Stoddert Soccer
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Anonymous
| Hi, could anyone give me a heads up about how Stoddert Soccer works? We noticed at a casual event at our child's new school that many of the kids had on their Stoddert Soccer shirts. Do kids play on teams based on their neighborhood location or do they have teams set up by school? I checked out the league website but am still not sure. Any info appreciated. We are moving into DC this summer or I would just ask a neighbor. Also, what is the youth organization that is most popular for lacrosse in NW? What age does that typically start? Thank you! |
Anonymous
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Teams can be either, but are generally school based. If you are coming into the school at the first year (PK/JK/K) then you may want to connect with other parents about starting a team in the fall. If you are coming into the school in an entry year where there may be established teams, reach out to the school to connect you with whichever parents are organizing. At expansion years, teams will generally form either around the new kids or split into two with a mixture of both.
At some point, 2nd or 3rd grade, girls teams tend to form, so there is a girls team and a co-ed team in each grade. |
Anonymous
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OP, for rec soccer: Stoddert teams are formed by parents and, most commonly, based on DC schools. There may be one or two teams that are a mix of kids from different schools but that is much less common. That said, the actual schools have nothing to do with the teams beyond being the organization that unites the kids - and they usually call themselves after their school - like the Maret Frogs or Janney Jacks or whatever... The teams start out co-ed in PK and then can split off a girls only team in 2nd or 3rd (cant remember which). In Maryland there is MSI. Same general idea. Both are on-line.
For rec Lacrosse: most DC and MD and some VA kids start playing rec through the Bethessda league. There are VA leagues but niot familiar with them and think they are much smaller. There are also travel/club teams for lacrosse that start as young as U7 - the organizations to look for at that age include Next Level, Madlax, Bethesda League (they have select teams too), and Breakout. They all have websites as well. |
Anonymous
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There is also Stoddert travel program. That starts at U8/U9.
Many of the private schools have kids in that (and many of the public schools too). |
Anonymous
| Stoddert Soccer dominates Saturdays with the kids from Upper Caucasia. |
Anonymous
Tru dat. |
Anonymous
Ok, point taken but there is "skin color diversity" in there as well, from most of the privates and many of the public elementaries. I believe there are an equal number of kids from public and private schools that participate in Stoddert. As a DC reseodnt who had two kids start with Stoddert teams, I strongly prefer the MSI program for my kids. It is more skill focused and compeitive. I have no idea why though. Maybe just because Stoddert is very loosy-goosy wrt teaching rules and positions and actual coaching. Stoddert works perfectly for some kids but by 3rd at the latest, the most athletic kids have moved on to travel or classic or some other league. |
Anonymous
| I'm 11:51. Not meaning to point out diversity issues. That's what I call NW DC, have called it since I was in jr high school in the 1970s. Thought it was common usage. Stoddert is great. Three kids went through it. Great way of connecting with other kids in school or at other schools. Its a league about the fun of playing socceer on Saturdays. If you want hyper competition go to MSI or Bethesda etc. |
Anonymous
What's hyper-competitive about MSI? |
Anonymous
| Thank you for the explanations! -OP |
Anonymous
+1! Fun + reasonable playing times = happy kids and parents Why is this on private schools thread? |
Anonymous
Thank for clarifying. I thought you were saying Stoddert only has white kids and clearly that is just not true. |
Anonymous
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It is possible that if you call the Stoddert office that they would tell you the name of the parent who organizes for your DC's grade.
Sign ups for the fall season happen in July and August, I think. There is a discount for getting your application in early. |