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[quote=Anonymous]To start, my daughter was not on a CCL2 team so I'm making a lot of assumptions but anyway:
Take a look at what tourneys her team is getting invited to, what bracket her team is playing at, and what type of coaches are shown as attending those tourneys.  Also try to find out what type and how many coaches are showing up to the games of your club's older CCL2 teams (by attending one of their tourney games or just asking their manager).  If those teams and those tourneys you're likely to play in are attracting the level of coaches that your daughter might play for, then you can probably stay with the current team.

That said, I'd be surprised that a CCL2 team is drawing many college coaches to any of their games.  So your only options are switching teams and/or going to even more ID camps.  However, even if your kid shines at a camp, the coach will want to see what level of talent she's playing against and for the most part, CCL2 is not going to impress them, which leads back to changing teams.

You mention moving to a different A team but then call it a smaller pond.  In order to be exposed to more coaches, you need to move to a better team that plays in higher level brackets or tournaments.  Don't think that just moving to an "A" team is sufficient.  At top clubs, their B teams can be better than many smaller clubs' A teams, and thus will draw more coaches.

Finally, a word of warning. Before uprooting your child and perhaps threatening her love of soccer, make sure you're both being realistic about what's involved in playing with a higher level team, her chances of playing in college, even at a D3, and whether it's worth the hassle of even playing college ball.[/quote]

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