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[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]
You have to remember that every club has some good coaches and bad coaches. Every club has some good players and bad players. Good teammates and bad teammates. Good parents and bad parents.  These are the things that create the environment for your child to play and train in.  No club can promise you that environment.  It's usually luck to find a great environment. So it has nothing to do with the club really.  Can you find a coach that inspires YOUR SON to challenge himself on and OFF the pitch? with teammates that won't jump on him if he makes a mistake? with parents who won't scream from the sideline and create a pressure cooker?  This is the hard stuff to know.  Screw CCL vs NSCL debates.  Doesn't mean S. What matters is you do your best to find the best environment for your kid. If the kid isn't excited to train and get better, it's a waste of time for everyone.  You need to be able to handle the commute too.  As to who has the more talented players/better development??? Remember team training is about half of what your kid should be doing. You kid needs to work outside of team training. Clubs don't control what kids do outside of team training, so you can find talent and development everywhere.  Again, it's often luck.  The thing with these big clubs is that they are destination clubs so people tend to want to take their kids there to get more exposure, but that doesn't mean that they developed them.  At U9, I would not worry too much about anything except finding a team where your kid wants to play.  For that year, you should watch other teams, other players, other coaches, talk to parents, get supplemental training, encourage your kid to work on footskills, juggling, wall passing at home both feet), and follow your gut for U10.[/quote]

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