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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How would DC United, an MLS team with training facilities for team players and U12 DA and above affect U9 Travel teams, or any rec team?  I don't think you know what you're talking about.[/quote]

There are a large number of U9-U11 travel - plus U8 academy - players driving 30-40 mins each way 3x/week from Sterling, Purcellville, South Riding, Brambleton, etc. on Loudoun's teams. A lot of those kids are on Loudoun's 2nd-6th teams, but hoping in time to move up to the Red (1st team) and make the DA. I think a good number of those people will look for closer options -- i.e. play for another club like Sterling's 1st team rather than Loudoun's 3rd or 4th team since being in the Loudoun system won't be an advantage later on at U14, etc.  We'll see.[/quote]

The secret sauce to Loudoun's program is their huge rec program. The club gets kids in early and makes it easy to simply stay. They have access to enough county fields that they can make even travel practices convenient for at least one of the nights of practice.

This move truly only affects DA level players. Loudoun will keep on keeping on. That said, it wouldn't be a huge surprise if in a few years DC Untied doesn't simply try and buy Loudoun Soccer though.  [/quote]

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