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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Too few clubs offer an alternative for U9-U12s.  Rec teams are not even serious and treated as a joke, and few selection-based teams offer something in between rec and full blown NCSL travel  ---- where we are with its big tourneys, winter practices, etc.

Can anyone name a VA club that has a U9-U12 select or travel-lite team that:

does not require a year commitment

practices only twice a week within 30 minutes of DC

plays in maybe one tourney a season

has all its home and away games within an hour drive of DC

has professional coaches

costs half of the usual $3K a year ---- because it doesn't have any DOCs, etc., etc.

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If you want something done right, do it yourself.  Seriously, take yourself through the Soccer for Dummies coaching licenses and become a "professional coach" yourself with a E or D license.  Start off this spring with your kid in Rec and volunteer to coach his team.  Then convince those players to join you for travel.  Go to VISTA or DFC and sign up, they will provide you with fields for games and practice fields during certain hours.  There are some manuals that provide you with drills, and pick a few that you know how to do well and do them often.  You'll probably pay around $800 plus you get to pick your own uniform, how often to change it, and your team name.  Trust me, do this for one year and tell me if it's not the most fun you ever had.  Unless your kid has potential like Pulisic, don't worry about your kid not being a world class players.  By the way, with the savings you can then sign him up for HP Elite, Golden Boot, those kinds of expensive training.[/quote]

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