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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It can be legitimately hard to differentiate team competition levels in CHVRA - clubs call there 1s, 2s, 3s teams all kinds of things. Here's something useful I found from another region:

[b]National teams [/b]should consist of highly skilled athletes that compete at the highest levels of competition within and outside of the Ohio Valley Region.

[b]American division teams[/b] do not desire the travel associated with the National division, but want a stronger level of competition than the Regional division

[b]Regional teams[/b] consist of athletes from the beginner to the highly skilled and compete at various levels of competition based on their teams' composition.

I think it would help to have some more standard definitions in CHRVA like this!
Working from these definitions, applied in CHRVA (feel free to agree/disagree) -- generally, the breakdown seems to be

[b]National Teams[/b]: Highest # skilled athletes/college commits per team, compete at highest levels - Open level in local/regional tournaments, open/premier for AAUs, wins some USAV bids,]. This applies to the 1s team where club has &gt;1 team per age group

Blue Ridge
Liberty Elite
Maryland Juniors
Metro
MVSA
Paramount
VA Juniors

American*
Baltimore Elite*
The St James*
VAE*
Vienna*

*tend to do really well for college commits despite highly variable to no USAV bids

[b]American Teams:[/b] players who do not desire the travel associated with the National division and/or did not make the 1s team,  variable competition levels, can be same or stronger than Regional teams depending on the club and year group. For AAU Nationals, many (not all) of these teams will not register in open or premier, where college coaches usually look

2s Team for very competitive clubs above that have &gt;1 age group team (eg. MD Juniors, Vienna, MVSA, Blue Ridge, Liberty, TSJ)
BRYC 1s
CEVA
Columbia
Dulles (DYS)
DMV
ECP DC
Maryland Exclusive 1s (MEVC)
Metro North
MOCO 1s
VAVA 1s

[b]Regional teams[/b] consist of athletes from the beginner to the highly skilled and compete at various levels of competition based on their teams' composition.

For this group, PP was spot on &quot;One way to spot how hyper competitive a team is to look at the team’s tournament schedule which is likely already posted. If the team travels often to multi day tournaments outside the mid-Atlantic, that’s a team that’s going to likely be a more hyper competitive environment.&quot;

For a quick list of Regional teams  -- CHRVA NON-BID Regionals has many clubs and 2s/3s teams you don't hear as much about on DCUM, example of some but not all:

Alexandria Titans [Titans]
BRYC 2s
MOCO 2s
MVSA 3s team
MD Juniors 3s
Monument
No Panic
Southern Maryland
Maryland Exclusive (MEVC) 2s
VAVA 2s

https://results.advancedeventsystems.com/event/PTAwMDAwMzAwMzE90/divisions/137153/standings

Hopefully, this info is useful to someone!  With [/quote]

Just to be clear, only three teams in the region play in open, which is the best of the best nationwide. Metro, who are competitive, Paramount, also competitive with a growing presence and VAE who are spotty but nowhere near an open bid (even with their best teams). Open is a remarkable level and Metro and Paramount are among the best clubs in the country. Everyone else plays in lower, and significantly easier divisions. It’s no coincidence that those three clubs probably have the best college commits of any club (and in the same order).[/quote]

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