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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Question: If my U9 son gets an Arlington Bid for it's 3rd or 4th team - trying to figure out my options.  Stay with Arlington, or tryout somewhere else where it may not be as competitive and maybe get onto a higher team?

How would you rank the competitiveness between Arlington, Mclean, Alexandria, Vienna, Fairfax Police?

Who seems to have more talented players / better development?

Which divisions are stronger, such as CCL, CCL2, ODSL, etc...?

Are Arlington's top 2 teams in CCL, and it's next tiers in ODSL ?

If given a choice, should a player choose to play on a top CCL team over a top ODSL team ?

New to travel, and just trying to figure out options and paths.[/quote]

Arlington's 1st team is in CCL, 2nd team is in CCL2. 3rd and 4th should be in NCSL.[/quote]

At U9 1st and 2nd team are CCL, 3rd CCL II and then NCSL > ODSL[/quote]

First, I’d ask where you live.  Those places are geographically wide-spread and you are completely focused on the wrong thing for your 1st/2nd grade child.

The goal at U9 isn’t to get on the “highest team”.  Look for how your kid will be personally developed and how the team trains.

Most important, the actual leagues mean absolutely NOTHING at the age group you are talking about.  It’s the practices you should be concentrating on, not the games. With the size of Arlington’s player pool it will still be competitive even at the 3rd-4th team level.

Lastly, I wouldn’t make the assumption it would be easier for your child to get on an A or B team at any one of the Clubs you listed.  Some of those Clubs have A teams that play up an entire age group and are incredibly competitive.  I know A team players from Arlington that didn't make the A team at a few of the Clubs you listed.  Coaches look for different things.  But, again, at U9 if you shouldn't be thinking team-centric, you should be assessing what your player will be doing the 99% of time outside of the 1 weekly game.

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NPP:  If they live in Arlington, it is actually not too difficult to get out to places like Vienna and McLean since the I-66 HOV lanes during rush hour are your friend (if you have easy access it I-66).  Depending on where you are in Arlington, Alexandria can take much longer to drive to during rush hour.  I don't know anything about the Fairfax Police location.[/quote]

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