Scrub It Kook
SILVER ELITE
All good, certainly feels that way when you have a close knit, successful team.
HG and AD Rosters appear to be sorted/sorting.
Albion SC (East County specifically)
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HG and AD Rosters appear to be sorted/sorting.
East County Soccer Dad
SILVER ELITE
Keeper added to HD and four players added to AD
Scrub It Kook
SILVER ELITE
I stand corrected, looks like they are scrambling to put together additional age group trainings based on feedback from last weeks sessions. Appears to be purely for EA and EA2 teams. 07/08/09’s & 09/10’s are tonight while 10/11’s & 11/12’s are TBD.
Yup; really crappy scheduling considering SDUSD is on Spring Break this week.
East County Soccer Dad
SILVER ELITE
Seems really short sighted
Did your son make it to the first one?
Does he have good chance to go up to AD?
sandiegofutbolguy
SILVER
u17 could have trouble fielding EA and EA2 unless there are a lot of 09s coming down.
EA2 team likely isn't to return a ton and the academy team at central was an absolute mess.
Gunners > Spurs
BRONZE
No such thing as 4 "Elite" tiers at any club for any age.
sandiegofutbolguy
SILVER
Agreed.
Just wonder if they do the right thing or feed EA2 teams to the wolves.
Scrub It Kook
SILVER ELITE
The problem with letter leagues is the clubs generally have to field a team in every age group. Even if the team is not ready for that level they will try to fit a team in.
East County Soccer Dad
SILVER ELITE
Definitely saw that with the 2011ea2 at Albion this year.
sandiegofutbolguy
SILVER
Low turn out at u16 age group training last night.
sandiegofutbolguy
SILVER
Has the EA team been set?
Not yet, but I expect in the next couple of days as open tryouts are scheduled for next week.
Gunners > Spurs
BRONZE
With tryouts next week, players should have team invitations by now. If they don't, it tells you what the club thinks of them.
I feel like there will be an unusually high number of players looking to try out this year (compared to other years); that's what I'm seeing in my son's club, anyway. With the age group change shuffling teams around anyway, a lot of players who might otherwise stay put via social inertia are looking to see what other options are available.
This might be just an "olders" thing, and/or club specific, but that's what I'm seeing, fwiw. My son's team just finished State Cup, and I think they have less than half (maybe less than 1/3) of the players for the age group committed to return, despite the club sending early invites back to most. Part of that is the club's idiotic dues payment policy (you essentially have to pay two months in advance if you early commit, vs later commit which would be still guaranteed), but I know a lot of kids are leaving for higher level teams, and/or testing the waters with such, since everything is shuffling around anyway.
All of that is to say: clubs may want most of their players back, but the players may be delaying that decision until after try-outs are open (which is next week at the earliest for olders, for clubs in SoCal League).
This might be just an "olders" thing, and/or club specific, but that's what I'm seeing, fwiw. My son's team just finished State Cup, and I think they have less than half (maybe less than 1/3) of the players for the age group committed to return, despite the club sending early invites back to most. Part of that is the club's idiotic dues payment policy (you essentially have to pay two months in advance if you early commit, vs later commit which would be still guaranteed), but I know a lot of kids are leaving for higher level teams, and/or testing the waters with such, since everything is shuffling around anyway.
All of that is to say: clubs may want most of their players back, but the players may be delaying that decision until after try-outs are open (which is next week at the earliest for olders, for clubs in SoCal League).
Scrub It Kook
SILVER ELITE
Offers should be extended.
SDSoccerMom13
BRONZE
That is disappointing to hear. My son is one of the better 2012EA2 players and has not been offered a spot.
Guess our three year run at Albion is over.
Scrub It Kook
SILVER ELITE
Hope I am wrong for your sons sake. But a number of players have received offers. Perhaps AM is just working through a long list.
SDSoccerMom13
BRONZE
Thank you.
We're hoping it was just a mistake. WE do not have a backup plan for next year.
Is he an older or younger 2012? I know AMs u14 EA and EA2 teams aren’t full yet.
If you are closer to east county, Crusaders will be in EA2 next season. I saw somewhere they are having additional EA2 tryouts for u14 next weeks, in addition to regular olders tryouts.