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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]New to travel soccer and need advice. Daughter has offer to play on the top team for a small club, and she has an offer to play on the D team for a big club. D team club was a cold tryout where they didn’t know her and she stuck out. I believe in looking at the A-C teams once she gets an opportunity to truly showcase herself she will be moved up. That being said which route would you go? [/quote] dont do big club.  Unless shes a true standout.  Your kid will get labeled as a lower team kid.  (Will always get passed by with amount of kids in club and outside players) I made the same mistake and my kid was stuck on C team for 3 years. (3rd 4th 5th grades)  we left after offered same team in 6th grade.   And now he's in HS and on ECNL team and plays majority of time.[/quote]

This right there... similar experience and observation. C and D teams usually get sub-par coaching (not always, but often) and it's much harder to move up unless your kid is the #1 player on the C or D team and are somehow noticed by A or B coaches. Most likely outcome is your kid stays on the same team from year to year even if they are good enough to get on a higher team. Also, since the A and B team kids get better coaching and your kid does not, the A and B players get better by higher margins and it's harder for your kid to compete.[/quote]

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