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Anonymous wrote:If you have time to watch Arlington at WAGS go to Capital Cup to see Loudon, Arlington and McLean play against each other.

But, your comments on which players are skilled in Arlington are laughable . .

Not the pp but really? It does not really take more than a few minutes observing Arlington players to know they are not a skilled based team. There are like three field players who are okay. Two have size and athleticism but still need to develop foot skills. The third has some pretty good skills but gets lost in Arlington’s style of play. The rest you can have. Did Arlington just lose to Stoddert? Loudoun beat them what 5-1? You best hope you do not get put in to a top flight at a big tournament. Those teams have moved way beyond Arlington.

Look the team was a good u11 team but things have changed. I would worry if your kid is not in the top three. Arlington will make changes. I bet the TD is already evaluating everyone(coach and all the players) on that team.

Word is that Arlington has been bringing in TD and other coaches to try and turn things around because current coach is clueless. Talk about a team in crisis - can't win more than a game at a tournament, loses to Stoddert, and coach now has to be coached. Meanwhile next week, they are set up to be beaten by Loudoun and probably a Pitt team that isn't in the top 1000 in the country... Don't be surprised if everyone from the team - players and coach is gone next year. Best will leave for a functioning program, and the others will be demoted as Arlington tries a hard reset after a disastrous season.

At least a couple of their players have contacted - and even practiced with - other pre DA/ECNL clubs and we aren’t even out of October.

This is not true. Someone wants to switch their DD to Arlington 2008 DA next year and so they are trying to get current players to leave. Current parents and players are happy.

This is someone who is either not on the team or is naive. My DD plays for the Blue team, but has a number of friends on the Red team, and we are friends with a number of the parents. The 08 Red girls are very unhappy, and while there are a few parents who are not unhappy, the vast majority can't stand the coach. It shouldn't be a great surprise to anyone. The team went from winning tournaments to not winning a single game in a lower bracket...

Where are all of these Arlington Red girls going to go next year? Give up playing on a DA team close to home to play for another mediocre team further away? McLean lost girls from their green team to Arlington last year so it doesn't appear that will be a better option. That team isn't winning against quality competition either. BRYC is losing even more than Arlington. Metro probably won't even have a DA team at U13. Currently the best 2008 team in NOVA is Loudoun but that would be quite a haul from Arlington. And will they be able to keep their players or will they lose them to FCV next year and end up being mediocre too. There just aren't any really great 2008 teams out there. I've got a 2008 and unless some of these teams drop out of ECNL/DA and those top players change teams the talent is just too diluted.

lets breath for a second.

VSA is going to be the next best thing and help VDA to become a elite team. PWSI is a close second I wish we can make bets and I tell you VDA will be a top team in the nation

I do not think Arlington parents are going to be driving their 11 year olds to Woodbridge but I may be wrong. I’m thinking Bethesda will get a few

BSC u12s are not doing too well and they are driving 2-4 hours(from Bethesda) for league away games- like outside of NYC and northern New Jersey. I can see BSC kids leaving. That’s your whole weekend in a car for one games. Also BSC can have practices in northern Montgomery County.

It is beyond stupid that the pre ecnl splits the DMV in 1/2 and send BSC that far to play one game. BSC should just do what they did for U12 boys. When DA stopped for the u12 boys, they were worried about getting competitive games. So BSC, Arlington and a bunch of other clubs put their boys in the EDP u12.

ast Brunswick, NJ (May 7, 2019) —To replace the competition achieved during the past few years with the U12 Division of the US Soccer Development Academy League, six clubs in the Mid-Atlantic area have gotten together to form a U12 Atlantic Development Player EDP Conference. This conference will give these clubs a chance to participate in developmentally-appropriate competition that is virtually identical to what these clubs experienced when US Soccer ran a national U12 DA program. The following clubs – who participated in this season’s U12 US Development Academy League -- have committed to playing in this EDP Mid-Atlantic DA club conference for 2019-20:

Arlington Soccer Association (VA)
Baltimore Armour (MD)
Bethesda Soccer Club (MD)
Loudoun Soccer Club (VA)
PA Classics (PAE)
Richmond United (VA)

https://www.edpsoccer.com/news_article/show/1020031

Guess Arlington thought the CCL was poor competition for their pre DA boys ....not so for their pre DA girls u12? What’s that about Arlington parents? Wouldn’t you want to play those teams vs the CCL schedule?

