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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you care about winning and have a big kid, you should go to SYC but be prepared to wake up at U17 with your kid no longer so big or winning. Bethesda has good results but its largely because they have a monopoly on an area that is divided up five times as much on the other side of the river. There is no secret sauce at Bethesda except for one U10ish coach who insists on fundamentals, which has tremendously helped their success. Alexandria is a s&% show full of amateur coaches and terrible personalities. Arlington is a great environment and solid group of coaches and players. Playing in ECNL might squash the dreams that your kid won't be "seen" as much as MLSN, but there's no difference between Arlington and an MLS Next club. In fact, their 2007s thumped DCU in January. They routinely send kids to MLS academies, D1, D3, etc. If I was looking to produce a well-balanced kid not beating the 1 in 50 million odds of being a high paying pro, I'd go Arlington. [/quote] Arlington is a big fish in a small pond. ECNL mid-Atlantic is a mediocre division with just 2-3 strong teams. With any MLSNext team in the area, you are squaring off twice a year with multiple MLS Academy teams and a host of much stronger clubs than you’d face if you were ECNL. The pace and speed of play is also slower than most MLSNext teams. Watered-down competition and slower speed of play don’t raise the bar. [/quote]
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