12U - Boys
Due to the low numbers of sign ups, we have agreed to play U12 AYSO this fall with Elmwood Park and River Forest. This means half of our games will be home and half away. The games will be around North Avenue between Harlem and First Avenue (roughly, they have not finalized fields). We did this so the kids would have the best soccer experience.
1) Practice will not change, still in Elmhurst, half your games will be normal in town, just playing other towns sometimes. Half the games will be away, but pretty close.
2) We had enough for 2-3 teams of boys and 2-3 teams of girls. Our options were play the same team every week (and possibly one team on bye) or do coed in town (which a lot of kids hate at this age) or play with Elmwood Park and River Forest. We thought that playing other towns was the best choice for "normal" play, where we play different teams each week, and at most should play the same team twice or maybe three times a season
3) Your team will be all Elmhurst kids, no mixing the towns (unless it is a lopsided game on gameday, and we will scramble kids up that day to keep it close like we always do)
4) No idea yet on game times, the park district is yet to get us our permit, though with travel included, the games will not start at 8 am and will more than likely start no later than 2 pm, but we have to see, so that is just a rough guess
5) These are towns and commissioners that we have regularly worked with and played with at U14 and U19 over the years. They follow and practice the same philosophies and behaviors that we do. We specifically left out another region who we have had bad experiences with at older ages. This will be a positive for the kids, but we wanted to let you know in advance because there is a slight amount of local travel.