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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC United Development Academy has a contract with Medstar sports medicine, but that said I think this is the exception rather than the norm.

Basically no travel team will be able to afford a full time person so you're looking for a neighborhood that might have doctors as parents, more than likely. Somewhere in NW DC or Bethesda area (NIH, Walter Reed, etc) might have a higher percentage of doctor soccer parents than others, but there really is no way to find this without aksing parent by parent what they do for a living, basically.[/quote]

OP here.  Thank you.  I just want to say that when we were living in the midwest, the coach actually informed parents on the team that one of the parents who is also a ped neurologist volunteered to be at practices and matches to make sure that all kids on the team will get immediate medical attention should something happen.  That went over very well with other parents.  I am hoping that travel teams in the DMV area can do the same thing instead parents going around asking other parents.[/quote]

DC United has a certified athletic trainer from Medstar present at all games, just like every other DA, nothing more.

This quote:  "My wife is having a hard time of letting them join a travel team without having at least a parent on the team who is a neurologist at practices and matches if she can not be there"

Makes me think maybe they need to make it harder to pass med school. [/quote]

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