New to McLen Youth Soccer Tryouts - Predetermined Groupings?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:20-25 minutes, you're kidding right? Thats a shorter commute than some school commutes for kids. Spoiled much, geez!

You must not take your kids to practices.

I live near downtown McLean. Yesterday was my kid's tryout. From downtime McLean to Spring Hill Rec Center took an actual 25 minutes. It should be 10 minutes. Now, if my kid was in Great Falls/Reston that practice drive one way would take at least 50 minutes. Going to Arlington fields? That's GWP which is under construction for three more years. That takes 50 minutes also one way.

Perhaps you drop your kids off in a helicopter

Nope, reality is my kid's probably better than yours so the commute is whatever is needed to train. Everyone has different priorities, rumor is pickleball will be NCAA sport so you can always try that if the commite is too intense for you

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:20-25 minutes, you're kidding right? Thats a shorter commute than some school commutes for kids. Spoiled much, geez!

You must not take your kids to practices.

I live near downtown McLean. Yesterday was my kid's tryout. From downtime McLean to Spring Hill Rec Center took an actual 25 minutes. It should be 10 minutes. Now, if my kid was in Great Falls/Reston that practice drive one way would take at least 50 minutes. Going to Arlington fields? That's GWP which is under construction for three more years. That takes 50 minutes also one way.

Perhaps you drop your kids off in a helicopter

We live in Reston. Our kid practices at Police Field and Lewinsville. It takes about 30 minutes to get to practice via 66 (skipping toll road). It's about 20 minutes using the Dulles Toll Road.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:20-25 minutes, you're kidding right? Thats a shorter commute than some school commutes for kids. Spoiled much, geez!

You must not take your kids to practices.

I live near downtown McLean. Yesterday was my kid's tryout. From downtime McLean to Spring Hill Rec Center took an actual 25 minutes. It should be 10 minutes. Now, if my kid was in Great Falls/Reston that practice drive one way would take at least 50 minutes. Going to Arlington fields? That's GWP which is under construction for three more years. That takes 50 minutes also one way.

Perhaps you drop your kids off in a helicopter

We live in Reston. Our kid practices at Police Field and Lewinsville. It takes about 30 minutes to get to practice via 66 (skipping toll road). It's about 20 minutes using the Dulles Toll Road.

You're driving against rush hour traffic and it sounds about right. 30 minutes from Reston to PD field. Imagine driving with traffic from McLean to Reston. It'd be 50 minutes easy. It's taken me 30 minutes to get from downtown McLean to just Tysons Corner (International Drive) during rush hour.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:20-25 minutes, you're kidding right? Thats a shorter commute than some school commutes for kids. Spoiled much, geez!

You must not take your kids to practices.

I live near downtown McLean. Yesterday was my kid's tryout. From downtime McLean to Spring Hill Rec Center took an actual 25 minutes. It should be 10 minutes. Now, if my kid was in Great Falls/Reston that practice drive one way would take at least 50 minutes. Going to Arlington fields? That's GWP which is under construction for three more years. That takes 50 minutes also one way.

Perhaps you drop your kids off in a helicopter

Nope, reality is my kid's probably better than yours so the commute is whatever is needed to train. Everyone has different priorities, rumor is pickleball will be NCAA sport so you can always try that if the commite is too intense for you

Maybe your kid is better. Sorry you need to live your dreams through them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:20-25 minutes, you're kidding right? Thats a shorter commute than some school commutes for kids. Spoiled much, geez!

You must not take your kids to practices.

I live near downtown McLean. Yesterday was my kid's tryout. From downtime McLean to Spring Hill Rec Center took an actual 25 minutes. It should be 10 minutes. Now, if my kid was in Great Falls/Reston that practice drive one way would take at least 50 minutes. Going to Arlington fields? That's GWP which is under construction for three more years. That takes 50 minutes also one way.

Perhaps you drop your kids off in a helicopter

You should take a look at Vienna (VYS). Look at the tryout schedule. I think you’ll find that some of the fields are similar distances as McLean fields for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

You should take a look at Vienna (VYS). Look at the tryout schedule. I think you’ll find that some of the fields are similar distances as McLean fields for you.

