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[quote=Anonymous][quote=RantingSoccerDad][quote=Anonymous][quote=RantingSoccerDad]I ask about rec teams because the Herndon tournament is a rec tournament.

Some of the Barca teams are actually playing at a high level, but "any team in town" might be a stretch.[/quote]

I think the term "developmental" teams rather than "recreational" is more appropriate.  In my opinion, the term recreational team is a bit misleading because most local clubs have a separate recreational program offered at lower cost, but with lower quality and amount of training, and generally there is not much team movement between the rec and travel parts of the program within a club.   Barca's goal is to teach the teams/players how to play the game and move them eventually to higher level of competition when they are ready.  BRYC does the same thing with some of their girls teams, which is a smarter approach than placing a team in a travel league before the team is ready.

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BRYC has recreational teams. Older boys are in SFL. Older girls are in a league with Vienna and SYC. http://www.brycsoccer.org/SeniorDiv/U1619Girls/index_E.html?1543200503

Do they also have players who are training with the ECNL program but aren't playing anywhere, even though they have NCSL and ODSL teams?

It's true that there isn't much movement between rec and travel at most clubs. Part of it has to do with how players are registered. Part of it has to do with ridiculous rules. ODSL will let you (at least, as of a couple of years ago) call up rec players to play. But SFL has barriers to letting these players return to rec play after one game in ODSL.

It's all rather silly. Just put every team (maybe aside from the DA) into one giant pyramid. Rec teams will probably be in the lowest tier or two, but you never know. It'd be kind of funny to see a rec team displace a CCL2 or VPL team.[/quote]

My daughter's team scrimmaged against BRYC U11 "developmental" team.  BRYC parents described it as a travel team that has not started to play in any leagues.   They were pretty good and my daughter said they were probably better than some of the teams she faced in the WAGs tournament, which is a big compliment.  I agree that it makes sense to do one giant pyramid with promotion and relegation, but some big egos (travel coaches, club directors) won't allow that to happen.     [/quote]

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