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[quote=Anonymous]Having gone through this with both a boy and a girl. They both play high level soccer. My son has been a consistent defender since he was little. Honestly, he is not horribly skilled by comparison to some of his teammates but has become a strong defender. I will say, watching the team over several years the kids playing offense tend to be the most skilled. The ones that are less skilled either got moved back to defense or moved down to a lower team. In his case, I think he is lucky to have always been a defender as he has grown into this position, does not need to learn to play it and has a position to play moving forward. My daughter has been on offense for all of her playing. I observed the same thing with kids moving either back and picking up defense or down to the second team. She rotates through 5 positions. All offense. Wings,  striker on occasion, and center mid positions depending on formation. She is very skilled and at the top of the team. In general I will say the most talented kids tend to stay on offense. There are absolutely some natural defenders but, for the most part, at the high level, the defenders are former offensive players good enough to stay on the team but not good enough to stay on offense skill wise. Again, I am not disparaging any defender; there are some kids who naturally gravitate toward defense but most are former offense players who got moved back. This is also at the highest level of youth soccer (well girl; boy is not academy but just below). It may be different in different circumstances. I will say U11 is a little young to play one position but that is when this stuff starts.  [/quote]

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