A general note to clubs about tryouts

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Anonymous wrote:I am confused about something that happened. Big club with four teams, child coming from a house league. We received an automated "congratulations" email invitation to accept a spot on Team #3. We declined right away. Then, the next day, we received an automated email invitation for Team #2. Never spoke with any coaches or received any emails, explanations, etc. What is going on here?

They want your $ and saw you didn’t bite for the third team and somebody else probably declined 2nd team. One year they screwed my kid over and took a couple of bench warmers with loud mouth parents on next up and we declined so they scrambled and offered him a spot too. We declined that too because it said how they do business and kid wasn’t top choice. He went to a better team.

This happens especially if the numbers are close for forming the final team. We told a club that we didn't think a low team was worth the price they were charging and they upped the offer to the higher team. It was a small club that really needed people to take offers to have enough kids to field two teams.

But in pp's story, there are 4 existing teams, they declined 3 and were offered 2.

I have something crazier. My kid didn’t register or attend tryouts at current club and yet received an automated email saying they made the team. A few teammates that did register and attend both tryouts were demoted/cut from the team. The coach stressed how everyone needed to attend the tryouts. This is a club with multiple teams per age group/lots of kids at tryouts so they aren’t short on players and it’s a top team.

Was your kid like the star of the team?

No. That’s the truly bizarre thing. He wasn’t a starter.

[Anonymous]

Lol, it was probably an admin error. I wonder what would happen if you clicked accept.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am confused about something that happened. Big club with four teams, child coming from a house league. We received an automated "congratulations" email invitation to accept a spot on Team #3. We declined right away. Then, the next day, we received an automated email invitation for Team #2. Never spoke with any coaches or received any emails, explanations, etc. What is going on here?

They want your $ and saw you didn’t bite for the third team and somebody else probably declined 2nd team. One year they screwed my kid over and took a couple of bench warmers with loud mouth parents on next up and we declined so they scrambled and offered him a spot too. We declined that too because it said how they do business and kid wasn’t top choice. He went to a better team.

This happens especially if the numbers are close for forming the final team. We told a club that we didn't think a low team was worth the price they were charging and they upped the offer to the higher team. It was a small club that really needed people to take offers to have enough kids to field two teams.

But in pp's story, there are 4 existing teams, they declined 3 and were offered 2.

I have something crazier. My kid didn’t register or attend tryouts at current club and yet received an automated email saying they made the team. A few teammates that did register and attend both tryouts were demoted/cut from the team. The coach stressed how everyone needed to attend the tryouts. This is a club with multiple teams per age group/lots of kids at tryouts so they aren’t short on players and it’s a top team.

Was your kid like the star of the team?

No. That’s the truly bizarre thing. He wasn’t a starter.

That is bizarre. Do you have any theories as to why some of the other kids were cut and you were retained notwithstanding you doing anything?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lol, it was probably an admin error. I wonder what would happen if you clicked accept.

If universities can’t get their act together and avoid admission email mistakes, I’m sure soccer clubs have the same problem.

https://time.com/3637980/college-admissions-mistakes-johnshopkins/

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Lol, it was probably an admin error. I wonder what would happen if you clicked accept.

If universities can’t get their act together and avoid admission email mistakes, I’m sure soccer clubs have the same problem.

https://time.com/3637980/college-admissions-mistakes-johnshopkins/

I think it’s legit because the kids that were cut from the team were given a heads up from the coach after practice before the official emails came out. My kid went to every practice and was never asked to stay back and have “the talk”.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lol, it was probably an admin error. I wonder what would happen if you clicked accept.

If universities can’t get their act together and avoid admission email mistakes, I’m sure soccer clubs have the same problem.

https://time.com/3637980/college-admissions-mistakes-johnshopkins/

I think it’s legit because the kids that were cut from the team were given a heads up from the coach after practice before the official emails came out. My kid went to every practice and was never asked to stay back and have “the talk”.

It sounds like while your kid is not a starter, he’s a solid player (at least better than the ones cut) and puts in the effort and work?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lol, it was probably an admin error. I wonder what would happen if you clicked accept.

If universities can’t get their act together and avoid admission email mistakes, I’m sure soccer clubs have the same problem.

https://time.com/3637980/college-admissions-mistakes-johnshopkins/

I think it’s legit because the kids that were cut from the team were given a heads up from the coach after practice before the official emails came out. My kid went to every practice and was never asked to stay back and have “the talk”.

