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[quote=Anonymous]Oh jeez. Here is my perspective on the top clubs and their top teams. They play to win. Development is second. Some kids ( a very, very few) are the best from pre k to grade 12. They will always have a place on the top teams. Other kids develop physically at different rates. The biggest or fastest get caught as they age. Fine if they are also skilled. If not, first goes playing time then you get moved down the teams hierarchy. Stoddart never has the highest teams but they do work to develop them. On the girl side going from NW, Rush sometimes develops kids that can then go play for BSC or McLean top ECNL teams. Potomac, FCGB also (I have heard really good things about FCGB coaches BTW) On the boys side, Potomac, a little further out Olney in MD. Dont know NOVA but assume there are similar teams. Anyway, point being, at top clubs ECNL on girls Academy/MLS etc on boy side they play to win to stay at the top. Midlevel kids on top team are hurt until the growing stops because they are not developing skills but learning positioning etc... 9th or 10th grade girls; older even on boys side before kids are on equal footing in terms of growth. Do not take a second team offer on most top clubs. They much prefer kids from outside to fill their top rosters as they need to be better than 70% of team to get a spot and no matter how well your son or daughter develop on a second or third team they are already pigeonholed and not the shinny new object. Play where they grow their love for the game. 99 percent will not be high level college players no matter what. I think at younger ages at least through grade 8 you are best off being the focus of a team rather than just a player unless you are spectacular.  Those kids then have the advantage over the mid tier ones that never really developed skills. 
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