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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think the OP is sincere.  Could be wrong, but this seems like someone trolling the site.

I'm not the poster who said this thread was dumb, but I get where she may be coming from.  That's because there is no consensus "best" club or "best" coach in the area.  To argue otherwise is futile, which makes this a somewhat silly exercise.  Several of the ECNL and DA teams within a reasonable commuting distance from OP's NW DC location have particularly good teams at some age levels, and then a couple age groups that are not as good as the others.  Both in terms of their "rank" within their respective states, their leagues and Region I.  But why would the OP, as a parent of an 06, care about how good McLean's U18/19 team is, for example, if McLean's 06 team is not as good?  Does that mean McLean is or is not one of the top clubs in the area?  Of course not.  But their 06 team may or may not be a good fit for the OP's daughter.  Same could be said about some of the age groups at BSC, Rush, VDA, FCV, etc.  The best person to judge what 06 team would be the "best" for OP's daughter is the OP and his daughter.

Same for the coaches.  I am sure the coaches mentioned already (Gerardo at Arlington, the BSC coaches, etc.) are quality, and many parents would speak highly about them, just as I am sure that'd be true for several of the coaches at BRYC, McLean, FCV, Spirit MD, etc.  However, are they the best fit for OP's daughter?  A couple PPs mentioned Dave Greene and his success at BSC and Whitman, but noted that some say he is a "yeller, but has mellowed."  I have no idea if he is a "yeller," but assuming for sake of argument that he is, it is entirely possible that some girls might thrive under his coaching and develop into excellent players (after all, look at the success he has had), but OP's daughter might not like his style and might not develop as well with him as she would develop with another coach.  Who is in the best position to make that decision?  The handful of posters on this site who are going to give their personal positive and negative stories about him or any of these other coaches, or OP and his daughter after attending practices with him or any of these other coaches.

[b]I get wanting to diligence a coach, a club and the age group team your daughter might decide to join, but at the end of the day this should be an easy decision based on how your daughter feels about the prospective future team, its players, the coaches, etc. and what [u][b]she[/b][/u] thinks would be "best" for her.  
  [/quote][/b] Finally some sound and sane advice-not easy to come by on this forum. The way we approach it is a year to year basis. Every spring, we look at how things are going with the coach, team and how DD is feeling about her development and go from there. Obviously you don’t want to be club hopping every year, but staying with one club over your daughter’s entire soccer career is probably not the best strategy or realistic. What is good now may not be that way in a year or two and vice versa. Just do your due diligence and make the best decision you can for the time.[/quote]

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