Anonymous
Post 05/16/2025 07:12     Subject: For MoCo
Anonymous wrote:For girls born 2015, would you recommend Bethesda, Potomac, or ROSAS?


Will just keep posting this over and over:

Pick the team where your child and you like the coach and players better. Where practices are more convenient (time and location). Where your child will be developed.

Please ignore the imagined status.
Anonymous
Post 05/16/2025 06:06     Subject: For MoCo
Anonymous wrote:pick something closest to your house

only go to travel if your child can actually compete at a high level. if not, just stay with rec and enjoy!!! rec is the best. less crazy people and more fun environment for little kids.


Maybe, though I just spoke to a parent moving their kid from rec because the kid got tired of 1/3 of the team doing cartwheels instead of practicing
Anonymous
Post 05/15/2025 11:56     Subject: For MoCo
pick something closest to your house

only go to travel if your child can actually compete at a high level. if not, just stay with rec and enjoy!!! rec is the best. less crazy people and more fun environment for little kids.
Anonymous
Post 05/15/2025 10:49     Subject: For MoCo
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The incoming 2015 coach at Potomac is great. Will expect a lot out of his team but is fair. His players develop very quickly and his 2014 team is undefeated to BSC 1 (since you are looking between the 2 clubs) and went from playing NCSL to top flight EDP. But beyond game scores of 10 yo - I think next year’s 2015s are very excited about having him take on the first team. Would check them out.


And considering they decided to mostly not promote any of their II team players in order to bring in kids from other clubs, there is some space on the I team for new incoming players.


This universal. Only way to move up is often to jump clubs.


Interesting enough is that they were having trouble recruiting last year... I think Bethesda moved more kids up
Anonymous
Post 05/15/2025 07:49     Subject: For MoCo
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The incoming 2015 coach at Potomac is great. Will expect a lot out of his team but is fair. His players develop very quickly and his 2014 team is undefeated to BSC 1 (since you are looking between the 2 clubs) and went from playing NCSL to top flight EDP. But beyond game scores of 10 yo - I think next year’s 2015s are very excited about having him take on the first team. Would check them out.


And considering they decided to mostly not promote any of their II team players in order to bring in kids from other clubs, there is some space on the I team for new incoming players.


This universal. Only way to move up is often to jump clubs.
Anonymous
Post 05/15/2025 05:17     Subject: For MoCo
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The incoming 2015 coach at Potomac is great. Will expect a lot out of his team but is fair. His players develop very quickly and his 2014 team is undefeated to BSC 1 (since you are looking between the 2 clubs) and went from playing NCSL to top flight EDP. But beyond game scores of 10 yo - I think next year’s 2015s are very excited about having him take on the first team. Would check them out.


And considering they decided to mostly not promote any of their II team players in order to bring in kids from other clubs, there is some space on the I team for new incoming players.


get used to that btw


Sure, but they were implying that there would be more spots...
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2025 19:19     Subject: For MoCo
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The incoming 2015 coach at Potomac is great. Will expect a lot out of his team but is fair. His players develop very quickly and his 2014 team is undefeated to BSC 1 (since you are looking between the 2 clubs) and went from playing NCSL to top flight EDP. But beyond game scores of 10 yo - I think next year’s 2015s are very excited about having him take on the first team. Would check them out.


And considering they decided to mostly not promote any of their II team players in order to bring in kids from other clubs, there is some space on the I team for new incoming players.


get used to that btw
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2025 19:17     Subject: For MoCo
Hmm
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2025 10:08     Subject: For MoCo
Anonymous wrote:The incoming 2015 coach at Potomac is great. Will expect a lot out of his team but is fair. His players develop very quickly and his 2014 team is undefeated to BSC 1 (since you are looking between the 2 clubs) and went from playing NCSL to top flight EDP. But beyond game scores of 10 yo - I think next year’s 2015s are very excited about having him take on the first team. Would check them out.


And considering they decided to mostly not promote any of their II team players in order to bring in kids from other clubs, there is some space on the I team for new incoming players.
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2025 06:40     Subject: For MoCo
The incoming 2015 coach at Potomac is great. Will expect a lot out of his team but is fair. His players develop very quickly and his 2014 team is undefeated to BSC 1 (since you are looking between the 2 clubs) and went from playing NCSL to top flight EDP. But beyond game scores of 10 yo - I think next year’s 2015s are very excited about having him take on the first team. Would check them out.
Anonymous
Post 05/10/2025 18:53     Subject: For MoCo
MSI has rebuilt its travel program the past couple years and some of their teams are doing quite well. Also less expensive and year-round practice on turf at Julius West.

I’d consider them as well. And agree with everyone saying consider practice locations and consistency. Bethesda and Potomac are well known for practicing all over the place and constantly changing dates and times.