Anonymous wrote:But dont' a lot of clubs take their winter players who didn't even play on the team and exclude kids who were just on their super Y team.

There are rules about how many of the summer players must be on roster. It's low though (like 25% of the finals roster has to have played in 2 number of summer games; it used to be 4 games). So for a roster of 18, that's 5 players. I don't know how others clubs do it, but our club has always taken the summer team, even if it meant smaller number of kids (bc not everyone wanted to go to finals).

Anonymous wrote:But dont' a lot of clubs take their winter players who didn't even play on the team and exclude kids who were just on their super Y team.

Depends. We had two invitations. The club we chose may not choose us to go to finals. We heard directly from previous parents.

The club we did not takes the original team, even if they are from a different club in the winter.

But dont' a lot of clubs take their winter players who didn't even play on the team and exclude kids who were just on their super Y team.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anybody understand the meaning for the letters in the mid Atlantic division? A, b, c ,d, e? Is the a the strongest tier?

It either is not tiered or some teams have put their stronger teams in lower divisions. From our club, it is not tiered this year per USL Y. Whether accurate or not, not sure.

Agreed. Not tiered. Also if you click on C, D or E you won’t see games. For Mid Atlantic there is just A and B.

How many teams qualify from nova to the finals in Florida end of the year? From which A and B?

It depends on the age group. They don't post the bid allocations until the end of the summer, when competitions end. Last year, it was announced in August. The first year we went to finals, there were 5 teams from MA division (U12). Last year was 4 (U13). Most likely would be about the same for the younger age groups (U12-U-14). If you win your group, you definitely go, and most likely will go if you're second in group.

The conversation has come up a few times already so I thought I would share. Most of the large clubs in USL Y are made up of players from other local clubs, especially the (2) teams. The (1) teams typically have a few players from their internal 1-3 teams and then some top players from surrounding smaller clubs. A team like Christos is a conglomerate of the B-More talent that did not play anywhere else and may include Pipeline, Coppermine and Celtic and other clubs.

For us, it is a way to get touches but wanted to set the record straight as more than one parent from more than one club has approached us inquiring “where their team stacks up.”

A better barometer of where your kid stacks up outside of tryouts are club neutral training and futsal. In VA, False 8 has the best talent my DC has played with. In MD, it has been Next Star. Futsal programs like District Dynamo and In10sity have some incredible talent.

It would be nice is parents did not put so much stock in continually measuring their kids but I hope this helps parents to set realistic expectations for their USL Y experience. It is a nice, organized way to get extra touches.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anybody understand the meaning for the letters in the mid Atlantic division? A, b, c ,d, e? Is the a the strongest tier?

It either is not tiered or some teams have put their stronger teams in lower divisions. From our club, it is not tiered this year per USL Y. Whether accurate or not, not sure.

Agreed. Not tiered. Also if you click on C, D or E you won’t see games. For Mid Atlantic there is just A and B.

How many teams qualify from nova to the finals in Florida end of the year? From which A and B?

The winner from each category plus a few wildcards based on enrollment across the country. Mid-Atlantic should probably get an extra team in a few, but not, all of the categories.

The desktop version of the website is different than the mobile. I know I found it before via desktop but don’t see it on the mobile.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anybody understand the meaning for the letters in the mid Atlantic division? A, b, c ,d, e? Is the a the strongest tier?

It either is not tiered or some teams have put their stronger teams in lower divisions. From our club, it is not tiered this year per USL Y. Whether accurate or not, not sure.

Agreed. Not tiered. Also if you click on C, D or E you won’t see games. For Mid Atlantic there is just A and B.

How many teams qualify from nova to the finals in Florida end of the year? From which A and B?

The winner from each division advances.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anybody understand the meaning for the letters in the mid Atlantic division? A, b, c ,d, e? Is the a the strongest tier?

It either is not tiered or some teams have put their stronger teams in lower divisions. From our club, it is not tiered this year per USL Y. Whether accurate or not, not sure.

Agreed. Not tiered. Also if you click on C, D or E you won’t see games. For Mid Atlantic there is just A and B.

How many teams qualify from nova to the finals in Florida end of the year? From which A and B?

Also wanted to say we had 3 competent refs in 2 games

I guess I am the 3rd whose kid had fun. Weather was brutal on Saturday but my DC had a blast playing.

USL Y is super strict on carding both players AND coaches so that is actually a welcomed addition to the landscape.

Low expectations = fun for the kid.

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Anonymous wrote:How was your game this past weekend? Weather was nice.

Truth be told it was rainy/muggy on Saturday so not the greatest soccer weather. But my kid had fun and his team won, so it was a good start to the summer season.

My son’s first game also went well. It was better than expected. My player is a rising senior and has never played SuperY. He signed up just for fun and extra reps but reading comments here our expectations were incredibly low. Looks like it will be worthwhile.

Anonymous wrote:How was your game this past weekend? Weather was nice.

Truth be told it was rainy/muggy on Saturday so not the greatest soccer weather. But my kid had fun and his team won, so it was a good start to the summer season.