world with the cap getting shrunk to 28. But its still painful for players getting cut and for high school graduating seniors who will be bumped out of getting any offers.

We can see this season how many injuries one team can have. By the end of this season BYU had at least 5 players with season ending injuries. They had enough bodies, but I can see how having a decent number of backups makes sense.

Basketball has 13-15 roster spots for 5 on the court at a time.

Football has 100 roster spots for 11 on the field at a time (with 25 counting offense, defense, and kickers).

Baseball has 9 on the field at a time and usually a roster of 30.

So having 28 for soccer is actually even smaller for that ratio than some of these other sports.