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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why does Arlington Soccer  post tryout results online?  So instead of a caring phone call from a coach role model, young boys and girls find out online that their coach moved them down 1 or 2 teams, and then the family just goes the whole summer with no courtesy call from the coach and starts  up in the Fall with the new team/coach???  Wondering how it works from those who have already been through this.  I know players moving up get LOTS of contact and feedback pre-tryouts about their potential movement, but do the Arlington coaches really blow off the players moved down and never even five the player feedback or explanation?

Or maybe it is just the bad coaches?  Or maybe feedback is only for the players and families that bother to follow up and ask for an explamation , although I imagine most aren't apt to bother doing that for obvious reasons.  TIA.[/quote]

They used to call but people complained about it.  A LOT.  Because they always started with the Red team and worked down.  Phone calls take a lot longer than online postings, and coaches have real jobs (some), families (some), and they are often coaching in the evenings and weekends.  So, they would start to call, and maybe get through 6 phone calls at a time - given Arlington parent's inclination to talk and talk and talk, rather than to just accept or decline the offer.  So, it might take 1-2 days to get through the Red team, then another few days to get through the white, and so on.  So, kids were going to school and saying "Larlo was called and made travel soccer" and assumed they didn't make it, or they'd have to wait painfully for a week or even longer - (Memorial Day tornaments would sometimes interrupt the calling cycle).  So they moved to an online posting scheme.

Technically, I believe the coaches are supposed to call to warn you if your child is in danger of moving down.  But I think with the growth in Arlington and the DA shifting kids around and kids coming from outside at tryouts, potentially moving existing kids down, it doesn't happen as often as it should.

You are also supposed to have a parent meeting within a few weeks of tryouts/offers, so it wouldn't be the whole summer going w/o coach contact.[/quote]

Thx for the info.  Just so you have a comparison, I believe all the points you make above would apply to Loudoun soccer club, which is a bigger Club than even Arlington.

The coaches there still call every single player with their offers.  Just providing the information for sake of discussion.[/quote]

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