New to area (Clifton area)-looking for best soccer clubs for this coming fall
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| *be playing |
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| For example Arlington soccer club encompasses all of Arlington county, so it's big enough for it to have its own internal high School league. Some of those high School recreational teams have some pretty darn good players on them and could beat lower-level travel teams. |
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| Travel, Rec, All Stars. They are all just labels. Really what differentiates a lower tier travel team with a parent coach from a Rec team with a parent coach? One extra practice a week? Some kids are playing informally more days a week anyway |
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Rec is great for kids who like to play multiple sports and can have some high level of play. Travel is for the kid that basically only wants to do Soccer and the key difference is not only the coaching, but the commitment of like minded players around them. I just sent my 3rd kid to college and all of them played sports throughout their childhood. 2 did travel in different sports and 1 did house leagues.......The travel environment is much more discipline and you get a lot more training in that 1-2 hours than the rec side. I would say that is true almost all the way through highschool with the exception of a few serious rec teams. |
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Could you share more? What age group and examples please? |
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NVSC and I haven't see a rec team win, but i don't see every scrimmage. |
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Do a forum search. My kid played in the fall against a team he was coaching and his behavior was appalling. |
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While I expect some rebuttals here, in general the area clubs follow a similar development model for players under 13 years old.
The model suggests more time and effort spent on skills development, proper position, and strategic and tactics. With two sons playing rec, travel, and HS soccer, I like this model much better than what my kids experienced. (The old way was to play as much as possible, as competitively as possible. Wins mattered.) Traffic here is a beast. While you will want to consider how quickly you can get your boys to and from practice and matches, I agree with other parents that picking a club with the "right" development model is equally, if not more, important. Club boundaries are non-existent. Our club, Lee-Mount Vernon, has players from Loudoun County and Montgomery County. Suggest you look at where the club practices. Match play locations depend on the league. ODSL and NCSL matches stay generally within the area. CCL and ECNL (when your sons eventually get to this level or to DA) will require several hours by car (to cities like Roanoke) or even weekends (for ECNL) for match play. Nothing to worry about now. Just something to consider down the road. You might consider in addition to your list: Lee-Mount Vernon SC (LMVSC) Annandale FC Villareal (which was spun off from Annandale) Vienna Youth Soccer (VYS) McLean Prince William Soccer Inc (PWSI) Good luck. |
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| No one wants to drive from Clifton to McLean back and forth multiple days a week for little kid soccer. |
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| I would look into some of the BRYC teams that play in NCSL or ODSL. It gives you a good coach, a schedule and not as much commitment as the academy teams. |
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That isn't for you to decide for anyone but yourself. |
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| Try Pipeline Soccer Club, it's base near baltimore |
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Someone who just moved here probably doesn’t realize how hellish that would be. I would question the sanity of anyone driving that far for an 8 year olds soccer practice. |
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Again, not for you to decide by couching it in terms like "I question the sanity". It is simple enough to stick to the facts and say Clifton to McLean is about 45 minutes in rush hour. Keep the value statements to yourself. |
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Another option is SYC (also known as Springfield Youth Clubs)
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