Anonymous wrote:I don't know why this is so complicated. I am looking for insight into the best coaches in the area at under u15 and u16 and older. DD has not committed to any club but has offers from a few. If your DD played for a coach you liked or you are aware of a coach in the DMV, please share. If not, just let it go. VDA and MUFC are a stretch for us but I am sure there are people here who might be interested, which is why I am vague about which clubs my DD is targeting.

Take the hint that has been given multiple times.

if your DD already has offers from several ECNL/DA clubs then you likely know what’s up. Why the illusion/game of intrigue?

04/05/06/07 - VDA staff seems to have it figured out.
03/02/01 - McLean/BRYC seem to be the places.

That was easy.

I don't know why this is so complicated. I am looking for insight into the best coaches in the area at under u15 and u16 and older. DD has not committed to any club but has offers from a few. If your DD played for a coach you liked or you are aware of a coach in the DMV, please share. If not, just let it go. VDA and MUFC are a stretch for us but I am sure there are people here who might be interested, which is why I am vague about which clubs my DD is targeting.

Anonymous wrote:We can manage the drive to Leesburg, Germantown or Fairfax.

Which clubs have you been offered? We can't comment specifically without knowing which clubs to specifically comment upon. I think this was asked before.

We can manage the drive to Leesburg, Germantown or Fairfax.

Anonymous wrote:OP Here. I am finding parts very useful. It is comments from folks like you and others that make the thread dumb. Please move on and get a life.

If you live in NW then on logistics/commute grounds I would rule out any club other than Arlington, McLean or Bethesda.

OP Here. I am finding parts very useful. It is comments from folks like you and others that make the thread dumb. Please move on and get a life.

Such a dumb thread.

Anonymous wrote:As I said, if you don't have any insight to share then please jump to another discussion. There is potential to have a great discussion here.

+1 I do not understand the guy trying to stop the discussion. He's made his point, now move on.

Anonymous wrote:The BSC comments confirm what I have heard from others. Greene is a yeller but his players seem to trust him and/or get used to it. He seems to do a great job at coaching teams but how is he at developing players skills? Is that expected to be done outside of training?

I know many BSC players do outside training. My daughter uses pelotatraining.com. It is 50/hr and you get 3000 touches in per session. You can't get that in a team practice session and you will see the results after a few sessions. Plus it is much less than other trainers cost-wise. We train in MoCo and you can book/pay online.

The NoVa crowd looking for a food fight would be so disappointed if the OP responds that their family lives close to Baltimore in Anne Arundel county, and is deciding between Maryland United and Washington Spirit's Maryland team. The remainder of this thread would then be crickets chirping.

The above bolded post hasn't aged well.

The BSC comments confirm what I have heard from others. Greene is a yeller but his players seem to trust him and/or get used to it. He seems to do a great job at coaching teams but how is he at developing players skills? Is that expected to be done outside of training?

Agreed about the high quality of the two BSC coaches previously mentioned, Dave and Trey. The other coaches of BSC's ECNL teams, Shannon Cirovski, Emily Janss and Ashly Kennedy, are also very good, accomplished, and well-thought of. Bios here: https://www.bethesdasoccer.org/Default.aspx?tabid=220788

Our daughters have liked having women head coaches at BSC, who in addition to helping develop our daughters into better players, have also served as role models to the girls.

Not the most important criteria in looking at a club, but not one to be dismissed either.

We know a lot of kids who have played for Dave Greene, who coaches both Bethesda's U13 and U14 ECNL teams and Whitman's varsity boys. He's intense and can be a yeller, but he's a very good coach and much more mellow than he used to be.