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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When I read this, I had to laugh. Whoever wrote this is being totally and completely disingenuous. I wouldn't even be surprised if the author is working for the club.  I will try to cut through the bs and shed some light on the truth. The current 09 team (rising 10 team) is very good. No child trying out should expect to make that team (or the #1 team if there are 2) unless they are an incredibly strong player. I don't know if the current 09s (rising 10s) have a second team. However, if they do, it will be a SAM Select team---meaning, there is pretty much no comparison between the two teams. The EDP team will get all of the focus and best practice times and the SAM team will receive good training, but not much else despite paying the same amount. [b]There is barely any movement between #1 team and #2 team ever. The head coach tells parents that to placate them. From the get go, he has pretty much determined who is on the #1 team and who will never be[/b]. And, yes, it is completely true that the rosters are too big that and several kids are not likely to get any play time, particularly if it is a competitive game. Trust me--there might not be a "red, white or blue team" but unless kids are oblivious, they "know their place". [/quote]

New soccer parents here.  What do you mean by "From the get go, he has pretty much determined who is on the #1 team and who will never be"?  How does the coach determine if player A is better than player B?  Is a fair system if the coach is the final arbiter?

Sorry I have to ask because I swam in HS and the coach determines the roster and starting spot is the time trial.[/quote]

There’s a lot of confusing talk on here. Achilles coaches will select their best available rosters for each team and each age. It’s hard to imagine why any coach would do it differently. The only big difference is that rosters are rearranged throughout the year based in kids’ performance in practices and games, rather than the standard model of only adjusting once a year or season.  Also incredibly important is that Achilles training is excellent.

As for comparing to swimming, rostering in soccer is always a challenge. Achilles coaches, like most coaches in the world, choose rosters that set their teams up best to be successful at their style of play.  Even professional coaches at the highest levels make decisions that most wonder about. People still wonder why Klinsman dropped Landon Donovan from the World Cup roster years ago, and the same happens weekly in every league from youth to pro. Achilles coaches do their best at every level and agonize about who will improve each team.[/quote]

I don't understand how they rearrange the rosters. Don't most leagues have fixed rosters they have to submit at the beginning of the season? How can they switch kids around from game to game as PPs have described. How is this for the parents not knowing the schedules in advance?[/quote]

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