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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son is playing his second season of SFL this fall after playing travel with a local club for the previous two seasons. Honestly, I did not see much drop off with the more competitive teams we faced (Herndon, Springfield, Sterling particularly) and I’m pretty sure our SFL team would pummel our old travel team. There were too many kids on that travel team who didn’t belong but could pay their way on. I think travel prices out many families which is a shame. The reasons we left travel were:

-too much money. I think we paid -150 plus a $30 uniform this season for the SFL team.
-my son plays flag football in the fall and wrestles in the winter. That’s not possible if you play travel. 
-too much of a commitment with expectation to do all the extra stuff in the off-season for fear of losing your spot on the top team. The travel team we played for allowed us just to play in the spring but as they got larger, that option went away. Ironically, my son would come back after a year of not playing soccer and could hang with the kids who were playing year round and doing all the clinics. He wasn’t the best on the team, but he was a starter. That just reinforced to me that you don’t need to play year round.
-less travel. Most of the clubs are in NOVa, one I DC, and the farthest west is Warrenton.
-less pressure, more fun, the list goes on

Our dad coach doesn’t even have a son on the team, but played and knows his stuff.

I think it would be interesting if they had a system of promotion and relegation. It would be interesting to see how far up the table an SFL team could go.[/quote]

Why interest?

They are 2 different experiences neither is “better”.

In travel or sfl you parents that measure your child’s and team success based on w/l starting etc are missing the forest for the trees.   Success is growing and having fun.  None of these kids will play pro.  Certainly not because of any coaching or teammates or parents.  A lot of silliness [/quote]

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