Is there any soccer teams to join if you can't do Saturday's ? Or are we done?

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[Post New]07/21/2022 14:57
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seacap11
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We live in NW DC. My 13yo son (8th grade so probably plays 14U) has always played soccer and I have been told he is a very talented goalie. He has decided to make baseball his primary sport this year and is committed to a team that plays on Saturdays. He would like to still play soccer in some way even if it isn't at the classic level that he did at MSI.

Does anyone know of any teams that play Sundays? or during the week? Or is he just done with soccer if he can't do Saturdays?

Thanks so much.
[Post New]07/21/2022 18:07
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Cruzado
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seacap11 wrote:We live in NW DC. My 13yo son (8th grade so probably plays 14U) has always played soccer and I have been told he is a very talented goalie. He has decided to make baseball his primary sport this year and is committed to a team that plays on Saturdays. He would like to still play soccer in some way even if it isn't at the classic level that he did at MSI.

Does anyone know of any teams that play Sundays? or during the week? Or is he just done with soccer if he can't do Saturdays?

Thanks so much.


I've had several kids of mine play travel soccer, and the games were always on Sunday (very few, if any, regular season games on Saturday).
[Post New]07/22/2022 11:37
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Nova2Euro
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Cruzado wrote:
seacap11 wrote:We live in NW DC. My 13yo son (8th grade so probably plays 14U) has always played soccer and I have been told he is a very talented goalie. He has decided to make baseball his primary sport this year and is committed to a team that plays on Saturdays. He would like to still play soccer in some way even if it isn't at the classic level that he did at MSI.

Does anyone know of any teams that play Sundays? or during the week? Or is he just done with soccer if he can't do Saturdays?

Thanks so much.


I've had several kids of mine play travel soccer, and the games were always on Sunday (very few, if any, regular season games on Saturday).


Sorry, but this is a bad take.

Do a little homework and check the past schedules of the league your son wants to play in. For example, U14 NCSL boys schedule:

http://www.ncsl-soccer.com/_element_display/#%2F80738%2Fschedules%2FSpring2022%2F105323437.html%3Frnd%3D1658504132520

As you see, split between Saturdays and Sundays. There might be some house leagues out there that don't play on Saturday, but it won't be common at all.
[Post New]07/22/2022 13:25
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soccermum79
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I think several EDP teams play on Saturdays.
[Post New]07/25/2022 10:30
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Cruzado
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Nova2Euro wrote:
Cruzado wrote:
seacap11 wrote:We live in NW DC. My 13yo son (8th grade so probably plays 14U) has always played soccer and I have been told he is a very talented goalie. He has decided to make baseball his primary sport this year and is committed to a team that plays on Saturdays. He would like to still play soccer in some way even if it isn't at the classic level that he did at MSI.

Does anyone know of any teams that play Sundays? or during the week? Or is he just done with soccer if he can't do Saturdays?

Thanks so much.


I've had several kids of mine play travel soccer, and the games were always on Sunday (very few, if any, regular season games on Saturday).


Sorry, but this is a bad take.

Do a little homework and check the past schedules of the league your son wants to play in. For example, U14 NCSL boys schedule:

http://www.ncsl-soccer.com/_element_display/#%2F80738%2Fschedules%2FSpring2022%2F105323437.html%3Frnd%3D1658504132520

As you see, split between Saturdays and Sundays. There might be some house leagues out there that don't play on Saturday, but it won't be common at all.


My bad. Thus far in my experience, the vast majority of my boys' travel soccer games have been on Sundays.

Although, even looking at the schedule you posted (and I don't know if it's representative of travel soccer schedules generally, across different ages and leagues), only about 75% of the games are on Sunday.

The bottom line seems to be that is someone has a strict NO SATURDAYS or NO SUNDAYS limitation, they aren't going to be able to play travel soccer in the DMV unless they accept that they'll miss some games. But as between the two, it seems that there are still way more games on Sunday than Saturday ... so I would still let my kid play and just let the coach know that you can't make the Saturday games.
[Post New]07/25/2022 10:58
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DCUdad
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I think the bottom line is that you are going to have to find a team where the coach knows you may miss a number of games and is willing to work with it. You can play Sunday games, and you will try to play Saturdays when there isn't a conflict; but baseball is top priority. Honestly, if you are willing to pay full price, I don't see why a team/coach at the MSI Classic level (or similar) wouldn't go for this after an honest conversation, especially if your son is better than the alternative at GK, and is generally a positive presence on the team.
[Post New]07/27/2022 12:21
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seacap11
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OP here, Thanks for the responses.

I am going to look around to see if I can find him a new team. Any suggestions anyone has about any particular clubs that play mostly Sundays would be helpful.

Thanks so much.
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