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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So where would a DC based young but aspiring top level player play? If both Bethesda and Achilles aren’t good, what’s the better option?[/quote]

There’s a group working on bringing a new club to the bethesda area. They are building new fields. Heard some of bethesda coaches are already secretely on board and they will be offering encl girls program. [/quote]

JC will find these traitors!! [/quote]

Potomac did just get ECNL boys........[/quote]

Potomac girls are not within a million miles of ECNL ready or worthy. Boys they’re stronger and it is a totally different story with BSC having MLSNext and no other ECNL boys programs in county. Not to mention Achilles MLSN.

More realistic is a GA program in MoCo. They have a big presence around Baltimore and surrounding areas (Armour, Celtic, Coppermine).

Potomac had a short lived partnership with the now defunct Metro United.

I guess MoCo is big enough for another ECNL but it would make zero sense for Potomac any time soon. Maybe RL only (like DC Soccer) which also helps with less travel for MD RL teams. Works well in VA with more RL teams because of the combined ECNL team clubs having their own RL teams, which MD does not have. [/quote]

Dismissing the readiness or worthiness of clubs in MoCo seems harsh and just wrong. The reality is that development is a dynamic process, and clubs evolve rapidly based on the quality of their coaching, resources, and commitment to player.

As for BSC, while they have MLSNext and ECNL, it doesn’t necessarily make them more “worthy” than other clubs—every organization has its strengths and areas for growth. Seriously just think, we have to pay trainers more than the club in many cases because the coaching is so terrible just so our kids don't fall behind. But THAY speaks to a broader issue across many clubs, not just one. We should only have to pay for the platform lol.

If  there’s a growing interest and talent pool in MoCo, why shouldn’t there be more opportunities for players, whether that’s through ECNL, GA, MLSN or other platforms?
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It’s funny to see bethesda coaches in this board taking credit for developing players when in 99% of the cases these kids been developed by Paul Torres at Next Star. Ask any of these kids who they attribute their development to and you’ll see. [/quote]

The fact that bethesda parents pay thousands for extra training is the perfect example to show how bad Bethesda’s program is and how little its impacts of the players development. This is true for most clubs though. [/quote]

Parents paying over $1000 a month for kids to train goes to show you how bad they want their daughter to get recuited.  Most, not all, aren't very athletic and train and train and train...and now these same people don't want their daughter playing high school soccer because it "sucks".  I've seen many of these kids not get recruited, latch on to a roster spot somewhere and never play in college.  It's not hard to pick out the good players and most of the good ones can train on their own and not pay a dime to anyone.  I know many of these folks that do the individual training and they are killing it $$! [/quote]

The shinier and more hype the private business, the more folks are lined up throwing wallets at them 😂

I know of a coach who is a no-name that has sent 100% of their private trainees from small grassroots to MLS Next teams and Professional Academies. 
No frills. No fancy surroundings. No super fancy equipment. Cheap

Coaches like that aren't desired by the masses in the DMV 
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This^^^

And like a great restaurant, you want to tell enough people about them so they stay in business, but not so many that you can’t get a table anymore.

I think all these complaints are because people have a mismatch of expectations from the club and their kids performance.

Almost every club I know of send an email a couple times a season it says just doing the practices with the club is not enough to have success. And almost every Baller I know or my kid knows that’s of quality is doing significant training outside the club. Some at home, some with trainers, some with small groups, some with structured groups (commercialized), etc.[/quote]

+1 The best players on DS team, which includes DS, train outside of practices (and no one is asking with whom or how, etc., probably bc everyone assumes ur putting in the work somewhere).

And the other players on the team are also doing outside practices/training to keep up or to get better. It’s so clear which players are putting in the work and who aren’t.

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