Leaving club in season

[Guest]

yes. and if any other reason thats not on this list you decide to take your business elsewhere you are perfectly fine to do so

Right.
if you are volunteering your time and kids are playing for free and kids want to leave… you have every right to be hurt

[Guest]

Why should they, and what is really the damage? It's just youth soccer not a professional team.

so what happens if your only goalie leaves on a U13 team? It screws all the players over

What happens if 2 players leave a 16 person roster, that can really hurt teams being able to field teams.

You agreed to play for the year, just do so and fulfill your responsibilities, but of course if are all about "me me me", you will not understand this

[Guest]

If a coach screwed up with a player , she or he needs to humble themselves and ask player or players to stay and fix the error but egos will prevent this from happening

[Guest]

so what happens if your only goalie leaves on a U13 team? It screws all the players over

What happens if 2 players leave a 16 person roster, that can really hurt teams being able to field teams.

You agreed to play for the year, just do so and fulfill your responsibilities, but of course if are all about "me me me", you will not understand this

it goes both ways. What if you are the only goalie and they bring in another goalie mid season? What if a club rosters 22 kids on a team? If clubs don't like it, how about don't ask people to commit 5+ months before the next season. Decisions for next year often have to happen before a spring game is played. Why would you have your kid stick around as a lame duck? Clubs push kids down to lower teams all of the time. The club can F'ing figure it out. There are a lot of "what ifs." We pay to play, which also means we can pay to not play. There are no "responsibilities" to stick around for an entire year, only to pay for it.

[Guest]

Why did this thread resurface ? Sounds like a coach is upset best player left and knows will get fired at end of the season , time to start looking for the next gig

LOL. I love these anonymous posts where it seems like two people actually know each other and just throw shots at one another incognito.

[Guest]

To anyone saying "honor your commitment and stay," do you realize that the player is moving to another club who would be taking on the new player mid-season? Why is it OK for a club to bring in new kids to an established team mid-year but wrong for a player to leave? A child's period of development is fleeting. I can't imagine a parent prioritizing loyalty to a club who sees you just as a source of revenue over the best interests of their kid.

[Guest]

To anyone saying "honor your commitment and stay," do you realize that the player is moving to another club who would be taking on the new player mid-season? Why is it OK for a club to bring in new kids to an established team mid-year but wrong for a player to leave? A child's period of development is fleeting. I can't imagine a parent prioritizing loyalty to a club who sees you just as a source of revenue over the best interests of their kid.

Only those parents blinded by the badge would be loyal to a club who’s not treating their kids well.

[Guest]

If you are leaving an edp team for another edp team do you need to tell the original coach where you are going so they can transfer or do they just need to release the badge?

[Guest]

If you are leaving an edp team for another edp team do you need to tell the original coach where you are going so they can transfer or do they just need to release the badge?

You can do all that on line to request a transfer in card.

[Guest]

so what happens if your only goalie leaves on a U13 team? It screws all the players over

What happens if 2 players leave a 16 person roster, that can really hurt teams being able to field teams.

You agreed to play for the year, just do so and fulfill your responsibilities, but of course if are all about "me me me", you will not understand this

You obviously have no clue. No club only has 16 players. Maybe your little townie rec team but clubs stack the roster

[Guest]

it goes both ways. What if you are the only goalie and they bring in another goalie mid season? What if a club rosters 22 kids on a team? If clubs don't like it, how about don't ask people to commit 5+ months before the next season. Decisions for next year often have to happen before a spring game is played. Why would you have your kid stick around as a lame duck? Clubs push kids down to lower teams all of the time. The club can F'ing figure it out. There are a lot of "what ifs." We pay to play, which also means we can pay to not play. There are no "responsibilities" to stick around for an entire year, only to pay for it.

100%. Dont make your payment and see how long the club lets you stay around

[Guest]

Some of you folks are acting like you're managing professional players who have to carefully curate every move.

Yes, in extreme circumstances, you want to remove your kid from a dangerous or 'toxic' environment.

But otherwise, the team is a unit and the kid is supposed to learn how to manage that, with all its challenges. What exactly are you teaching the kid by uprooting him/her from the team, breaking the contract, and making a giant tryout production mid-season just so you can get 10-15 minutes more playing time. It's not that deep and sends a bad message to your kid.

[Guest]

Some of you folks are acting like you're managing professional players who have to carefully curate every move.

Yes, in extreme circumstances, you want to remove your kid from a dangerous or 'toxic' environment.

But otherwise, the team is a unit and the kid is supposed to learn how to manage that, with all its challenges. What exactly are you teaching the kid by uprooting him/her from the team, breaking the contract, and making a giant tryout production mid-season just so you can get 10-15 minutes more playing time. It's not that deep and sends a bad message to your kid.

So do you suggest a player stays on a team when they only play a total of 25 minutes out of 70 minute game???? Wouldn’t you rather her go to a team where she plays at least 45 to 50 minutes or maybe even a full game

[Guest]

Some of you folks are acting like you're managing professional players who have to carefully curate every move.

Yes, in extreme circumstances, you want to remove your kid from a dangerous or 'toxic' environment.

But otherwise, the team is a unit and the kid is supposed to learn how to manage that, with all its challenges. What exactly are you teaching the kid by uprooting him/her from the team, breaking the contract, and making a giant tryout production mid-season just so you can get 10-15 minutes more playing time. It's not that deep and sends a bad message to your kid.

I dont think most people leave ona whim. If someone leaves mid season there is usualy a pervasive issue or a toxic enviroment that can no longer be tolerated by the player or parents. Every situation is different and parents typically will do what is best for their children, who are we to judge?

[Guest]

I dont think most people leave ona whim. If someone leaves mid season there is usualy a pervasive issue or a toxic enviroment that can no longer be tolerated by the player or parents. Every situation is different and parents typically will do what is best for their children...

Parents do what they think is best, but as seen all over this board, parents are crazy!

The post right above yours is advocating for leaving mid-season because the kid is only playing 25 out of 70 minutes. That doesn't sound like a toxic environment to me. It just sounds like the kid is not very strong relative to the rest of the team. Therefore, the kid is likely not going pro and it's all just recreation hobby stuff anyway. So why make a big production of burning money and being the odd new kid in the middle of the season. Continue training and trying your best and then if it's still not working at the end of the season you should have no problem going down to a less competitive league the following year. Our kids don't need a 'perfect' situation all the time. If anything, that is self-defeating for long-run character development.