous]

If you can only find co-ed options, see if you can find a group of girls in her class/school who would be interested in playing together and request they are on the same team. This what we did for PK and K.

[Anonymous]

Lots of younger teams are mixed, and then in first grade (U7) they group by gender. You might ask the club but for the fall, your timing might be perfect.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let her play with the boys, it's great for girls and boys to play mixed gender sports at this age. Why do you feel like you need to separate her out from the boys so early? Are you also going to insist that she have a pink jersey?

My daughter really excelled on a team of 2 girls and 8 boys from K-2, and she made lifelong friends out of some of those boys while a lot of the other girls her age never hung out with or talked with boys.

The daughter expressed interest in playing on an all girls team.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let her play with the boys, it's great for girls and boys to play mixed gender sports at this age. Why do you feel like you need to separate her out from the boys so early? Are you also going to insist that she have a pink jersey?

My daughter really excelled on a team of 2 girls and 8 boys from K-2, and she made lifelong friends out of some of those boys while a lot of the other girls her age never hung out with or talked with boys.

Not gonna speak for OP but my daughter hates playing soccer with boys (though she did play coed in k). Their level of play is rougher and more aggressive and she’s tiny and gets bodied off the ball. I agree that she’d probably get better faster if she played with boys, but instead she just wouldn’t play at all since it’s not fun for her. She has fun playing on all girls teams and is competitive enough there. It’s not about pink jerseys.

This is what happened with my daughter too. At 5, most of the boys had already been playing for a while. Skills were higher and play was more aggressive. We do not watch sports so she did not even have a basic understanding of the game. And the clinic did not break out by ability.