Arlington U11/U12 pre-academy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Arlington not alone in pursuing this strategy. SYC & Alexandria 2016 teams playing in NCSL girls U11 Div1 as well this Spring.

It's the American Way! Less touches and time on ball for ulittles! Upselling by local travel clubs to justify "Academy" branding! Parents telling themselves uneven play will make their DCs stronger elite players!

There are definitely cases where teams should play up. Arlington, ASA, SYC and all of these DMV clubs having not one, but multiple teams doing this is not for development.

Pay-to-play soccer at its best.

I agree that there are some teams that should play up. Bethesda 2016 actually won the Fall season in the NCSL top division 1 year up. The Arlington 2016s are nowhere close to that level of play though and should play their age group.