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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My teenager's ECNL team has had 22 on the roster this year, and it's worked out fine - actually, surprisingly well for all players. In the past I've criticized the club for having deep rosters, so I was skeptical at the beginning of the season. I credit the coach's management of the roster. [/quote]

Do the same group of kids not play in league matches (actually not dress, thanks to substitution rules, most wont play in a given match)? Do the kids who don't dress for games think it is working out fine? [/quote][/quote]

All 22 dress, only 18 are actually rostered. If not rostered, they still show up, participate in warm-ups and watch the game; and there's always the possibility of game day substitution (i.e., a rostered player wakes up sick on game day). Of course players are disappointed when they aren't rostered.  But they're free to discuss the reason with the coach, and the coach provides meaningful feedback. Again, it works because of the team chemistry (players evenly matched, for the most part) and the thought the coach puts into selecting game day rosters.  [/quote]

Wait wait wait, there is not a team out there where players “[feel] free to discuss the reason with the coach, and the coach provides meaningful feedback”. I am sure that the author of this thinks that they are the magical coach where players feel free. This is never true, the power dynamics make it that way. And it’s worth noting this is true all the way through the pros! Listen to the interviews about the USMNT from back in 2000’s, players were completely afraid of asking and these were adult professional men!

Soccer is particularly bad for this, because as a sport it is so wildly dependent of confidence and brief moments of … for lack of a better word, Luck. I’ve watched so many coaches in ECNL leave top players on the field when clearly they are not having a good day just based on the fact that they don’t want to destroy that kid’s confidence, and that kid can sometimes get a lucky deflection or a crazy foul. The coach is not telling a player “I didn’t put you in because I don’t want sally to start feeling bad, and she tends to be our top scorer”.
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