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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another small club is not needed.  The ballers will go to the big name clubs and you'll be left with middling players and you'll get nowhere.

And if you listen to the parents here, and don't use volunteer parents for anything, you'll have an incredibly expensive club for middling players (as we already have)[/quote]

While I think that competition IS needed, especially in Maryland, you are correct that the most talented players will go elsewhere. Even if they start out at this proposed club, established clubs will go after those players hard. I know coaches in Maryland who started a new club a long time ago just like what is being proposed here, started building momentum, and then Bethesda and Potomac wooed the top players away and the club eventually folded. It is a real leap of faith to stick with a new club and most families understandably have a hard time making that leap. If you want a fighting chance, start by having your own facilities. That will set you apart in Montgomery County (the Bethesda indoor facility is awful and Potomac doesn't have facilities but does have great field relationships), and is needed anyway to compete in Howard County or Virginia in a very saturated market. [/quote]

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