Soccer ,,Travel Team Colors & Designations

[Anonymous]

Stoddert:
Blue
Red
White (formerly Gold for girls)
Black

[Anonymous]

People are idiots.
What's wrong with wanting to know what the different team levels are? How is curiosity suddenly a sign that you're a horrible helicopter parent that excepts your kid to be a pro?

Lighten up people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People are idiots.
What's wrong with wanting to know what the different team levels are? How is curiosity suddenly a sign that you're a horrible helicopter parent that excepts your kid to be a pro?

Lighten up people.

I know, right? Soccer posts seem to bring a specific type of crazy troll. If your kid loves competitive soccer, you must be a horrible, evil parent.

Anyway, here's an anecdote that I heard from a friend. In one of the early fall tournaments this year, the organizers apparently didn't know that Bethesda had changed the name orders. Blue ended up in the top division, and the Academy 1 team ended up in the lower division. Tournament was informed, but wouldn't make the switch. Needless to say, the Blue team got crushed, the A1 team dominated...but the tournament got rained out, so luckily no harm in the end.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People are idiots.
What's wrong with wanting to know what the different team levels are? How is curiosity suddenly a sign that you're a horrible helicopter parent that excepts your kid to be a pro?

Lighten up people.

Agree. How is it that these folks blast the OP for being a helicopter parent, yet were invested enough to be trolling the forum in the first place? If the travel thing is so futile, why are you spending time here? Passive aggressive is what it is.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This much emotional investment when your kid is 9...going to be a tough road ahead for you, and even more so for your poor kid. Seriously, it's bad enough to care about this stuff in your OWN club. If you care about the team rankings in other clubs, you need a new hobby.

You have to love all the psychoanalysis on this board.

LOL ever look at the private school forum?

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Anonymous wrote:I am sure this post was started by the goofy guy in my neighborhood that told me his U9 son is going to be a professional player.

Neither of the parents can chew gum or walk at the same time.

They need their glory somewhere.

Even the former professional players I know do not say that about their young kids. In fact, they are the most unassuming and realistic.

If your kid is on a path to be a great sportsman, the very worse thing you can do for them is tell them how WONDERFUL and better than everyone they are. The best players are the ones that never think they are good enough. They are always seeking to improve. It doesn't matter what great results they accomplish in a game. They tend to focus on the one thing they didn't do right.

The prima donna kids I see running around have no reason to have that ego.

you have never played professional sports.

[Anonymous]

Information is bad. Asking any questions means that you think your kid is Pulisic.

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Anonymous wrote:This much emotional investment when your kid is 9...going to be a tough road ahead for you, and even more so for your poor kid. Seriously, it's bad enough to care about this stuff in your OWN club. If you care about the team rankings in other clubs, you need a new hobby.

"Is that Bethesda's B team or D team?" is a legitimate question. Particularly when you have a coach who tends to get your team in a bracket that's either too high or too low for its current ability level.

Also, on a pragmatic level, this sort of information-sharing helps us shut down the trash-talking idiots who come here and say Club X can't be that good because his DS's team just beat their team.

Agree. It's also just generally useful to get to know what the local soccer scene looks like so you can make informed decisions about your child's path as you go along. Same reason it's good to talk to parents of other teams at games and tournaments. The more connected you feel, the more likely you are to want to put in the time needed to support your kid. Plus it makes it more fun. I feel really sorry for people like the PP who smugly assume that their narrow view is the only right one.

No need to feel sorry for me. I don't feel sorry for those of you who spend your free time figuring out the color rankings of other teams in your league, but I do think, after years of experience, that you're all a little crazy. If your heart is going to get broken when your gold/silver/blue/brown kid is moved down a level, or give him a hard time when he loses to the wrong-level team, or try to gear him up with a lot of extra sleep and some extra agility training in the backyard because ohmigod he's playing a higher level team this week, then you're WAY overly invested in your child's hobby, and everyone around you, including your kid's coach, sees it. Your own kid will point it out to you when he's 12 if you don't freak him/her out too much and scare her from bringing it up. Happened to me as a child (my mom was NUTS about the sport she had me playing, sounding just like many of you), and I won't let it happen to my own kids.

My boys have played at all levels of travel soccer in a big club here. They've moved up and down. They're good players and they love soccer, but neither is the next Messi, nor is anyone they've ever played with or against. They're a bunch of nice kids spending their free time playing a great sport, which is better than spending their free time playing Call of Duty. That's it!

I love these tired posts in soccer threads. This is almost the Godwin's law of soccer discussion threads. No matter what simple question about soccer there is it always ends up with some bore making a comment like "I feel sorry for these parents who think they have the next Messi or Alex Morgan".

Jesus all somebody did was ask what the order clubs use to designate their A, B, C etc teams and you think that means they are freaking out or believe their kid is Messi. Your post is about as original as butter on toast.

As is this thread, which is one of the crazier helicopter soccer parent topics on this forum. Crazy parents busily ranking other people's kids and screaming on the sidelines. The coaches can't stand any of you, and everyone feels sorry for your kids, but at least you all find some company here. The Bethesda-whatever-color U12 team couldn't beat a pickup team of Uruguayan 6-year-olds, but hey, at least it keeps you busy.

