Bethesda Soccer Club if your kid isn't on the first team

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know some of the smaller club tryouts are brutal and they end up taking only a handful of new kids but what about places like McLean, Arlington, Bethesda, Potomac?

Bethesda takes pretty much anyone for the lower age groups (U12 and below), and just adds teams to accommodate.
As a PP said, I believe the U11s in the fall have 8 teams.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know some of the smaller club tryouts are brutal and they end up taking only a handful of new kids but what about places like McLean, Arlington, Bethesda, Potomac?

Bethesda takes pretty much anyone for the lower age groups (U12 and below), and just adds teams to accommodate.
As a PP said, I believe the U11s in the fall have 8 teams.

Rising U11 (2009 boys) are a pretty strong cohort at both Bethesda and Arlington. I think Arlington only has 5 teams at U11.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just start off in a local rec league with a volunteer parent coach who has never played soccer but is passionate about the game. Sometime after puberty hits, the skills will develop naturally and you can switch over to DC United or get scouted to play somewhere that is a good fit.

Do not agree

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just start off in a local rec league with a volunteer parent coach who has never played soccer but is passionate about the game. Sometime after puberty hits, the skills will develop naturally and you can switch over to DC United or get scouted to play somewhere that is a good fit.

Do not agree

I'm assuming that was sarcastic. At least I hope.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just start off in a local rec league with a volunteer parent coach who has never played soccer but is passionate about the game. Sometime after puberty hits, the skills will develop naturally and you can switch over to DC United or get scouted to play somewhere that is a good fit.

Do not agree

I'm assuming that was sarcastic. At least I hope.

I think that was a shoutout to the "all travel below first team is a moneygrab" folks.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know some of the smaller club tryouts are brutal and they end up taking only a handful of new kids but what about places like McLean, Arlington, Bethesda, Potomac?

Bethesda takes pretty much anyone for the lower age groups (U12 and below), and just adds teams to accommodate.
As a PP said, I believe the U11s in the fall have 8 teams.

Rising U11 (2009 boys) are a pretty strong cohort at both Bethesda and Arlington. I think Arlington only has 5 teams at U11.

There were well over a hundred kids at the Arlington 2009 boys tryouts, so at least 40-50 did not make a team.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know some of the smaller club tryouts are brutal and they end up taking only a handful of new kids but what about places like McLean, Arlington, Bethesda, Potomac?

Bethesda takes pretty much anyone for the lower age groups (U12 and below), and just adds teams to accommodate.
As a PP said, I believe the U11s in the fall have 8 teams.

Rising U11 (2009 boys) are a pretty strong cohort at both Bethesda and Arlington. I think Arlington only has 5 teams at U11.

Umm, yeah. Little Rooney may have something to do with that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know some of the smaller club tryouts are brutal and they end up taking only a handful of new kids but what about places like McLean, Arlington, Bethesda, Potomac?

Bethesda takes pretty much anyone for the lower age groups (U12 and below), and just adds teams to accommodate.
As a PP said, I believe the U11s in the fall have 8 teams.

Rising U11 (2009 boys) are a pretty strong cohort at both Bethesda and Arlington. I think Arlington only has 5 teams at U11.

Umm, yeah. Little Rooney may have something to do with that.

Can you elaborate? Is Kai Rooney going to one of those clubs? https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/wayne-rooneys-son-kai-proves-14110949

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I know some of the smaller club tryouts are brutal and they end up taking only a handful of new kids but what about places like McLean, Arlington, Bethesda, Potomac?

Bethesda takes pretty much anyone for the lower age groups (U12 and below), and just adds teams to accommodate.
As a PP said, I believe the U11s in the fall have 8 teams.

Rising U11 (2009 boys) are a pretty strong cohort at both Bethesda and Arlington. I think Arlington only has 5 teams at U11.

Umm, yeah. Little Rooney may have something to do with that.

Can you elaborate? Is Kai Rooney going to one of those clubs? https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/wayne-rooneys-son-kai-proves-14110949

No, please don't elaborate. We don't talk about specific kids on this board, and Rooney's kid should be no exception.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know some of the smaller club tryouts are brutal and they end up taking only a handful of new kids but what about places like McLean, Arlington, Bethesda, Potomac?

Bethesda takes pretty much anyone for the lower age groups (U12 and below), and just adds teams to accommodate.
As a PP said, I believe the U11s in the fall have 8 teams.

