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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Moving up to ECNL within one's club is very challenging unless your daughter is one of the top players on her ECNL-R team, and/or there is a need to fill a certain position.  Our experience (and from talking to other parents) shows that clubs in this region do not actively promote from within, ie., moving girls up from the second team to the top team. There is a long list of girls in our area wanting to play on the top level, so finding players from outside the club is easy.  Also, if parents continue to pay checks for the second/third team, there is no incentive to develop kids and move them up.

Moving up to ECNL can many times be a combination of skill, positional awareness, speed, luck, timing, and grace.  We found that to be the case this year with our daughter as she moved up at another club. They had a need and she was a match.  She tried out at 2 clubs and received an offer from one of them.

Visit and practice with other clubs this fall; don't wait for spring tryouts.  Ask if they have openings, if there are positional needs, etc.
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At what are do you start trying out with other clubs?  My daughter is 2013 with Arlington.  Disheartening to see them bring less good players from outside instead of developing within.[/quote]

For 2013 Arlington, heard that the issues all stem from the Age Group Manager, and less to do with the club as a whole -- although maybe that is what the club does.  Hard to develop some of the players when the top teams don't drop anyone who they clearly should.  [/quote]

Arlington has one coach and two teams at the younger ages. This is means 30ish girls with one coach. It is opposite of accepted developmental age guidelines. I have watched the practices. In reality the coach works with the 6 top players while all the others do things in their own. This along with the lack technical instruction and locking players in to a position at u9 really hurt the girls by u16. [/quote]

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