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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Where are you - what club is closest to you? [/b]That can influence your options. Without knowing that, my recommendation is:

-Contact bottom travel teams at 2 closest local travel clubs and ask to attend some training sessions. Get feedback from the coach afterward as far as fit and recommendations. Maybe he makes one or is close and they may allow him to attend training occasionally.

Assuming he doesn’t make a team over the summer:
-Sign up for house soccer if current club is small, consider signup for house soccer at a close larger club
-sign up for rec skills training if the rec club offers it. Watch the sessions, see what moves they teach, work on those with him at least a couple times per week. 
-Sign up for Golden Boot or other weekly skills classes (HP Elite often only takes travel players). Depending on location there may be other soccer training companies near you. Watch the sessions, see what moves they teach, work on those with him. 
-Spend time with him dribbling, changing direction, and juggling.

The coaches will look for players that are comfortable on the ball, able to change direction or get past defenders, they will also look for speed and size. Ability/willingness to play in goal will also work in his favor. [/quote]

OP here. We're in NoVA--Merrifield area. [/quote]

PP. You have a bunch of options for travel then. In order: McLean, Vienna, Braddock Road, then Premier AC.

I would reach out now, most teams will have some sort of kickaround or practice by august. That will give you an idea of what could happen for the fall.

If fall is going to be recreation/house, then I would go with McLean for recreation. McLean offers both Recreation Skills and Recreation Goalkeeping training and is big enough on the boys side that there will be plenty of teams.

While people will say anyone with a checkbook can make a team, that’s not really the case with McLean and VYS. I don’t know the state of BRYC right now after this year and PAC depends on the age group, as they are their own animal.

I believe golden boot does training close to you if you want to go outside of clubs.

You can also do summer camps - McLean and VYs have them, I expect BRYC has something as well. [/quote]

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