Advice - Moving to Bethesda

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My advice is to go watch two or three prospective teams play. Pay attention to how the coaches and parents act when they're winning and when they're losing. If a team seems like a good fit, email the coach and ask if you can come to a couple of practices. In my opinion, it's only worth going to a big name club if you're offered a spot on the first or second team. Otherwise, find a smaller club that will help your daughter develop. There are always opportunities to move to a bigger club when going from 9v9 to 11v11, etc. ODP is another possibility as she gets older. We have noticed the ECNL/GA clubs tend to recruit the "stars" from smaller clubs instead of pulling kids up from their lower teams.

This is absolutely true. If your kids makes the top BSC team there are good reasons to go. If you get a white or worse green offer stay away.

Top teams get great exposure at BSC

How many of the age group are on the top team?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My advice is to go watch two or three prospective teams play. Pay attention to how the coaches and parents act when they're winning and when they're losing. If a team seems like a good fit, email the coach and ask if you can come to a couple of practices. In my opinion, it's only worth going to a big name club if you're offered a spot on the first or second team. Otherwise, find a smaller club that will help your daughter develop. There are always opportunities to move to a bigger club when going from 9v9 to 11v11, etc. ODP is another possibility as she gets older. We have noticed the ECNL/GA clubs tend to recruit the "stars" from smaller clubs instead of pulling kids up from their lower teams.

This is absolutely true. If your kids makes the top BSC team there are good reasons to go. If you get a white or worse green offer stay away.

Top teams get great exposure at BSC

How many of the age group are on the top team?

7 v. 7 top teams right now run 10-11 deep. They will go up at u11 for 9 v. 9.

BTW, the poster who mentioned white and green....very outdated. It now goes ECNL 1, ECNL 2, Blue, Orange, Green. Only one age group goes past Blue for girls.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My advice is to go watch two or three prospective teams play. Pay attention to how the coaches and parents act when they're winning and when they're losing. If a team seems like a good fit, email the coach and ask if you can come to a couple of practices. In my opinion, it's only worth going to a big name club if you're offered a spot on the first or second team. Otherwise, find a smaller club that will help your daughter develop. There are always opportunities to move to a bigger club when going from 9v9 to 11v11, etc. ODP is another possibility as she gets older. We have noticed the ECNL/GA clubs tend to recruit the "stars" from smaller clubs instead of pulling kids up from their lower teams.

This is absolutely true. If your kids makes the top BSC team there are good reasons to go. If you get a white or worse green offer stay away.

Top teams get great exposure at BSC

How many of the age group are on the top team?

7 v. 7 top teams right now run 10-11 deep. They will go up at u11 for 9 v. 9.

BTW, the poster who mentioned white and green....very outdated. It now goes ECNL 1, ECNL 2, Blue, Orange, Green. Only one age group goes past Blue for girls.

10-11 7v7 teams? That’s impressive. Not really surprising to see them having so much success in the league with that many numbers in the younger age groups

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My advice is to go watch two or three prospective teams play. Pay attention to how the coaches and parents act when they're winning and when they're losing. If a team seems like a good fit, email the coach and ask if you can come to a couple of practices. In my opinion, it's only worth going to a big name club if you're offered a spot on the first or second team. Otherwise, find a smaller club that will help your daughter develop. There are always opportunities to move to a bigger club when going from 9v9 to 11v11, etc. ODP is another possibility as she gets older. We have noticed the ECNL/GA clubs tend to recruit the "stars" from smaller clubs instead of pulling kids up from their lower teams.

This is good advice. Watch as much training sessions as you can

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My advice is to go watch two or three prospective teams play. Pay attention to how the coaches and parents act when they're winning and when they're losing. If a team seems like a good fit, email the coach and ask if you can come to a couple of practices. In my opinion, it's only worth going to a big name club if you're offered a spot on the first or second team. Otherwise, find a smaller club that will help your daughter develop. There are always opportunities to move to a bigger club when going from 9v9 to 11v11, etc. ODP is another possibility as she gets older. We have noticed the ECNL/GA clubs tend to recruit the "stars" from smaller clubs instead of pulling kids up from their lower teams.

This is absolutely true. If your kids makes the top BSC team there are good reasons to go. If you get a white or worse green offer stay away.

Top teams get great exposure at BSC

How many of the age group are on the top team?

7 v. 7 top teams right now run 10-11 deep. They will go up at u11 for 9 v. 9.

