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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ID Sessions for next season (2019-20) are posted on the Arlington website.

Boys 2003-2008 ID sessions will be on Jan. 13 and Feb. 10 at Yorktown HS.

Girls 2003-2008 ID sessions will be on Jan. 20 and Feb. 3 at Yorktown HS.[/quote]

So that means Arlington is getting U16-U17 DA next year,  both boys and girls?

Is that confirmed?[/quote]

My understanding is that U16 and U17 will be separate on both the boys and girls DA sides (4 NEW TEAMS for Arlington).[/quote]

Well,  that's good news then. [/quote]

Yes. Excellent. More DA teams is exactly what we need.[/quote]

Do you mean "we" as in,  non-DA ASA players,  or DMV area soccer in general?[/quote]

The DMV area in general. I understand that this might be good news for ASA families, but it just waters down further the level of competitiveness of elite programs in the DMV area. [/quote]

I understand your point,  but Ithink it's a completely different landscape depending on which gender you're talking about.   There are many times more potential elite boys players than there are potential elite girls players, and yet because of the ECNL-GDA competition there are about twice as many options for girls to play at the highest level as there are for boys.

Here's what I mean about the difference in player pools.  To be an elite player,  between team trainings and games, supplemental training (clinics, futsal, small groups, priv training),  and training on your own,  you need to be playing or training at least 6 days a week,  pretty much year round.

If I had to guess,  I'd say the ratio of boys to girls players putting in that amount of work is about 6:1.

That's not to say all BDA players are like that,  but it describes the majority, and there are many outside the DA as well - some by choice and some not.   In other words,  there are a lot of boys out there working 6+ days a week, 11+ months a year,  for years on end,  who are not currently good enough to play at the top level.   I don't think you could say the same thing about the girls.

Tinkering with the size of the elite player pyramid is a tricky thing.   Make it too big and you risk watering it down, which decreases its value for the top players.   Make it too small and you risk players getting missed - falling through the cracks.   The latter is of particular concern given our coaches spotty track record of talent ID, and the obsession of many with immediate results and early developers.

Expanding Arlington's boy's DA probably makes sense,  especially with DC moving to Leesburg next year.   Expanding the girls DA probably makes less sense,  given the landscape, unless there is going to be an offsetting contraction somewhere else.

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