Harry, maybe you need to poll all 30 or so who decided not to play for CESA at the U18 level.
Some went and played for another Club. One did not play Club at all and has received an offer to play in college. So I guess she was not good enough to make that team. She has been a Premier starter for 4 years.
Of course you can't leave out all the Challenge players at that age group who left. This resulted in CESA not even fielding a U-18 Challenge team, and of course they forced this age group to play in 3 leagues. This action resulted in some leaving due to the excessive travel. Some were dissatisified with the coach and had "had enough". Some went and played for another Club, and even they received college offers.
For those that remained, who opted to choose which events they would play in or not, as instructed by CESA prior to the start of the season, when they did, they would receive an e mail from one of their coaches "blasting their lack of committment".
Yes, I guess you could call it successful, for CESA.
