OP don’t discount what great athletes and in what good shape many of the travel soccer girls are in at that age. The stick skills are still not amazing at that age so an athletic, fast girl with endurance will stand out in rec. Give it a year or two and the girls who only play rec won’t be able to keep up with stick skills or get past the good defenders.
Also don’t make the mistake we did if you are in an “A” team at a club like Pride that has it’s A teams play in the B brackets. They can call the team whatever they want, but if it’s playing in B, it’s a B team.