Anonymous wrote:DD has 2013 Q3 birthday and currently plays ECNL. Seems likely her club will move her down next year when age brackets change. She is ok moving down, but doesn't want to play with the 2014s at her current club. How do the 2014 teams in the DC region stack up? Anything in GA worth looking at? Any clubs have particularly strong coaches at U13?

If you’re willing to drive, McLean 2014 is the strongest group. Their girls even beat SYC in the National League.

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If she moves down an age group, will she be with her school year cohorts or will she be playing with the grade below? If she will be playing with the grade below, think about her path forward and if you care about recruiting down the line when you would try to have her play with her grade.

Dude you need to get out of all these threads - My daughter is a an Oct birthday who will be playing with her grade for the first time since she started. Do not mess up this thread as well. We do not want you here.

?? Why the weird hostility?

OP said they had a Q3 child who could move to the younger group - so, an August or maybe September birthday.

PP then pointed out that moving to the younger group could be an issue if it separates them from their school grade.

Seems like a valid point to make; not sure why that would upset anybody.

They aren't responding to the OP, it's to the mentally unwell play up crazy that ruined all the other threads.

I am the PP that posted the question about grade and I am not the person who is hung up on it in the other threads. I posted because it is something to consider, even if OP decides they don’t care if their player is aligned with their grade. But if they do care, that should be a factor when looking at clubs. The answer could be that they want their August 2 kid to be the oldest for several years and then will evaluate when they get to HS. Or, they have an August kid who is a grade lower for whatever reason so grade won’t be an issue.

The OP has a 2014. Thinking about college versus playing in the ideal environment for development is the opposite of good parenting and quality advice. It is bad advice and like the other person suggested, stay out of any further strings with any mention to grade. If you are not aware of the "Trapped player..." string or the "ECNL..." strings and the non-stop antics of one or multiple posters on this grade thing, it is incoherent and we simply ask that you stay out of this string. It is simply ruining the discussions. You play your age group. IF you are dominant in your age group, you will know, the club will know, etc. 99.9% of kids do not dominate their age group warranting play up. If somehow your kid stayed back and playing below their grade, deal with it on your own. THE END.

I am with everyone else, anchor on the coach and club (obviously logistics and pathway is a consideration). The team is too TBD so you cant focus too much on that. The coaches are unknown at this point so you need to hang tight.

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If she moves down an age group, will she be with her school year cohorts or will she be playing with the grade below? If she will be playing with the grade below, think about her path forward and if you care about recruiting down the line when you would try to have her play with her grade.

Dude you need to get out of all these threads - My daughter is a an Oct birthday who will be playing with her grade for the first time since she started. Do not mess up this thread as well. We do not want you here.

?? Why the weird hostility?

OP said they had a Q3 child who could move to the younger group - so, an August or maybe September birthday.

PP then pointed out that moving to the younger group could be an issue if it separates them from their school grade.

Seems like a valid point to make; not sure why that would upset anybody.

They aren't responding to the OP, it's to the mentally unwell play up crazy that ruined all the other threads.

I am the PP that posted the question about grade and I am not the person who is hung up on it in the other threads. I posted because it is something to consider, even if OP decides they don’t care if their player is aligned with their grade. But if they do care, that should be a factor when looking at clubs. The answer could be that they want their August 2 kid to be the oldest for several years and then will evaluate when they get to HS. Or, they have an August kid who is a grade lower for whatever reason so grade won’t be an issue.

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If she moves down an age group, will she be with her school year cohorts or will she be playing with the grade below? If she will be playing with the grade below, think about her path forward and if you care about recruiting down the line when you would try to have her play with her grade.

Dude you need to get out of all these threads - My daughter is a an Oct birthday who will be playing with her grade for the first time since she started. Do not mess up this thread as well. We do not want you here.

?? Why the weird hostility?

OP said they had a Q3 child who could move to the younger group - so, an August or maybe September birthday.

PP then pointed out that moving to the younger group could be an issue if it separates them from their school grade.

Seems like a valid point to make; not sure why that would upset anybody.

They aren't responding to the OP, it's to the mentally unwell play up crazy that ruined all the other threads.

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If she moves down an age group, will she be with her school year cohorts or will she be playing with the grade below? If she will be playing with the grade below, think about her path forward and if you care about recruiting down the line when you would try to have her play with her grade.

Dude you need to get out of all these threads - My daughter is a an Oct birthday who will be playing with her grade for the first time since she started. Do not mess up this thread as well. We do not want you here.

?? Why the weird hostility?

