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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thinking of my son's future...

I have an 05' very competitive teen, who's been playing Travel soccer since U9 in top teams. We live in Fairfax and I (mom) don' really care (refuse) to drive to Arlington or Loudoun....any decent options in the area? Interested in a good solid coach and competitive teammates.

With two sons playing, I'm exhausted of all the driving... and secretly glad with the "break".[/quote]

I don’t know where you live or where your 05 son plays, but there are some very good teams in Fairfax County like Doradus (SDor) and SYC (Franconia and Springfield). Those 2 have been stronger than any other 05 teams in NOVA with the possible/probable exception of VDA.[/quote]

Good teams, among tops. Alexandria won the state in the fall and is top ranked in this age group but probably a little too far out given what you said. [/quote]

U15 (2005) boys:
SYC, Doradus, Alexandria, Villarreal, Herndon, VYS, FcV McLean, Loudoun are ALL ranked higher than Arlington.

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According to what? [/quote]

Gotsoccer.  Arlington is much lower in state rankings for 2005B.  I’m not sure who is pimping them out on this board.  In many boy age groups, they are not one of the top teams in the state.  Many local teams are higher. 2007 and  2008 boys, they are ranked lower than 8 other local dmv teams.

DA in the older years is a separate thing with mostly non-Arlington players.

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Youth soccer rankings can be better (they don't just give points for trophy hunters who sandbag in lower divisions for gotsoccer points, etc) and it includes DAs.  Here's U15  for VA:

1	SOCA ELITE [109]	37.95
2	ALEXANDRIA SA RED [133]	37.74
3	ARLINGTON SA [159]	37.63
4	VIRGINIA LEGACY SC CCL [169]	37.59
5	RICHMOND KICKERS YOUTH SC ELITE RED [205]	37.38
6	RICHMOND UNITED [294]	37.00
7	RICHMOND STRIKERS ELITE [369]	36.76
8	LEE MOUNT VERNON SC SPRINGFIELD SOUTH COUNTY YOUTH CLUB LIONS BLUE [375]	36.74
9	LOUDOUN SC SOCCER RED [427]	36.60
10	LOUDOUN SC SOCCER ECNL [447]	36.52
11	DORADUS SDOR ELITE [485]	36.39
12	ANNANDALE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB VILLARREAL VIRGINIA ACADEMY [511]	36.33
13	HYS CICLONES BLACK [520]	36.32
14	ARLINGTON SA RED [526]	36.30
15	COMMONWEALTH FC BLACK [571]	36.15
16	VA RUSH SC [590]	36.12
17	MCLEAN YS ECNL [674]	35.92
18	FREDERICKSBURG FC BLACK [868]	35.47
19	VIENNA YS EAGLES [929]	35.35
20	FC VIRGINIA UNITED ELITE [990]	35.23
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Arlington is #17:

http://home.gotsoccer.com/rankings/results.aspx?Level=National&Country=USA&Gender=Boys&Age=15&state=VA&search=&pos=1

So obviously rankings don't mean anything.  When in one instance you are ranked 3rd and in another you are 17th in the State.

There are a lot of great teams and training in the DMV and many aren't all the 'big' names.  Teams without a long history have to work themselves up from the bottom brackets and work to get into tournaments.

Everyone knows that the bigger Clubs often intimidate and black ball smaller Clubs from their leagues and tournaments.  Everything should go pro/rel.

I agree that the ranking thing is horsesh*t.  The talent is too diluted. There are too many different leagues and barriers for smaller Clubs.

However, the idea that some of the biggest in the area do it best is just plain untrue.  The coaching often is stretched thin and unless your kid is put on a track with the top 15 kids in a 100 kid age group, you just might be better off elsewhere. It's often completely impersonal.

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I have been looking at rankings on both different websites and Alexandria boys are consistenly in the top 1-2 under both parameters/ranking systems and across age groups--yet they get a lot less press on this board than the big boys.[/quote]

Yes we do.  This is why I don't understand all of the talk about the FCV talk about moving to Springfield.  There's BRYC, Alexandria, SYC, and FCV won't have a DA patch to lure kids away.  It's going to be difficult to compete with Loudoun and McLean, but it's going to be difficult to compete with the clubs out here.  That's a lot of driving to train.  I do hope TSJ building gets reopened smoothly, though.[/quote]

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