Does my child have to try out for a team? What is the “lottery”?

No, your child does not try out for a team.  The lottery is the way we try to insure that Mansfield Soccer Association remains recreational in nature.  Each child that does not have a team will be assigned a number and then the commissioner of that age group will see which teams need players and how many players that team needs  – the commissioner will then draw a number and the child assigned that number will be assigned to that team. Our goal in doing it this was is so that we do not have coaches “stacking” teams.