Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:more coach dependent than club dependent. Better to look at teams instead of the club as a whole.

Yes.

And when anyone says “they have strong teams at young ages”. I know they know absolutely nothing about soccer or player development.

What are “young ages”? My DS is about to turn 4. We’re in North Arlington. I’m relatively new to this. What would be the best club for him? He is a strong player (for that age).

Alexandria, hands-down best club for developing younger players. You can check other options at U15 but your kid will
Know how to play. Arlington and Bethesda send players to college, but many, and in Arlington’s case, most, were developed elsewhere first.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:more coach dependent than club dependent. Better to look at teams instead of the club as a whole.

Yes.

And when anyone says “they have strong teams at young ages”. I know they know absolutely nothing about soccer or player development.

What are “young ages”? My DS is about to turn 4. We’re in North Arlington. I’m relatively new to this. What would be the best club for him? He is a strong player (for that age).

Alexandria, hands-down best club for developing younger players. You can check other options at U15 but your kid will
Know how to play. Arlington and Bethesda send players to college, but many, and in Arlington’s case, most, were developed elsewhere first.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:more coach dependent than club dependent. Better to look at teams instead of the club as a whole.

Yes.

And when anyone says “they have strong teams at young ages”. I know they know absolutely nothing about soccer or player development.

What are “young ages”? My DS is about to turn 4. We’re in North Arlington. I’m relatively new to this. What would be the best club for him? He is a strong player (for that age).

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:more coach dependent than club dependent. Better to look at teams instead of the club as a whole.

Yes.

And when anyone says “they have strong teams at young ages”. I know they know absolutely nothing about soccer or player development.

What are “young ages”? My DS is about to turn 4. We’re in North Arlington. I’m relatively new to this. What would be the best club for him? He is a strong player (for that age).

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS' team got crushed by an Arlington "Red" team in state cup. There was some guesting down and they played an unattractive yet highly effective kickball style. ZERO debate they went far in the state cup because they know how to win! That said, How do they place so many kids on college rosters if all they play is kickball? NO one is touching the ball but the goalie/defenders and striker...

You either haven't watched Arlington teams play or you don't understand soccer. Yes, Arlington plays to win, but saying kickball shows your lack of knowledge of the sport.

Think it was a total BS post.

1. Arlington red is the second team. They won a few games in some age groups but there were very few crushings across all age groups and in all rounds of the competition.

2. I highly doubt there were any players "guesting down". I obviously cannot know that this has never, ever happened at any game ever - but I never saw it in many years at Arlington. And why on earth would they make a special exception and suddenly put out the call for gunslingers to play one of these two atrocious teams. Doesn't make any sense.

3. As you note, Arlington does not typically play kickball.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:more coach dependent than club dependent. Better to look at teams instead of the club as a whole.

Yes.

And when anyone says “they have strong teams at young ages”. I know they know absolutely nothing about soccer or player development.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS' team got crushed by an Arlington "Red" team in state cup. There was some guesting down and they played an unattractive yet highly effective kickball style. ZERO debate they went far in the state cup because they know how to win! That said, How do they place so many kids on college rosters if all they play is kickball? NO one is touching the ball but the goalie/defenders and striker...

You either haven't watched Arlington teams play or you don't understand soccer. Yes, Arlington plays to win, but saying kickball shows your lack of knowledge of the sport.

Anonymous wrote:DS' team got crushed by an Arlington "Red" team in state cup. There was some guesting down and they played an unattractive yet highly effective kickball style. ZERO debate they went far in the state cup because they know how to win! That said, How do they place so many kids on college rosters if all they play is kickball? NO one is touching the ball but the goalie/defenders and striker...

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS' team got crushed by an Arlington "Red" team in state cup. There was some guesting down and they played an unattractive yet highly effective kickball style. ZERO debate they went far in the state cup because they know how to win! That said, How do they place so many kids on college rosters if all they play is kickball? NO one is touching the ball but the goalie/defenders and striker...

You either haven't watched Arlington teams play or you don't understand soccer. Yes, Arlington plays to win, but saying kickball shows your lack of knowledge of the sport.

Anonymous wrote:DS' team got crushed by an Arlington "Red" team in state cup. There was some guesting down and they played an unattractive yet highly effective kickball style. ZERO debate they went far in the state cup because they know how to win! That said, How do they place so many kids on college rosters if all they play is kickball? NO one is touching the ball but the goalie/defenders and striker...

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: Arlington is a great club. But also a horrible club. They play for rankings and are known at certain age brackets to play down or use higher level kids on lower teams.

that sounds like SYC girls. Their got soccer ranking are high based on the sheer volume of tournaments

All to not qualify (or crash out in lowest bracket) of Jefferson Cup. SYC isn't bad for boys; just make sure you do your own training and preparation because all you do is play. SYC is a joke for girls.

Arlington is the best of both worlds.

If you define "best" as spending time with other d'bag parents watching kids play kickball, they are indeed equal opportunists in that sense.

Bethesda and Alexandria.