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[quote=Anonymous]I'm the PP who asked about the Arlington tryout process and color team assignment for U10 (2009 birth year) boys.  Thanks very much to all who have responded!  Your posts have been very helpful.

It sounds like boys coming from ADP can and do make travel teams ever year, but, realistically, only the bottom three teams.  We'll leave it to DS to decide whether he wants to tryout or stick with ADP.  I'm still conflicted about the best advice to give him.  On one hand, he loves his ADP team, pro coach, and parent coaches, and has learned a lot this year.  But at some point, he will age out of ADP, and I want him to still have options to play competitive soccer at that time (if he's still interested).

Some people tell me that  it's no problem for kids to play ADP for three (or four, with the new age groups) years and then get into travel soccer as some of the kids who started playing travel at U9 begin to drop out.  While others say that the training deficit is too great by that time, and after three years in ADP, you've fallen too far behind to get into travel.  I'm not sure what to make of this.  A MS age neighbor played ADP for several years and got into travel after that, and is now on a top (red) Arlington team.  So I know it's possible, but I don't know whether it's exceedingly rare.

Of course, my goal for DS isn't to be on a red/white team at all costs.  It's to find a team he enjoys while continuing to develop skills and preserving a range of playing options in the coming years.  If ADP preserves those options down the road, we will probably stick with what we already know and like.  The only thing giving me pause is the ADP pro coach, who has been very clear that he thinks DS is playing in the wrong "league."  [/quote]

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