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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’d appreciate recommendations for a trapped 8th grade player.  My son plays for a small club (one team per age group) where most players will be 9th graders in the fall.  It’s unclear if the club will have a fall season for the small number of trapped kids left behind.  Even they do, I worry that the 9th graders will (understandably) no show for practice and perhaps skip games since they are also playing high school soccer.  Practicing with the younger age group team is probably an option but seems less than ideal for development.

I recall seeing some larger clubs form an 8th grade team for the fall season with trapped players from various teams across different levels of the club.  Any experience with those teams and whether they are open to outside players for the trapped fall season?

Any general advice on how best to navigate the trapped 8th grader situation as we approach spring tryouts would be appreciated.  
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Consider moving to a larger club that will have multiple teams at his age group. This happened at our club and they combined the different tiered teams to practice together because the high schoolers rarely showed because of games or HS practice. [/quote]

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