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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Arlington is attracting more talent on the girls side now that they have a full DA. This seems like one of those threads designed to keep people away from ID sessions. Watch the standings — Arlington is, and will continue to be, a contender at all but the oldest GDA age group. [/quote]

That is a fair point. But there are a couple of questions out there that would be useful to answer. Somebody said they sorted people at tryouts with a stopwatch. You can tell us whether that is true. Somebody else said that the DA teams are simply Arlington Red teams aging into DA. Is that true?  Or are you saying they are actually attracting a majority of their players outside Arlington?[/quote]They don’t, but you have to measure speed outside the small sided games and/or drills at the ID session. Also, I can’t speak for all other age groups, but the 05s have FPYC, McClean, SYC, Gunston, and Arlington players that came together for the first time when selected for the DA. So if your kid has skills in that age group there is always an opportunity to beat current players. However just like in anything, between two players of equal skill, you pick the one you know. Meaning you have to be better to get a spot. Hope this was helpful.[/quote]

Speed should be measured as 'speed with the ball', speed of play (first touch and ability to make those decisions FAST), as well.  They would never have smart midfielders like you see Internationally because a lot of those midfielders are nowhere near the fastest from point A to point B, but they look faster because they have incredibly high soccer IQ and impeccable first touch.  By no means are they slow, but they wouldn't be in the top of the pack in wind sprints.  If you have a kid that is a very smart player with great ball skill/excellent first touch and great soccer IQ--but is on the smaller side and/or does not run the 50 yard dash faster than everyone---go somewhere else where they play a different style.  That's not knocking ASA.  It's just that not every Club and Coach is going to be a match for players.  A really good player can look like crap when put a on a field with kids of low soccer IQ that don't move into position to receive, make the runs or anticipate when others have the ball.[/quote]

Any midfielder playing at the International level is going to be near the fastest from point A to point B - i.e. Rose Lavelle. The slower player who just plays smart gets weeded out long before that. Nice first touch and excellent soccer IQ is fine but is nowhere near enough to be the best.[/quote]

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