This is so uninformed. ARL had a boys DA program for U12-U15. When US Soccer got rid of U12 across the board, these clubs came up with their own conference. The U12 girls were (and still are) CCL and they will be DA at U13.

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Anonymous wrote:Nothing is a sure thing in travel soccer. Only a fool would take a Club’s word. I’ve seen that played out over and over—-trusting parents/players with such loyalty only to get bamboozled in the 11th hour with nothing in their back pocket and nowhere else to go.

So, so true....

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Anonymous wrote:If you have time to watch Arlington at WAGS go to Capital Cup to see Loudon, Arlington and McLean play against each other.

But, your comments on which players are skilled in Arlington are laughable . .

Not the pp but really? It does not really take more than a few minutes observing Arlington players to know they are not a skilled based team. There are like three field players who are okay. Two have size and athleticism but still need to develop foot skills. The third has some pretty good skills but gets lost in Arlington’s style of play. The rest you can have. Did Arlington just lose to Stoddert? Loudoun beat them what 5-1? You best hope you do not get put in to a top flight at a big tournament. Those teams have moved way beyond Arlington.

Look the team was a good u11 team but things have changed. I would worry if your kid is not in the top three. Arlington will make changes. I bet the TD is already evaluating everyone(coach and all the players) on that team.

Word is that Arlington has been bringing in TD and other coaches to try and turn things around because current coach is clueless. Talk about a team in crisis - can't win more than a game at a tournament, loses to Stoddert, and coach now has to be coached. Meanwhile next week, they are set up to be beaten by Loudoun and probably a Pitt team that isn't in the top 1000 in the country... Don't be surprised if everyone from the team - players and coach is gone next year. Best will leave for a functioning program, and the others will be demoted as Arlington tries a hard reset after a disastrous season.

At least a couple of their players have contacted - and even practiced with - other pre DA/ECNL clubs and we aren’t even out of October.

This is not true. Someone wants to switch their DD to Arlington 2008 DA next year and so they are trying to get current players to leave. Current parents and players are happy.

This is someone who is either not on the team or is naive. My DD plays for the Blue team, but has a number of friends on the Red team, and we are friends with a number of the parents. The 08 Red girls are very unhappy, and while there are a few parents who are not unhappy, the vast majority can't stand the coach. It shouldn't be a great surprise to anyone. The team went from winning tournaments to not winning a single game in a lower bracket...

Where are all of these Arlington Red girls going to go next year? Give up playing on a DA team close to home to play for another mediocre team further away? McLean lost girls from their green team to Arlington last year so it doesn't appear that will be a better option. That team isn't winning against quality competition either. BRYC is losing even more than Arlington. Metro probably won't even have a DA team at U13. Currently the best 2008 team in NOVA is Loudoun but that would be quite a haul from Arlington. And will they be able to keep their players or will they lose them to FCV next year and end up being mediocre too. There just aren't any really great 2008 teams out there. I've got a 2008 and unless some of these teams drop out of ECNL/DA and those top players change teams the talent is just too diluted.

lets breath for a second.

VSA is going to be the next best thing and help VDA to become a elite team. PWSI is a close second I wish we can make bets and I tell you VDA will be a top team in the nation

I do not think Arlington parents are going to be driving their 11 year olds to Woodbridge but I may be wrong. I’m thinking Bethesda will get a few

BSC u12s are not doing too well and they are driving 2-4 hours(from Bethesda) for league away games- like outside of NYC and northern New Jersey. I can see BSC kids leaving. That’s your whole weekend in a car for one games. Also BSC can have practices in northern Montgomery County.

