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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our team which is the A team has been together for the better art of 5 years minus a player or two each year. The lower team has more roster movement year to year. They have a much better goalie than we have but our goalie has been with us for the entire time. Its awkward because the players talk about it. Not sure how to interact with the parents about it. Is it a bid deal moving down to the B team if you have been on A from the start? [/quote]

It's easier for any kid to move up vs move down.  I think Clubs that keep the same team year after year after year often do a disservice to the players.  It often is not about being the best anymore and many become complacent.  They get too comfortable.

A more fluid mixing and having to earn your spot every season is so much better for development and it is less stigmatized. It becomes about the work and time point in physical development. Unfortunately, we have these set yearly rosters when 12 months is really a lifetime in a kid's development.  Development does not follow a straight upward trajectory within a group of 100 kids.  US Youth soccer does not recognize this.  You have good kids dropping out of the sport because their improvement and results are not rewarded and they get frustrated and you have kids that get embarrassed by being demoted and drop out.

It's a broken system fueled by $.[/quote]

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