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[quote=Anonymous]You must be playing for a larger club that has 3+ teams in the age group, cares about its reputation, and also is in a more competitive league where there is generally an ability cutoff to each team (CCL1 or maybe CCL2).

I could be wrong, but it sounds like you play for a CCL club, or at least a club with multiple teams.

If your son made a higher level team, then they play other higher level teams and there is very little drop-off in ability from the first to the last player.

If you were playing in NCSL, coaches wouldn't care that much who starts, because at U9, the teams are mishmashed in terms of ability and there are weaker teams in the mix. In CCL1, all teams are generally strong and CCL2 all teams are also fairly strong players compared to the rest of the player pool in the club.

Other teams almost always start their strongest players, so if your son is at the bottom of the depth / talent / ability chart for his team (#9-12), the coach does not want to match him up against players #1-6 because there would be a mismatch on the field. The coach may wait to sub him in when the other team has also taken their first rotation off the field.

As long as your son is playing, whether he starts the game or not won't effect his skill development - maybe his confidence, but not his skill development.

If you feel it's an issue, move to a lower team where he is one of the top players instead of one of the bottom ones.[/quote]

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