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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Usually if you don’t get an offer within 24 hours (ideally 24 hours), forget it and try a different club. Because the kids who get offers with 48 hours usually become starters. Even you get an offer later, your kid may get benched unless he really likes the team and wants to work hard to get a starting spot later on. No communication usually means no interest.[/quote]

This was our experience. I even brought it up when they offered a spot later than everyone else, and they made many promises and proceeded to bench my kid all season.  Not going back. [/quote]

Curious, is it better to play for a lower level team or bench and practice with higher level team and try to win a spot?[/quote]

I have no direct example to give, so may opinion is not backed-up by a 1st hand example above u13. But, if the kid's goal is to play in college, I would stick with the higher team and ride the bench more.  Have the conversation about playtime for everyone at showcases events.   It is my understanding that ECNL, GA & MLS Next, all players on the team that attend the showcase events get as much play time as possible in front of college coaches...which is the big end goal for those leagues.   If you are on a lower team, but playing as much as you like, it is harder to get seen and to play for the school you might want to go to.

I did know a family whose kid made onto a big ECNL club roster who decided not to go back the next year as it was too much of a time commitment and she rode the bench a lot.  (The coach said she would have to put in a lot more work to become a starter.)  -She decided to go back to a regular travel club.   She likes it more and is developing well, but her dad said she gave up the idea of playing soccer in college, so that also drove the decision. [/quote]

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