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[quote=Anonymous]In certain circumstances it is needed. I coach a u19 team and around halfway through the Spring season I’ll be fielding teams with 11 guys including call ups from younger teams because HS seniors basically check out. At the MLSNext or ECNL levels it’s basically because there are kids on the roster that aren’t performing to the level that’s expected, or they’re unreliable. If it’s the former, the kids underperforming should bump down to the second team but most parents and kids realistically would rather stay “elite” than to cope with the news that they’re not good enough and will play “non-elite”.

I’ve coached for some time and I can totally see how this would be a cash grab, and maybe it is, but there’s also a small argument to be made that coaches DO NOT want to be telling 3-5 kids every week “we can only roster 18 and you can’t play”. Imagine being a coach having to say that every week to multiple kids when you have these expanded roster sizes. . Just saying, I don’t know all the circumstances however I have a target roster size of 22-24 kids this season based on last year. [/quote]

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