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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Arlington 2011 is a unicorn. Maybe they will continue to be successful at later age or maybe they won’t. Can’t really predict with this group honestly. The 2008 Arlington that was amazing early on (or even the 2009?) was not this strong in the early years like the 2011. They somehow got lucky with several kids that have technical skills, speed and athleticism. The fact that they haven’t really cut anyone can also add to the chemistry of the team since they have been together for a long time while the rest of us having to face the changes every year. [/quote]

Speed and athleticism is going to normalize in future age groups. Not all the girls will continue to develop in the same way. Injuries are inevitable. They're going to have to start making cuts and recruiting from the outside to maintain success in the future.[/quote]

Sure. But some will continue to develop and be better than most. Everything will normalize and injury will happen but player to player, Arlington will still have the unicorn squad and that will attract good players from other clubs. It’s not like they haven’t added players. My take is they will continue to get better unless the team blows up somehow.[/quote]

That assumes they are willing to cut current players. If they are willing the team will continue to be great. If not they will still be pretty good but not as dominant as they are now. [/quote]

And that's when the "we've been together since U9" starts working against you. Are you going to cut players that you've known since they were 8-year olds when you inevitably have better options at age 15? Or how about playing time, are you willing to limit the time of some of those long-timers in lieu of better options? Things just get harder from this point forward, it's not a Disney movie.[/quote]

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