Arlington Travel Tryouts

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve seen people say you don’t want to be on team 5 or 6. Can someone give me more details on why? How does the experience on the last team compare to ADP, for example?

The lower Arlington teams are a huge step up from ADP. Our daughter has also had an excellent experience on these teams - great coach, fun team, good and dedicated families. She has also moved up a team each year, so you are not stuck on these teams like people say.

I agree with this. My DC is on Arlington’s top team but has a classmate on one of the lower teams. That kid is very skilled, and I’m really impressed with their development and foundation as a player even without all the outside work and training. It ultimately comes down to objectives. If you’re looking for a solid platform to support middle and high school soccer down the road, Arlington’s lower teams can serve that purpose well, but you do need to be prepared to navigate some of the potential pitfalls others have already mentioned.

[Anonymous]

Don't forget that all of this from top team to lowest team is a form of recreation soccer. If your kid enjoys playing then I'd go for it. The clubs are mostly all the same when you get down to it. Coaches are not all the same. So pay attention to that.

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Anonymous wrote:Not sure about the boys side but for the girls side Red team offers went out weeks ago for U11, and U12 . Tryouts are basically for teams 4, 5 and 6. If you dont already have an offer today welcome to team 5 or 6

Yep can confirm this is true

This is true for U13 and up, because Red is RL now, but for U12 and below, this is NOT true on the girls side. We know several current Red team players and no one has received an offer.

U11 and U12 Red team invites have been out for awhile. If you didn't get one yet then welcome to the white team or lower

ALL offers have gone out, or just the kids that are new to the club or moved down from Pre-Academy?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't forget that all of this from top team to lowest team is a form of recreation soccer. If your kid enjoys playing then I'd go for it. The clubs are mostly all the same when you get down to it. Coaches are not all the same. So pay attention to that.

This is so reasonable and true!!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Not sure about the boys side but for the girls side Red team offers went out weeks ago for U11, and U12 . Tryouts are basically for teams 4, 5 and 6. If you dont already have an offer today welcome to team 5 or 6

Yep can confirm this is true

This is true for U13 and up, because Red is RL now, but for U12 and below, this is NOT true on the girls side. We know several current Red team players and no one has received an offer.

U11 and U12 Red team invites have been out for awhile. If you didn't get one yet then welcome to the white team or lower

ALL offers have gone out, or just the kids that are new to the club or moved down from Pre-Academy?

so specifically i know 4 players on the U12 Red and U11 Red from inside the club that got their offers 2 weeks ago. Not sure if they have given out all their offers for Red but again if you haven't gotten one by now they are looking for an upgrade over your player.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve seen people say you don’t want to be on team 5 or 6. Can someone give me more details on why? How does the experience on the last team compare to ADP, for example?

The lower Arlington teams are a huge step up from ADP. Our daughter has also had an excellent experience on these teams - great coach, fun team, good and dedicated families. She has also moved up a team each year, so you are not stuck on these teams like people say.

I agree with this. My DC is on Arlington’s top team but has a classmate on one of the lower teams. That kid is very skilled, and I’m really impressed with their development and foundation as a player even without all the outside work and training. It ultimately comes down to objectives. If you’re looking for a solid platform to support middle and high school soccer down the road, Arlington’s lower teams can serve that purpose well, but you do need to be prepared to navigate some of the potential pitfalls others have already mentioned.

Do boys from the lower Arlington teams even make JV at the public schools, though?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve seen people say you don’t want to be on team 5 or 6. Can someone give me more details on why? How does the experience on the last team compare to ADP, for example?

The lower Arlington teams are a huge step up from ADP. Our daughter has also had an excellent experience on these teams - great coach, fun team, good and dedicated families. She has also moved up a team each year, so you are not stuck on these teams like people say.

I agree with this. My DC is on Arlington’s top team but has a classmate on one of the lower teams. That kid is very skilled, and I’m really impressed with their development and foundation as a player even without all the outside work and training. It ultimately comes down to objectives. If you’re looking for a solid platform to support middle and high school soccer down the road, Arlington’s lower teams can serve that purpose well, but you do need to be prepared to navigate some of the potential pitfalls others have already mentioned.

Do boys from the lower Arlington teams even make JV at the public schools, though?

A kid on the 4th level Arlington team at U9 absolutely has the possibility to improve, end up playing on a top team (ECNL / GA / MLSN) by U13, and eventually easily make varsity at even the largest public high schools, if they want. But they need to put in the work every day, and/or just have a blast playing a lot of soccer outside regular training.

Meanwhile, a kid on the top Arlington team at U9 can only go to practice, never train on their own, never do any outside futsal / summer league, etc., and end up quitting soccer before U13. Or worse, keep playing but being pushed down to lower teams, get demoralized, and never even make a school team.

