I have been told by numerous people the number was 60% returning from your roster. Therefore, I'm not sure how the CUFC 91 Elite team is playing R3PL. I thought basically the entire team from last year went Academy. With this team being rising Seniors this was their one chance at Academy ball.
I think someone said the CUFC 93 Elite team lost 4 kids from last year. At that age bracket CUFC had over 100 kids at tryouts. I would hope out of 100+ kids they could find 4 that were close to being Premier League calibur. Of course this team struggled in R3PL last year anyway- not so sure this year would have been much different with all returners. I also heard that several kids on this team were offered Full Time slots on the Academy team but turned them down and only took Developmental Slots for various reasons - cost, travel, Charleston practice and just to see how SCUFC would pan out. So I'm not sure I agree with the lower half of the roster statement in this case.
