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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have just moved to the DC area from Europe, and have an avid 9 year old soccer player at home. I would like to enroll him into soccer practice, but browsing the different options has gotten me completely confused. Can you help me find a club where:
- he can practice twice a week
- he can both improve his skills and play games, while having fun (we are not interested in competitive/travel programs)
- we don't need to commute too far from our neighborhood (NIH/Suburban hospital)
- enrolments are still open for individual players

Thanks a lot!![/quote]

You aren’t going to get anything compatible without travel. You might want to try msi select which isn’t quite travel[/quote]

This.  Only MSI select isn't going to be good enough.  I was in your shoes a few years ago.

If your son really is an avid soccer player from Europe then he will probably be the best player on almost any travel team - even the top ones.  My son was a good player in Europe at that age, better than most - perhaps all - of his schoolmates at a smallish school (maybe 20-30 boys of his age).  But he was by no means amazingly good by the local standards.

My attitude was much like yours when we arrived so we signed him up for rec league - which turned out to be a waste of everyone's time (except for the coach who loved us :-)).

I'm afraid you need to find a travel team.  The good news is that at that age there isn't too much actual traveling involved.

Where you are your best bet is probably Bethesda soccer club and the good news is that they are big enough that they will almost certainly be able to find a space for him somewhere.  I would explain your circumstances and see if he can attend a few pre-season training sessions so they can figure out which team to slot him into.[/quote]

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