Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who has offers and for what teams?

No offer yet, but I have a 2010 and 2012 and this is the week. Let the games begin!

Don't get too excited. The Mclean mass exodus to Arlington for these age groups is very real.

Don't leave out 2013 and 2011.

Anonymous wrote:

The U13 approach is not inconsistent with what a lot of top teams already do at U12. And a number of key players don't leave the games at all. So I don't see this as a big deal. And if the rosters are 16-18 people, there's no issue at all.

My best friend's son played for the MLS next team this year, and didn't even try out again. She said they drove to NJ or equally far on several occasions, for him to play for seven minutes of the game. There was 18 players on the roster. So doesn't sound like your theory necessarily works for all families and kids.

Ok, my point was that these patterns can be true on top U12 teams without MLS Next substitution rules. I definitely understand how that would be frustrating and was not implying otherwise. There are ecnl teams where players are not even rostered for specific games. Being on the bottom end of a roster would make any long trips very difficult, to be sure.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who has offers and for what teams?

No offer yet, but I have a 2010 and 2012 and this is the week. Let the games begin!

Don't get too excited. The Mclean mass exodus to Arlington for these age groups is very real.

The U13 approach is not inconsistent with what a lot of top teams already do at U12. And a number of key players don't leave the games at all. So I don't see this as a big deal. And if the rosters are 16-18 people, there's no issue at all.

My best friend's son played for the MLS next team this year, and didn't even try out again. She said they drove to NJ or equally far on several occasions, for him to play for seven minutes of the game. There was 18 players on the roster. So doesn't sound like your theory necessarily works for all families and kids.

Anonymous wrote:Who has offers and for what teams?

No offer yet, but I have a 2010 and 2012 and this is the week. Let the games begin!

Anonymous wrote:So did everyone now get their invites?

I don’t know for sure about 07, maybe those haven’t gone out yet and will come today. But everyone has gotten invites for 08 and 09 for all teams.

So did everyone now get their invites?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Invites are out for all of the 08 boys teams.

And the system is totally overloaded with people trying to accept.

Yeah. I haven’t been able to get thru. Thought it was me

Seems to be back up now.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Invites are out for all of the 08 boys teams.

And the system is totally overloaded with people trying to accept.

Yeah. I haven’t been able to get thru. Thought it was me

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Invites are out for all of the 08 boys teams.

DS moved up from a lower level team to another lower level team.

To which team?

Pp again. Congrats to your son! You’re probably either joining our team, in which case welcome!!, or leaving it, in which case I’m sure we’ll miss you.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Invites are out for all of the 08 boys teams.

DS moved up from a lower level team to another lower level team.

To which team?

Anonymous wrote:Invites are out for all of the 08 boys teams.

And the system is totally overloaded with people trying to accept.

Anonymous wrote:Invites are out for all of the 08 boys teams.

DS moved up from a lower level team to another lower level team.

Invites are out for all of the 08 boys teams.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am not the PP, and I don't have a good grasp on what the talent level that tried out elsewhere is, but we were concerned about the substitutions rules for MLS Next. Seems like it could encourage some kids not getting played much.

This is absolutely true and that's why Alexandria's MLS Next team also plays CCL so that the kids that didn't get much or any playing time in the MLS Next match, they can get time in the CCL match. I wouldn't be surprised if some kids on the MLS Next roster get barely any time in those games.

Just so everybody understands what this means:

Substitutions are allowed at any stoppage. Games shall follow the Technical Framework provided for
at the beginning of each MLS NEXT Season. The maximum limits for substitutions are:
For U-14, U-15, U-16, U-17, and U-19 MLS NEXT Games there will be unlimited substitutions over
three (3) moments in the game, plus half time with no re-entry after exiting the match.
For U-13 MLS NEXT Games, there will be unlimited substitutions over three (3) moments per half,
plus half time, with no re-entry per half.
Head Injury Substitution: All substitutions relating to head injury, including whether to charge such
substitution, shall be handled in compliance with the PDev Concussion Protocol.

The U13 approach is not inconsistent with what a lot of top teams already do at U12. And a number of key players don't leave the games at all. So I don't see this as a big deal. And if the rosters are 16-18 people, there's no issue at all.