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We are in our first few weeks of travel soccer so please forgive my ignorance.  We joined a CCL club (made the most sense because of our location), is there something wrong with CCL?  [/quote]

Your kid may not even be playing CCL if he isn't on the first team. If he's on the second team, NCSL provides a better playing experience as there is promotion/relegation goals that you just can't put in through CCL since CCL and CCLII will always be that way.  By the way, CCL is Club Champions [b]LEAGUE[/b] and the only part that matters is the last one.  For the most the type of training and development your child experiences will depend on the coach/trainer.  That is what you should focus on.[/quote]

I believe in U9 and U10, the #1 and #2 teams play in CCL.  The third team plays in CCLII.  But at U11 and up, the top team plays in CCL and the 2nd team plays in CCLII - 3rd team (at least in Arlington) is in NCSL.  Granted, once kids get into DA - boys at U12 and Girls at U14, the CCL may not be the top league since the former #1 team on CCL is now a DA team, so the 2nd Team becomes the top CCL team.

CCL is supposed to be the biggest leagues and their top teams - as I understand it, was formed so teams didn't have to travel as far for real competition since there are many good teams in the DMV area.  On a club level, that makes sense.  But there will always be some great random teams in NCSL or ODSL that CCL teams may never face who would provide some real competition.  The Top teams in CCL are all generally very good, but as a dad of a CCL player, I'd love to see more opportunities to play some of those other great teams that are not CCL based.[/quote]

[b]I found CCL and CCL2 offered ZERO competition for my boys at the U9-U12 ages.  There were only 2 strong teams tops and we constantly played the same teams.

NCSL has a lot more variety and I find it to be much more competitive in the younger years.  The teams are from all over and are all sizes.  As a VA team we played many very, very strong Maryland teams and many small Clubs that were outstanding but not well-known.

In fact, my kids teams in CCL were always on the winning side of blowouts and had a false sense of greatness.  The few times they went to tournaments and got stuck in a top division with some of the team I mentioned-- they got their asses handed to them.  I recall a Columbia tournament where we lost big in every game---yet had sailed through the CCL season with 7-0, 11-2, etc. wins.

That has been my experience take it or leave it.[/b][/quote]

This.  And, from talking to neighbors with U9 and U10 boys, it is still the same lack of competition in ccl.[/quote]

Gee, your kids must really be the Bees Knees at 9 and 10 to face no competition week after week. [/quote]

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