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[quote=RedCard][quote=Heloise][quote=RedCard][quote=RedCard][quote=S0ccerdad][quote=RedCard][
Yes, Arlington offers a middle school soccer league. I know little about this league and will investigate. From what I can gather online, the league only offers a fall season. There is no spring season. But I could be mistaken. I know nothing about the level-of-play. Hopefully it is more competitive than rec soccer.[/quote]

Arlington has a very large middle school rec program with 10-12 teams per grade on both the girls and boys side.  Teams have both a fall and spring season.  Season is 8 games and includes at least 1 practice per week.  
I'd also add the one of the unique features of Arlington is that they also have a self-contained (i.e., not part of the Suburban Friendship League) with 20+ teams on the boys side and 16 on the girls side.[/quote]

Thanks for the info. How is the level-of-play? Better than rec?
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I just found this article indicating that Arlington's middle school sports program could potentially be eliminated due to budget constraints:

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Ah, yes, the article is stale. Thx for pointing that out.

I understand that ASA and Arlington's middle school sports program are entirely separate. To sum up the entire thread, I expressed a desire for the ASA's ADP program to be extended upwards to age 13. But then another poster pointed out that Arlington's middle school sports program might be a reasonable substitute for the ADP program. It would be a good substitute, I think, if the level-of-play is above the ASA's rec league. If the level-of-play is the same, then it isn't what I'm looking forward. I'm trying to find an option for my kids, when they reach ages 12 and 13, that will allow them to play competitive soccer without joining a travel league. ADP is a perfect fit for us: all games are local, the coaching is good, and the level-of-play is good. Do you think Arlington's middle school soccer offers a reasonable level-of-play? And who coaches these teams?

https://www.insidenova.com/news/arlington/budget-cuts-could-imperil-arlington-middle-school-sports/article_db250602-8714-11eb-b396-0fa81fd8b40e.html
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Hopefully this won't happen. [/quote]

Two things:

1. I think the previous poster may have been confusing Arlington Soccer Association and the Arlington Public Schools middle school athletics program.

2. That article is over a year old and refers to the budget process for the current school year.  Middle school athletics were not eliminated for this year, and I am not aware that eliminating them was even mentioned in the recent budget process for next school year (which passed earlier this month).[/quote][/quote]

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