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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a boys soccer coach in the county most schools have 120+ kids. First off follow the schools soccer insta page, all the info is usually there. Tryouts is a difficult process, especially selecting the last couple of kids for JV. Because of numbers I try and take 25 for varsity and 23 for JV. However, playing time with the last 5 or 6 kids on each team is translated to the kids, however things change as the season goes on. Parents can be a real pain about playing time and some coaches have started taking under 20 for each team because of this. We almost always end of cutting a kid 9th grade that ends up making it the following year. Being able to play multiple positions really helps a lot. And for the bench positions on varsity, even personality plays a big role. If schools are canceled tryouts will be pushed back. Most schools have at least 3 days of tryouts. For tryouts you really just need soccer gear like you would practice if the coach wants something special they will tell you on Insta. This is what I do and other schools are somewhat similar.  Any other questions I will be happy to answer?[/quote]

I love an AMA! 
1. Do you cut kids after the first night?
2. Is there a level of club play that will always get a kid a spot on JV (for instance, playing ECNL or MLS Next)? 
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Our schools and I believe most do not let coaches cut kids based on 1 day but I sure would like to. We have 20-30 kids that are lacking skill and fitness to play even at the jv level. I do not ask the kids what club the play for. Some really good ninth graders I might talk to and figure out there club and more information because they might be good enough varsity but might prefer jv with friends or more playing time. We take probably 2 rec kids a year and cut many ENCL kids every year. We are really just looking at what skills they have for JV and I could really care less where they play club. [/quote]

Are you cutting kids who play full ECNL or ECNL RL? What skills are you most looking for?[/quote]

I don’t know every kids club but I would say most encl kids make jv. We are mostly looking for skills on the ball and passing for jv. However about 4-5 kids every year don’t make varsity that were on jv because of better younger talent. Those kids include full encl. For varsity assuming they have ball skills, we are looking for work rate, defense at all positions and competitiveness. [/quote]

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