Do you think clubs may switch to Fall tryouts?

[Anonymous]

Just curious if you think this might happen. Given the lack of practices and playing time in the Spring basically teams are being built for next year based on last Fall’s performance. Might be easier of clubs all had midAugust tryouts and deadlines.

[Anonymous]

Not sure there will be a Fall season.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not sure there will be a Fall season.

I think they will keep teams the same.

[Anonymous]

Any tryouts will be in the fall and probably just for kids trying to switch clubs. If things are normal in the Fall. Kids will be all out of shape for summer tryouts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure there will be a Fall season.

I think they will keep teams the same.

Because many teams are likely to disappear within clubs, this seems unlikely. People will also switch. Clubs will need to figure this out. Hopefully DMV United will agree that tryouts should be roughly in the same timeframe. But to the original question, if there is a fall season, no reason not to do them in July or August. Rough on coaches who don’t know whether or when they will work but that will be true regardless of whether or when you have tryouts.

[Anonymous]

I tend to think that teams will be mostly the same. There may be a little movement, but I think that might be smaller than normal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I tend to think that teams will be mostly the same. There may be a little movement, but I think that might be smaller than normal.

If you are in McLean, sure. But Springfield, Alexandria, Prince William are likely to see significant contractions. 33% of parents on one of my kids teams are out of work already.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I tend to think that teams will be mostly the same. There may be a little movement, but I think that might be smaller than normal.

If you are in McLean, sure. But Springfield, Alexandria, Prince William are likely to see significant contractions. 33% of parents on one of my kids teams are out of work already.

Any idea on how any club is going to handle anything? Tryouts, payments, etc? I am curious as well. Not just for how many kids come back, but also how clubs handle it. I think smaller clubs will take the biggest hit... if only some players aren’t returning I don’t see how you can still operate. Especially if there’s not many teams.

Probably best to see what happens as it happens.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I tend to think that teams will be mostly the same. There may be a little movement, but I think that might be smaller than normal.

If you are in McLean, sure. But Springfield, Alexandria, Prince William are likely to see significant contractions. 33% of parents on one of my kids teams are out of work already.

That will be every club.

[Anonymous]

I tend to think that teams will be mostly the same. There may be a little movement, but I think that might be smaller than normal.


If you are in McLean, sure. But Springfield, Alexandria, Prince William are likely to see significant contractions. 33% of parents on one of my kids teams are out of work already.

I don't know about Alexandria. They don't offer scholarships for kids in the middle (e.g. with parents who work middle class or lower middle class jobs). You either qualify for free and reduced lunch, or pay full. As a result, you have a lot of really wealthy kids, and some really poor kids, but not much in the middle to begin with.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I tend to think that teams will be mostly the same. There may be a little movement, but I think that might be smaller than normal.


If you are in McLean, sure. But Springfield, Alexandria, Prince William are likely to see significant contractions. 33% of parents on one of my kids teams are out of work already.

I don't know about Alexandria. They don't offer scholarships for kids in the middle (e.g. with parents who work middle class or lower middle class jobs). You either qualify for free and reduced lunch, or pay full. As a result, you have a lot of really wealthy kids, and some really poor kids, but not much in the middle to begin with.

Yeah, but economics is not the only reason there is likely to be decline. You also have super-concerned parents who are likely to keep kids out for a while, especially Arlington, McLean, Bethesda. No judgments there. Just observation.

[Anonymous]

I tend to think that teams will be mostly the same. There may be a little movement, but I think that might be smaller than normal.


If you are in McLean, sure. But Springfield, Alexandria, Prince William are likely to see significant contractions. 33% of parents on one of my kids teams are out of work already.


I don't know about Alexandria. They don't offer scholarships for kids in the middle (e.g. with parents who work middle class or lower middle class jobs). You either qualify for free and reduced lunch, or pay full. As a result, you have a lot of really wealthy kids, and some really poor kids, but not much in the middle to begin with.


Yeah, but economics is not the only reason there is likely to be decline. You also have super-concerned parents who are likely to keep kids out for a while, especially Arlington, McLean, Bethesda. No judgments there. Just observation.

That's possible, and it is also possible that some kids will just lose interest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I tend to think that teams will be mostly the same. There may be a little movement, but I think that might be smaller than normal.

If you are in McLean, sure. But Springfield, Alexandria, Prince William are likely to see significant contractions. 33% of parents on one of my kids teams are out of work already.

You are correct, and I wasn't thinking about those people who may not be able to afford soccer next year. I was thinking more about the actual tryouts......and timing wise I wasn't sure there would be alot of movement. Taking the joblessness into account I do think you are right.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I tend to think that teams will be mostly the same. There may be a little movement, but I think that might be smaller than normal.

If you are in McLean, sure. But Springfield, Alexandria, Prince William are likely to see significant contractions. 33% of parents on one of my kids teams are out of work already.

You are correct, and I wasn't thinking about those people who may not be able to afford soccer next year. I was thinking more about the actual tryouts......and timing wise I wasn't sure there would be alot of movement. Taking the joblessness into account I do think you are right.

Using that train of thought, it’s the smaller clubs that will hurt. If fewer people return, big clubs can burden that. Smaller clubs won’t. Which could be even worse for smaller clubs, because that could mean a small club seeing fewer people return due to economics means players that due return to smaller club may no longer be that competitive and want to go to larger club to stay competitive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I tend to think that teams will be mostly the same. There may be a little movement, but I think that might be smaller than normal.

If you are in McLean, sure. But Springfield, Alexandria, Prince William are likely to see significant contractions. 33% of parents on one of my kids teams are out of work already.

You are correct, and I wasn't thinking about those people who may not be able to afford soccer next year. I was thinking more about the actual tryouts......and timing wise I wasn't sure there would be alot of movement. Taking the joblessness into account I do think you are right.

Using that train of thought, it’s the smaller clubs that will hurt. If fewer people return, big clubs can burden that. Smaller clubs won’t. Which could be even worse for smaller clubs, because that could mean a small club seeing fewer people return due to economics means players that due return to smaller club may no longer be that competitive and want to go to larger club to stay competitive.

Hard to say. We have a child on a top team at a big club and I am guessing we'll lose 40% of players, maybe half, on the top team if play resumes in the fall (and maybe two-thirds if they try to play in the summer). Different reasons across the board but there will undoubtedly be a dip even among top teams at big clubs at younger ages. Now of course they can promote others from other teams, but that just means the second team will lose players, etc. etc But economically I think you are right - there may be a few clubs that will have trouble fielding a good top team at all. If I were a top player on a smaller club in the U9-U12 range, I would definitely look to go to a bigger club because there will be spots available for highly talented players. Or perhaps the smaller clubs should really be talking about fielding some joint teams in the fall in younger ages.