Bethesda Soccer On Way Down

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Anonymous wrote:The team has 22 players on the roster. They added a 23rd player in February who only trains with the team and will join the club for the 2026-2027 season.

Sooo..... 22/23 is customary, or normal. Seems like a lot to me but I am new to all this as mine are still in the younger age groups.

Some players are on that team just for the club to make money. A friend on that team told me the players use to be informed who is playing on game day, but now they find out at the game when they show up. We were playing them and the mom I knew said she wasn't sure her daughter was playing that day. (her daughter did play and started). I was told the roster is really large because they knew most of the team was doing U15 again, so they were trying to build up the roster for 2026-2027 year. The U16 team for next year is not looking as strong since the majority of the good players are repeating U15.

I’m sure that’s the justification the club gave, but this roster size is not an outlier for BSC.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:nope, not 26 or 24 but keep trying, making sht up to that is.

So…25?

There are 23 in the latest photo from Instagram.

Our friend is on that team. There are 25 on the roster. That is more than two full teams. I’m not sure why anyone on here is acting like that’s reasonable.

You are straight up lying and you certainly don’t have a friend on the team. It is not 25.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:nope, not 26 or 24 but keep trying, making sht up to that is.

So…25?

There are 23 in the latest photo from Instagram.

Our friend is on that team. There are 25 on the roster. That is more than two full teams. I’m not sure why anyone on here is acting like that’s reasonable.

You are straight up lying and you certainly don’t have a friend on the team. It is not 25.

its 24

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:nope, not 26 or 24 but keep trying, making sht up to that is.

So…25?

There are 23 in the latest photo from Instagram.

Our friend is on that team. There are 25 on the roster. That is more than two full teams. I’m not sure why anyone on here is acting like that’s reasonable.

You are straight up lying and you certainly don’t have a friend on the team. It is not 25.

its 24

It’s not 24 either…

[Anonymous]

The current, official rosters of ECNL teams are readily available online. If you don't know how or care to find them and count, please don't bother posting. Do all of us a favor and take your uniformed opinion back to the rock from under which you came.

If it's so hard for you to grasp why people will pay money to get their kid on a very successful team despite the risk of not playing, then you're clearly not even close to getting there so see my previous suggestion.

Congratulations to the BSC 2011s for kicking a$$ and taking some top team names, three years in a row!

[Anonymous]

Having kids go all the way to a game only to find out they aren't even allowed to sit on the bench is nasty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Having kids go all the way to a game only to find out they aren't even allowed to sit on the bench is nasty.

Even our Sh**ty ECNL club has the courtesy to inform the kids in advance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Having kids go all the way to a game only to find out they aren't even allowed to sit on the bench is nasty.

WOW - For away games too???? I could understand supporting the team for home games, but at least they should give families the courtesy of deciding if they want to take a 2-3 hour ride for an away game, for their kid not to see the field.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Having kids go all the way to a game only to find out they aren't even allowed to sit on the bench is nasty.

WOW - For away games too???? I could understand supporting the team for home games, but at least they should give families the courtesy of deciding if they want to take a 2-3 hour ride for an away game, for their kid not to see the field.

When you're part of a team, you're there for all of it, not just when the pictures get taken or when you feel like it. Playing in college is the same. Not many players from that 28 roster see meaningful minutes consistently every year that they're part of the team. Some players hit the field from freshman year, others are in development / on the bench until later and some never see the field. But they all want to be a part of it for one reason or another.

[Anonymous]

We're talking about 14 year old kids and greedy clubs and coaches.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Having kids go all the way to a game only to find out they aren't even allowed to sit on the bench is nasty.

WOW - For away games too???? I could understand supporting the team for home games, but at least they should give families the courtesy of deciding if they want to take a 2-3 hour ride for an away game, for their kid not to see the field.

When you're part of a team, you're there for all of it, not just when the pictures get taken or when you feel like it. Playing in college is the same. Not many players from that 28 roster see meaningful minutes consistently every year that they're part of the team. Some players hit the field from freshman year, others are in development / on the bench until later and some never see the field. But they all want to be a part of it for one reason or another.

This is incredibly stupid for actual kids. College kids are a completely different example. They can get transportation on team buses/etc. Making a kid give up a weekend to cheer on teammates is not something that happens for most teams.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Having kids go all the way to a game only to find out they aren't even allowed to sit on the bench is nasty.

WOW - For away games too???? I could understand supporting the team for home games, but at least they should give families the courtesy of deciding if they want to take a 2-3 hour ride for an away game, for their kid not to see the field.

When you're part of a team, you're there for all of it, not just when the pictures get taken or when you feel like it. Playing in college is the same. Not many players from that 28 roster see meaningful minutes consistently every year that they're part of the team. Some players hit the field from freshman year, others are in development / on the bench until later and some never see the field. But they all want to be a part of it for one reason or another.

This is incredibly stupid for actual kids. College kids are a completely different example. They can get transportation on team buses/etc. Making a kid give up a weekend to cheer on teammates is not something that happens for most teams.

We are talking about top ECNL U15 and up, which are college prep programs, not U-littles cheering on teammates. Players and their families don't travel to cheer on.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:nope, not 26 or 24 but keep trying, making sht up to that is.

So…25?

There are 23 in the latest photo from Instagram.

Our friend is on that team. There are 25 on the roster. That is more than two full teams. I’m not sure why anyone on here is acting like that’s reasonable.

You are straight up lying and you certainly don’t have a friend on the team. It is not 25.

its 24

It’s not 24 either…

21 on the ECNL roster. 1 rostered in a different team and is playing in the games and one not rostered but training. She can’t be rostered yet. I believe there is another player as well. So at least 23 possibly 24. Believe what you want

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Having kids go all the way to a game only to find out they aren't even allowed to sit on the bench is nasty.

WOW - For away games too???? I could understand supporting the team for home games, but at least they should give families the courtesy of deciding if they want to take a 2-3 hour ride for an away game, for their kid not to see the field.

When you're part of a team, you're there for all of it, not just when the pictures get taken or when you feel like it. Playing in college is the same. Not many players from that 28 roster see meaningful minutes consistently every year that they're part of the team. Some players hit the field from freshman year, others are in development / on the bench until later and some never see the field. But they all want to be a part of it for one reason or another.

This is incredibly stupid for actual kids. College kids are a completely different example. They can get transportation on team buses/etc. Making a kid give up a weekend to cheer on teammates is not something that happens for most teams.

Be incredibly grateful for the insight and make your family decisions accordingly. I would not do it but don’t judge others who do. To each their own.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Having kids go all the way to a game only to find out they aren't even allowed to sit on the bench is nasty.

WOW - For away games too???? I could understand supporting the team for home games, but at least they should give families the courtesy of deciding if they want to take a 2-3 hour ride for an away game, for their kid not to see the field.

When you're part of a team, you're there for all of it, not just when the pictures get taken or when you feel like it. Playing in college is the same. Not many players from that 28 roster see meaningful minutes consistently every year that they're part of the team. Some players hit the field from freshman year, others are in development / on the bench until later and some never see the field. But they all want to be a part of it for one reason or another.

This is incredibly stupid for actual kids. College kids are a completely different example. They can get transportation on team buses/etc. Making a kid give up a weekend to cheer on teammates is not something that happens for most teams.

We are talking about top ECNL U15 and up, which are college prep programs, not U-littles cheering on teammates. Players and their families don't travel to cheer on.

Soo.... are you saying that transportation is provided (like in College) for away games by these clubs for the players, at this age U15?