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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No one is scouting these tournaments for anything other than wondering if a club can get its kids from rec to travel.  No one is scouting in general.  I mean really ... "So your child seems good, you've opted not to do travel in your club ... would you like to commute further and pay more to play travel with our club?"  ???[/quote]

Exactly! But I think the scouting comment was made in jest and to mock the OP. No one wants to discuss a random rec age group, especially as old as u12, where any extraordinary talent would already be siphoned off to travel.[/quote]

Pretty sure that's in jest. Let's face it - at U8, most of the kids there are travel quality. At U9, probably about one-third to one-half of the kids could play travel. Once you get to U10, it's maybe one to two kids per team at best who could be playing low to mid level travel. All the talent more or less gets siphoned off after U9. The U8 age group is the only one at a rec all star tournament with all the best players in tact still. 
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Well as you know, there are clubs with so many travel teams that just about anyone can make a travel team if they wanted, I would have to say that more than 2 kids per team U10 and older can play on a travel team, but I get your point. But you just never know what you'll get.  last year, I refereed several U12 boys games and there were some teams that would definitely beat some weaker travel teams.  There were some very, very good players out there.  Maybe can't play travel due to cost, logistics, prefers another sport, etc.  Never know what you'll get.  But yes, I agree with your thoughts on the U8s.[/quote]

Why won't the clubs allow All-star vs travel scrimmage games? (unless some do; I have never heard of one in the area).   [/quote]

Scrimmages are, by definition, un-sanctioned un-ranked practice games. Nothing is stopping any Rec coach from reaching out to a travel coach to set up a scrimmage. But the Herndon All-Stars is a Rec soccer tournament and as such, including travel teams would go against the intent and competitive balance of the tournament. [/quote]

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