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[quote=Anonymous]OP--we were in the same boat this spring.  Have a 2009 girl who loves soccer and is pretty good.  This past year she played on a professionally coached Classic team and loved it.  Loved her coach.  Training seemed good-- twice a week for 90 mins, various extra training opportunities (striker clinic, etc), indoor winter conditioning (twice a week at peak, though at beginning and end of winter was once/week).  In the summer, they run pick up games for people who are around.

After reading this board for a while, we decided to stick with it one more year and look at Bethesda/Potomac next spring.  If she still loves soccer 6 or 9 months from now, we may add some clinics or training to get her ready for U12 tryouts.

Why?  It seems like the improvement of training at this age is hit or miss based on coach.  Practice is super close to home.  Games are all on turf and not too far from the house.  Plus, she likes the coach and the team.  We have a friend who was on MSI academy last year and was fed up by how far away practices and games were, and is trying out for our Classic team this spring.

Folks on this board offer mixed advice.  Some say that by U11 you really ought to be on a travel team if you want to "make it."  Others say that can wait a year or two beyond U11.  (I should mention that we have no ambitions for our dd to play in college, so maybe the stakes are lower for us-- she would really like to eventually make the HS team, though...)

Good luck with your decision, but if she doesn't make Potomac/Bethesda, it's not the end of the world to look for good training in Classic.[/quote]

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