Anonymous
Post 01/07/2025 21:59     Subject: Re:Teams in the Fairfax area

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Op here. Son played on the A team of a club that offered MLS Next at older ages. No he is not playing MLS NEXT 4 years up😄 Similar situation with the daughter, she is playing pre ECRL, but I’m not sure how motivated she is. She’s young, so maybe in the future she’ll want to play in college or beyond. However, for now i’m just trying to support her best as possible and make sure she enjoys youth soccer. I want both my kids to play for teams that they enjoy right now, given their ages. I’m not trying to push them too hard to play soccer in college or beyond. I want them to make this decision for themselves.


You seem to be perfect for Valor, Fairfax base and not that serious in soccer!


And which clubs in the area are serious in soccer? I’d truly like to know


Vienna is the best in the area by far.
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2025 19:41     Subject: Re:Teams in the Fairfax area

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Op here. Son played on the A team of a club that offered MLS Next at older ages. No he is not playing MLS NEXT 4 years up😄 Similar situation with the daughter, she is playing pre ECRL, but I’m not sure how motivated she is. She’s young, so maybe in the future she’ll want to play in college or beyond. However, for now i’m just trying to support her best as possible and make sure she enjoys youth soccer. I want both my kids to play for teams that they enjoy right now, given their ages. I’m not trying to push them too hard to play soccer in college or beyond. I want them to make this decision for themselves.


You seem to be perfect for Valor, Fairfax base and not that serious in soccer!


And which clubs in the area are serious in soccer? I’d truly like to know


Closest to Fairfax, I would recommend SYC (Springfield), they have MLSN platform for boys and GA for girls.
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2025 19:34     Subject: Teams in the Fairfax area

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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Syc, alexandria, bethesda, and several others are mls next clubs. But while many may include the word mls in their team names for younger age groups,the league doesn't start until u13.


You must not have seen his previous post where he said his player is 8 but plays up. I highly doubt his son is playing up 4 years cause MLS next starts at U12.


His 8 year old wants to “go pro”, so he’s playing up at U13 🤣🤣🤣


Being that they're from Chicago, I'm assuming he's referencing the Chicago Fire FC Academy which does have a talent identification platform for U10-U12. So it's not out of the realm of possibilities that his 8 year played U10 this last year for the MLS Next Academy ofChicago Fire FC...took all of 30 seconds on google to find that out rather than jumping ton conclusions and then bashing OP for those conclusions.


Talent identification platform? You’re delusional. The only way to go pro is to move to Europe and start at a team that is not just there to rake money.
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2025 19:31     Subject: Re:Teams in the Fairfax area

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Op here. Son played on the A team of a club that offered MLS Next at older ages. No he is not playing MLS NEXT 4 years up😄 Similar situation with the daughter, she is playing pre ECRL, but I’m not sure how motivated she is. She’s young, so maybe in the future she’ll want to play in college or beyond. However, for now i’m just trying to support her best as possible and make sure she enjoys youth soccer. I want both my kids to play for teams that they enjoy right now, given their ages. I’m not trying to push them too hard to play soccer in college or beyond. I want them to make this decision for themselves.


You seem to be perfect for Valor, Fairfax base and not that serious in soccer!


And which clubs in the area are serious in soccer? I’d truly like to know
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2025 17:59     Subject: Re:Teams in the Fairfax area

Anonymous wrote:Op here. Son played on the A team of a club that offered MLS Next at older ages. No he is not playing MLS NEXT 4 years up😄 Similar situation with the daughter, she is playing pre ECRL, but I’m not sure how motivated she is. She’s young, so maybe in the future she’ll want to play in college or beyond. However, for now i’m just trying to support her best as possible and make sure she enjoys youth soccer. I want both my kids to play for teams that they enjoy right now, given their ages. I’m not trying to push them too hard to play soccer in college or beyond. I want them to make this decision for themselves.


