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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My oldest is a Freshmen in HS.  He’s a good player—but I can’t wait until Club soccer is done.  The drama, the politics, a-hole parents, you become jaded.  He, on the other hand, loves it so I would never say this in front of him.  I’m sitting a car now because we had to get up at 6am on a Sunday for a game.

Younger sibling is in 7th so I potentially have 5 more years of this youth soccer BS.

I gave up Club After Junior year.  I had been playing since I was 5 and was on the top team in the area my entire youth.  I was burned out and started having other interests.  I had zero desire to play in college.  About 50% of my team went on to play in D1 schools and a few others received scholarships in a different sport—basketball (goalie), tennis, etc.

My nephews gave up sophomore year in HS.

I let my kids lead.  My older one has a huge passion for it.  I see my younger one starting to lose that passion- but he’s a really good player.  He loves a sport he’s not as good at it.  [/quote]

I am the PP above with a kid who is headed to college soccer, and I agree with you. I actually think it was a blessing in disguise that my kid was never on the top teams until he was a teenager. The environment in the lower team levels was so much healthier. I'm so glad he was not exposed to some of these toxic, aggressive jerks as a younger kid.[/quote]

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