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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think Arlington’s problem may be that it is simply too big to manage. The same club that you want to succeed in ECNL is weighed down by its desire to field six teams at every age group. FVU and VDA specialize in just the top layer. Arlington ECNL can never be great because it always wants to be everything to everyone. It’s more a community association not a soccer academy. [/quote]

New soccer mom here: my son plays ADP (I’d say he’s the 3rd best player on his team) and I didn’t let him try out for U9 travel this year because, frankly, it’s a lot of money for something I don’t really understand.

WHY does Arlington have 6 travel teams for each age and gender? That seems to imply they’ll take almost anyone willing to play—it doesn’t seem like the kids who make travel (particularly the lower level teams) are great players.

From reading this board, it seems like little kid travel is a road to nowhere. But my kid loves soccer and wants to play travel, so please tell me what I’m missing, beyond travel having one more practice each week and participation in tournaments.[/quote]

Just so you know, it’s extremely difficult to make even the lowest team for boys when going from ADP to Arlington travel. The easiest way to get on a team is at that U9 stage. My son played ADP and tried out for travel before moving on to other sports and we were shocked at how many kids came to tryouts. My son’s a good athlete and has had no problem making other travel level teams in other sports, but he did not have the ball skills of other kids at that age that had been playing serious soccer for several years already. No one from his ADP team made it that year. This was heading into an U11 year. [/quote]

My son and his friends made travel from ADP and many have moved up to the top teams over the years.  [/quote]

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