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[quote=Anonymous]This isn't a question that can be answered in the abstract. Is the kid in question a very athletic kid who is obsessed with soccer and works out a ton on her own?  And does the MSI coach emphasize foot skills above all (can the kids on the team juggle at least 50-100 times without dropping the ball, juggle with both feet, trap the ball well, and do cuts and other moves to get around other players)?  Then it won't do her much, if any, harm to stick with MSI Classic for now, though she'll lose out some on development by playing with and against weaker competition than she would in a good travel program.  She'll need to eventually move to a better team and league if she wants to progress.

Or is she athletic and passionate about soccer but doesn't really work out on  her own or have decent footskills?  In that case, if she has ambitions of improving, you need to either start helping her find extra training, whether it's on her own or private lessons or clinics, or moving to travel.  Finding a good travel program that is a good fit is not always easy (as you can tell if you read the soccer forums here), but there are plenty of great coaches at almost all clubs in the area.  As a counterpoint to a PP's comment, we are very happy with our son's experience on a B team at Bethesda.  They practice 3 days a week and play futsal in the winter, and are all about the skills.  One of our older kids played MSI Classic for a couple of years and liked it, but it did little to develop her foot work or any real understanding of the game.
 
If she's neither particularly athletic nor passionate about the game, then I wouldn't see a reason to move from a good MSI Classic team if she's enjoying it.[/quote]

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