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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Actually, I don't even care about being on a team that wins the league or whatever. I just don't want to put my kid on a team that goes 0-20 for the year. I'm in Maryland and heard the northern VA teams are dominant. So if my put my kid on Potomac or PPA or MSI (the 3 MD teams I see registered in top division in spring 2025) in NCSL, is it going to be a 10-0 loss every weekend? I'm an NOT trying to get on "the best" team. I agree with prior poster that 100% agree that the important thing is learning how to play. But getting clobbered nonstop also isn't fun and I don't want my girl to quit on it. [/quote]

My experience is that NOVA teams are good and they are big at the younger ages.  Maryland teams tend to be smaller. But that's only for a few years, until around u13 when some boys start growing.  Things even out by U15 or U16.

If you want to be on a good team, generally potomac and Bethesda will have good players. You will be placed with kids similar to your kid's talent.[/quote]

What a weird thing to say. Are you for real? Virginia kids are larger than kids born a few miles away?[/quote]

Yes.  MD kids tend to be smaller. [/quote]

This makes 0 sense, but I think what you are trying to say is that certain MD teams will favor smaller technical players whereas VA teams prefer pure size/athleticism. I do agree with this a bit seeing how Bethesda usually tries to play more possession/building out of the back. Bethesda still loves the fast athletic striker when push comes to shove in close games. [/quote]

This isn’t true either. I’ve seen plenty of small talented Bethesda players get cut for less talented kids that are bigger and purely athletic. The prior posters rationale makes 0 sense. [/quote]

Speed of play also comes in, especially when you are smaller.  So you can be technical, but not make decisions fast enough.  [/quote]

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