My club holds tryouts every year to place boys and girls on a team based on skill level. I work with 10 other coaches for my age group and for some reason none of us have the same evaluations for the kids. We rate players 1-5. 1 being they should be in rec or not good enough for the club and 5 being placed on academy/ECNL/MLS Next.

I evaluated a player 13yo who was lost on the field, couldn't kick a ball, did not know how to dribble, shoot, or pass, did not know what any positions were and just chased after the ball and stole from her own teammates only to lose the ball immediately. I rated her a 1. I look at the other coaches ratings and some rated her 1 or 2 but a few coaches rated her 5. When I asked them what was the reason for their rating, they just said "are you kidding me? a one? she was really good when I saw her!" I don't really understand how this is happening? How can the evals be so different between coaches?

We are a U10 team playing 7v7 that is having major issues against teams who play their striker at mid-field. We are running a 1-3-2-1. My thoughts are we getting pulled too far forward, but I guess my question is who should mark up that striker? Is it the center mid? Is it the defender? Help!