Unless you are at Oak Mont or Oakton....those can be a beast to get to from McLean.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

You should take a look at Vienna (VYS). Look at the tryout schedule. I think you’ll find that some of the fields are similar distances as McLean fields for you.

Unless you are at Oak Mont or Oakton....those can be a beast to get to from McLean.

Ken Lawerence, oakmont, nottaway are all decent locations and I think you’ll see it’s no worse than many fields that McLean uses. It’s the reason so many of the lower level teams from McLean jump to VYS. If you’re not able to handle a Vienna commute from McLean than you may just have to accept the lower team your kid get and McLean because no other team is closer than Vienna.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My family moved from NJ to McLean during winter. My daughter was on the second level travel teaming NJ and this spring she was aiming to try out for the same level team which as I read is the white team for McLean.

During yesterday's tryouts I was confused watching the groupings. I finally asked another parent and they said the groups are based on current teams. I noticed my daughter was not in the second level team group but with the third level team and rec players. Do the coaches move kids up into other groupings on the second day of tryouts? How does a kid try out for a certain team? Do they need to ask? Do I? Any assistance is appreciated. My daughter was frustrated all evening wondering why she was playing in scrimmages with rec players (she asked them which team they were on).

Anyone know how McLean Youth Soccer conducts their tryouts?

How did they have the groupings? Were the top players at the end and bottom players at the other end?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My family moved from NJ to McLean during winter. My daughter was on the second level travel teaming NJ and this spring she was aiming to try out for the same level team which as I read is the white team for McLean.

During yesterday's tryouts I was confused watching the groupings. I finally asked another parent and they said the groups are based on current teams. I noticed my daughter was not in the second level team group but with the third level team and rec players. Do the coaches move kids up into other groupings on the second day of tryouts? How does a kid try out for a certain team? Do they need to ask? Do I? Any assistance is appreciated. My daughter was frustrated all evening wondering why she was playing in scrimmages with rec players (she asked them which team they were on).

Anyone know how McLean Youth Soccer conducts their tryouts?

How did they have the groupings? Were the top players at the end and bottom players at the other end?

They put the current top team on one field, the current next team on another field, and then the lower travel team and random kids on another field

[Anonymous]

Can anyone comment on offers received, by age group/team level? It might be helpful to know age, gender, team level that are in progress.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone comment on offers received, by age group/team level? It might be helpful to know age, gender, team level that are in progress.

2013G team has had a lot of success this season. Hard to imagine anyone new breaking into that roster unless the club plans to increase roster size for next season.

[Anonymous]

2013GG is a great team and I believe highly ranked nationally. Even in the DMV, it’s a bit of an anomaly and not really illustrative of the usual tryout process.

[Anonymous]

I would say -

The coaches are looking to add new players. They want to improve on the bottom third day of each team. They know the level of the current players. If a new player at tryouts looks like they could be better they will take a chance. Why? Again - they know the bottom players aren’t getting much better. The grass might be greener with a new player.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:2013GG is a great team and I believe highly ranked nationally. Even in the DMV, it’s a bit of an anomaly and not really illustrative of the usual tryout process.

2013 Girls Green is top ranked in the nation. They have 15 players on their roster. But, DB is leaving for Loudoun so unsure how that impacts things even though CW stepped in. There were a lot of top players from other clubs trying out for green this week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:2013GG is a great team and I believe highly ranked nationally. Even in the DMV, it’s a bit of an anomaly and not really illustrative of the usual tryout process.

2013 Girls Green is top ranked in the nation. They have 15 players on their roster. But, DB is leaving for Loudoun so unsure how that impacts things even though CW stepped in. There were a lot of top players from other clubs trying out for green this week.

Will they play 11v11 or 9v9 next season? That presumably would affect roster size. 15 already is a lot for 9v9 and I doubt they will replace existing players when the team already is very strong and has great chemistry.