Let me jump in here....I believe that CUFC has a competitive advantage over CRSA and LCSC at the elite level as they take advantage of the higher level players. CRSA does not field a challange level team at our age group. Maybe more clubs should combine? However, I would not be surpirsed to see these clubs benefit next year in terms of the numbers at tryouts which should translate in an increase in their performance. I think that the mediocre results at the (CUFC) Elite team level is related more to team chemistry and ultimately team selection.
I believe that the two days tryouts does not translate well toward building a team. From my experience there were several missed selections in our age group. The team is good but there are still a few weak links in the team. Which can frustrate the top level players on the team, as well. This may be corrected through next years tryouts and attrition if the numbers improve or stay the same in the overall player pool in which to select a team. I hope that next years players are selected with some reasonable analysis of past performance and tryouts. It is a shame to see quality players who fit into a team struggling on losing teams while less skilled players(or less team fit players) fight for playing time. Also, the necessity to make sure the even number of CSC players and NECSA players were selected will not exist next year. The results will be very interesting to watch.
