When do the new DA announcements come out from US Soccer?

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Anonymous wrote:Can we stop with SYC already. They will never be considered for DA.

Why would they ever be considered?

Because they actually develop boys into really good teams, are in an ideal location, and have committed like other groups to academies for earlier ages and futsal (like a few other area clubs). In other words, pretty much the opposite of Arlington pre-DA on the youth side. Why on earth do we think something as dysfunctional as the USSDA system would ever be interested in an idea like that? Until we stop thinking about soccer as an upper middle class sport in America, we're not going to do any better on the boys side of the ledger.

Is this with the new director who has been there a year?

Maybe SYC is following Alexandria’s approach to come on here for marketing purposes?

Huh? So everything said might be correct, but it is irrelevant?

LOL. Everything correct - please. Random statement of we (SYC) develop boys - support it. Ideal location - stuck between 3 current DA clubs, no real facilities, and traffic ground zero - how is that ideal? We do futsal and young kid training - like everybody else in the region, so what. Direct dig at arlington, why - pretty sure they don’t care about you. Why are you going out of your way to attack them? Dysfunctional Boys USSDA league? Please, the Boys DA is unequivocally the best boys league in the nation. Are they dysfunctional because SYC is not on their radar? The league works well and has indeed concentrated talent where it can be seen. Finally, boys soccer is bad at the national level because you say it is a upper middle class sport? You clearly need to look at the background of the players at the National level - they are not upper middle class products. So nothing really seems correct in the statement so it is probably irrelevant. But hey, SYC is clearly the solution.

Nobody is arguing about the quality of the boys DA, so simmer down - you can bask in your kid's glory without worry from anybody on these boards. For kids in Alexandria, South County, Springfield, Woodbridge, Fairfax, and Annandale, it is better located than Arlington or DCU, and for all other than Woodbridge, better than VDA. There may be a little talent in those areas. Just maybe. Not hard to understand the locational point. And I am assuming that DCU goes to Loudoun. Until that happens, no need for any DA expansion at all. Totally agree. And I understand about kids at the national level. I think they still need to do a better job at absolutely every level to substantially increase the ability of economically challenged kids to make their way. We're not there yet at all.

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Someone once told me a number of DC United players came from DC and PG County but not sure if that is the case. Those would seem to be the areas least served when DC moved.

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What are Arlington U15 DA players planning to do next year if club does not get U16 DA?

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Anonymous wrote:Someone once told me a number of DC United players came from DC and PG County but not sure if that is the case. Those would seem to be the areas least served when DC moved.

Not too many come from DC proper, but a number do come from PG County and none of those MD or DC kids are well-served by moving the DA to Loudoun. Nor are a lot of the kids from VA, most of whom would have to go quite a distance to get to Loudoun.

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Anonymous wrote:What are Arlington U15 DA players planning to do next year if club does not get U16 DA?

Get their lives back and enjoy high school, at least I hope for their sake.

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Anonymous wrote:What are Arlington U15 DA players planning to do next year if club does not get U16 DA?

Get their lives back and enjoy high school, at least I hope for their sake.

Play for high school and Arlington Red.

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Anonymous wrote:What are Arlington U15 DA players planning to do next year if club does not get U16 DA?

Get their lives back and enjoy high school, at least I hope for their sake.

Play for high school and Arlington Red.

Yes. That’s what the 2004s that aged out of DA at the end of last year (now U16) are doing.

I think they still refer to them as da, even without status.

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Anonymous wrote:What are Arlington U15 DA players planning to do next year if club does not get U16 DA?

Get their lives back and enjoy high school, at least I hope for their sake.

Play for high school and Arlington Red.

Yes. That’s what the 2004s that aged out of DA at the end of last year (now U16) are doing.

I think they still refer to them as da, even without status.

I am pretty sure they should not. You either are or are not in a DA.

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Anonymous wrote:What are Arlington U15 DA players planning to do next year if club does not get U16 DA?

Get their lives back and enjoy high school, at least I hope for their sake.

Play for high school and Arlington Red.