It is beyond stupid that the pre ecnl splits the DMV in 1/2 and send BSC that far to play one game. BSC should just do what they did for U12 boys. When DA stopped for the u12 boys, they were worried about getting competitive games. So BSC, Arlington and a bunch of other clubs put their boys in the EDP u12.

ast Brunswick, NJ (May 7, 2019) —To replace the competition achieved during the past few years with the U12 Division of the US Soccer Development Academy League, six clubs in the Mid-Atlantic area have gotten together to form a U12 Atlantic Development Player EDP Conference. This conference will give these clubs a chance to participate in developmentally-appropriate competition that is virtually identical to what these clubs experienced when US Soccer ran a national U12 DA program. The following clubs – who participated in this season’s U12 US Development Academy League -- have committed to playing in this EDP Mid-Atlantic DA club conference for 2019-20:

Arlington Soccer Association (VA)
Baltimore Armour (MD)
Bethesda Soccer Club (MD)
Loudoun Soccer Club (VA)
PA Classics (PAE)
Richmond United (VA)

https://www.edpsoccer.com/news_article/show/1020031

Guess Arlington thought the CCL was poor competition for their pre DA boys ....not so for their pre DA girls u12? What’s that about Arlington parents? Wouldn’t you want to play those teams vs the CCL schedule?

This is so uninformed. ARL had a boys DA program for U12-U15. When US Soccer got rid of U12 across the board, these clubs came up with their own conference. The U12 girls were (and still are) CCL and they will be DA at U13.

But let's be clear. These are not DA teams. That's not what some of the labels would have you believe, and I am sure the parents love that. But they are not DA teams. And if US soccer thought it made sense to make U13 the appropriate threshold for boys DA, why did these clubs essentially try to reproduce that kind insularity without the commensurate DA talent and process? Who knows. They also have ECNL, excuse me, pre-ECNL clubs in the mix for good measure.

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Anonymous wrote:If you have time to watch Arlington at WAGS go to Capital Cup to see Loudon, Arlington and McLean play against each other.

But, your comments on which players are skilled in Arlington are laughable . .

Not the pp but really? It does not really take more than a few minutes observing Arlington players to know they are not a skilled based team. There are like three field players who are okay. Two have size and athleticism but still need to develop foot skills. The third has some pretty good skills but gets lost in Arlington’s style of play. The rest you can have. Did Arlington just lose to Stoddert? Loudoun beat them what 5-1? You best hope you do not get put in to a top flight at a big tournament. Those teams have moved way beyond Arlington.

Look the team was a good u11 team but things have changed. I would worry if your kid is not in the top three. Arlington will make changes. I bet the TD is already evaluating everyone(coach and all the players) on that team.

Word is that Arlington has been bringing in TD and other coaches to try and turn things around because current coach is clueless. Talk about a team in crisis - can't win more than a game at a tournament, loses to Stoddert, and coach now has to be coached. Meanwhile next week, they are set up to be beaten by Loudoun and probably a Pitt team that isn't in the top 1000 in the country... Don't be surprised if everyone from the team - players and coach is gone next year. Best will leave for a functioning program, and the others will be demoted as Arlington tries a hard reset after a disastrous season.

At least a couple of their players have contacted - and even practiced with - other pre DA/ECNL clubs and we aren’t even out of October.

This is not true. Someone wants to switch their DD to Arlington 2008 DA next year and so they are trying to get current players to leave. Current parents and players are happy.

This is someone who is either not on the team or is naive. My DD plays for the Blue team, but has a number of friends on the Red team, and we are friends with a number of the parents. The 08 Red girls are very unhappy, and while there are a few parents who are not unhappy, the vast majority can't stand the coach. It shouldn't be a great surprise to anyone. The team went from winning tournaments to not winning a single game in a lower bracket...

Where are all of these Arlington Red girls going to go next year? Give up playing on a DA team close to home to play for another mediocre team further away? McLean lost girls from their green team to Arlington last year so it doesn't appear that will be a better option. That team isn't winning against quality competition either. BRYC is losing even more than Arlington. Metro probably won't even have a DA team at U13. Currently the best 2008 team in NOVA is Loudoun but that would be quite a haul from Arlington. And will they be able to keep their players or will they lose them to FCV next year and end up being mediocre too. There just aren't any really great 2008 teams out there. I've got a 2008 and unless some of these teams drop out of ECNL/DA and those top players change teams the talent is just too diluted.

lets breath for a second.

