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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Out of Alexandria, Achilles, Baltimore Armour, Bethesda, and SYC at the MLS-Next level:

1) Which club has the strongest teams on average? 
2) Which clubs have the better infrastructure (practice fields, playing fields, coaches)?
3) Which one is best at developing players and giving talented players the opportunity to go to college or even pro?

If your son had the opportunity to play in any of these clubs, which one would you choose?[/quote]

1) Who cares? Seriously. Winning-losing has nothing to do with the development of your kid. 
2) Bethesda, Alexandria. Arlington (if you want ECNL) has access to nice pitches as well.
3) One issue that hasn't been discussed is the 'poaching' of players by some of the bigger clubs. Sometimes clubs at a tournament or something will put a thought in a parent's mind that they need to switch. Sometimes it's not always the club reaching out, but families who grew and developed in one program jumping ship the last 2-3 years to get a bump on entrance due to real or perceived differences in one club's ability to push kids forward.

I think as others have mentioned the number one question is "what is your goal" for your kid? I know several players who are going for D1, pro, or even youth national team and the commitment required of these teenagers includes nearly full-time training, dropping out of normal high school and switching to tutors, along with significant travel every season. Not saying that is the only path, but there are some who are going "all in" to push to the highest level. [/quote]

Bethesda is struggling for pitches now. Lost two fields permanently and one is questionable if they can still squat on it. Those fields haven’t been replaced. We are on an MLSNext team and we have 5 different practice fields this month and nothing planned for October yet.[/quote]

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