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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Arlington is attracting more talent on the girls side now that they have a full DA. This seems like one of those threads designed to keep people away from ID sessions. Watch the standings — Arlington is, and will continue to be, a contender at all but the oldest GDA age group. [/quote]

That is a fair point. But there are a couple of questions out there that would be useful to answer. Somebody said they sorted people at tryouts with a stopwatch. You can tell us whether that is true. Somebody else said that the DA teams are simply Arlington Red teams aging into DA. Is that true?  Or are you saying they are actually attracting a majority of their players outside Arlington?[/quote]They don’t, but you have to measure speed outside the small sided games and/or drills at the ID session. Also, I can’t speak for all other age groups, but the 05s have FPYC, McClean, SYC, Gunston, and Arlington players that came together for the first time when selected for the DA. So if your kid has skills in that age group there is always an opportunity to beat current players. However just like in anything, between two players of equal skill, you pick the one you know. Meaning you have to be better to get a spot. Hope this was helpful.[/quote]

Indeed helpful once again, and the point made about speed makes sense. The question is whether the coaches view it as important or determinative, and you answered that as well.  I don’t think anybody who knows soccer can say it is irrelevant in elite youth soccer, whether in Sao Paolo or Arlington. [/quote]

If you do not have the speed to play at a DA level you will simply be limited. If you are a slow outside back you can play at the DA level but your game needs to adjust. You have to play a more “stay at home” style and be more defensive but the lack of speed means you lose the versatility to join the offense for fear of getting trapped and not able to track back fast enough.

Through intelligence a slow player can make it work but they quickly become very one dimensional and vulnerable. [/quote]

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