VSA is going to be the next best thing and help VDA to become a elite team. PWSI is a close second I wish we can make bets and I tell you VDA will be a top team in the nation

I do not think Arlington parents are going to be driving their 11 year olds to Woodbridge but I may be wrong. I’m thinking Bethesda will get a few

BSC u12s are not doing too well and they are driving 2-4 hours(from Bethesda) for league away games- like outside of NYC and northern New Jersey. I can see BSC kids leaving. That’s your whole weekend in a car for one games. Also BSC can have practices in northern Montgomery County.

It is beyond stupid that the pre ecnl splits the DMV in 1/2 and send BSC that far to play one game. BSC should just do what they did for U12 boys. When DA stopped for the u12 boys, they were worried about getting competitive games. So BSC, Arlington and a bunch of other clubs put their boys in the EDP u12.

ast Brunswick, NJ (May 7, 2019) —To replace the competition achieved during the past few years with the U12 Division of the US Soccer Development Academy League, six clubs in the Mid-Atlantic area have gotten together to form a U12 Atlantic Development Player EDP Conference. This conference will give these clubs a chance to participate in developmentally-appropriate competition that is virtually identical to what these clubs experienced when US Soccer ran a national U12 DA program. The following clubs – who participated in this season’s U12 US Development Academy League -- have committed to playing in this EDP Mid-Atlantic DA club conference for 2019-20:

Arlington Soccer Association (VA)
Baltimore Armour (MD)
Bethesda Soccer Club (MD)
Loudoun Soccer Club (VA)
PA Classics (PAE)
Richmond United (VA)

https://www.edpsoccer.com/news_article/show/1020031

Guess Arlington thought the CCL was poor competition for their pre DA boys ....not so for their pre DA girls u12? What’s that about Arlington parents? Wouldn’t you want to play those teams vs the CCL schedule?

This is so uninformed. ARL had a boys DA program for U12-U15. When US Soccer got rid of U12 across the board, these clubs came up with their own conference. The U12 girls were (and still are) CCL and they will be DA at U13.

Whats uninformed about it? How many competitive games in the CCL do the u12 girls get? Is the CCL preparing them for the top bracket teams in big tournaments?

You are being very misleading. This years u12 boys were last years u11 boys and they were never in DA. Now the CCL is not good enough for the boys but it’s good enough for the girls. LOL I guess the men told you some bs line about competition being important for the boys but not for the girls.

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Next year Arlington DA U13 will play against who? CCL?

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Anonymous wrote:Next year Arlington DA U13 will play against who? CCL?

Real DA will play real DA teams beginning at U13, as real DA teams do. Everything before U13 calling itself DA or ECNL is for status conscious parents and Arlington/Loudoun coaches doing their best to try to recruit/retain players. They will do it all over again in the Spring.

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Anonymous wrote:If you have time to watch Arlington at WAGS go to Capital Cup to see Loudon, Arlington and McLean play against each other.

But, your comments on which players are skilled in Arlington are laughable . .

Not the pp but really? It does not really take more than a few minutes observing Arlington players to know they are not a skilled based team. There are like three field players who are okay. Two have size and athleticism but still need to develop foot skills. The third has some pretty good skills but gets lost in Arlington’s style of play. The rest you can have. Did Arlington just lose to Stoddert? Loudoun beat them what 5-1? You best hope you do not get put in to a top flight at a big tournament. Those teams have moved way beyond Arlington.

Look the team was a good u11 team but things have changed. I would worry if your kid is not in the top three. Arlington will make changes. I bet the TD is already evaluating everyone(coach and all the players) on that team.

Word is that Arlington has been bringing in TD and other coaches to try and turn things around because current coach is clueless. Talk about a team in crisis - can't win more than a game at a tournament, loses to Stoddert, and coach now has to be coached. Meanwhile next week, they are set up to be beaten by Loudoun and probably a Pitt team that isn't in the top 1000 in the country... Don't be surprised if everyone from the team - players and coach is gone next year. Best will leave for a functioning program, and the others will be demoted as Arlington tries a hard reset after a disastrous season.

At least a couple of their players have contacted - and even practiced with - other pre DA/ECNL clubs and we aren’t even out of October.

This is not true. Someone wants to switch their DD to Arlington 2008 DA next year and so they are trying to get current players to leave. Current parents and players are happy.