Rising U11 (2009 boys) are a pretty strong cohort at both Bethesda and Arlington. I think Arlington only has 5 teams at U11.

Umm, yeah. Little Rooney may have something to do with that.

Can you elaborate? Is Kai Rooney going to one of those clubs? https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/wayne-rooneys-son-kai-proves-14110949

No, please don't elaborate. We don't talk about specific kids on this board, and Rooney's kid should be no exception.

True. But since Bethesda has tweeted it out on multiple occasions, I think it's fair to say that Wayne Rooney has helped out at practice occasionally on their 2009 (rising U11) Academy 1 team.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know some of the smaller club tryouts are brutal and they end up taking only a handful of new kids but what about places like McLean, Arlington, Bethesda, Potomac?

Bethesda takes pretty much anyone for the lower age groups (U12 and below), and just adds teams to accommodate.
As a PP said, I believe the U11s in the fall have 8 teams.

Another who used to think these clubs were exclusive but is now seeing the opposite. Competition in Sam select etc. is way more intense – although it may not be as white. Make of that what you will.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know some of the smaller club tryouts are brutal and they end up taking only a handful of new kids but what about places like McLean, Arlington, Bethesda, Potomac?

Bethesda takes pretty much anyone for the lower age groups (U12 and below), and just adds teams to accommodate.
As a PP said, I believe the U11s in the fall have 8 teams.

Rising U11 (2009 boys) are a pretty strong cohort at both Bethesda and Arlington. I think Arlington only has 5 teams at U11.

Umm, yeah. Little Rooney may have something to do with that.

Arlington’s U11 (2009) boys are 6th in the stage after 4 local teams. Their first team did not make the Finals at the Virginian. Their 2nd team lost most of their games and didn’t make the semis. Lil Rooney would be better off at a number of different VA teams for that age group.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know some of the smaller club tryouts are brutal and they end up taking only a handful of new kids but what about places like McLean, Arlington, Bethesda, Potomac?

Bethesda takes pretty much anyone for the lower age groups (U12 and below), and just adds teams to accommodate.
As a PP said, I believe the U11s in the fall have 8 teams.

Rising U11 (2009 boys) are a pretty strong cohort at both Bethesda and Arlington. I think Arlington only has 5 teams at U11.

Umm, yeah. Little Rooney may have something to do with that.

Arlington’s U11 (2009) boys are 6th in the stage after 4 local teams. Their first team did not make the Finals at the Virginian. Their 2nd team lost most of their games and didn’t make the semis. Lil Rooney would be better off at a number of different VA teams for that age group.

* state

Their (2008) boys are the ones that are 6th. Current U11s, not a particularly strong group there.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I know some of the smaller club tryouts are brutal and they end up taking only a handful of new kids but what about places like McLean, Arlington, Bethesda, Potomac?

Bethesda takes pretty much anyone for the lower age groups (U12 and below), and just adds teams to accommodate.
As a PP said, I believe the U11s in the fall have 8 teams.

Rising U11 (2009 boys) are a pretty strong cohort at both Bethesda and Arlington. I think Arlington only has 5 teams at U11.

Umm, yeah. Little Rooney may have something to do with that.

Arlington’s U11 (2009) boys are 6th in the stage after 4 local teams. Their first team did not make the Finals at the Virginian. Their 2nd team lost most of their games and didn’t make the semis. Lil Rooney would be better off at a number of different VA teams for that age group.

Correct. Arlington 2009 boys lost to Alexandria then beat them in the final. Discussed on the tourney thread (kickball vs possession debate, or win now vs win later). So those teams are 1-2 in state at end of the season. Just like last year. Then development takes its course. The 2008 boys had lost a couple of kids to the DA as well, so that would not have helped. But Loudoun lost 4 or 5 U11s to the DA as well.

* state

Their (2008) boys are the ones that are 6th. Current U11s, not a particularly strong group there.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know some of the smaller club tryouts are brutal and they end up taking only a handful of new kids but what about places like McLean, Arlington, Bethesda, Potomac?

Bethesda takes pretty much anyone for the lower age groups (U12 and below), and just adds teams to accommodate.
As a PP said, I believe the U11s in the fall have 8 teams.

Another who used to think these clubs were exclusive but is now seeing the opposite. Competition in Sam select etc. is way more intense – although it may not be as white. Make of that what you will.

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I have one child who does Sam Select and another who did NCSL and now EDP. Would rank Sam Select more competitive than NCSL, less than EDP.