ADP only lasts a few years, and some kids will want another option to rec after it ends. Travel lasts a lot longer, and yes, ADP is one pipeline to travel. (as is rec.)

The kids are already being coached at pool practices by coaches who have affiliations with the travel system - so in essence, they are already on that radar. (our ADP pool coach was our travel coach the year we did travel.)

He might not have been a travel coach scouting, though - might have been someone else in the system who had heard about this kid and wanted to say "good game" or something. As a rec coach, I'll occasionally talk to kids from the other team to tell them I enjoyed watching some aspect of their play.

Anonymous wrote:After our ADP game today, someone from Arlington Soccer I’ve never seen before approached one of our players (not my kid) and talked to him for a bit. One of the other parents said they thought he might be from the travel program looking into bringing the kid up to travel. Do they do that? They wouldn’t pull a kid up mid-season, would they? He’s the best player on our team, it would really hurt us to lose him.

ASA should be talking to the parents to convince them to shell out thousands for the privilege of playing travel.

Anonymous wrote:So they are scouting ADP- -but not one of the six B-F teams in the age group?

Maybe this kid is better.

Anonymous wrote:Arlington U9-U12 = churn and burn

That’s all clubs

Arlington U9-U12 = churn and burn

So they are scouting ADP- -but not one of the six B-F teams in the age group?

Anonymous wrote:To the 6th team or the first team? If it was one of the 3 lower teams, I’d stay with ADP. The kid would get better training/coaching in a better environment.

They have a hard time filling their many lower teams so maybe kids dropped out mid-season and they need bodies.

This.

They have so many teams per age group in the younger years and kids on lower teams play multiple sports and decide they don’t like soccer anymore or get burned out doing 90 minutes practices 3x per week and traveling for games every weekend and just want to be a kid in elementary school. They need to be able to field teams and collect checks when they start dropping like flies.

To the 6th team or the first team? If it was one of the 3 lower teams, I’d stay with ADP. The kid would get better training/coaching in a better environment.

They have a hard time filling their many lower teams so maybe kids dropped out mid-season and they need bodies.

Anonymous wrote:They wouldn’t pull a kid up mid-season, would they? He’s the best player on our team, it would really hurt us to lose him.

Sorry, rooting for the kid more than your team. If the timing and opportunity are there, why not get promoted now?

That's what ADP is for... a feeder for the travel programs

After our ADP game today, someone from Arlington Soccer I’ve never seen before approached one of our players (not my kid) and talked to him for a bit. One of the other parents said they thought he might be from the travel program looking into bringing the kid up to travel. Do they do that? They wouldn’t pull a kid up mid-season, would they? He’s the best player on our team, it would really hurt us to lose him.