Anonymous
Post 03/07/2025 19:27     Subject: Is it normal for only 5 freshman boys to make the JV team at a very large public hs?
At our MCPS there were only freshman and sophomores on JV, although all 4 grades could be on Varsity (rare for the lower two grades but it happened). Our boys JV team was pretty evenly split between freshmen and sophomores.
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2025 19:24     Subject: Is it normal for only 5 freshman boys to make the JV team at a very large public hs?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:At some schools, JV is reserved for freshmen and sophomores. At those schools, more freshmen make JV, but a number of juniors never make the jump from JV to Varsity.


This is prime American thought-processing, completely not based on skill or talent but rather physicality.


The point of high school soccer is to provide an activity for the students at the school.
So it makes sense to structure it in a way that allows participation from all grades.
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2025 19:14     Subject: Is it normal for only 5 freshman boys to make the JV team at a very large public hs?
Anonymous wrote:At some schools, JV is reserved for freshmen and sophomores. At those schools, more freshmen make JV, but a number of juniors never make the jump from JV to Varsity.


This is prime American thought-processing, completely not based on skill or talent but rather physicality.
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2025 19:10     Subject: Is it normal for only 5 freshman boys to make the JV team at a very large public hs?
So the vhsl rule for green days is that they have to be open to anyone. My guess is that boys soccer green days would be so crowded that they would be pointless, so they don't do them.
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2025 18:22     Subject: Is it normal for only 5 freshman boys to make the JV team at a very large public hs?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The public high school I attended is known for sports, including soccer, where we've produced several pros and U.S. national team members.

There are three tiers--Varsity, JV, and a combined Freshman/Sophomore Team. There are only 2 or 3 freshmen on JV in any given year. Some years, there might only be one or none. Even the Freshman/Sophomore team is mostly Sophomores.


Your experience is not relevant to op's scenario, which only has two teams: JV and Varsity.


it's this kind of rude commentary that drives helpful posters with interesting commentary off the board.
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2025 18:14     Subject: Is it normal for only 5 freshman boys to make the JV team at a very large public hs?
No soccer green days at our large fcps either
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2025 17:56     Subject: Is it normal for only 5 freshman boys to make the JV team at a very large public hs?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So the norm is to be cut as a freshman, and then come back and make the team as a sophomore?


Huh?


Well, if only 5 freshman make any team, than they must take a bunch of sophomores/juniors who didn't make the teams previously as freshmen. Mathematically.
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2025 17:54     Subject: Is it normal for only 5 freshman boys to make the JV team at a very large public hs?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Another "is this normal" question....basketball has green days so when tryouts happen, ths coaches have already seen the kids playing for awhile.

Why doesn't soccer have any green days? The coach hasnt seen any of the kids play before tryouts?


Not true. Our FCPS school school had green days and yellow days. Although if you were playing a winter sport, the soccer coach said he completely understood focus on that sport over green and yellow days.


Our large FCPS public did not have any green days for boys soccer (but they did for girls soccer and b/g lacrosse).
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2025 17:52     Subject: Is it normal for only 5 freshman boys to make the JV team at a very large public hs?
Anonymous wrote:The public high school I attended is known for sports, including soccer, where we've produced several pros and U.S. national team members.

There are three tiers--Varsity, JV, and a combined Freshman/Sophomore Team. There are only 2 or 3 freshmen on JV in any given year. Some years, there might only be one or none. Even the Freshman/Sophomore team is mostly Sophomores.


Your experience is not relevant to op's scenario, which only has two teams: JV and Varsity.
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2025 17:36     Subject: Is it normal for only 5 freshman boys to make the JV team at a very large public hs?
PP here. This is in a different state.
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2025 17:36     Subject: Is it normal for only 5 freshman boys to make the JV team at a very large public hs?
The public high school I attended is known for sports, including soccer, where we've produced several pros and U.S. national team members.

There are three tiers--Varsity, JV, and a combined Freshman/Sophomore Team. There are only 2 or 3 freshmen on JV in any given year. Some years, there might only be one or none. Even the Freshman/Sophomore team is mostly Sophomores.
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2025 17:32     Subject: Is it normal for only 5 freshman boys to make the JV team at a very large public hs?
Anonymous wrote:Another "is this normal" question....basketball has green days so when tryouts happen, ths coaches have already seen the kids playing for awhile.

Why doesn't soccer have any green days? The coach hasnt seen any of the kids play before tryouts?


Not true. Our FCPS school school had green days and yellow days. Although if you were playing a winter sport, the soccer coach said he completely understood focus on that sport over green and yellow days.
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2025 17:31     Subject: Is it normal for only 5 freshman boys to make the JV team at a very large public hs?
Anonymous wrote:At some schools, JV is reserved for freshmen and sophomores. At those schools, more freshmen make JV, but a number of juniors never make the jump from JV to Varsity.


This. At our APS HS, no juniors or seniors on JV. there are freshman and sophomores on varsity though.
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2025 17:30     Subject: Is it normal for only 5 freshman boys to make the JV team at a very large public hs?
Anonymous wrote:So the norm is to be cut as a freshman, and then come back and make the team as a sophomore?


Huh?
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2025 17:30     Subject: Is it normal for only 5 freshman boys to make the JV team at a very large public hs?
Another "is this normal" question....basketball has green days so when tryouts happen, ths coaches have already seen the kids playing for awhile.

Why doesn't soccer have any green days? The coach hasnt seen any of the kids play before tryouts?