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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's actually pretty easy to break into new teams in high school because so many kids start to drop travel soccer. My DC was on a Div1 NCSL team that ended up with a lot of turnover during high school. If you are in NCSL just take a look at the other teams in your division or the division your DC wants to play in and start contacting the ones that are geographically convenient. Don't wait a year, start tryouts now - in our experience many teams did tryouts around this time because they wanted kids to do the winter training/leagues and be ready for the spring season. My DS joined a new team in December after trying out for 3 teams in October/November. Most of the tryouts at this age were just showing up for a few regular practices. That helps get a feel for the team and the coach as well.

Don't rule out Virginia teams - depending on where you live Arlington and McLean may not be too bad in terms of commute. Our club had high school practices quite late sometimes (like 8:30 pm) so traffic was not an issue.[/quote]

I am not the OP, but this is very interesting and helpful as we are in a similar situation.  We always looked at travel soccer as a year-long commitment so didn't realize there would be options at this time of year.... If I can ask, did you feel any guilt about leaving the current team?  It seems like leaving mid-year leaves the team at a real disadvantage and could have a domino effect leading to teams following apart, etc.    But maybe mid-year movement is more common and considered "acceptable" at high school level?  I guess coaches are okay with it?? -- In the sense that I'm sure they hate to have players leave but then they accept players from other teams?  I'm pretty sure CCL has strict rulings about "recruiting" or moving mid-year, but maybe NCSL does not?  Or maybe the rules are not followed or enforced?  Anyway, we are not the savviest when it comes to the "real world" of the soccer scene, so getting input like yours is very helpful.   Thanks again

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