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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a big club parent with a middle school girl who is not on the A team, and probably won't be.  For the past couple of years, we have experienced attrition on this lower team after fall season.    Unfortunately, it's kids quitting soccer, not just quitting the club.  A lot of the girls are under time pressure - soccer isn't their only talent, but they love to play.  As they move up the grade levels in middle school, they have another sport, academic competitions, music competitions, etc., that come up on weekends and create a conflict with league play or tournaments.

With attrition, in the spring season the team can barely field 11 consistently.  While I understand the idea of commitment to the team and team mates, I think it should be expected that the lower level kids have another life, and the lower team roster should have more kids to accommodate this reality.  Otherwise it forces kids out of the sport.  Am I looney to think that anyone in club management cares, and would consider the idea of adding more kids to the lower team roster to account for conflicts?  [/quote]

Big rosters have their plusses and minuses. Hopefully your club has some mechanism to assure that you can field a team for every game. It is important that players/parents update their status for games as soon as possible. People who don’t are rude. With enough advanced notice your club could have younger players guest play assuming the problem is unique to your age group.[/quote]

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