You might be right - a few of the Ivies did well this year —- top 50.
Nothing wrong with VDA it’s just a newer club.

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Anonymous wrote:If the poster's question is intended to include DA teams, then Bethesda DA U16/17 is the best 03 boys team in the DC area. They've beaten DC United DA's team twice this season, as well as knocked off a number of other MLS academy teams this season (e.g., NE Revolution). However, because this BSC team has not played club teams, it's difficult to compare them against that pool.

Girls teams. Thanks though, Bethesda dad.

Says you. The title of the thread is best 03 teams, not best 03 girls teams.

Bethesda is excellent, and I find DC United underwhelming as an MLS Academy. What keeps them going is the prospect of a pro connection.

Bethesda boys 03 is excellent? Are you talking about DA team? They are good, the rest are average. Not even top 10 in the area if you include DA.

Yeah, I meant the DA team.

Of course he meant the DA team, because this thread is about the top 03 teams - not B teams.

I'd put Baltimore Armour's 03 DA above Bethesda's right now, but it's true both are better than DC. The only asterisk to that is that DC has a lot of their 03s playing up with the 19s or even on the USL team. Then again, they brought all those guys with them to the GA Cup and it didn't seem to make much difference.

VDA's 03s are a step below the other three, and are probably at about the same level as Baltimore Celtic, McLean, Loudoun,and BRYC.

Anonymous wrote:Well if you’re an 03 and you want to develop so you’re ready to play at a to school you have to belong to a program that can help you do that. RU definitely has a track record of girls ready to play at penn state, Clemson, Duke, Miami. VDA for example - new club. No history. FCV has girls going and playing at top schools too.
If you’re going to play soccer at Harvard you can probably not worry about that too much. You’re also not getting any athletic $ at an ivy.

VDA has current commitments in the club and will not have trouble placing their girls in the coming years.

Anonymous wrote:Well if you’re an 03 and you want to develop so you’re ready to play at a to school you have to belong to a program that can help you do that. RU definitely has a track record of girls ready to play at penn state, Clemson, Duke, Miami. VDA for example - new club. No history. FCV has girls going and playing at top schools too.
If you’re going to play soccer at Harvard you can probably not worry about that too much. You’re also not getting any athletic $ at an ivy.

Actually, many kids use soccer or another sport as their hook to get into an Ivy (see McLean) --- so yeah, it may matter.

If the kid and parents are happy making that drive then good for them --- I'm glad it worked out.

But you can't make the financial justification for doing it without knowing what the girl is actually getting out of it
because:

1) Not all soccer scholarships are full rides (some are barely anything --- $1K)
2) The cost in college is significantly different depending on the institution.

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Anonymous wrote:If the poster's question is intended to include DA teams, then Bethesda DA U16/17 is the best 03 boys team in the DC area. They've beaten DC United DA's team twice this season, as well as knocked off a number of other MLS academy teams this season (e.g., NE Revolution). However, because this BSC team has not played club teams, it's difficult to compare them against that pool.

Girls teams. Thanks though, Bethesda dad.

Says you. The title of the thread is best 03 teams, not best 03 girls teams.

Bethesda is excellent, and I find DC United underwhelming as an MLS Academy. What keeps them going is the prospect of a pro connection.

Newbie, learn your lesson, if the title does not say Girl of Boy, it is for GIRL. Do not argue, it is how this forum works, that is why the "DC Urban Moms " with the large font for "Moms". Also if no location (DC, MD, VA), it is for VA...

Well if you’re an 03 and you want to develop so you’re ready to play at a to school you have to belong to a program that can help you do that. RU definitely has a track record of girls ready to play at penn state, Clemson, Duke, Miami. VDA for example - new club. No history. FCV has girls going and playing at top schools too.
If you’re going to play soccer at Harvard you can probably not worry about that too much. You’re also not getting any athletic $ at an ivy.

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Anonymous wrote:Richmond is close enough that some Nova players have chosen it, including a player from Fredericksburg right now. Don't sound so threatened.

I don’t understand why a Fredericksburg parent would drive their kid to Richmond when VDA (as an example) is so close. Why don’t people play at the closest club?

Well, I heard that “commuter” got a bunch of offers and committed to WVU. Bruner must be doing something right if “return-on-commute” means a scholarship to a Power 5 program.

If the player in question is happy going to and playing soccer for WVU, good for them.

The "return-on-commute" argument is weak without the details.
If she good enough to get a the mythical girls soccer full ride then maybe its worth it.
But let's understand what she got in terms of a scholarship and remember than WVU isn't Havard in terms of yearly cost.

