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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]q re: 2016 age groups--is it true that we will not receive an offer for an actual team or specific coach but they won't place kids on teams until after the summer? How can we weigh that against other offers? Its all so vague[/quote]

Yes this is true to a certain extent. They probably already know who are some of the top team players are and who are their bottom players and are just going to try and fill the rest of the roster spots in the  first couple months. Valor will tell
you in the beginning that the roster is fluid. IT IS NOT.

Once you are on a team your kid will mostly likely stay there unless a kid leaves or when they move up in team size but besides those two occasions we have only witnessed one player move up a team and it wasn't even during the season but once the season was over and the move was from 3rd to 2nd team.

Just remember all they want is your money. That is their priority, not developing skilled players. [/quote]

I can tell you that for the younger boys age groups there is more movement than what you have described. We have seen at least 7 or 8 boys get moved up or down a level, including midseason. We were always given the impression that rosters were not totally fluid, but that movement was possible if was best for the kid and team.

This is where parents need to do an honest assessment of how their kid compares to others. Were they crushing it at tryouts? Are they bigger/faster/stronger than a lot of the other kids? Are they in the pre-travel program and standing out there? If so, there's a good chance they will end up on the first or second team. Was your kid more inconsistent at tryouts? Are they on the smaller side without really good skllls to compensate? Not doing the pre-travel program and thus unknown to the coaches? I know nothing about soccer, but I was still able to guess where my son would end up just by observing those things.[/quote]

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