This is someone who is either not on the team or is naive. My DD plays for the Blue team, but has a number of friends on the Red team, and we are friends with a number of the parents. The 08 Red girls are very unhappy, and while there are a few parents who are not unhappy, the vast majority can't stand the coach. It shouldn't be a great surprise to anyone. The team went from winning tournaments to not winning a single game in a lower bracket...

Where are all of these Arlington Red girls going to go next year? Give up playing on a DA team close to home to play for another mediocre team further away? McLean lost girls from their green team to Arlington last year so it doesn't appear that will be a better option. That team isn't winning against quality competition either. BRYC is losing even more than Arlington. Metro probably won't even have a DA team at U13. Currently the best 2008 team in NOVA is Loudoun but that would be quite a haul from Arlington. And will they be able to keep their players or will they lose them to FCV next year and end up being mediocre too. There just aren't any really great 2008 teams out there. I've got a 2008 and unless some of these teams drop out of ECNL/DA and those top players change teams the talent is just too diluted.

They are not going anywhere. The word is all the red team will make DA next year. There will be no changes unless a kid who is really good(fast and big) comes from outside the club. This has been passed down informally by Arlington’s staff. You really think parents would leave a sure thing?

The word? From whom? And you ask who would pass up a sure thing? Let's be clear about this. Why on earth would you want your kid to stay at a club where players have tenure? You want either new players or the threat of new players to motivate your players, and if those players do not face challenges and competition, they are not going to improve as much as programs where there is selection based on merit. Simply promoting a club's first team to DA is pretty much the opposite of merit given how much talent is dispersed throughout the region. But I do think there are a number of parents on the boys side who view the DA as a continuation of Arlington's first team, although all evidence is to the contrary. Those coaches will generally select the best players, and if they are not doing it that way, you don't want your kid there. If all they are doing is moving the red team to the DA, why the hell call it DA? If DAs are doing this on the women's side, it is no wonder people think it is a joke. Sure thing? The only sure thing about that would be mediocrity that will be quickly exposed against more competitive, open clubs.

^ Team chemistry and consistency beats talent any day. You can have a team of “superstars” but when kids don’t get along , too stressed, and the team lacks trust, things begin to fall apart. It’s everyone’s job to keep each other motivated . You win as a team and you lose as a team. Develop who you have. Success comes when you least expect it.

^ No, no it doesnt. A bunch of good friends playing crappy soccer together for years will be obliterated by talent. This is VSA mentality for sure. Those teams with seniors on them have been together as a whole for years and are awful. But it's fun, they have a great time. It is what they want at that level. They are not interested in competition or will to win or bettering themselves with added training etc.

Success comes with effort and determination - not fairy dust and happenstance.

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Anonymous wrote:If you have time to watch Arlington at WAGS go to Capital Cup to see Loudon, Arlington and McLean play against each other.

But, your comments on which players are skilled in Arlington are laughable . .

Not the pp but really? It does not really take more than a few minutes observing Arlington players to know they are not a skilled based team. There are like three field players who are okay. Two have size and athleticism but still need to develop foot skills. The third has some pretty good skills but gets lost in Arlington’s style of play. The rest you can have. Did Arlington just lose to Stoddert? Loudoun beat them what 5-1? You best hope you do not get put in to a top flight at a big tournament. Those teams have moved way beyond Arlington.

Look the team was a good u11 team but things have changed. I would worry if your kid is not in the top three. Arlington will make changes. I bet the TD is already evaluating everyone(coach and all the players) on that team.

Word is that Arlington has been bringing in TD and other coaches to try and turn things around because current coach is clueless. Talk about a team in crisis - can't win more than a game at a tournament, loses to Stoddert, and coach now has to be coached. Meanwhile next week, they are set up to be beaten by Loudoun and probably a Pitt team that isn't in the top 1000 in the country... Don't be surprised if everyone from the team - players and coach is gone next year. Best will leave for a functioning program, and the others will be demoted as Arlington tries a hard reset after a disastrous season.

At least a couple of their players have contacted - and even practiced with - other pre DA/ECNL clubs and we aren’t even out of October.

This is not true. Someone wants to switch their DD to Arlington 2008 DA next year and so they are trying to get current players to leave. Current parents and players are happy.

