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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yeah but doesn't mean he plays.  I've seen this with our team.  Players who have been with the club, the team, the coach.  They were good.  They used to start but now with the new coach and with new players joining the team, they just ride the bench, and they are happy to do so cause they are still with the same team.

[quote=Anonymous]My kid is with the same club he's been with since u-little. He's been on the top team for a few years and when he reached the age where MLS Next started he was offered a spot on the team.

Most of the boys on his team are also most homegrown -- most of them have been with the club playing on the top team (in the youth years before MLS Next) for several years now. We have a couple new kids that joined the first year of MLS Next, but not many.[/quote][/quote]

I guess every club, even clubs in MLS Next, approaches playing time differently. In my experience, every player seems to play at least 50% of the time, on average; that means some games a player might play a bit more than half and other games a bit less than half, but on average at least half a game. Of course, some players play far more than that - even the full game.

So yes, playing time is not identical for each player once you reach MLS Next in my experience, but no player in my experience just "rides the bench." Not saying it doesn't happen at some clubs, but certainly not every club.[/quote]

On DS team, everyone called up on the roster gets playing time. Of course how much time varies widely but even some players who are not regularly on the roster end up playing a lot when they are called. So I think everyone does have an opportunity to shine and earn more regular playing time.[/quote]

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