Anonymous wrote:Arlington is a pretty well-run club with excellent teams at the top of every age group. Its reputation is the biggest draw. There are plenty of other clubs nearby, though, that are likely to be easier to get to for some Arlington families. You really can't say that there are no other options. I really don't get why any one would stick with Arlington if your child is placed =below the Blue team.

I wouldn’t come for white if kid made first team elsewhere, as long as drive was convenient. They will likely then play ASA red team and be in same leagues/tournament brackets, etc. At every club, first and second team players get very different opportunities and treatment. Even at clubs that swear they don’t do this.

Anonymous wrote:Arlington is a pretty well-run club with excellent teams at the top of every age group. Its reputation is the biggest draw. There are plenty of other clubs nearby, though, that are likely to be easier to get to for some Arlington families. You really can't say that there are no other options. I really don't get why any one would stick with Arlington if your child is placed =below the Blue team.

Obviously for convenience lol. I mean, does anyone who comes into Arlington at U10-U12 make anything higher than Silver (who isn't coming from a top team at another club)? Maybe one or two? But because of the depth, the lower teams actually aren't that bad and compete well with other club's 2nd and 3rd teams and the coaches are good for the most part.

Arlington is a pretty well-run club with excellent teams at the top of every age group. Its reputation is the biggest draw. There are plenty of other clubs nearby, though, that are likely to be easier to get to for some Arlington families. You really can't say that there are no other options. I really don't get why any one would stick with Arlington if your child is placed =below the Blue team.

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Anonymous wrote:Do not worry. Last year we received offers for tryout that we did not even show up.

There are so many clubs in the area, the top teams are hard to get into -- many of the kids have amazing talents. but lower team is not hard at all.

Did you receive the offer from Arlington club even though your kid didn't attend the tryout? or is this at other local club. No need for name, just wondering if it's Arlington as I heard they are generally competitive.

The girls do not got a big turnout in the early years---though not sure if that is still the case because of DA now. My daughter's U9 year as an 08, I think every girl that came to tryouts got a spot on a travel team.

Arlington tends to have very big player pool because there is no other travel Club nearby that does not involve sitting in traffic for a minimum 35-45 min even if it is techically only 10 miles away. Travel south is awful/bumper-to-bumper and crossing any bridges into DC is a nightmare at rush hour. ASA is its own little island that controls all of the fields in the County, unlike Fairfax county which has tons of different travel clubs and choices.

I've always thought this was sh*t that there are no other options in the County for travel. It's unique in that aspect, being a ONE county Club.

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Anonymous wrote:Do not worry. Last year we received offers for tryout that we did not even show up.

There are so many clubs in the area, the top teams are hard to get into -- many of the kids have amazing talents. but lower team is not hard at all.

Did you receive the offer from Arlington club even though your kid didn't attend the tryout? or is this at other local club. No need for name, just wondering if it's Arlington as I heard they are generally competitive.

The girls do not got a big turnout in the early years---though not sure if that is still the case because of DA now. My daughter's U9 year as an 08, I think every girl that came to tryouts got a spot on a travel team.

Arlington tends to have very big player pool because there is no other travel Club nearby that does not involve sitting in traffic for a minimum 35-45 min even if it is techically only 10 miles away. Travel south is awful/bumper-to-bumper and crossing any bridges into DC is a nightmare at rush hour. ASA is its own little island that controls all of the fields in the County, unlike Fairfax county which has tons of different travel clubs and choices.

Anonymous wrote:Do not worry. Last year we received offers for tryout that we did not even show up.

There are so many clubs in the area, the top teams are hard to get into -- many of the kids have amazing talents. but lower team is not hard at all.

Did you receive the offer from Arlington club even though your kid didn't attend the tryout? or is this at other local club. No need for name, just wondering if it's Arlington as I heard they are generally competitive.

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Anonymous wrote:6 teams for 2010 age group, about 12 per team.

If your daughter stacks up in the middle of the pack I’d say good chance of making a team. Definitely worth trying out for a few clubs and ADP.

That is so many teams! Mind blown. How many rec teams do they have in the same age group?

There are 25 rec teams and about 8 ADP teams at that age. There are 11 kids per travel team usually. There are typically about 40 kids trying out for about 7 or 8 spots at the u10 -u12 level, from what I've seen at my 2 kids' tryouts.

wow 7-8 spots doesn't sound like a good chance for about 40 new kids trying out

There are 46 second grade boys rec teams for Arlingotn rec soccer.

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Anonymous wrote:6 teams for 2010 age group, about 12 per team.

If your daughter stacks up in the middle of the pack I’d say good chance of making a team. Definitely worth trying out for a few clubs and ADP.

That is so many teams! Mind blown. How many rec teams do they have in the same age group?

There are 25 rec teams and about 8 ADP teams at that age. There are 11 kids per travel team usually. There are typically about 40 kids trying out for about 7 or 8 spots at the u10 -u12 level, from what I've seen at my 2 kids' tryouts.

Anonymous wrote:Do not worry. Last year we received offers for tryout that we did not even show up.

There are so many clubs in the area, the top teams are hard to get into -- many of the kids have amazing talents. but lower team is not hard at all.

If 90 kids showed for 6 teams at 12 players a team (what other poster said), there are almost 20 kids not making a team. But yours didn't even go to and got an offer, that's not saying much for those ~20 kids.

Our local club almost has enough for 2 teams in that age group. It doesn't feel like we are turning anyone away at that age group either.

Anonymous wrote:6 teams for 2010 age group, about 12 per team.

If your daughter stacks up in the middle of the pack I’d say good chance of making a team. Definitely worth trying out for a few clubs and ADP.

That is so many teams! Mind blown. How many rec teams do they have in the same age group?

Do not worry. Last year we received offers for tryout that we did not even show up.

There are so many clubs in the area, the top teams are hard to get into -- many of the kids have amazing talents. but lower team is not hard at all.

6 teams for 2010 age group, about 12 per team.

If your daughter stacks up in the middle of the pack I’d say good chance of making a team. Definitely worth trying out for a few clubs and ADP.

Wow 90 kids seems like a lot. How many teams do they have for 2010

My kids went to the tryout for 2010 yesterday and it appeared there's not a lot of movement on the field. Not sure if that's good or bad but there was about 90 kids out there. Anyone has any idea how hard it is to break into travel team (middle or lower) this year? or in general?

Just wondering on the chances of her getting into any team at all. We will also look into ADP as well. Been playing Rec since K. Good solid player but not outstanding comparing to the talented one.

Thank you