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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son has been playing right wing.  It’s been his main position for a few years now.  He also plays left-wing and striker a fair bit.  This year he changed clubs to get more of a challenge. His new team is playing at a much higher level than his old team.  However, they just changed his position to right back. He is never played defense before and is definitely not a natural defender. This kind of scares me as he’s so used to playing offense.  My question is this: is it normal to change positions at U 14? I guess I assumed he would play offense because he’s good at it.  Pros/cons to changing positions?[/quote]

On my sons team the back 4 do not rotate much, the starters often play the entire game, so if he ends up being a starter then he might get a lot more playing time but if he is not a starter then he might have a hard time getting on the field. But playing time might depend on the coach and how good the team is at those positions. As others have said wingback needs to have attacking ability and speed.

Changing positions is normal even for pro's it all depends what the coach thinks the team needs and how versatile the player is. I have watched Paul Arriola go from left wing to right back in the same game. 
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