This is someone who is either not on the team or is naive. My DD plays for the Blue team, but has a number of friends on the Red team, and we are friends with a number of the parents. The 08 Red girls are very unhappy, and while there are a few parents who are not unhappy, the vast majority can't stand the coach. It shouldn't be a great surprise to anyone. The team went from winning tournaments to not winning a single game in a lower bracket...

Where are all of these Arlington Red girls going to go next year? Give up playing on a DA team close to home to play for another mediocre team further away? McLean lost girls from their green team to Arlington last year so it doesn't appear that will be a better option. That team isn't winning against quality competition either. BRYC is losing even more than Arlington. Metro probably won't even have a DA team at U13. Currently the best 2008 team in NOVA is Loudoun but that would be quite a haul from Arlington. And will they be able to keep their players or will they lose them to FCV next year and end up being mediocre too. There just aren't any really great 2008 teams out there. I've got a 2008 and unless some of these teams drop out of ECNL/DA and those top players change teams the talent is just too diluted.

They are not going anywhere. The word is all the red team will make DA next year. There will be no changes unless a kid who is really good(fast and big) comes from outside the club. This has been passed down informally by Arlington’s staff. You really think parents would leave a sure thing?

The word? From whom? And you ask who would pass up a sure thing? Let's be clear about this. Why on earth would you want your kid to stay at a club where players have tenure? You want either new players or the threat of new players to motivate your players, and if those players do not face challenges and competition, they are not going to improve as much as programs where there is selection based on merit. Simply promoting a club's first team to DA is pretty much the opposite of merit given how much talent is dispersed throughout the region. But I do think there are a number of parents on the boys side who view the DA as a continuation of Arlington's first team, although all evidence is to the contrary. Those coaches will generally select the best players, and if they are not doing it that way, you don't want your kid there. If all they are doing is moving the red team to the DA, why the hell call it DA? If DAs are doing this on the women's side, it is no wonder people think it is a joke. Sure thing? The only sure thing about that would be mediocrity that will be quickly exposed against more competitive, open clubs.

^ Team chemistry and consistency beats talent any day. You can have a team of “superstars” but when kids don’t get along , too stressed, and the team lacks trust, things begin to fall apart. It’s everyone’s job to keep each other motivated . You win as a team and you lose as a team. Develop who you have. Success comes when you least expect it.

^ No, no it doesnt. A bunch of good friends playing crappy soccer together for years will be obliterated by talent. This is VSA mentality for sure. Those teams with seniors on them have been together as a whole for years and are awful. But it's fun, they have a great time. It is what they want at that level. They are not interested in competition or will to win or bettering themselves with added training etc.

Success comes with effort and determination - not fairy dust and happenstance.

Almost all their NPL teams are doing very well and their younger age groups are outstanding. They’re doing something right.

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Anonymous wrote:Next year Arlington DA U13 will play against who? CCL?

Real DA will play real DA teams beginning at U13, as real DA teams do. Everything before U13 calling itself DA or ECNL is for status conscious parents and Arlington/Loudoun coaches doing their best to try to recruit/retain players. They will do it all over again in the Spring.

Especially when it is the same kids at U12. It is the same pool.

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Anonymous wrote:If you have time to watch Arlington at WAGS go to Capital Cup to see Loudon, Arlington and McLean play against each other.

But, your comments on which players are skilled in Arlington are laughable . .

Not the pp but really? It does not really take more than a few minutes observing Arlington players to know they are not a skilled based team. There are like three field players who are okay. Two have size and athleticism but still need to develop foot skills. The third has some pretty good skills but gets lost in Arlington’s style of play. The rest you can have. Did Arlington just lose to Stoddert? Loudoun beat them what 5-1? You best hope you do not get put in to a top flight at a big tournament. Those teams have moved way beyond Arlington.

Look the team was a good u11 team but things have changed. I would worry if your kid is not in the top three. Arlington will make changes. I bet the TD is already evaluating everyone(coach and all the players) on that team.

Word is that Arlington has been bringing in TD and other coaches to try and turn things around because current coach is clueless. Talk about a team in crisis - can't win more than a game at a tournament, loses to Stoddert, and coach now has to be coached. Meanwhile next week, they are set up to be beaten by Loudoun and probably a Pitt team that isn't in the top 1000 in the country... Don't be surprised if everyone from the team - players and coach is gone next year. Best will leave for a functioning program, and the others will be demoted as Arlington tries a hard reset after a disastrous season.

