GA Showcase

[Anonymous]

After California are several well known soccer hotbeds: Texas (9.1 percent of players), New York/New Jersey (8 percent), the area around Washington, D.C. (6.3 percent), Florida (4.6 percent), and Missouri/Kansas (4.6 percent). All told, 29 states were represented on the USMNT, as well as six countries. Germany (6.3 percent) is far and away the most common non-U.S. country where players grew up, with only England (1.7 percent) being the home region of more than one player abroad.

[Anonymous]

No. 4: Washington, D.C.

For the #4 soccer market on our list, we travel south down I-95 from New York to Washington, D.C. Home to D.C. United of MLS, the Washington Spirit of NWSL, several U.S. Men’s and Women’s National Team games per year, as well as various international club or national team friendlies, D.C. residents see their fair share of soccer.

DC is one of the most popular cities in the U.S. for Millennials – soccer’s most passionate demographic. This fact likely help drive the markets strong ranking in several digital categories including Google searches of “soccer” where it ranked #1. Strong TV viewership and soccer participation rankings also helped the nation’s capital into the 4th overall spot on our list.

[Anonymous]

“Over the last two decades, looking the 127 USMNT players who grew up in the U.S., more than half of those players came from eight regions in which a mere 20 percent of the U.S. population lives. The D.C.-Virginia-Maryland area has produced plenty of talent over the years and is the one region that appears to be succeeding at the college level and in producing USMNT players.”

[Anonymous]

“DMV" describes the great Washington DC region including Maryland and Virginia—the densely populated communities throughout these states are well known as a hotbed of soccer and home to more than 50 youth clubs”

[Anonymous]

Crickets?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This area was good but now is overrun with crazy parents who think their kid should be playing up.

+1000.

There's a club for that. Metro United.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How did Metro do at the GA showcase?

Poorly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How did Metro do at the GA showcase?

Poorly.

Metro U 1 win, 11 losses across 4 age groups. Lower brackets.

FCV 4 wins, 3 losses, 2 ties across 3 age groups. Top brackets.

Arlington 5 wins, 2 losses, 2 ties across 3 age groups. Mid-high brackets.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looking at the 16 seeded teams in the Women’s Soccer College Cup, there are 12 total players from the DC area across those 16 rosters...which is far fewer than North Jersey, South Jersey, Atlanta area, Triange area. Even the local teams like UVA, Georgetown and West Va, have as much or more of a presence from NJ, NY, PA, than here.

How nuts do you have to be to look at the rosters of 16 teams seeded in the NCAA tournament?

And

How nuts do you have to be to compare the DC area to three whole states...which are also hotbeds. You are something else. Lmfao

Holy crazy....did that poster really look all that up? Wow. I guess girls soccer has at least one superfan. Add in the families of the kids on these teams and the coaches and there might actually be several dozens of fans that are interested in those stats.