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[quote=retiredref]When my daughter left ECNL she went to a travel "state cup" team. It was a little less pressure and more fun and still a high enough level that with her that lower level travel team beat both ECNL and DA teams in tournaments. There are many tiers here between the top and the bottom, it may just take doing a little more homework to find the right level for him. If he's in HS he may enjoy representing his school on the school team. I have refereed all levels and probably half the SFL (rec level) teams I have seen have at least one player who could walk on to any of the top level travel teams if they had the funds so don't always assume rec is just for players who can't play. The Arlington rec league at HS ages allows them to have a certain number of travel players on the team. There are also indoor and futsal programs which can be a lot of fun and run year round. The first step though is to engage your son and his friend in the process. Tell them to start asking around in school or wherever, and find out what teams his other friends play on and at what level. If they know he's good they'll be happy to talk to the coach and get him invited to training and he can go see what he thinks. Nothing like the experience of playing on a team with a bunch of your friends, an experience the commercial enterprise youth soccer has become has stolen from our children. [/quote]
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