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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I understand that this is how the game is played among all these clubs these days. I'm just saying it's ridiculous.

Arlington recruits players from elsewhere. So those players go elsewhere. Eventually, you may have an "Arlington" team that's 1/3rd Arlington, 2/3 everywhere else. The "McLean" team will be about 1/3 McLean, with a few players from Arlington and a few from elsewhere. Hey, maybe the Arlington players can still find a home at Annandale!

And the CCL, which has all these clubs' "top" teams, claims they're all about building up from within the club! Ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!

If you're one of the 0.1 percent, by all means try ECNL, DA or a national title-contending club. Otherwise, you're just fooling yourself, spending time in your cars you could be spending on something productive, and robbing your kids of their childhoods.

Get ... a ... grip.[/quote]

I have a kid on an highly competitive upper-age Arlington team who has played for Arlington since U11. In that time, we have seen players come and go - and the core of the team is still made up of Arlington players, like my son. I don't disagree that there are many players from other surrounding areas (who pay 3x the field use fee that residents pay), but Arlington started to really invest in the club and put together a quality product 4-5 years ago, and it has definitely attracted better players. Talented kids want to play on the best teams they can, and want to try out for Arlington because overall, we have great teams and great coaches. No one is twisting their arms, paying them off, or robbing another team to get them. Well over a thousand kids show up for tryouts at all ages - and do so at Annandale, and McLean, and Bethesda, and other clubs. How can coaches form competitive teams if the first consideration is where the players live? This is happening literally everywhere - Arlington is no worse, and is much better than some of its neighbors.

In case you haven't kept up, Arlington is already a national title-contending club. Not every soccer player in Arlington with the inclination to play can play at the level of the top teams there. That's why there are at least 3 teams in almost every age group - and many of Arlington's [i]second[/i] teams compete in the top 1-2 divisions of NCSL and WAGS, which are very competitive.

The PP who said there is a lot of change in the soccer landscape now is absolutely right. There is all sorts of upheaval and it's unclear when it will settle down. But Arlington is not an outlier.

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[b]Do the 2nd and 3rd team pay the same fees?[/b][/quote] No, the base fees are less. They can participate in functional training for the first teams if they pay extra.[/quote]

Interesting. One of the things I dislike about the Bethesda Soccer Club is everyone pays the same (extremely high) fees, but the top teams definitely get better fields, better coaching, and more practice and play times. [/quote]

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