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All those things of course lol. Any suggestion on a more development focused club, rather than winning. He enjoys training and wants to improve. -
I've fat-fingered a few posts in my time, but this was pretty funny. So, not at the quoted poster'sexpense:Originally posted by Guest View Post
Paying with other kids?
Or,
Playing with other kids?
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kek, that was a funny typo, I've just noticed. Both are relevant though :)Originally posted by Guest View PostComment
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Snohomish United is fine at that age. There is also western Washington surf in the snohomish location if you only want to play select and play half the year.Comment
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Snohomish, Rush, sound are all premier clubs north of Seattle playing the Regional Club League, and are year round so practices 3x a week 3-5 summer tournaments, if your kid makes the top team they may have a 4th practice and be expected to train outside of practice too at coerver or toca or other private lessons, likely also have travel requiring flights and hotel stays. With premier the only time off you get is the 2 weeks between Christmas and New years. Good select team in the woodinville area is NSC, they and Crossfire Select are the 2 best select clubs in the area. Select clubs play in the north puget sound league, practice 2x a week have an 8-10 game fall season and then I think an optional 6 game spring season with 3 tournaments a summer and generally no travel tournaments. There is another whole league, the Washington Premier League which has select and premier level teams, but they tend on average to be lower quality than the RCL and NPSL. Some of clubs in that league struggle for players. As many have mentioned LWPFC (which is a WPL club) is no where near you and practices way over east of redmond so not sure what that dude was talking about. We checked them out it took 45min from north Kirkland to get to their field and the team they had at our age group has dissolved twice for lack of players.
Other posters advice to check out some teams before tryouts is solid, reach out to the club office and they will set up a practice for you to join. That is really the best thing to do. I honestly wouldn't put much weight in standings, they used to not publish them until the teams went 11v11, not sure when that changed. A good coach that makes your kid excited to play and train at his age is the most important thing. I know a U15 kid that quit his team at U9 because his coach was a horrible screamer made him miserable. Kid went to another club, joined the D team because that's where they had room, now he's attending USMNT camps and playing with the Sounders. So I wouldn't worry to much about the level or the team standings, just find something that makes your kid want to play every day.Comment
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Its U9. Overthinking it.
join a club that is close. As far as development, thats more coach driven than club.
join the closest club and have your kid do coerver.Comment
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C'mon, the OP lives in Snohomish. There's no Coerver available in Snohomish or anywhere within sane driving distance of Snohomish.Originally posted by Guest View PostComment
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Northwest United is a very good development club, might be a little far of a drive for you but would be worth it if you get one of their good coachesComment
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All of those things cannot be the _main_motivation. And none of the clubs here focus on development, they have zero incentive to do so. If that’s the main goal, then look for a good coach and good teammates of an _appropriate_ level. Team trainings in top teams are usually for team training, not personal development, so get ready to venmo some money for personal training as well.Originally posted by Guest View PostComment
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Just play with Snohomish United or Surf and drive 10’ to practices and home games. It’s worth it at those ages.Comment
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Really depends how far your willing to commuteComment
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