They play down (same year age group RL), they play up (i.e. older age group RL). They find them playing time where it makes sense. They don't disrupt the RL--and the extra players usually help the RL team result and game play. Usually 2 players to each team get farmed out IF the player agrees. Get used to large rosters as your kids get older. It's the norm. There are so many injuries that without rosters of 23+ you could be left short handed for late Fall or Spring tournaments. |
Most Arlington players seem to go to Capstone. Close by and convenient. |
HAHAHA. |
So what you are saying is if you are made an offer to play for an ECNL national team you get to pay for the privilege but may end up playing on their ECNL Regional team? That doesn’t sound correct to me. I could see Regional level players playing up or supplementing the National team, perhaps bloating the roster a bit, but I think paying parents would take issue with being demoted to Regional simply because the coach couldn’t assess talent when the original offer was made. We aren’t talking about college of professional leagues here. We the parents are paying for a product and you can’t simply swap out caviar for a jar of Dick’s Sporting Goods salmon roe eggs. |
Unfortunately that is the norm with these teams that care rosters over 20. They always say that they are accounting for injuries or conflicts but it's BS. Asking the same kids week after week to play in RL but then expect them to be availalble for out of town tournaments when full time roster members can't attend is ridiculous. I hadn't heard about Arlington rosters being as bloated as FVU but essentially you are correct, they are asking your for an opportunity to play at that level while making you pay as if you are going to get to play NL. |
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it appears alot of kid did not take the offers. Another tryout sessions just posted for boys
https://arlingtonsoccer.com/programs/development-academy/talent-id-boys |
Lmfao |
Can't blame the kids wanting to play at a real level, ECNL boys in the Mid-Atlantic is a total dumpster fire now. Next year? They'll all be scrambling for MLS and GA when they see how bad it's gotten. That ECNL social media post from last night? Classic Arlington, gonna blow up in their faces. |
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let's make some rumor about new Arlington id session. |
Some players rejected the offer and go to NVA for MLS next. |
| Arlington does not put ECNL national kids in the ECNL RL games. This has never happened in my kids age group. They may get moved down at the end of the year, but they don't send them to RL randomly mid season. Even when the national team is not doing well and the RL team is. |
| Many of the kids are going to NVA for MLS next. |
Why wouldn't Arlington kids go to Alexandria for MLS Next? It must be closer for a lot of them. (I'm an Alexandria parent, hoping to learn why top level kids choose to go elsewhere. And hoping the higher-ups see the reasons.) |
They prefer going to SYC over Alexandria. also not all age groups but overall communication is very poor at Alexandria. |
Alexandria is not doing well, people talk, and it is evident by the results. |