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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just curious about how the tryout offer and acceptance procedures work for soccer.

When a player is accepted by a club, do they also let you know what team that player will be on (i.e team A, B, C...etc) immediately? or do they accept the player and ask to him/her to join another tryout to identify which team he/she will be placed on? If it's the latter how have you decided which club your child will play with if you have more than offer at the same time without knowing which team they will be placed on, especially since you have around 48 hours to decide? Thanks[/quote]

Clubs do it all sorts of ways.  From years of experience with this, there is no answer to your question.  Clubs make it harder and harder for parents every year.  Most are not interested in letting you continue to tryout at another club or giving you the time to then weigh which option is best.  You have to play the political game and navigate the process using your own communication skills.  Try to be both honest and strategic.  Many niave parents step into it. There are various tricks of the trade to extend your time (showing up to the last tryout only, commiting verbally but not in writing or by check, etc), but the clubs are always finding ways to clamp down on that.  It is very difficult to tryout at multiple clubs. [b] The best advice is just to make your decision on which club you would pick even before tryouts start.[/b]  That's honestly the best approach.[/quote]

^^This

1. Don't waste your time with clubs you are not really interested in.
2. Go to practices AHEAD of tryouts. Find the team/club first. Try as best you can to pre-determine your answer based on your criteria.

Plan for contingencies like bubble A/B team offers etc... Basically know what your answer will be ahead of time should you get an offer. [/quote]

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