BTW, the poster who mentioned white and green....very outdated. It now goes ECNL 1, ECNL 2, Blue, Orange, Green. Only one age group goes past Blue for girls.

10-11 7v7 teams? That’s impressive. Not really surprising to see them having so much success in the league with that many numbers in the younger age groups

10-11 kids per team.

[Anonymous]

What is a better option? Bethesda or McLean for a 2008 girl

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is a better option? Bethesda or McLean for a 2008 girl

You probably should have made this a new thread although there are pages and pages in the archives debating this exact topic.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What is a better option? Bethesda or McLean for a 2008 girl

You probably should have made this a new thread although there are pages and pages in the archives debating this exact topic.

Freshman next year? Does she want to play high school.

Note that Maryland high school soccer is fall. Virginia is spring.

If living in Maryland and playing travel soccer for Virginia you’ll have seasonal conflict, and Vice versus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is a better option? Bethesda or McLean for a 2008 girl

It depends on the girl, what position, which team she is trying out for, team dynamics, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is a better option? Bethesda or McLean for a 2008 girl

The one that’s actually in the state in which you live

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My advice is to go watch two or three prospective teams play. Pay attention to how the coaches and parents act when they're winning and when they're losing. If a team seems like a good fit, email the coach and ask if you can come to a couple of practices. In my opinion, it's only worth going to a big name club if you're offered a spot on the first or second team. Otherwise, find a smaller club that will help your daughter develop. There are always opportunities to move to a bigger club when going from 9v9 to 11v11, etc. ODP is another possibility as she gets older. We have noticed the ECNL/GA clubs tend to recruit the "stars" from smaller clubs instead of pulling kids up from their lower teams.

This is absolutely true. If your kids makes the top BSC team there are good reasons to go. If you get a white or worse green offer stay away.

Top teams get great exposure at BSC

+4 on this. If your child is a serious player, skip MSI Classic unless it is a team with friends. Quality is variable. BSC if DD makes the top team. Bordeaux has a lot of BSC defectors who got tired of being treated as 2nd class players because not on top team and they are very happy there. MRM is very team specific, but coaches and teams tend to have more long-term consistency. MSI has travel, too. At BSC, as the kids get older, they have to be able to stomach yelling and harsh criticism from (a few of the top) male coaches.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My advice is to go watch two or three prospective teams play. Pay attention to how the coaches and parents act when they're winning and when they're losing. If a team seems like a good fit, email the coach and ask if you can come to a couple of practices. In my opinion, it's only worth going to a big name club if you're offered a spot on the first or second team. Otherwise, find a smaller club that will help your daughter develop. There are always opportunities to move to a bigger club when going from 9v9 to 11v11, etc. ODP is another possibility as she gets older. We have noticed the ECNL/GA clubs tend to recruit the "stars" from smaller clubs instead of pulling kids up from their lower teams.

This is absolutely true. If your kids makes the top BSC team there are good reasons to go. If you get a white or worse green offer stay away.

Top teams get great exposure at BSC

+4 on this. If your child is a serious player, skip MSI Classic unless it is a team with friends. Quality is variable. BSC if DD makes the top team. Bordeaux has a lot of BSC defectors who got tired of being treated as 2nd class players because not on top team and they are very happy there. MRM is very team specific, but coaches and teams tend to have more long-term consistency. MSI has travel, too. At BSC, as the kids get older, they have to be able to stomach yelling and harsh criticism from (a few of the top) male coaches.

Oh hi Bordeaux dad!!! Didn’t you defect from Bordeaux as well??

Some went to Bordeaux but jumped ship from there already.

[Anonymous]

For practical and logistical purposes, it is worth staying at Bethesda until u12. If your child is ECNL material then it is best to avoid the abuse of the top ECNL coaches at Bethesda. Just ask around, everyone knows who they are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For practical and logistical purposes, it is worth staying at Bethesda until u12. If your child is ECNL material then it is best to avoid the abuse of the top ECNL coaches at Bethesda. Just ask around, everyone knows who they are.

Skip BSC completely. Even the current 2013 coach screams at and joysticks the kids. BSC groom the girls at an early age to accept this kind of abuse. By the time they’re at U12 they don’t even realize this isn’t an acceptable way to be treated, not to mention a successful way to learn soccer.

[Anonymous]

Forget BSC and hire PG.