Why US Soccer should not grant Arlington older DA teams

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That entire team, including the coach, came from another club. Most Arlington kids were either moved down from the top team to B team or left the club.

Don't know about the entire team, but at least one kid has played for Arlington (starting with Rec, of course) since Kindergarten.

Ok, they took one or maybe two kids from Arlington. The rest came from Bethesda South.

Why did they leave Bethesda South if they were doing so well?

Field space.

The entire team, including the coach, left Bethesda South and jumped to Arlington.

He had been shopping for a new club home for a while. Almost went to Alexandria a couple of years before but they wouldn't bend on their no-parent coach policy and that was a dealbreaker for him.

Nothing new or out of the ordinary about any of this. Teams have been jumping clubs for years. Field space is almost always the main negotiating point.

Ironic that this thread is about Arlington’s lack of field space and that’s the reason they went to Arlington

If you are bringing a national caliber team Arlington will hand over premium fields and cram 3-4 low level teams on grass

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ASA going from 6 to 8 lower teams per field.

Ka-ching! Cha-ching!

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That entire team, including the coach, came from another club. Most Arlington kids were either moved down from the top team to B team or left the club.

Don't know about the entire team, but at least one kid has played for Arlington (starting with Rec, of course) since Kindergarten.

Ok, they took one or maybe two kids from Arlington. The rest came from Bethesda South.

Why did they leave Bethesda South if they were doing so well?

Field space.

The entire team, including the coach, left Bethesda South and jumped to Arlington.

He had been shopping for a new club home for a while. Almost went to Alexandria a couple of years before but they wouldn't bend on their no-parent coach policy and that was a dealbreaker for him.

Nothing new or out of the ordinary about any of this. Teams have been jumping clubs for years. Field space is almost always the main negotiating point.

Ironic that this thread is about Arlington’s lack of field space and that’s the reason they went to Arlington

If you are bringing a national caliber team Arlington will hand over premium fields and cram 3-4 low level teams on grass

Bethesda South (also known as Fairfax County) has plenty of field space.

Not true. I know a family that was at Bethesda South last year and they could only do 2 practices per week because of the field space issues.

Families I know from Bethesda say field situation is even worse north of the Potomac.

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That entire team, including the coach, came from another club. Most Arlington kids were either moved down from the top team to B team or left the club.

Don't know about the entire team, but at least one kid has played for Arlington (starting with Rec, of course) since Kindergarten.

Ok, they took one or maybe two kids from Arlington. The rest came from Bethesda South.

Why did they leave Bethesda South if they were doing so well?

Field space.

The entire team, including the coach, left Bethesda South and jumped to Arlington.

He had been shopping for a new club home for a while. Almost went to Alexandria a couple of years before but they wouldn't bend on their no-parent coach policy and that was a dealbreaker for him.

Nothing new or out of the ordinary about any of this. Teams have been jumping clubs for years. Field space is almost always the main negotiating point.

Ironic that this thread is about Arlington’s lack of field space and that’s the reason they went to Arlington

If you are bringing a national caliber team Arlington will hand over premium fields and cram 3-4 low level teams on grass

Bethesda South (also known as Fairfax County) has plenty of field space.

Not true. I know a family that was at Bethesda South last year and they could only do 2 practices per week because of the field space issues.

Families I know from Bethesda say field situation is even worse north of the Potomac.

Bethesda South could have requested a field for each team twice a week and then had all their teams share all the fields. 4 plus teams per field Arlington style. Problem solved?