Anonymous
Post 05/08/2026 09:17     Subject: Arlington Travel Tryouts
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Thought we’d hear by now….

Tryouts ended Wednesday.
So does that mean no one has heard yet? We thought maybe we were out of luck.


if you haven't heard back by now at best your DD is being considered for team 5 or 6, again at best



Please stop doing this. Every age group seems to be on a different timeline. U10 and U11 have not heard.
Anonymous
Post 05/08/2026 09:17     Subject: Arlington Travel Tryouts
No one we know at U11/U12, including many returning players, has offers for white/blue/black.

I’d expect today.
Anonymous
Post 05/08/2026 09:15     Subject: Arlington Travel Tryouts
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Thought we’d hear by now….

Tryouts ended Wednesday.
So does that mean no one has heard yet? We thought maybe we were out of luck.


if you haven't heard back by now at best your DD is being considered for team 5 or 6, again at best
Anonymous
Post 05/08/2026 09:13     Subject: Arlington Travel Tryouts
Anonymous wrote:Thought we’d hear by now….

Tryouts ended Wednesday.
So does that mean no one has heard yet? We thought maybe we were out of luck.
Anonymous
Post 05/08/2026 08:55     Subject: Arlington Travel Tryouts
Thought we’d hear by now….

Tryouts ended Wednesday.
Anonymous
Post 05/07/2026 11:39     Subject: Arlington Travel Tryouts
Any offers for u11 boys?
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2026 19:23     Subject: Arlington Travel Tryouts
Any U12 boys with offer in hand out there?
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2026 15:55     Subject: Arlington Travel Tryouts
Anonymous wrote:Circulating back to people's questions about timing of notifications. During the second tryout (for U15), my child (returning player) was told that the team placement notifications would be coming via email on Friday (5/8) or Monday at the latest. However, if players don't get notified by then, it is possible that they are on a waitlist and then it is just a matter of waiting for others to decline offers.


Short answer - YES. Longer answer - each age group/team has its own dynamics, so it can mean anything, but most likely explanation is that if you don't hear anything while you know others are hearing, then you're almost certainly on a waiting list.
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2026 15:49     Subject: Arlington Travel Tryouts
Anonymous wrote:Have a u-little club player (boys side). Interested in knowing how many of the Pre-Academy 1 players make the NL team vs how many kids will come from outside the club.

Its going to depend on the year. I would say on average probably 6-10 kids from pa1 0-2 kids from pa 2 and the rest from outside the club. On the boys side. This may change if ECNL stays 8/1-7/31 and Mls Next stays birth year. You might see Ecnl have mostly boys with late birthdays and MLS NEXT have mostly early birthdays.
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2026 15:16     Subject: Arlington Travel Tryouts
Circulating back to people's questions about timing of notifications. During the second tryout (for U15), my child (returning player) was told that the team placement notifications would be coming via email on Friday (5/8) or Monday at the latest. However, if players don't get notified by then, it is possible that they are on a waitlist and then it is just a matter of waiting for others to decline offers.
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2026 14:22     Subject: Arlington Travel Tryouts
Have a u-little club player (boys side). Interested in knowing how many of the Pre-Academy 1 players make the NL team vs how many kids will come from outside the club.
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2026 12:46     Subject: Arlington Travel Tryouts
If you’re still an RL player after U15 looking for that nod to the NL team then move along to somewhere else that spot isn’t opening for you. ARL NL teams will bring in players from outside the club before elevating their own. It’s a fact!
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2026 12:36     Subject: Arlington Travel Tryouts
Anonymous wrote:
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Question: Shouldn't ASA Red players all be good enough to be on their Academy team? I understand if they pick up one or two great outside players, but if not all the ASA top players are not making the Academy team, something is wrong.


ASA Red is no longer the top team in any age group. They have Pre-Academy 1 and 2 ahead of that now. Pre-Academy 1 and 2 go down to one ECNL team at U13. The Red team becomes the ECNL-RL team with the leftover Pre-Academy girls and some of the better Red girls.