Someone asked about colors, nobody discussed rankings. You’re the only person who brought it up. It was a pretty innocent question that managed to warp into crazy topic.

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Anonymous wrote:This much emotional investment when your kid is 9...going to be a tough road ahead for you, and even more so for your poor kid. Seriously, it's bad enough to care about this stuff in your OWN club. If you care about the team rankings in other clubs, you need a new hobby.

"Is that Bethesda's B team or D team?" is a legitimate question. Particularly when you have a coach who tends to get your team in a bracket that's either too high or too low for its current ability level.

Also, on a pragmatic level, this sort of information-sharing helps us shut down the trash-talking idiots who come here and say Club X can't be that good because his DS's team just beat their team.

Agree. It's also just generally useful to get to know what the local soccer scene looks like so you can make informed decisions about your child's path as you go along. Same reason it's good to talk to parents of other teams at games and tournaments. The more connected you feel, the more likely you are to want to put in the time needed to support your kid. Plus it makes it more fun. I feel really sorry for people like the PP who smugly assume that their narrow view is the only right one.

No need to feel sorry for me. I don't feel sorry for those of you who spend your free time figuring out the color rankings of other teams in your league, but I do think, after years of experience, that you're all a little crazy. If your heart is going to get broken when your gold/silver/blue/brown kid is moved down a level, or give him a hard time when he loses to the wrong-level team, or try to gear him up with a lot of extra sleep and some extra agility training in the backyard because ohmigod he's playing a higher level team this week, then you're WAY overly invested in your child's hobby, and everyone around you, including your kid's coach, sees it. Your own kid will point it out to you when he's 12 if you don't freak him/her out too much and scare her from bringing it up. Happened to me as a child (my mom was NUTS about the sport she had me playing, sounding just like many of you), and I won't let it happen to my own kids.

My boys have played at all levels of travel soccer in a big club here. They've moved up and down. They're good players and they love soccer, but neither is the next Messi, nor is anyone they've ever played with or against. They're a bunch of nice kids spending their free time playing a great sport, which is better than spending their free time playing Call of Duty. That's it!

I love these tired posts in soccer threads. This is almost the Godwin's law of soccer discussion threads. No matter what simple question about soccer there is it always ends up with some bore making a comment like "I feel sorry for these parents who think they have the next Messi or Alex Morgan".

Jesus all somebody did was ask what the order clubs use to designate their A, B, C etc teams and you think that means they are freaking out or believe their kid is Messi. Your post is about as original as butter on toast.

As is this thread, which is one of the crazier helicopter soccer parent topics on this forum. Crazy parents busily ranking other people's kids and screaming on the sidelines. The coaches can't stand any of you, and everyone feels sorry for your kids, but at least you all find some company here. The Bethesda-whatever-color U12 team couldn't beat a pickup team of Uruguayan 6-year-olds, but hey, at least it keeps you busy.

Someone asked about colors, nobody discussed rankings. You’re the only person who brought it up. It was a pretty innocent question that managed to warp into crazy topic.

OP here, I thought this might lead to a bunch of people posting the colors of teams they knew. There's a level of crazy here I'd never imagined. But anyway, back to the topic. Does anyone have more colors to contribute? I'd hoped to be able to sum them up and post a nice list at the end that future seekers could just go to (because I honestly believe a lot of people want to know but don't want to ask). So, if you're reading and commenting, can you please add something that addresses the initial inquiry if you know it. I can do without the rest of the fluff. I do like soccer, I do like to watch, support and even play with my son. And I also like to know as much as possible about the DMV landscape. My son's not going to jump to another team, and that wasn't the motivation. Thanks for the helpful additions (assuming some people still have some).

Have a great weekend!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am sure this post was started by the goofy guy in my neighborhood that told me his U9 son is going to be a professional player.

Neither of the parents can chew gum or walk at the same time.

They need their glory somewhere.

Even the former professional players I know do not say that about their young kids. In fact, they are the most unassuming and realistic.

If your kid is on a path to be a great sportsman, the very worse thing you can do for them is tell them how WONDERFUL and better than everyone they are. The best players are the ones that never think they are good enough. They are always seeking to improve. It doesn't matter what great results they accomplish in a game. They tend to focus on the one thing they didn't do right.

The prima donna kids I see running around have no reason to have that ego.

you have never played professional sports.

I don't believe I said that I did

[Anonymous]

pipeline- black, red, gold is correct order
They add pre academy at u12 and that becomes top team followed by other three.

[Anonymous]

PPA. Green, Blue, Orange, Yellow

[Anonymous]

OK, let's ask it this way:

The CCL and VPL teams. They're not identified as Red or Black or Magenta or Aquamarine or whatever because they think they're representing clubs instead of teams and what not.

So what color are they, really?

I think I have the VPL colors:
Vienna - Red
Chantilly - Purple
Great Falls - Milan
PWSI, VSA and Gunston just say "NPL"
Annandale is just Annandale
FC Virginia is "Ashburn United Elite"

Not at all sure about CCL.

[Anonymous]

McLean CCL is green, CCL2 is white

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:McLean CCL is green, CCL2 is white

How about Fredericksburg. Is Red CCL2?