NoVa Teams out of state travel

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP, what area do you live in? We could give you a few options as far as which close clubs would be a good fit for your daughter.

dd plays for low level arlington in ncsl

I'm pp....will she be able to find a team that can give her more growth opportunities that we aren't getting?...especially if more teams will travel further.

[Anonymous]

It depends on the tier in NCSL for example.

1st Tier in NCSL has quite good competition. But the team commitment level (number of practiced per week) might not be as much as a team that plays in EDP or ECNL RL for example.

NCSL Teams practice 2-3 times per week, while EDP and ECNL RL teams usually practice 3-4 times per week & have more games and tournaments than the NCSL level teams.

It depends what you may want to get out of it for your kid. If You find you want to do more with NCSL Tier 1 or 2, but not want to make it onto the 2nd tier or 3rd tier teams who play EDP or ECNL RL -you may have to bridge the gap and do some extra skills clinics and weekly group soccer sessions.

If you want growth, you will need to get onto a team that practices more and does more tournaments. All the extra soccer will help all the kids get better, which will help your kid get better.

We were in NCSL on a team that only did 2-3 practices per week... my kid was not getting much better. Now we are in GA2 and we practice 3-4 days per week and have almost double the games... all the kids are a lot better, which has made our kid a lot better. The rub is, there is more travel.

If you are looking for kids to drop out of travel to make room for your kid coming from a lower level team, previous posters have said that happens around u14 when kids start high school and decide soccer is not as big of a priority as it used to be. The rosters expand and kids get moved up from 3rd and 4th teams and kids consolidate onto the top 2 or 3 teams. Usually at u14 more kids are leaving travel soccer than are starting travel soccer.

At u9 it looks daunting to move up.
At u11 it almost seems impossible to move up.
At u14 if kids haven't dropped out since playing from u9 onward, they have a good chance of moving up to the 2nd team.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It depends on the tier in NCSL for example.

1st Tier in NCSL has quite good competition. But the team commitment level (number of practiced per week) might not be as much as a team that plays in EDP or ECNL RL for example.

NCSL Teams practice 2-3 times per week, while EDP and ECNL RL teams usually practice 3-4 times per week & have more games and tournaments than the NCSL level teams.

It depends what you may want to get out of it for your kid. If You find you want to do more with NCSL Tier 1 or 2, but not want to make it onto the 2nd tier or 3rd tier teams who play EDP or ECNL RL -you may have to bridge the gap and do some extra skills clinics and weekly group soccer sessions.

If you want growth, you will need to get onto a team that practices more and does more tournaments. All the extra soccer will help all the kids get better, which will help your kid get better.

We were in NCSL on a team that only did 2-3 practices per week... my kid was not getting much better. Now we are in GA2 and we practice 3-4 days per week and have almost double the games... all the kids are a lot better, which has made our kid a lot better. The rub is, there is more travel.

If you are looking for kids to drop out of travel to make room for your kid coming from a lower level team, previous posters have said that happens around u14 when kids start high school and decide soccer is not as big of a priority as it used to be. The rosters expand and kids get moved up from 3rd and 4th teams and kids consolidate onto the top 2 or 3 teams. Usually at u14 more kids are leaving travel soccer than are starting travel soccer.

At u9 it looks daunting to move up.
At u11 it almost seems impossible to move up.
At u14 if kids haven't dropped out since playing from u9 onward, they have a good chance of moving up to the 2nd team.

Thank you. This was so helpful.