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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would try out, but hold your acceptance until you find out who the coach is going to be that year and what the practice schedule.

FWIW administratively this year has been a disaster with our three teams at Bethesda. Varying times and locations and days for practices that change every two weeks. Impossible to schedule any other activities during the week due to the dysfunctional scheduling at BSC.[/quote]

I've heard this from many Bethesda parents this year--the club seems to be even more disorganized and dysfunctional than in previous years.

Did something change behind the scenes? Blaming the weather is convenient but there seems to be much more going on.[/quote]

They lost their long time ops person - brought more than one person to replace her, but clearly they could not scale up.   We were lucky our days were not changed, but times, locations often changed.  But we couldn't get games rescheduled bc of incompetency - i.e, rescheduling games, than realizing it was a mistake. [/quote]

We are at BSC on the girls side.  In general, as other have noted, the top teams in each age group (both boys and girls) get better coaches, practice times, fields, etc., and the club seems to work better for the top teams.  We have friends at Rush, Potomac, McLean, Arlington and Loudoun, and BSC sounds no different than those other clubs in that it prioritizes its top clubs, unfortunately at the expense of the "lower" teams, which basically subsidize the top teams.  Of course, this is not to say that one cannot have a positive experience on the "lower" teams, or that everything is roses on the "top" teams at these various clubs.  All have their own issues, as evidenced by the thousands of threads and posts complaining about this or that at these various clubs on this DCUrbanMom soccer blog.

As for coaches, we have had a very good experience with the BSC coaches on the girls side, and they have all been of a very high quality and have greatly improved our daughter over her 7 years with the club.  We have also heard very good things about the coaches that have not yet coached our daughter, and look forward to having her coached by them as she continues to progress through the club.  Of course, we have heard and seen drama with other coaches at the club who have not coached our daughter, but that was generally at the U-Little ages and tended not to happen on the Blue or White team at those ages.  But again, there have been exceptions over our years at BSC, based on what age group you are discussing.  Also, stepping back and comparing to other large clubs in the area, I think this is similar to the experiences our friends have had or seen at their respective clubs in the DMV area.

Overall, I think BSC is an extremely strong club on the girls side and has historically had double-digit college commitments in each age group (i.e., if your daughter makes the ECNL team, then your daughter will have colleges asking her to play for them).  Some time ago on this site, someone posted about teams with the most college commitments, and I am too lazy to search it up and link to it, but I recall that BSC had the most college commitments of any of the area clubs, including McLean, FCV, Arlington, MD United, etc.  Maybe that changes as the years go by, as a result of the general talent dilution caused by the new DA teams in the DMV area and the new teams recently given ECNL status (e.g., Loudoun).  Regardless, if college soccer is the end game for your daughter, then BSC is certainly a good platform for her.    [/quote]

I think this has all changed. I heard the u11 girls were having a hard fielding 2 teams. This was because of the coaching. Sounds like the programs is in trouble on the girls side. [/quote]

In the U11 age group, there was a disgruntled parent whose daughter was on the top team as a U9 and was (rightfully) demoted to the b team for the U10 season. When his daughter was not moved up to the top team for the U11 season, [b]he then formed a new club[/b] and took virtually all of the b team to that new team. Since there were only 3 teams in that age group and this defection occurred after tryouts, BSC currently has  “only” two teams in that age group.  I would expect this will be remedied next season after this spring’s tryouts.

Again, look at the big picture. In every other age group, BSC has several teams. They have a lot of success (see earlier post about Region 1 rankings) and are a good platform for girls who want to play college soccer. Are they the only option?  Of course not, but they are one of the 3-4 top clubs in the DMV. [/quote]

Please share the name of this new club so I can avoid it. [/quote]

In the "recruiting email," the club was going to be called Internacional Girls 2008, the coach was going to be Pete Summerfield and their practices were going to be at St. Andrew's.  I have no idea if that is ultimately what the team was called or if that is actually where they practice.[/quote]

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