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Anonymous wrote:What is the age-range of the pickup at Draper Park?

Whoever said middle age men?! lol...No..the age range is about 8 to 13.

Anonymous wrote:A question on DA from a newcomer: when usually are the game schedules and showcase dates usually provided by the clubs (or USDA)?

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Anonymous wrote:i love playing soccer and kicking/juggling a ball around during trainings on the side line. i didnt realize “playing” soccer while at a soccer field was so intimidating,disdained or whayever wtf is wrong with you judgy a-holes?

It’s weird. College is over and your kid is embarrassed you are doing this. Please stop.

what are you talking about? My kids asks me to play with them at their siblings game. how about you get back in your “cool” bubble fart box seating and zip it closed.

is a “zipping bubble fart box” really a thing? lol

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Anonymous wrote:i love playing soccer and kicking/juggling a ball around during trainings on the side line. i didnt realize “playing” soccer while at a soccer field was so intimidating,disdained or whayever wtf is wrong with you judgy a-holes?

It’s weird. College is over and your kid is embarrassed you are doing this. Please stop.

what are you talking about? My kids asks me to play with them at their siblings game. how about you get back in your “cool” bubble fart box seating and zip it closed.

Anonymous wrote:What is the age-range of the pickup at Draper Park?

Anonymous wrote:Anyone know of local fairfax pick up games over the summer? Not interested in Super Y, but my kids would love to come out and play once a week.

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Anonymous wrote:When do teams usually reach out to families with regards to the rosters and next steps after tryouts and team placement have been completed?

I would like to know this too!

In our club, it's typically been over the summer (late June/July) when summer training schedule is posted, uniforms need to be ordered and team fees need to be collected. You can also ask the team manager.

In that case how/when does one volunteer to become a team manager or tournament cord. or any of the other parent volunteer responsibilities? Is that also in the late june/july time frame?

That depends on the club. I was the manager for our team this past year. I added the new players to TeamSnap in the early part of June, and almost immediately asked to see if one of the parents (old or new) wanted to manage the uniform ordering process for the team. At that point there was communication with the coach and our summer schedule was entered into teamsnap.

If you are joining an established team, it is likely (but not certain) that the team will have an existing manager who will likely be reaching out to you soon. An email to that person (or the coach if they dont reach out soon) letting them know that you are interested in volunteering is always well received. I can't imagine turning down anyone who wants to help!

Thanks for the info. This is for a U9 team so I don't believe there is an existing manager just yet. I guess I'll wait until mid June or so to hear back...

Haha - be careful if you ask...you may end up being team manager!!

I'm actually considering being the team manager. Do you think its too much work or too time consuming? I actually enjoy going to practices and games and thought maybe since I'm involved anyways I might was well help out the team.

It would be great to hear from people who were/are team managers and see what they think?