You seem to be perfect for Valor, Fairfax base and not that serious in soccer!
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2025 17:26     Subject: Re:Teams in the Fairfax area

Op here. Son played on the A team of a club that offered MLS Next at older ages. No he is not playing MLS NEXT 4 years up😄 Similar situation with the daughter, she is playing pre ECRL, but I’m not sure how motivated she is. She’s young, so maybe in the future she’ll want to play in college or beyond. However, for now i’m just trying to support her best as possible and make sure she enjoys youth soccer. I want both my kids to play for teams that they enjoy right now, given their ages. I’m not trying to push them too hard to play soccer in college or beyond. I want them to make this decision for themselves.
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2025 08:55     Subject: Teams in the Fairfax area

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Syc, alexandria, bethesda, and several others are mls next clubs. But while many may include the word mls in their team names for younger age groups,the league doesn't start until u13.


You must not have seen his previous post where he said his player is 8 but plays up. I highly doubt his son is playing up 4 years cause MLS next starts at U12.


His 8 year old wants to “go pro”, so he’s playing up at U13 🤣🤣🤣


Being that they're from Chicago, I'm assuming he's referencing the Chicago Fire FC Academy which does have a talent identification platform for U10-U12. So it's not out of the realm of possibilities that his 8 year played U10 this last year for the MLS Next Academy ofChicago Fire FC...took all of 30 seconds on google to find that out rather than jumping ton conclusions and then bashing OP for those conclusions.
Anonymous
Post 01/06/2025 22:38     Subject: Teams in the Fairfax area

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Syc, alexandria, bethesda, and several others are mls next clubs. But while many may include the word mls in their team names for younger age groups,the league doesn't start until u13.


You must not have seen his previous post where he said his player is 8 but plays up. I highly doubt his son is playing up 4 years cause MLS next starts at U12.


His 8 year old wants to “go pro”, so he’s playing up at U13 🤣🤣🤣
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2025 23:54     Subject: Teams in the Fairfax area

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:McLean, Vienna, SYC are all large clubs. Not sure what part of Fairfax youre in. Maybe tell us the 3 or 4 closest clubs to you geographically and we can give intel.


Vienna is the best one of all of those! Don’t waste time with anyone else. Coaching is amazing and superb. You and your kids won’t regret signing up for VYS at all. VYS is best, forgot all the rest!


I love this journey for you.


Don’t hate. Nothing wrong with playing on scrubby team that is not up to Vienna’s superior standard.


If you’re going to troll because you were wronged (at least in your mind) once in the past, at least do a better job of it.


What are you talking about? We’ve had multiple DCs VYS. We love it!
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2025 21:25     Subject: Teams in the Fairfax area

Reach out to all the clubs within your preferred driving distance. Make sure you figure out the commute time during traffic, not just "4 miles away" They will all invite the kids to join a training to see where they fit in with current teams.
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2025 21:02     Subject: Teams in the Fairfax area

Anonymous wrote:Wouldn't the 12 yr old be pre-ecrl as well?
No. Most 12 year olds are 2012s right now.
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2025 20:57     Subject: Teams in the Fairfax area

Wouldn't the 12 yr old be pre-ecrl as well?
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2025 20:55     Subject: Teams in the Fairfax area

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Syc, alexandria, bethesda, and several others are mls next clubs. But while many may include the word mls in their team names for younger age groups,the league doesn't start until u13.


You must not have seen his previous post where he said his player is 8 but plays up. I highly doubt his son is playing up 4 years cause MLS next starts at U12.


MLSNext starts at U13
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2025 20:54     Subject: Teams in the Fairfax area

Anonymous wrote:Syc, alexandria, bethesda, and several others are mls next clubs. But while many may include the word mls in their team names for younger age groups,the league doesn't start until u13.


You must not have seen his previous post where he said his player is 8 but plays up. I highly doubt his son is playing up 4 years cause MLS next starts at U12.
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2025 19:40     Subject: Teams in the Fairfax area

Syc, alexandria, bethesda, and several others are mls next clubs. But while many may include the word mls in their team names for younger age groups,the league doesn't start until u13.