Maybe I think a little different, maybe I'm a little old school, maybe there are to many teams to think this way anymore, or maybe my daughter was a little crazy, but when we (dd and I) knew she was good enough to play on any travel team, (16u and up) she had the philosophy that she was going to the tryout and she wouldn't be satisfied unless she was offered a spot on the team before we left the tryout. Well, she was and we played the last 3 years for the one of the best coaches I felt there was in the game in Ohio at that time.
Maybe this is a debate for another thread, I don't want to hijack this one.