Anonymous wrote:West has 10x as many kids playing at the high levels and year-round soccer weather, families and parents are less focused on education than east coast
I think there is some merit to this. This weather is near perfect for soccer year round in Southern California. I grew up in a Football Feeder high school in Florida. The young men playing HS football worked hard and hit the weight room starting in 7th grade at middle school. There was a heavy emphasis placed on weight lifting, track and football... the kids that came out of my school in florida held a significant advantage over the kids in this region. Near year round competition, specialty clinics, institutional support and little need to worry about academics created extremely talented athletes. (It was a total environment that supported their development.) I look at the pockets of soccer support in Texas and California and they are at the next level.
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