At least a couple of their players have contacted - and even practiced with - other pre DA/ECNL clubs and we aren’t even out of October.

This is not true. Someone wants to switch their DD to Arlington 2008 DA next year and so they are trying to get current players to leave. Current parents and players are happy.

This is someone who is either not on the team or is naive. My DD plays for the Blue team, but has a number of friends on the Red team, and we are friends with a number of the parents. The 08 Red girls are very unhappy, and while there are a few parents who are not unhappy, the vast majority can't stand the coach. It shouldn't be a great surprise to anyone. The team went from winning tournaments to not winning a single game in a lower bracket...

Where are all of these Arlington Red girls going to go next year? Give up playing on a DA team close to home to play for another mediocre team further away? McLean lost girls from their green team to Arlington last year so it doesn't appear that will be a better option. That team isn't winning against quality competition either. BRYC is losing even more than Arlington. Metro probably won't even have a DA team at U13. Currently the best 2008 team in NOVA is Loudoun but that would be quite a haul from Arlington. And will they be able to keep their players or will they lose them to FCV next year and end up being mediocre too. There just aren't any really great 2008 teams out there. I've got a 2008 and unless some of these teams drop out of ECNL/DA and those top players change teams the talent is just too diluted.

lets breath for a second.

VSA is going to be the next best thing and help VDA to become a elite team. PWSI is a close second I wish we can make bets and I tell you VDA will be a top team in the nation

I do not think Arlington parents are going to be driving their 11 year olds to Woodbridge but I may be wrong. I’m thinking Bethesda will get a few

BSC u12s are not doing too well and they are driving 2-4 hours(from Bethesda) for league away games- like outside of NYC and northern New Jersey. I can see BSC kids leaving. That’s your whole weekend in a car for one games. Also BSC can have practices in northern Montgomery County.

It is beyond stupid that the pre ecnl splits the DMV in 1/2 and send BSC that far to play one game. BSC should just do what they did for U12 boys. When DA stopped for the u12 boys, they were worried about getting competitive games. So BSC, Arlington and a bunch of other clubs put their boys in the EDP u12.

ast Brunswick, NJ (May 7, 2019) —To replace the competition achieved during the past few years with the U12 Division of the US Soccer Development Academy League, six clubs in the Mid-Atlantic area have gotten together to form a U12 Atlantic Development Player EDP Conference. This conference will give these clubs a chance to participate in developmentally-appropriate competition that is virtually identical to what these clubs experienced when US Soccer ran a national U12 DA program. The following clubs – who participated in this season’s U12 US Development Academy League -- have committed to playing in this EDP Mid-Atlantic DA club conference for 2019-20:

Arlington Soccer Association (VA)
Baltimore Armour (MD)
Bethesda Soccer Club (MD)
Loudoun Soccer Club (VA)
PA Classics (PAE)
Richmond United (VA)

https://www.edpsoccer.com/news_article/show/1020031

Guess Arlington thought the CCL was poor competition for their pre DA boys ....not so for their pre DA girls u12? What’s that about Arlington parents? Wouldn’t you want to play those teams vs the CCL schedule?

This is so uninformed. ARL had a boys DA program for U12-U15. When US Soccer got rid of U12 across the board, these clubs came up with their own conference. The U12 girls were (and still are) CCL and they will be DA at U13.

Whats uninformed about it? How many competitive games in the CCL do the u12 girls get? Is the CCL preparing them for the top bracket teams in big tournaments?

You are being very misleading. This years u12 boys were last years u11 boys and they were never in DA. Now the CCL is not good enough for the boys but it’s good enough for the girls. LOL I guess the men told you some bs line about competition being important for the boys but not for the girls.

Misleading? I don’t think so. They already had the coaches, the programming, the competition. They just had to come together to fill a need/gap.

Is CCL preparing u12 girls to play against top bracket teams in tournaments? Nope.
But these girls are 11 years old. They’ll have a chance to play tough competition the following year. And unlike the boys, the girls’ side has full DA, so they’ll be able to continue to play against tough competition all through high school. And hopefully get recruited by a great college. Bonus!