The nice thing about Richmond club and why it stays strong is that they don’t have a lot of girls club hopping like they do in NOVA. Too many options up there and everyone is happy to poach you from another club.
The girl in question was 100% recruited by multiple schools after she suited up with Richmond. I caution against believing anything you hear about offers, scholarships, money, etc. because most people keep that under wraps. Who wants to let your soon to be college coach know you’re out there flapping your gums about their offer?

She left VDA when they switched from DA to ECNL and VDA got upset with her (or her parents probably) when they started looking at other options trying to stop the bleeding after one of their other top players went to BRYC immediately. Richmond has girls from Charlottesville, Williamsburg, and Jordan Caniff actually lived in Maryland as do a few others in the club. So far no one is going Richmond from NOVA - plenty of other options up there but Richmond consistently produces strong teams and gets their girls recruited to top soccer programs.

If you look at the standings every age group has a different team in first place in the ECNL Mid Atlantic.

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Anonymous wrote:If the poster's question is intended to include DA teams, then Bethesda DA U16/17 is the best 03 boys team in the DC area. They've beaten DC United DA's team twice this season, as well as knocked off a number of other MLS academy teams this season (e.g., NE Revolution). However, because this BSC team has not played club teams, it's difficult to compare them against that pool.

Girls teams. Thanks though, Bethesda dad.

Says you. The title of the thread is best 03 teams, not best 03 girls teams.

Bethesda is excellent, and I find DC United underwhelming as an MLS Academy. What keeps them going is the prospect of a pro connection.

Bethesda boys 03 is excellent? Are you talking about DA team? They are good, the rest are average. Not even top 10 in the area if you include DA.

Yeah, I meant the DA team.

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Anonymous wrote:If the poster's question is intended to include DA teams, then Bethesda DA U16/17 is the best 03 boys team in the DC area. They've beaten DC United DA's team twice this season, as well as knocked off a number of other MLS academy teams this season (e.g., NE Revolution). However, because this BSC team has not played club teams, it's difficult to compare them against that pool.

Girls teams. Thanks though, Bethesda dad.

Says you. The title of the thread is best 03 teams, not best 03 girls teams.

Bethesda is excellent, and I find DC United underwhelming as an MLS Academy. What keeps them going is the prospect of a pro connection.

Bethesda boys 03 is excellent? Are you talking about DA team? They are good, the rest are average. Not even top 10 in the area if you include DA.

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Anonymous wrote:Richmond is close enough that some Nova players have chosen it, including a player from Fredericksburg right now. Don't sound so threatened.

I don’t understand why a Fredericksburg parent would drive their kid to Richmond when VDA (as an example) is so close. Why don’t people play at the closest club?

Because VDA is a joke.

In comparison to what clubs?

Most. Too many to list.

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Anonymous wrote:If the poster's question is intended to include DA teams, then Bethesda DA U16/17 is the best 03 boys team in the DC area. They've beaten DC United DA's team twice this season, as well as knocked off a number of other MLS academy teams this season (e.g., NE Revolution). However, because this BSC team has not played club teams, it's difficult to compare them against that pool.

Girls teams. Thanks though, Bethesda dad.

Says you. The title of the thread is best 03 teams, not best 03 girls teams.

Bethesda is excellent, and I find DC United underwhelming as an MLS Academy. What keeps them going is the prospect of a pro connection.

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Anonymous wrote:Richmond is close enough that some Nova players have chosen it, including a player from Fredericksburg right now. Don't sound so threatened.

I don’t understand why a Fredericksburg parent would drive their kid to Richmond when VDA (as an example) is so close. Why don’t people play at the closest club?

Well, I heard that “commuter” got a bunch of offers and committed to WVU. Bruner must be doing something right if “return-on-commute” means a scholarship to a Power 5 program.

The way you keep excessively lathering him with praise, I'd think he were paying you if it weren't that you keep misspelling his name, the girl was a great player long before Brunner ever got involved and she got that WVU look by getting in a summer showcase just before she had ever joined the 03s. I will say yes, Brunner has good connections with college coaches. That's true, although the way I hear it, she got the offer but not a scholarship. She was at VDA prior to Richmond, but there was some sort of an issue between her parents and the leadership. That's why they left.

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Anonymous wrote:Richmond is close enough that some Nova players have chosen it, including a player from Fredericksburg right now. Don't sound so threatened.

I don’t understand why a Fredericksburg parent would drive their kid to Richmond when VDA (as an example) is so close. Why don’t people play at the closest club?

Because VDA is a joke.

In comparison to what clubs?

Older Girls Bethesda Cup is this weekend. It looks like most of the 03 local teams are playing in it, so we will see how they stack up. I know a few teams in MD disbanded and players joined other teams.