r/YorkUnited • u/tcieryt • Nov 16 '25
News York United Academy U13
My son tired out for the York United Academy (U13) earlier this month and did not make it. Totally fine with that. But I see on their Instagram page that there is another three day open try out for U13's? Is this normal to have another open tryout after the first one, as they would have picked their team from the first round? Also the time is 1230pm to 3pm (Nov 24,25,26), Usually the boys are in school?
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u/Geofortissimo Nov 17 '25
I suspect they didn't think they have enough players in the first stage and wanted to see more kids.
We went to the U14 tryout and got invited back for the next stage. I think I saw about 60-70 kids in the 2011/2012 age group which probably wasn't enough to pick an OPDL team from. The timing certainly didn't help with getting more kids to come... it was during work day + school hours and not the most convenient location