Yes. That’s what the 2004s that aged out of DA at the end of last year (now U16) are doing.

I think they still refer to them as da, even without status.

I am pretty sure they should not. You either are or are not in a DA.

ASA website lists team that do not have DA status yet or no longer have DA status/aged out as “DA” on their website under “DA teams” and coaching staff.

It’s a little misleading for prospective players/parents not familiar with the Club. They still refer to u16s as DA even though they don’t have DA status.

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Anonymous wrote:What are Arlington U15 DA players planning to do next year if club does not get U16 DA?

Get their lives back and enjoy high school, at least I hope for their sake.

Play for high school and Arlington Red.

Yes. That’s what the 2004s that aged out of DA at the end of last year (now U16) are doing.

I think they still refer to them as da, even without status.

I am pretty sure they should not. You either are or are not in a DA.

ASA website lists team that do not have DA status yet or no longer have DA status/aged out as “DA” on their website under “DA teams” and coaching staff.

It’s a little misleading for prospective players/parents not familiar with the Club. They still refer to u16s as DA even though they don’t have DA status.

Perhaps they are optimistic for the 2020-21 season getting full status or have heard some rumors.

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Anonymous wrote:What are Arlington U15 DA players planning to do next year if club does not get U16 DA?

Get their lives back and enjoy high school, at least I hope for their sake.

Play for high school and Arlington Red.

Yes. That’s what the 2004s that aged out of DA at the end of last year (now U16) are doing.

I think they still refer to them as da, even without status.

I am pretty sure they should not. You either are or are not in a DA.

ASA website lists team that do not have DA status yet or no longer have DA status/aged out as “DA” on their website under “DA teams” and coaching staff.

It’s a little misleading for prospective players/parents not familiar with the Club. They still refer to u16s as DA even though they don’t have DA status.

Perhaps they are optimistic for the 2020-21 season getting full status or have heard some rumors.

Perhaps they are well aware they wont be getting older DA teams, but realize if they admit that people will leave/wont want to play for them.

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Perhaps they are optimistic for the 2020-21 season getting full status or have heard some rumors.

Even if Arlington gets "full status" next year, there won't be a U16 DA team--DA doesn't have U16 teams on the boys' side and won't be adding them next year. So, at best, it would be a U17 team with some 2005s playing up (at many DAs, the number of U16s on the U17 team is relatively small, but who knows in a case like this where it would be added from scratch).

And on the original question...last year they announced on March 7th: http://www.ussoccerda.com/20190307-NEWS-DA-Four-New-Clubs-to-Join-Boys-DA-for-201920-Season

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Perhaps they are optimistic for the 2020-21 season getting full status or have heard some rumors.

Even if Arlington gets "full status" next year, there won't be a U16 DA team--DA doesn't have U16 teams on the boys' side and won't be adding them next year. So, at best, it would be a U17 team with some 2005s playing up (at many DAs, the number of U16s on the U17 team is relatively small, but who knows in a case like this where it would be added from scratch).

And on the original question...last year they announced on March 7th: http://www.ussoccerda.com/20190307-NEWS-DA-Four-New-Clubs-to-Join-Boys-DA-for-201920-Season

If this is announced, Arlington would be required to have a U16 team.

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Anonymous wrote:If this is announced, Arlington would be required to have a U16 team.

After U15, the U16 and U17 age groups are combined, so there are no stand alone U16 teams. The top U16 players may roster up to the U17 squad, but most will not.

Most DA programs will try to keep their U16 teams together and play in other leagues for a year. Teams in this area will probably join EDP.

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Anonymous wrote:If this is announced, Arlington would be required to have a U16 team.

After U15, the U16 and U17 age groups are combined, so there are no stand alone U16 teams. The top U16 players may roster up to the U17 squad, but most will not.

Most DA programs will try to keep their U16 teams together and play in other leagues for a year. Teams in this area will probably join EDP.

That changed this year, they split these age groups. Only U18/U19 are combined so that Seniors who are 18 do not get trapped without a team.