We played 3 of the 5 teams named up there and South Aiken should have had more players. I suspect they pick the All-Region by position and not the over-all best players. So you could have a very talented player playing a new position or multiple positions for a team and has no chance of making All-Region or All-State. And if your coach doesn't show up then the other coaches will push their own agenda and not the regions.
Now in defense of the coaches. We played 3 out of the five teams and other than players I know outside of soccer I couldn't name you any players without someone helping me to place a name with the player that I remember.
They should really have the coaches fill out a ballot after every game, including non-region games, naming the players they thought had the most influence in the game, notice I didn't mention by position. That way a player gets a look from a full slate of coaches and not just a few games and those few games I am sure the coach is really trying to win and not thinking about players for an all-region team. Then they just add up the votes and select the team. And give the top vote getter the player of the year.
