So 91 has 30 kids on the roster? Wow! How many are on the roster for other teams? Does anyone cut anymore.
91 roster will be well into the 30s, or more, in preparation for summer tourneys. 3rd line kids on the 91 HoCo season roster will be told in May (as they have the last 2 years) that they are now on the Practice Team, as the coach tries to pre-load his roster prior to tryouts.
However it's fair to note that most clubs, as of last week, are at 25+ kids and this is a good standard for middle school teams, because as the speed and strength increase, the injuries dramatically increase in 7th-8th grades. Plus, "real" conflicts with school trips, leadership camps, and things that everyone except King Krab can't wave off as "you're not putting our club first!!!!"
One of the area's MIAA 7th grade school teams kept 23 kids including 3 goalies for their entire roster, and 1 week into the season they are down 2 starters for injuries. Not a great trend.
So to be fair to 91, they usually schedule difficult tournaments, and the middle school teams are trying to transition from losing all the time, to winning all the time at the highest level (adding older kids, out of state players, getting rid of past recruited rec club players, etc). You can't make this transition as a team if you bring 14 kids to a tournament and they played at Swarm. So in that vein, 30 kids doesn't sound like the densest thing.