Domt lie to people…Pre academy 2 is RL…maybe 1-2 players from Red will make the RL but more than likely they will fill it out from players from the outside. No even all the pre academy 2 players will make the RL team and no pre academy 2 players will make ECNL team


Good thing about being on RL is watching your roster balloon to 20+ and ECNL staying at 18 or less. You then think “ oh they will call girls up when they are short” but it never happens. Then you are on an RL team that can’t dress all players every week so you have to sit out some random game.


RL players get out when you can!


+1


If the goal is to play in RL or Aspire, basically just want to avoid the Academy commitment, then where would you suggest one goes from Arlington RL?


I think if that is the goal - then the answer is that it depends.

If you want to be on the most successful team at that level, just look at the table and you will have your population.

If you want to feel prioritized by your club, then any of the local clubs that don’t have NL teams should work.

If you care about coaching - that’s team specific.

thanks - figured that so much depends on what your kid will want, and what goals they have. I suppose my question also was indirectly asking....are other RL clubs similar to Arlington in the problems/risks you laid out? Or is this a specific Arlington issue? I'm trying to follow the GA/ASPIRE hierarchy and comparisons, so feel free to throw some of those clubs in there too.

If you care about time to practice or playing with classmates - you already know the answer.

I think a lot of the problem is that people care about all these things and frankly, if a perfect team existed, it would be super hard to get on. We just love our kids and don’t want any trade offs for them.


Anonymous
Post 05/06/2026 11:55     Subject: Arlington Travel Tryouts
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:

Question: Shouldn't ASA Red players all be good enough to be on their Academy team? I understand if they pick up one or two great outside players, but if not all the ASA top players are not making the Academy team, something is wrong.


ASA Red is no longer the top team in any age group. They have Pre-Academy 1 and 2 ahead of that now. Pre-Academy 1 and 2 go down to one ECNL team at U13. The Red team becomes the ECNL-RL team with the leftover Pre-Academy girls and some of the better Red girls.



Domt lie to people…Pre academy 2 is RL…maybe 1-2 players from Red will make the RL but more than likely they will fill it out from players from the outside. No even all the pre academy 2 players will make the RL team and no pre academy 2 players will make ECNL team


Good thing about being on RL is watching your roster balloon to 20+ and ECNL staying at 18 or less. You then think “ oh they will call girls up when they are short” but it never happens. Then you are on an RL team that can’t dress all players every week so you have to sit out some random game.


RL players get out when you can!


+1


If the goal is to play in RL or Aspire, basically just want to avoid the Academy commitment, then where would you suggest one goes from Arlington RL?


I think if that is the goal - then the answer is that it depends.

If you want to be on the most successful team at that level, just look at the table and you will have your population.

If you want to feel prioritized by your club, then any of the local clubs that don’t have NL teams should work.

If you care about coaching - that’s team specific.

If you care about time to practice or playing with classmates - you already know the answer.

I think a lot of the problem is that people care about all these things and frankly, if a perfect team existed, it would be super hard to get on. We just love our kids and don’t want any trade offs for them.
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2026 11:40     Subject: Arlington Travel Tryouts
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:

Question: Shouldn't ASA Red players all be good enough to be on their Academy team? I understand if they pick up one or two great outside players, but if not all the ASA top players are not making the Academy team, something is wrong.


ASA Red is no longer the top team in any age group. They have Pre-Academy 1 and 2 ahead of that now. Pre-Academy 1 and 2 go down to one ECNL team at U13. The Red team becomes the ECNL-RL team with the leftover Pre-Academy girls and some of the better Red girls.



Domt lie to people…Pre academy 2 is RL…maybe 1-2 players from Red will make the RL but more than likely they will fill it out from players from the outside. No even all the pre academy 2 players will make the RL team and no pre academy 2 players will make ECNL team


Good thing about being on RL is watching your roster balloon to 20+ and ECNL staying at 18 or less. You then think “ oh they will call girls up when they are short” but it never happens. Then you are on an RL team that can’t dress all players every week so you have to sit out some random game.


RL players get out when you can!


+1


If the goal is to play in RL or Aspire, basically just want to avoid the Academy commitment, then where would you suggest one goes from Arlington RL?