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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Seems short-sided not to allow movement in between teams during the season.[/b] Our club allows this (League is NCSL, not CCL) since the coach is the same for both our A and B teams. [/quote]

Well if you move a kid up, you have to move a kid down.  Maybe there isn't a clear kid who needs to be moved down.  And moving a kid down isn't easy on the kid.  Would you want the kid who is likely arbitrarily chosen (since it's rare to have a stand-out "worst" player to move down mid season (away from teammates and friends) because some other kid is arbitrarily better and wants to play on a different team for the remaining 5 games?
I think you can see how this type of thing isn't commonly done in ANY league.  [/quote]

From what I have seen, the 1st team never gets close to a full roster for that exact reason.  For example, you can roster up to 12 but the coaches will normally only have 10.  There are 2 primary reasons, the first being that you want your top players......playing.  So less on the bench and more on the pitch.  The 2nd reason is that if they see a potential 1st player from one of the lower teams, they can guest up or even move up permanently.  Guesting = interviewing.  I'm not a soccer guru, but I have 3 kids in travel soccer and have observe this every year.  My oldest started on the 3rd team because we moved here from the west coast.  By the winter season he was guesting with the 2nd and 1st team.  In the spring of that year he was moved up to 2nd team and for the last 3 years is on the 1st team.

Scouting talent is hard when you are looking at a ton of kids for a few hours.  Have your child work hard and treat every practice/game like a tryout.   [/quote]

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