(Also, puberty/size/speed, injuries/health, friends, parent attitudes, and other activities also play a factor, not just their training.)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve seen people say you don’t want to be on team 5 or 6. Can someone give me more details on why? How does the experience on the last team compare to ADP, for example?

The lower Arlington teams are a huge step up from ADP. Our daughter has also had an excellent experience on these teams - great coach, fun team, good and dedicated families. She has also moved up a team each year, so you are not stuck on these teams like people say.

I agree with this. My DC is on Arlington’s top team but has a classmate on one of the lower teams. That kid is very skilled, and I’m really impressed with their development and foundation as a player even without all the outside work and training. It ultimately comes down to objectives. If you’re looking for a solid platform to support middle and high school soccer down the road, Arlington’s lower teams can serve that purpose well, but you do need to be prepared to navigate some of the potential pitfalls others have already mentioned.

Do boys from the lower Arlington teams even make JV at the public schools, though?

A kid on the 4th level Arlington team at U9 absolutely has the possibility to improve, end up playing on a top team (ECNL / GA / MLSN) by U13, and eventually easily make varsity at even the largest public high schools, if they want. But they need to put in the work every day, and/or just have a blast playing a lot of soccer outside regular training.

Meanwhile, a kid on the top Arlington team at U9 can only go to practice, never train on their own, never do any outside futsal / summer league, etc., and end up quitting soccer before U13. Or worse, keep playing but being pushed down to lower teams, get demoralized, and never even make a school team.

(Also, puberty/size/speed, injuries/health, friends, parent attitudes, and other activities also play a factor, not just their training.)

The question was, do the boys currently on the 4th, 5th, 6th Arlington teenaged boys teams make their JV/Varsity HS teams?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure about the boys side but for the girls side Red team offers went out weeks ago for U11, and U12 . Tryouts are basically for teams 4, 5 and 6. If you dont already have an offer today welcome to team 5 or 6

Yep can confirm this is true

This is true for U13 and up, because Red is RL now, but for U12 and below, this is NOT true on the girls side. We know several current Red team players and no one has received an offer.

U11 and U12 Red team invites have been out for awhile. If you didn't get one yet then welcome to the white team or lower

ALL offers have gone out, or just the kids that are new to the club or moved down from Pre-Academy?

so specifically i know 4 players on the U12 Red and U11 Red from inside the club that got their offers 2 weeks ago. Not sure if they have given out all their offers for Red but again if you haven't gotten one by now they are looking for an upgrade over your player.

Were all of those players current pre-academy moving to Red and/or repeating the age group due to the age change (and playing Red again in the new age group)? Because I am extremely confident that not ALL red offers have gone out, unless they decided no one currently playing on a Red team will be on Red next year. which seems extremely unlikely.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure about the boys side but for the girls side Red team offers went out weeks ago for U11, and U12 . Tryouts are basically for teams 4, 5 and 6. If you dont already have an offer today welcome to team 5 or 6

Yep can confirm this is true

This is true for U13 and up, because Red is RL now, but for U12 and below, this is NOT true on the girls side. We know several current Red team players and no one has received an offer.

U11 and U12 Red team invites have been out for awhile. If you didn't get one yet then welcome to the white team or lower

ALL offers have gone out, or just the kids that are new to the club or moved down from Pre-Academy?

so specifically i know 4 players on the U12 Red and U11 Red from inside the club that got their offers 2 weeks ago. Not sure if they have given out all their offers for Red but again if you haven't gotten one by now they are looking for an upgrade over your player.

This is accurate. Some have, especially if part of the age realignment.

The other person’s statement that all offers have gone out is incorrect (U12 Red has at least 8-10 outstanding invites left). It is pretty obvious which players have received Red invites if you went to tryouts this week. There are some players caught on the age group bubble trying to see where they might best fit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure about the boys side but for the girls side Red team offers went out weeks ago for U11, and U12 . Tryouts are basically for teams 4, 5 and 6. If you dont already have an offer today welcome to team 5 or 6

Yep can confirm this is true

This is true for U13 and up, because Red is RL now, but for U12 and below, this is NOT true on the girls side. We know several current Red team players and no one has received an offer.

U11 and U12 Red team invites have been out for awhile. If you didn't get one yet then welcome to the white team or lower

ALL offers have gone out, or just the kids that are new to the club or moved down from Pre-Academy?

so specifically i know 4 players on the U12 Red and U11 Red from inside the club that got their offers 2 weeks ago. Not sure if they have given out all their offers for Red but again if you haven't gotten one by now they are looking for an upgrade over your player.

This is accurate. Some have, especially if part of the age realignment.

