you provided your own answer. with 30 plumbing the roster your child will not receive any playing time. armour is well known for this, especially at u17 and above. the coach is happy to add more players since the kids who did not receive any playing time have left but still paid the fees for the entire year ($3,800) for only a few minutes playtime at the end of a second half for the entire first half of the season. the unsuspecting try out kids are attracted to armour because of the winning record, but this does not help your child in any way in terms of improving his skills.

NAL is not the N in ECNL wow lol!!

Anonymous wrote:This was confusing post. Indeed Armor is only MLS Next at top. They don’t have ECNL.

Starting this coming year Armour will have a U12 (2013) boys team in the NAL league. The older top teams (2012+) will play MLS Next.

Have their GA offers gone out?

This was confusing post. Indeed Armor is only MLS Next at top. They don’t have ECNL.

You mean MLSn? They are not ECNL

A sucker is born every minute.

Yikes. 30+ on a roster? Sounds like all kinds of playing time issues for non-starters. That feels like a serious money grab. My DS has been on rosters as big as 24 where he was not a regular starter, and it was always stressful when the rosters are announced for games & tournaments to see who was being told to stay home and who would get to dress. And even though you dressed and drove over an hour for the game, there's no guarantee of playing time which was upsetting for him and frustrating for us as parents. Because of our experience, I would not want my DS on a team with a roster above 22. Of course if your DS is likely starter material, then it really doesn't matter.

My MS has been offered at Baltimore Armour (ECNL I), but I have been informed by coaches that he may be part of a 30+ roster which makes me uneasy. He was offered RL and EDP with other clubs, so this is a better offer of course- but what is better for acceptance? Everyone I know is getting the Armour offers.