OP said they had a Q3 child who could move to the younger group - so, an August or maybe September birthday.

PP then pointed out that moving to the younger group could be an issue if it separates them from their school grade.

Seems like a valid point to make; not sure why that would upset anybody.

Anonymous wrote:General question for 2014 parents: are you going to reach out to clubs asking to attend practices ahead of tryouts? Won't it be hard for coaches to know how a player might fit on a specific team if things are going to be shifting due to the age group change? And how does it work to visit a practice for a club that has a higher level league affiliation if the higher level team forms as a result of a partnership/alliance? Do you ask to attend the practice of one of the feeder/partner clubs? If it's different coaches at the feeder club vs. the higher level league team, not sure how much the feeder club coach's opinion matters?

Reaching out to practice before hand. We are only interested in the clubs without collaborations so our experience is different.

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Anonymous wrote:DD has 2013 Q3 birthday and currently plays ECNL. Seems likely her club will move her down next year when age brackets change. She is ok moving down, but doesn't want to play with the 2014s at her current club. How do the 2014 teams in the DC region stack up? Anything in GA worth looking at? Any clubs have particularly strong coaches at U13?

If she moves down an age group, will she be with her school year cohorts or will she be playing with the grade below? If she will be playing with the grade below, think about her path forward and if you care about recruiting down the line when you would try to have her play with her grade.

Dude you need to get out of all these threads - My daughter is a an Oct birthday who will be playing with her grade for the first time since she started. Do not mess up this thread as well. We do not want you here.

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Anonymous wrote:DD has 2013 Q3 birthday and currently plays ECNL. Seems likely her club will move her down next year when age brackets change. She is ok moving down, but doesn't want to play with the 2014s at her current club. How do the 2014 teams in the DC region stack up? Anything in GA worth looking at? Any clubs have particularly strong coaches at U13?

If she moves down an age group, will she be with her school year cohorts or will she be playing with the grade below? If she will be playing with the grade below, think about her path forward and if you care about recruiting down the line when you would try to have her play with her grade.

Dude you need to get out of all these threads - My daughter is a an Oct birthday who will be playing with her grade for the first time since she started. Do not mess up this thread as well. We do not want you here.

General question for 2014 parents: are you going to reach out to clubs asking to attend practices ahead of tryouts? Won't it be hard for coaches to know how a player might fit on a specific team if things are going to be shifting due to the age group change? And how does it work to visit a practice for a club that has a higher level league affiliation if the higher level team forms as a result of a partnership/alliance? Do you ask to attend the practice of one of the feeder/partner clubs? If it's different coaches at the feeder club vs. the higher level league team, not sure how much the feeder club coach's opinion matters?

Anonymous wrote:DD has 2013 Q3 birthday and currently plays ECNL. Seems likely her club will move her down next year when age brackets change. She is ok moving down, but doesn't want to play with the 2014s at her current club. How do the 2014 teams in the DC region stack up? Anything in GA worth looking at? Any clubs have particularly strong coaches at U13?

If she moves down an age group, will she be with her school year cohorts or will she be playing with the grade below? If she will be playing with the grade below, think about her path forward and if you care about recruiting down the line when you would try to have her play with her grade.

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Anonymous wrote:Just remember that the makeup of the current 14's will be drastically different when 5 months of players are realigned. All teams in this age range will be completely different next year.

Yup, my daughter is in the same spot in a different region and it's pretty pointless to assess the current teams right now. Best course of action would be to look at possible coaches (although that's not easy either).

I have a 2014 and this is the tact we are taking. We know the coach and club we want but the current 2015's are a mess so we are in a wait and see mode as 5 months is a lot of talent that will be shifting around in the spring. Our current club has quality 2015's but the coach is a mess so waiting to see the coaching assignments to see if we get lucky with a different coach.

Anonymous wrote:Just remember that the makeup of the current 14's will be drastically different when 5 months of players are realigned. All teams in this age range will be completely different next year.

Yup, my daughter is in the same spot in a different region and it's pretty pointless to assess the current teams right now. Best course of action would be to look at possible coaches (although that's not easy either).

Just remember that the makeup of the current 14's will be drastically different when 5 months of players are realigned. All teams in this age range will be completely different next year.

DD has 2013 Q3 birthday and currently plays ECNL. Seems likely her club will move her down next year when age brackets change. She is ok moving down, but doesn't want to play with the 2014s at her current club. How do the 2014 teams in the DC region stack up? Anything in GA worth looking at? Any clubs have particularly strong coaches at U13?