The other person’s statement that all offers have gone out is incorrect (U12 Red has at least 8-10 outstanding invites left). It is pretty obvious which players have received Red invites if you went to tryouts this week. There are some players caught on the age group bubble trying to see where they might best fit.

i think 8-10 is pretty optimistic, i would gauge 4-5 max. Just ask the coach and ask them to be honest with you

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure about the boys side but for the girls side Red team offers went out weeks ago for U11, and U12 . Tryouts are basically for teams 4, 5 and 6. If you dont already have an offer today welcome to team 5 or 6

Yep can confirm this is true

This is true for U13 and up, because Red is RL now, but for U12 and below, this is NOT true on the girls side. We know several current Red team players and no one has received an offer.

U11 and U12 Red team invites have been out for awhile. If you didn't get one yet then welcome to the white team or lower

ALL offers have gone out, or just the kids that are new to the club or moved down from Pre-Academy?

so specifically i know 4 players on the U12 Red and U11 Red from inside the club that got their offers 2 weeks ago. Not sure if they have given out all their offers for Red but again if you haven't gotten one by now they are looking for an upgrade over your player.

This is accurate. Some have, especially if part of the age realignment.

The other person’s statement that all offers have gone out is incorrect (U12 Red has at least 8-10 outstanding invites left). It is pretty obvious which players have received Red invites if you went to tryouts this week. There are some players caught on the age group bubble trying to see where they might best fit.

This is starting to sound more accurate. I know several current 2015 red players that don’t have offers yet, and a handful of current 2014s on lower teams that don’t have offers yet and are being told by their coach that they are in the running for the U12 red team. Sounds like all Red offers aren’t out, but some are.

[Anonymous]

Op here. thanks for the input on the lower teams. Our son is definitely not top team ready but he loves soccer and wants the challenge. We’re not gunning to be the best, just for him to work hard and have fun. Seems like if he is offered the chance, it can be meaningful.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure about the boys side but for the girls side Red team offers went out weeks ago for U11, and U12 . Tryouts are basically for teams 4, 5 and 6. If you dont already have an offer today welcome to team 5 or 6

Yep can confirm this is true

This is true for U13 and up, because Red is RL now, but for U12 and below, this is NOT true on the girls side. We know several current Red team players and no one has received an offer.

U11 and U12 Red team invites have been out for awhile. If you didn't get one yet then welcome to the white team or lower

ALL offers have gone out, or just the kids that are new to the club or moved down from Pre-Academy?

so specifically i know 4 players on the U12 Red and U11 Red from inside the club that got their offers 2 weeks ago. Not sure if they have given out all their offers for Red but again if you haven't gotten one by now they are looking for an upgrade over your player.

This is accurate. Some have, especially if part of the age realignment.

The other person’s statement that all offers have gone out is incorrect (U12 Red has at least 8-10 outstanding invites left). It is pretty obvious which players have received Red invites if you went to tryouts this week. There are some players caught on the age group bubble trying to see where they might best fit.

i think 8-10 is pretty optimistic, i would gauge 4-5 max. Just ask the coach and ask them to be honest with you

Roster size will increase as U12 Red will play up 11v11 next year. So 8-10 is probably accurate.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve seen people say you don’t want to be on team 5 or 6. Can someone give me more details on why? How does the experience on the last team compare to ADP, for example?

The lower Arlington teams are a huge step up from ADP. Our daughter has also had an excellent experience on these teams - great coach, fun team, good and dedicated families. She has also moved up a team each year, so you are not stuck on these teams like people say.

I agree with this. My DC is on Arlington’s top team but has a classmate on one of the lower teams. That kid is very skilled, and I’m really impressed with their development and foundation as a player even without all the outside work and training. It ultimately comes down to objectives. If you’re looking for a solid platform to support middle and high school soccer down the road, Arlington’s lower teams can serve that purpose well, but you do need to be prepared to navigate some of the potential pitfalls others have already mentioned.

Do boys from the lower Arlington teams even make JV at the public schools, though?

A kid on the 4th level Arlington team at U9 absolutely has the possibility to improve, end up playing on a top team (ECNL / GA / MLSN) by U13, and eventually easily make varsity at even the largest public high schools, if they want. But they need to put in the work every day, and/or just have a blast playing a lot of soccer outside regular training.

Meanwhile, a kid on the top Arlington team at U9 can only go to practice, never train on their own, never do any outside futsal / summer league, etc., and end up quitting soccer before U13. Or worse, keep playing but being pushed down to lower teams, get demoralized, and never even make a school team.

(Also, puberty/size/speed, injuries/health, friends, parent attitudes, and other activities also play a factor, not just their training.)

The question was, do the boys currently on the 4th, 5th, 6th Arlington teenaged boys teams make their JV/Varsity HS teams?

I think it depends on the school. They certainly make the middle school teams which is relevant here since the OP was asking about an 11 year old player.