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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What?!!!

The girl's side is one of the biggest in the area. The field fields two elite teams at most age groups - One playing ECNL and the other playing EDP National League/State Cup. Some of the other age groups still have a 3rd team. I don't know of another local club which fields so many competitive teams at each age group above u14.

My recommendation for younger groups is to develop elsewhere and then come to Bethesda as you enter HS. Before that, I don't believe you will get value.[/quote]

So just looking through the rankings.

Got soccer ranking in the for state of Maryland. The first number is the regional ranking. I think you have to be in the top three in your state(specially a small state like Maryland) to be considered elite. In the region maybe top 20 or being generous top 50? I am not a huge fan of these rankings but 100 point ranking difference is significant. So maybe the ‘05, but the second team? Just remember this area should be viewed as the DMV. So you should factor in the Va teams also. If you do it would push BSC further down the list.

‘02
16     pipeline 
150    SAC
165   FC Frederick
226   BSC Freedom 
263   BSC threat

‘03
18     ST. MARY'S SOCCER (SMS) POWER
23	OPSA MAGIC '03
27	SAC PREMIER BLUE 03
51	MARYLAND UNITED FC 2003 GIRLS NPL
112	BALTIMORE UNION SC ELITE 03
138	MARYLAND UNITED FC 2003 ECNL
142	MARYLAND RUSH MONTGOMERY BLUE '03G RAMPA
143	FC FREDERICK '03
148	BETHESDA SC ECNL FURY 03
179	FC GIRONDINS DE BORDEAUX USA FC BORDEAUX
192	PREMIER SC NAVY 03
250	BETHESDA SC LEGACY 03

‘04
6	BALTIMORE UNION SC ELITE 04
31	SOCCER OF COLUMBIA PREMIER BLUE 04
50	PIPELINE SC PRE-ACADEMY
52	MARYLAND UNITED FC 2004 ECNL
74	OLD LINE FC 04 BLACK
96	BETHESDA SC ECNL FORCE 04
136	BALTIMORE CELTIC SC 04 ELITE
143	BETHESDA SC BETHESDA ELITE 04 (FORMERLY

‘05
1	PIPELINE SC PRE-ACADEMY
3	MARYLAND RUSH MONTGOMERY BLUE '05G COYOT
43	BETHESDA SC ECNL REAL 05
....
1230	BETHESDA SC HAWKS 05

‘06
16	MARYLAND RUSH MONTGOMERY BLUE '06G COYOT
45	BALTIMORE UNION SC ELITE 06
91	SOCCER OF COLUMBIA PREMIER BLUE 06
103	PIPELINE SC PRE-ACADEMY
159	ELLICOTT CITY CITY 2006 GIRLS BLACK
182	SOCCER OF COLUMBIA PREMIER WHITE (06)
215	BETHESDA SC ECNL 06
298	MARYLAND UNITED FC 2006 ECNL
372	BETHESDA SC RAPIDS 06[/quote]

For the OP, the above post is a great example of a "negative agenda" post that was mentioned earlier in this thread.

Most people know and understand that Got Soccer rankings are not the most accurate way to rank teams, since, among other reasons, (a) Got Soccer awards a huge number of points for State Cup results, and all DA and nearly all ECNL teams do [u][b]not[/b][/u] participate in the State Cups, and (b) Got Soccer awards points for some team's standings in their league (e.g., EDP), but does not award points to DA and ECNL teams based on their standings in the DA and ECNL leagues.  As a result, non-DA and ECNL teams have opportunities to be awarded significantly more "Got Soccer points" than ECNL and DA teams, and the rankings get skewed.

I think most people agree that youthsoccerrankings.com does the best job of ranking youth teams.  The rankings from that site would show a completely different picture of BSC's girls program, compared to the Got Soccer rankings.  A different thread already covered the rankings of the top VA and MD teams, so I am just copying below that prior post with its rankings results.

Lastly, as was also posted on that different thread, BSC has historically had double-digit college commitments in each age group. For example, BSC just touted in its Jan. 2019 newsletter that [u][b]19[/b][/u] girls committed to college soccer programs, including (a) top 10 programs UNC, UVa and WVa, (b) a couple other girls going to programs in the top 25, and (c) several other girls going to very good academic schools to play soccer (e.g., 2 girls committing to Princeton, which was ranked #27 in the country at the end of the season by the NCAA's RPI soccer rankings; 1 girl committing to Notre Dame; etc.).  It has also been mentioned in other threads that BSC has had the most college commitments of any of the area clubs, including McLean, FCV, Arlington, MD United, etc. Maybe that changes as the years go by, as a result of the general talent dilution caused by the new DA teams in the DMV area and the new teams recently given ECNL status, like Loudoun. Regardless, if college soccer is the end game for your daughter, then BSC is certainly a good platform for her.  Is it the only platform or the "best" (whatever the hell that means) platform?  Of course not.  But to argue that BSC is not one of the top girls programs in the DMV is to ignore facts.

From other thread:  "With the usual caveats that there is no good way to rank area teams, I think most people agree that youthsoccerrankings.com does the best job. According to that site, here are the top MD and VA teams for the ECNL/DA age groups (by their ranking in Region 1, which includes VA, WV, MD, DE, PA, NJ, NY, CT, RI, MA, VT, NH and ME). Note that I only included teams in MD and VA that were in the top 40 in Region 1. If an area team is not listed in an age group, then it is not ranked in the top 40 in that age group.

2000

2 BSC 
13 FCV 
16 Arlington 
20 MD United 
26 Pipeline 
37 SAC

2001

1 McLean 
4 BSC 
9 Premier Navy 
10 FCV 
12 FC Frederick 
13 BRYC 
16 Richmond 
18 Washington Spirit VA 
23 Beach FC 
32 SOCA

2002

2 McLean 
5 MD United 
17 Calvert 
20 BRYC 
30 Beach FC 
37 Loudoun

2003

2 BRYC 
6 MD United 
10 McLean 
15 BSC 
25 Richmond 
27 Arlington 
28 Hurricanes 
40 Seacoast United

2004

4 Richmond 
6 FCV 
9 MD United 
17 Wa. Spirit MD 
22 McLean 
26 Arlington 
27 Beach FC 
31 VDA 
34 Baltimore Union

2005

7 Pipeline 
11 BSC 
13 VDA 
19 Rush 
27 Baltimore Celtic 
28 Wa Spirit MD 
33 Richmond

2006

14 Rush 
15 VDA 
18 Loudoun 
36 Baltimore Union 
39 BSC

Lastly, to be fair to Loudoun, this was the first year that they had ECNL status. As a result, most of the girls who would have played ECNL or DA left for other clubs in the DMV area (usually FCV or McLean). As a result, their rankings are lower than they likely will be in future years beginning with the 2007s."[/quote]

Oh really a negative agenda?  Looking over what you have posted shows BSC had two teams that could be considered elite not two elite teams in each age group from 14 up. Those are also u18 and u19 teams. How many of those girls were developed at BSC? What are you trying to gaslight everyone? Seriously the ‘00 and ‘01 are the exception and not the norm for BSC and they do not go two teams deep. [/quote]

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