New to McLen Youth Soccer Tryouts - Predetermined Groupings?

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Anonymous wrote:Is anyone else surprised to see McLean announce a 3rd tryout for U9? Is it really they had “too many kids” come out and want to give everyone a chance to be seen?

McLean bleeds your kids dry. Look for a team that cares about your child and looks to develop within. Your kid is only a number at McLean nothing more.

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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.

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I live behind Franklin Sherman ES (downtown McLean?) and it takes me 26 minutes to get to spring hill recreation center during rush hour.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Is anyone else surprised to see McLean announce a 3rd tryout for U9? Is it really they had “too many kids” come out and want to give everyone a chance to be seen?

McLean bleeds your kids dry. Look for a team that cares about your child and looks to develop within. Your kid is only a number at McLean nothing more.

It’s sad that we feel similarly and that there are others with this experience. We were really excited when we first signed up.

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Can you say a bit more about McLean bleeding them dry? Overworking them?

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Overstocking their teams and limiting playtime and development of players. Your DC will be yanked at the first sign they feel compelled to do so. Even at U9-U10.

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Anonymous wrote:Overstocking their teams and limiting playtime and development of players. Your DC will be yanked at the first sign they feel compelled to do so. Even at U9-U10.

Is this also true at U11? How many do they put on the roster for 9v9? Particularly interested for boys’ side.

[Anonymous]

We are not great on the boys side; much better on the girls. We were trying to improve in recent years, but kept losing players to BSC, Arlington and SYC. We’re trying to reboot, but lost ECNL (never had MLSN).

But our girls side is great. We have tow or three of the best girl teams in the area. If you’re looking for a female team, McLean is great. If you have a boy, best to try to get in early on one of the more established boy teams (Alex, Arl, or BSC).

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With tryouts concluding Thurs night, should we assume all first team offers have gone out for the 2013 girls?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is anyone else surprised to see McLean announce a 3rd tryout for U9? Is it really they had “too many kids” come out and want to give everyone a chance to be seen?

Didn't that group get around 120 kids?

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Anonymous wrote:Is anyone else surprised to see McLean announce a 3rd tryout for U9? Is it really they had “too many kids” come out and want to give everyone a chance to be seen?

Didn't that group get around 120 kids?

Wow! That’s going to be a lot of money for MYS. Ca-Ching!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have folks received offers for 2013g yet?

One of my kids is 2013. Most girls received their offers already. Anyone who hasn't is either out or teams are waiting for others to decline the offer.

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Anonymous wrote:Is anyone else surprised to see McLean announce a 3rd tryout for U9? Is it really they had “too many kids” come out and want to give everyone a chance to be seen?

Didn't that group get around 120 kids?

Wow! That’s going to be a lot of money for MYS. Ca-Ching!!!

120 kids show up for tryouts. Doesn't mean they make more teams. MYS doesn't do that because they don' have enough coaches. That's why there is a third tryout because they can't evaluate that many kids in two days. Number of teams is set along with roster size.

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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.

2013 is going to be U12 which is still 9v9. McLean is notorious for having big teams and having kids ride the bench the whole season. It's good for their program but bad for the individuals. You want player development (which you should at this age) find another team. You want a team that dominates while your kid plays for 5-10 minutes per game (if they're lucky) then by all means go to McLean and give them your time and money.

To clarify, 2013 Girls Green has 15 players. White has 12 and Gold has 12. MYS doesn't overload all their teams. However, with Green being a top ranked team it's smart to have 15 players for rotation, etc.

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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.

2013 is going to be U12 which is still 9v9. McLean is notorious for having big teams and having kids ride the bench the whole season. It's good for their program but bad for the individuals. You want player development (which you should at this age) find another team. You want a team that dominates while your kid plays for 5-10 minutes per game (if they're lucky) then by all means go to McLean and give them your time and money.

To clarify, 2013 Girls Green has 15 players. White has 12 and Gold has 12. MYS doesn't overload all their teams. However, with Green being a top ranked team it's smart to have 15 players for rotation, etc.

Really? I thought they were going to have 6 teams. Green, White, Gold, Silver, Bronze, Copper. Maybe maybe even a 7th Wood team.

[Anonymous]

You stil have zinc, brass, aluminum too