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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You put them on a no cut team.[/quote]

Do those even exist for travel soccer? Which don't cut?[/quote]

PAC makes a serious effort to take everyone who shows up as long as they can actually form a team. The sales pitch is “We don’t cut kids - we train them.”

A cynic would say they’ll just take anyone’s money, but I’ve seen them take U9s who weren’t at NCSL level and turn them into strong NCSL players and maybe EDP players. And I’ve seen them take kids who fell through the cracks at Arlington, McLean and Vienna and turn them into decent high school players, though they often (but not always) leave PAC at a later age so they can play ECNL or ECNL-R.

The tough part is when they have, say, 18 kids at U9. Then they have to do some serious recruiting to get kids who may not be serious players. The games can get pretty lopsided. But the training atmosphere is great, and they really do boost the typical player up a level or two, from rec league or low NCSL to high NCSL, EDP or higher. [/quote]

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