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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Depending on the age of the player the C team is really the line between travel and rec soccer. Once a player is on the full field playing on the C team is essentially organized rec soccer. Take the C team at High School ages, if there even are any. These teams are loaded with kids who are either still passionate about the game or are playing for social reasons. But at this level and age other things are usually more important.

Younger kids on C teams are a different story and it is not surprising that C team kids make the A team, especially at U13-U14 when puberty hits as well as the first wave of kids who wish to play or try other things weeds out players.

But frankly C teams by their nature are very transient and there is not much that will ever change that. During 11v11 years the best C team player is the 37th ranked player in the club. How the club came to that conclusion is certainly full of faults but it is safe to say that the 37th best kid is certainly a bubble B team player. Bubble players at all levels are most likely to move to a better situation if one presents itself. The only kids who stay put are those middle kids on the team. [/quote]

My child is relatively young, and has been on the C team for two years.  I know why  - he is very small for his age and although his technical skills are pretty good, his aggression level is not where it needs to be.   I have no problem with paying for him to be on the C team, and don't care if he moves up, except for one reason.   A lot of the other kids on the team are just a mess - and I don't  in terms of soccer ability.  They don't show up for  practices, they don't listen to the coach, and they goof around a lot.  I wish I could find a C team full of  players like DS - not top players, but focused on soccer.  I don't know where such a C team exists, though.[/quote]

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