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Anonymous wrote:Next year Arlington DA U13 will play against who? CCL?

Real DA will play real DA teams beginning at U13, as real DA teams do. Everything before U13 calling itself DA or ECNL is for status conscious parents and Arlington/Loudoun coaches doing their best to try to recruit/retain players. They will do it all over again in the Spring.

Especially when it is the same kids at U12. It is the same pool.

It is not the same pool. The boys DA pool is considerably larger. Usually only about half of the boys and sometimes only a third at Arlington DA are from previous Arlington Red. The DA kids come from all over and from multiple other clubs. And a lot of Arlington u12s will go look at dcu next year if they restore U13 DA. At least one U12 already played in DCU DA. Also do not forget that U13 DA will roster half the players that used to be rostered on U12 DA teams. So many more from outside competing against U12 “DA” players for half the spots that exist this year for those U12s. Do the math.

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Im considering having my DD try out for Arlington girls DA next year for 2008. I ask myself is it worth all the drama? seems like people on this forum will keep track of the girls record. I believe Arlington is a top team otherwise why are they always top 3 in every age group you cant say they always pick the most athletic girls. Is everyone saying there is no athletic girls anywhere else in the area? Only Arlington has Athleticism I guess and knows how to teach girls to use it. Every other club must have girls walking with canes and must rely on actually coaching is what I’m reading.

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Anonymous wrote:Im considering having my DD try out for Arlington girls DA next year for 2008. I ask myself is it worth all the drama? seems like people on this forum will keep track of the girls record. I believe Arlington is a top team otherwise why are they always top 3 in every age group you cant say they always pick the most athletic girls. Is everyone saying there is no athletic girls anywhere else in the area? Only Arlington has Athleticism I guess and knows how to teach girls to use it. Every other club must have girls walking with canes and must rely on actually coaching is what I’m reading.

Arlington is not in top 3 at every age group. Traditionally their older girls teams are not as good. Perhaps having the DA will change that, although other clubs such as Loudoun and VDA have continued to struggle at older ages as well.

Arlington U18/19 DA team is in last place.

http://www.ussoccerda.com/sam/standings/league/standings.php?leagueId=MTMzNg%3D%3D

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Anonymous wrote:Im considering having my DD try out for Arlington girls DA next year for 2008. I ask myself is it worth all the drama? seems like people on this forum will keep track of the girls record. I believe Arlington is a top team otherwise why are they always top 3 in every age group you cant say they always pick the most athletic girls. Is everyone saying there is no athletic girls anywhere else in the area? Only Arlington has Athleticism I guess and knows how to teach girls to use it. Every other club must have girls walking with canes and must rely on actually coaching is what I’m reading.

Arlington is not in top 3 at every age group. Traditionally their older girls teams are not as good. Perhaps having the DA will change that, although other clubs such as Loudoun and VDA have continued to struggle at older ages as we'll

Arlington U18/19 DA team is in last place.

http://www.ussoccerda.com/sam/standings/league/standings.php?leagueId=MTMzNg%3D%3D

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Way to cherry pick.
18/19 are in there first year of DA.
How are the u14-16s doing? This is their 2nd year.
Judging a club by a first year team doesn’t seem fair.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Im considering having my DD try out for Arlington girls DA next year for 2008. I ask myself is it worth all the drama? seems like people on this forum will keep track of the girls record. I believe Arlington is a top team otherwise why are they always top 3 in every age group you cant say they always pick the most athletic girls. Is everyone saying there is no athletic girls anywhere else in the area? Only Arlington has Athleticism I guess and knows how to teach girls to use it. Every other club must have girls walking with canes and must rely on actually coaching is what I’m reading.

Arlington is not in top 3 at every age group. Traditionally their older girls teams are not as good. Perhaps having the DA will change that, although other clubs such as Loudoun and VDA have continued to struggle at older ages as we'll

Arlington U18/19 DA team is in last place.

http://www.ussoccerda.com/sam/standings/league/standings.php?leagueId=MTMzNg%3D%3D

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Way to cherry pick.
18/19 are in there first year of DA.
How are the u14-16s doing? This is their 2nd year.
Judging a club by a first year team doesn’t seem fair.

OK what is Loudoun and VDAs excuses? Are they new too?