Anonymous
Post 01/27/2026 12:41     Subject: Why is there no Freshman soccer in FCPS?
Since you gave a minimally helpful response

https://www.woodsonsports.com/sports/girls-field-hockey/schedule?team=girls-field-hockey-7666342&year=2025-2026

Westfield High School
James Madison High School
Wakefield High School
Oakton High School
Yorktown High School - Arlington
Washington-Liberty High School - Arlington
South County High School
West Springfield High School
James Madison High School (Repeat)
Alexandria City High School
Anonymous
Post 01/27/2026 09:52     Subject: Why is there no Freshman soccer in FCPS?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It’s such a popular sport and should get its own Freshman team. They could easily field teams at most high schools, whereas they have to beg for Freshman football players.
The main answer, is that there are not enough fields for most sports to have a freshman team.


Ok but why do some sports get them but not others? I’m sorry but it’s a joke for girls to have freshman field hockey while it’s can’t have freshman soccer. Girls can literally decide to try the sport for the first time in 9th grade and make the team. While boys who have played high level soccer for years have to try out for JV and hope they can somehow stand out among 100+ boys most of whom are older and bigger.

And I agree about football. Girls end up having so many more options for teams to join because the total number of participants has to be equal to boys. Football eats up a huge percentage of spots on the boys side. There is nothing equivalent on the girls side. Title IX should be total number of teams, not number of athletes.


My kid's HS doesn't have freshman field hockey, has freshman football/basketball but that's it. I don't know of any FCPS schools that have freshman field hockey, maybe some do.


Woodson HS has a freshman field hockey team.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2026 15:47     Subject: Why is there no Freshman soccer in FCPS?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It’s such a popular sport and should get its own Freshman team. They could easily field teams at most high schools, whereas they have to beg for Freshman football players.
The main answer, is that there are not enough fields for most sports to have a freshman team.


Ok but why do some sports get them but not others? I’m sorry but it’s a joke for girls to have freshman field hockey while it’s can’t have freshman soccer. Girls can literally decide to try the sport for the first time in 9th grade and make the team. While boys who have played high level soccer for years have to try out for JV and hope they can somehow stand out among 100+ boys most of whom are older and bigger.

And I agree about football. Girls end up having so many more options for teams to join because the total number of participants has to be equal to boys. Football eats up a huge percentage of spots on the boys side. There is nothing equivalent on the girls side. Title IX should be total number of teams, not number of athletes.


My kid's HS doesn't have freshman field hockey, has freshman football/basketball but that's it. I don't know of any FCPS schools that have freshman field hockey, maybe some do.
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2026 13:14     Subject: Re:Why is there no Freshman soccer in FCPS?
One more thing--boys volleyball was just included in the last year or so. Before that it was "club."
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2026 13:06     Subject: Re:Why is there no Freshman soccer in FCPS?
Believe it or not, soccer is relatively new to USA sports. (I said "relatively.")

American football has been played in high schools for many years--as has baseball and basketball.

Ask your parents if their high school had a soccer team.

Sports do not come free.

Should they have freshman soccer? It would seem that the numbers would support it. But, Title IX also plays a part. Funds and fields also play a part.