Anonymous
04/08/2026 10:04
Subject: What is the most unpopular, least "crowded" position to play when trying out for a team?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Agree with 1. GK and 2. Left Defender
Coaches always hide their weakest players on the wings.
Or the best creative 1v1 attacking players with the most speed and recovery endurance
Ronaldo is a winger, right?
Forward
Anonymous
04/08/2026 09:58
Subject: What is the most unpopular, least "crowded" position to play when trying out for a team?
Anonymous wrote:It’s interesting to see this thread and then think of another recent one about where a kid can stand out the most during tryouts. The consensus on that thread was to play in the midfield during a tryout so the coach sees you as an integral part of the team — that coaches will look to add midfielders first and make a good midfielder into another position if needed. My kid was always volunteering to play as a back and seeming to get overlooked despite playing well. I suggested he play in the midfield at his next tryout. He got an offer the next morning.
One thing that I noticed is that for rec coaches who have a child on the team, their child is typically played in the midfield. It could be that they are the most talented player on the team, or that their parent wants them to play that position. Either way, I believe that position will constantly be around the ball and grow organically just from the situations they have to encounter in comparison to the other positions.
Anonymous
04/08/2026 09:50
Subject: What is the most unpopular, least "crowded" position to play when trying out for a team?
Goalie
Anonymous
04/08/2026 09:25
Subject: What is the most unpopular, least "crowded" position to play when trying out for a team?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Agree with 1. GK and 2. Left Defender
Coaches always hide their weakest players on the wings.
Or the best creative 1v1 attacking players with the most speed and recovery endurance
Ronaldo is a winger, right?
Anonymous
04/08/2026 09:24
Subject: What is the most unpopular, least "crowded" position to play when trying out for a team?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It’s interesting to see this thread and then think of another recent one about where a kid can stand out the most during tryouts. The consensus on that thread was to play in the midfield during a tryout so the coach sees you as an integral part of the team — that coaches will look to add midfielders first and make a good midfielder into another position if needed. My kid was always volunteering to play as a back and seeming to get overlooked despite playing well. I suggested he play in the midfield at his next tryout. He got an offer the next morning.
This. DS's teams entire back line is made up of former midfielders.
They are looking for players that have the basic skills required to be a Midfielder, which is used all over the field in different ways
Anonymous
04/08/2026 09:21
Subject: What is the most unpopular, least "crowded" position to play when trying out for a team?
Anonymous wrote:Don't think its used here too much but the Dutch system of having your best players in the offensive third and then building back from there. Based on physical qualities not technical. This means to make it to the first team everyone has a high technical floor no matter the position. The best players stay at striker and winger, best technically, decision making, and production (goals and assists). The bigger kids get tried in defense first, if they can't cut it there, to goalie. This doesn't make goalie the worst players just a specific body type that better served in a smaller area of space. Shifty wingers with less production become outside backs, and best decision makers play in the middle of midfield.
Fiction
Anonymous
04/08/2026 09:16
Subject: What is the most unpopular, least "crowded" position to play when trying out for a team?
Don't think its used here too much but the Dutch system of having your best players in the offensive third and then building back from there. Based on physical qualities not technical. This means to make it to the first team everyone has a high technical floor no matter the position. The best players stay at striker and winger, best technically, decision making, and production (goals and assists). The bigger kids get tried in defense first, if they can't cut it there, to goalie. This doesn't make goalie the worst players just a specific body type that better served in a smaller area of space. Shifty wingers with less production become outside backs, and best decision makers play in the middle of midfield.