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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]While entire teams are not pre-made, the majority of them are.  Perhaps 70-80% of the roster.  This spring I knew two of the three coaches in my kid's age group.  Both coaches told me exactly which kids were getting offers to which teams and exactly which kids were not getting offers.

So, while there is perhaps 1-4 potential open spots it's not uncommon for teams to be "pre-made".  Now, the issue comes when clubs don't always place the best players with the top teams because they want all their teams to perform well so they spread out the bubble players.  This is unfair to those players because proper development requires players to be around players of even skill (usually).  Otherwise, it's a wasted season.[/quote]

That’s because of positioning requirements.

18 person teams don’t need 4 keepers right? Same is true of other positions, they don’t need 6 forwards or 4 center backs. So yes, the top 6 forwards in a club’s age bracket are going to get broken up across the top two teams, even if forward number 5 is - on a 4 corners eval - better than 14 of the players on the top team.[/quote]\

Not really, and especially not for something ENCL or MLSnext. There is a good chance that the 4th or fifth best forward at tryouts is a better left back than the second best left back. Talent tends to go to striker, center mid, and, to a lesser degree, center back. The top team is not going to keep a right mid when another kid who calls themselves a center mid could play the right mid better than them. The best teams are mostly former strikers and center mids who learned a new position. [/quote]

You’re blending old positions with new positions in order to be right on this subject.

Almost every 7yo that goes ends up in club later is a striker at 7yo. As the a-side increases, the positions to do. 5aside is a 6, a 7, 10 and 11. All middies.

7aside you get a couple of defenders, but it’s still middle driven ball with an increased popularity of a 1-3-2 formation, you might only get one back - so basically everyone is still a middie…until 11v11.

And to top it off, teams don’t carry two “left backs.” Whoever is the backup left back, is a something else primarily. And chances are it’s another back or a middie.

If your kid is the number 5 forward in a club (in your mind), and is on the top team as a left back - they’re not a forward…they’re a left back…even if they were “so amazing” as a striker at 10. I promise you, the club doesn’t even have your DC labeled as a fwd in PlayMetrics at that point on the club’s blackend.[/quote]

Phrase it however you want to, but telling yourself it's a position crunch is wrong. Aside from goalies, teams will take the most talented kids and figure out positions later [/quote]

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