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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] On the other hand, there are still plenty of girls in the DMV for which all the DA teams are too far to get to regularly. [/quote]

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As long as the DC-area ECNL teams hang in there, and strong players remain at Bethesda, BRYC, and McLean, there is not enough additional top talent to fill another DA program, at least in Virginia (at least in my opinion).  There are currently girls' DAs in Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William Counties - I'd say Northern Virginia is pretty well covered geographically.  If you're in Arlington, there's no reason you can't get to Reston.  There can't be a DA in everyone's back yard.  Right now, our DMV DAs are struggling to compete with those in other states where the talent seems to be more concentrated, and the DA teams are truly the cream of the crop.  It's no different than the pre-DA days. The DMV's top talent is spread among too many clubs who all hold themselves out to be "elite." We as an area would compete nationally if there were fewer top programs and they were limited to the very best players.  Imagine if we took the best 2-3 players in each age group from BRYC, McLean, FCV, Loudoun, WS DA, VDA, etc and made one super club. Then we could compete against the CA, MI, TX teams which always seem to beat us at national events. [/quote]

Good post.
Lots of reaction.
Yes, take out all the ECNLs, and you still do not have justification for a full DA in yet another county, Arlington County.
A lot are betting they will end up with a limited DA with U12-U14 girls only.
It will be the same pool of players for the most part, but there will be inflow and it will be a challenge for those U11 red team players who were anointed at U9 and start to realize there are players at nearby clubs who play more skilled soccer and come in in the future at U12 to tryout for their spot.
BRYC is new with ECNL, but U11 players at established clubs like McLean would have some nice choices in the future U12-U14 range:  either drive 30 minutes to Reston to get in early at a full DA with WS DA, or drive 20-30 minutes to Arlington to join their limited DA.
I think it will be most interesting to if players on McLean's 06 U12 Pre-ECNL team start looking at WS DA or Arlington.
McLean really caught in the middle of this U13 expansion.
BSC really in a quagmire unless they want to cross the river 4 days a week.
There will be ID sessions later in Spring for whatever players haven't already committed to WS DA, FCV, or VDA, which could start in March, so Arlington would be a late start to get beltway vicinity players.
The tryout numbers at BRYC and McLean's upcoming ECNL tryouts in Spring will be all-telling.[/quote]

And a club like Spirit is in a position to just pick a player from here or there. They are not terribly dependent upon a single feeder system. A couple of McLean kids, 2 from Arlington, 1 from Vienna etc.. pretty quickly you have a team.

In regards to Arlington having a DA I fall in line with it being eventual U12-U13 and that is it. At these younger ages, as someone pointed out, you want a big pipe or wide net. You also want to limit costs at these ages and that is most effectively done by minimizing travel. The more local teams there are the better it is for everyone. And yes, that means it is somewhat watered down and at U12 there is nothing wrong with that. Kids haven't hit puberty so it is still a crap shoot anyway. [/quote]

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