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Message: [QUOTE="Chuck, post: 2406162, member: 1646"] How'd your youth seasons go all? Upstater, how was the new age group? My son's team took a hit. Three kids left, including their two best goal scorers. One went to the development team (or whatever they call it) at an academy. No double carding allowed. The other decided to focus on basketball and lacrosse over soccer. Thankfully, they gave notice and the club didn't put the team in EDP. They're in an A flight and have played mostly close games, but they are 1w 5l 1d. I think they'll end 3w 6l 1d. Not too bad when they are playing good soccer. They went 2-1 in the top flight of the tournament they played in, losing to the champion. Word is we may get all three kids back (one already came back as goalie) in spring. My daughter's team (the one I assistant coach) is doing great (7w 1l 1d). Win or tie the last game and they win the B flight. It's against my daughter's best friend from camp's team. Great group of girls. They've already played the top 2 teams in the A flight (1w 1l 1d), so I think they'll do fine if they move up in spring. Next year will be a bit tougher when we go 11v11. We're in a small town (2.5 square miles and 10k residents) so we don't have depth in the program. The girl's B team in particular has a few girls that would be the worst players on a bad rec team. Our trainers are thinking of doing a bit of recruiting for next year. So I consider the fall a success on the whole. Full success for the girls team. The boys also struggled now that their joystick coach is gone (he does the same thing on the parent sideline). But they seem to be playing good soccer. [/QUOTE]

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