Best soccer club for boys U13-14?

[Anonymous]

Thank you all for answers. How does Baltimore Armour compare?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thank you all for answers. How does Baltimore Armour compare?

I’ve only heard good things about Armour but I can’t verify since they were too far for us to consider and we’ve only played their teams at the pre-U13 ages. I don’t remember much abt their teams - that is, what their style is or how good their individual players are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not trying to start a war, just reading this content here and have a hard time figuring out. We'll be moving to the area and I need to know the approximate ranking but it's not obvious to me from the discussions I've seen. I am asking about the top, academy level for U13/U14 boys. Thank you all!

Alexandria
Bethesda
SYC

Those are the strongest DMV-area clubs for boys at the U13 level (and up). Same for U14, but add DC United (which doesn't start until U14).

Find MLSNext team. ECNL is your father’s Oldsmobile.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not trying to start a war, just reading this content here and have a hard time figuring out. We'll be moving to the area and I need to know the approximate ranking but it's not obvious to me from the discussions I've seen. I am asking about the top, academy level for U13/U14 boys. Thank you all!

Alexandria
Bethesda
SYC

Those are the strongest DMV-area clubs for boys at the U13 level (and up). Same for U14, but add DC United (which doesn't start until U14).

Find MLSNext team. ECNL is your father’s Oldsmobile.

LOL 😆

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thank you all for answers. How does Baltimore Armour compare?

I mean, how could you even be considering Baltimore Armour along with two northern Virgina teams (SYC, Alexandria) and a DC-metro Maryland team (Bethesda)? You're going quite far afield now ...

Baltimore Armour is a solid club, from what I can recall from my son's teams playing against them over the years. I don't know if they're in MLS Next or not -- if so, they're probably roughly equivalent; if not, they're probably a good ECNL team like Arlington.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thank you all for answers. How does Baltimore Armour compare?

I mean, how could you even be considering Baltimore Armour along with two northern Virgina teams (SYC, Alexandria) and a DC-metro Maryland team (Bethesda)? You're going quite far afield now ...

Baltimore Armour is a solid club, from what I can recall from my son's teams playing against them over the years. I don't know if they're in MLS Next or not -- if so, they're probably roughly equivalent; if not, they're probably a good ECNL team like Arlington.

Baltimore Armour is in MLSNext.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thank you all for answers. How does Baltimore Armour compare?

I mean, how could you even be considering Baltimore Armour along with two northern Virgina teams (SYC, Alexandria) and a DC-metro Maryland team (Bethesda)? You're going quite far afield now ...

Baltimore Armour is a solid club, from what I can recall from my son's teams playing against them over the years. I don't know if they're in MLS Next or not -- if so, they're probably roughly equivalent; if not, they're probably a good ECNL team like Arlington.

He's not. Its a fake post. He just wanted to hear confirmation that other people think his kids team is the best.

[Anonymous]

If soccer is a critical factor in choosing where to live, instead of Baltimore/Bethesda/McLean, I would look at Madrid/Buenos Aires/Amsterdam.
Good luck!

[Anonymous]

Also, if you choose to move to Madrid/Buenos Aires/Amsterdam, tell your kid to get ready to re-learn the game. Everything that it learned over here will be of little use over there.