New to McLen Youth Soccer Tryouts - Predetermined Groupings?

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Anonymous wrote:You stil have zinc, brass, aluminum too

But my daughter got an offer for 2013G Wood McLean. You’re telling me she’s on the 10th team. Well, hopefully she gets playtime.

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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.

2013G green has 15 players now, for U11 9v9? Are they increasing the roster for next season since they’re playing up U13 11v11?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You stil have zinc, brass, aluminum too

But my daughter got an offer for 2013G Wood McLean. You’re telling me she’s on the 10th team. Well, hopefully she gets playtime.

McLean develops and nurtures players from ulittles all the way to NWSL, makes no difference what natural element your team is named for you are in good hands trust us.

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Does anyone know if they send out a rejection email for closure? Will they send a generic "thanks but no thanks" or just ghost us?

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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.

2013G green has 15 players now, for U11 9v9? Are they increasing the roster for next season since they’re playing up U13 11v11?

2013 still plays 9v9 for another year. You have your years mixed up. 11v11 is in two years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know if they send out a rejection email for closure? Will they send a generic "thanks but no thanks" or just ghost us?

If you haven't received an offer yet, speak with the coach. Most likely you won't get one. I know several kids who tried out this past week and they all got offers by Friday morning.

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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.

2013G green has 15 players now, for U11 9v9? Are they increasing the roster for next season since they’re playing up U13 11v11?

2013 still plays 9v9 for another year. You have your years mixed up. 11v11 is in two years.

I heard McLean 2013 green was playing up next season, as a few top U12 teams in the area do. Is that not right?

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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.

2013G green has 15 players now, for U11 9v9? Are they increasing the roster for next season since they’re playing up U13 11v11?

2013 still plays 9v9 for another year. You have your years mixed up. 11v11 is in two years.

I heard McLean 2013 green was playing up next season, as a few top U12 teams in the area do. Is that not right?

I also heard they had a multimillion dollar contract with Nike.

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Can anyone explain the significant discrepancy between the record of the green and white 2013 girls teams with that of the gold team? Looks like the latter is playing in one of the lowest divisions and still not doing well?

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Anonymous wrote:Can anyone explain the significant discrepancy between the record of the green and white 2013 girls teams with that of the gold team? Looks like the latter is playing in one of the lowest divisions and still not doing well?

The discrepancy from the norm is not how bad gold is for a 3rd team in the DMV but rather how good white is for a 2nd team in the area. My educated guess is that white is better than you’d typically expect in part because the 1st team (green) is extremely good and so kids who might normally make that team are instead playing on the 2nd team and in part because the white team left en masse a couple years ago due to a parent revolt led by a crazy dad and that probably cleared out a lot of dead wood that might otherwise still be playing on the 2nd team because clubs have a hard time demoting 2nd team players. My two cents; take them for what they’re worth.

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Anonymous wrote:They have multiple tryouts for this reason. Assuming you have attentive coaches this shouldn't be an issue.

We tryout at multiple teams yearly for practice and when you go into a team without them knowing you that is what they do.

The goal is to make it to the big field with their top players who are already there.

My suggestion is to talk to the coaching director and tell them about your recent move and ask to join a practice to get the feel of the game.

I remember watching tryouts 3-4 years ago, when McLean was one of the top clubs. All the coaches had their noses buried in their phones, texting each other and giggling like school girls. Zero interest in the process.

Now the program sucks. This once great program was dumped by SYC’s MLSNext move, forced to merge with some rag tag outfit in Fairfax to stay in ECNL National.

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Anonymous wrote:They have multiple tryouts for this reason. Assuming you have attentive coaches this shouldn't be an issue.

We tryout at multiple teams yearly for practice and when you go into a team without them knowing you that is what they do.

The goal is to make it to the big field with their top players who are already there.

My suggestion is to talk to the coaching director and tell them about your recent move and ask to join a practice to get the feel of the game.

I remember watching tryouts 3-4 years ago, when McLean was one of the top clubs. All the coaches had their noses buried in their phones, texting each other and giggling like school girls. Zero interest in the process.

Now the program sucks. This once great program was dumped by SYC’s MLSNext move, forced to merge with some rag tag outfit in Fairfax to stay in ECNL National.

I assume you’re talking about the boys side. What you’ve written does not describe the current girls program.

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Anonymous wrote:They have multiple tryouts for this reason. Assuming you have attentive coaches this shouldn't be an issue.

We tryout at multiple teams yearly for practice and when you go into a team without them knowing you that is what they do.

The goal is to make it to the big field with their top players who are already there.

My suggestion is to talk to the coaching director and tell them about your recent move and ask to join a practice to get the feel of the game.

I remember watching tryouts 3-4 years ago, when McLean was one of the top clubs. All the coaches had their noses buried in their phones, texting each other and giggling like school girls. Zero interest in the process.

Now the program sucks. This once great program was dumped by SYC’s MLSNext move, forced to merge with some rag tag outfit in Fairfax to stay in ECNL National.

I assume you’re talking about the boys side. What you’ve written does not describe the current girls program.

Indeed.

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What about on the girls side?

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Anonymous wrote:They have multiple tryouts for this reason. Assuming you have attentive coaches this shouldn't be an issue.

We tryout at multiple teams yearly for practice and when you go into a team without them knowing you that is what they do.

The goal is to make it to the big field with their top players who are already there.

My suggestion is to talk to the coaching director and tell them about your recent move and ask to join a practice to get the feel of the game.

I remember watching tryouts 3-4 years ago, when McLean was one of the top clubs. All the coaches had their noses buried in their phones, texting each other and giggling like school girls. Zero interest in the process.

Now the program sucks. This once great program was dumped by SYC’s MLSNext move, forced to merge with some rag tag outfit in Fairfax to stay in ECNL National.

I assume you’re talking about the boys side. What you’ve written does not describe the current girls program.

Um, the girls program is nothing to write home about either. But, it lets parents tell their friends their soccer star child plays travel soccer for McLean. I guess there's that.