The reason I thought it was an error is that you said you didn’t even register. If so, then you wouldn’t have been on the email list for the offers. What did you end up doing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lol, it was probably an admin error. I wonder what would happen if you clicked accept.

If universities can’t get their act together and avoid admission email mistakes, I’m sure soccer clubs have the same problem.

https://time.com/3637980/college-admissions-mistakes-johnshopkins/

I think it’s legit because the kids that were cut from the team were given a heads up from the coach after practice before the official emails came out. My kid went to every practice and was never asked to stay back and have “the talk”.

The reason I thought it was an error is that you said you didn’t even register. If so, then you wouldn’t have been on the email list for the offers. What did you end up doing?

I didn’t get the automated emails about location/time for tryouts since we didn’t register. But we are in the club’s system because we are registered for the current year/billing. All current players are in demosphere so they send them through that. They already have our email/account info.

He made an ecnl/mlsnext team(s) and committed to one of them (for next year).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lol, it was probably an admin error. I wonder what would happen if you clicked accept.

If universities can’t get their act together and avoid admission email mistakes, I’m sure soccer clubs have the same problem.

https://time.com/3637980/college-admissions-mistakes-johnshopkins/

I think it’s legit because the kids that were cut from the team were given a heads up from the coach after practice before the official emails came out. My kid went to every practice and was never asked to stay back and have “the talk”.

It sounds legit. Why didn't you register for tryouts?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lol, it was probably an admin error. I wonder what would happen if you clicked accept.

If universities can’t get their act together and avoid admission email mistakes, I’m sure soccer clubs have the same problem.

https://time.com/3637980/college-admissions-mistakes-johnshopkins/

I think it’s legit because the kids that were cut from the team were given a heads up from the coach after practice before the official emails came out. My kid went to every practice and was never asked to stay back and have “the talk”.

It sounds legit. Why didn't you register for tryouts?

Because he wasn’t trying out. He already committed to a new team.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Its the same term in every sport, its not a soccer specific thing.

It’s not a swimming term. I had no idea what it meant either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lol, it was probably an admin error. I wonder what would happen if you clicked accept.

If universities can’t get their act together and avoid admission email mistakes, I’m sure soccer clubs have the same problem.

https://time.com/3637980/college-admissions-mistakes-johnshopkins/

I think it’s legit because the kids that were cut from the team were given a heads up from the coach after practice before the official emails came out. My kid went to every practice and was never asked to stay back and have “the talk”.

Or the coach didn’t bother telling your kid since he didn’t register for tryouts

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lol, it was probably an admin error. I wonder what would happen if you clicked accept.

If universities can’t get their act together and avoid admission email mistakes, I’m sure soccer clubs have the same problem.

https://time.com/3637980/college-admissions-mistakes-johnshopkins/

I think it’s legit because the kids that were cut from the team were given a heads up from the coach after practice before the official emails came out. My kid went to every practice and was never asked to stay back and have “the talk”.

Or the coach didn’t bother telling your kid since he didn’t register for tryouts

No. The offer was legit found out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lol, it was probably an admin error. I wonder what would happen if you clicked accept.

If universities can’t get their act together and avoid admission email mistakes, I’m sure soccer clubs have the same problem.

https://time.com/3637980/college-admissions-mistakes-johnshopkins/

I think it’s legit because the kids that were cut from the team were given a heads up from the coach after practice before the official emails came out. My kid went to every practice and was never asked to stay back and have “the talk”.

Or the coach didn’t bother telling your kid since he didn’t register for tryouts

No. The offer was legit found out.

They said it was the official click to “accept” or “decline” email.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lol, it was probably an admin error. I wonder what would happen if you clicked accept.

If universities can’t get their act together and avoid admission email mistakes, I’m sure soccer clubs have the same problem.

https://time.com/3637980/college-admissions-mistakes-johnshopkins/

I think it’s legit because the kids that were cut from the team were given a heads up from the coach after practice before the official emails came out. My kid went to every practice and was never asked to stay back and have “the talk”.

Or the coach didn’t bother telling your kid since he didn’t register for tryouts

No. The offer was legit found out.

So what did they say when you declined? Whenever we declined a spot on behalf of our kids we always got a call or email. Good luck w new team