Random team generator soccer

Picking sides without the last-pick feeling

The old way of choosing sides, two captains calling names in turn, is fast but unkind. The last kid picked remembers it. Adults do the same at the Sunday pickup game, just with more politeness. A random split avoids it: the names are shuffled by your browser's secure random generator and dealt into two sides, so nobody chose anybody.

The page opens with 14 sample players in two teams of seven, which is a fine size for a short game on half a field. For five-a-side, put in ten names, and for a bigger group of 22 you get the usual 11 against 11. With an odd number one side has an extra player, so that side can rotate one player off every few minutes.

A plain shuffle can give you a lopsided game. If two players are clearly stronger than the rest, press Shuffle again until they land on opposite sides. This is a manual step, since the tool treats every name the same. Or write Dev *3 after the strongest players and turn on Balance by skill, and the totals come out similar.

Choosing sides before kickoff

1. Type the names of everyone who came into Names, one per line. Take out anyone who left early.
2. Keep Teams selected with Number of teams at 2. The line under the buttons shows the sizes, such as two teams of seven.
3. Press Make teams. Look at who is where and press Shuffle again if the sides look unbalanced to you.
4. Leave Present on a phone propped up on the bench, or read the names aloud. Pick shirts or bibs by team name.

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Open the team generator with no setup

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