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[quote=Anonymous]Tell me the benefit our kid gets from his travel team leaving the the DMV, missing two days of school, flying to the other side of the country, and competing in a soccer tournament.

We are a NOVA-based club, so not like we are in the boondocks with no competition nearby. These are not unprivileged kids that never travel - several kids on the team are actually world travelers already at 14yo.

A third of the team is new this year so still tbd if they will play well enough together to actually win games. So not like this is a play-in or "reward" for success.

I know we signed up for TRAVEL - years ago we signed up in part because we had a bad Dad Coach experience and thought we'd like to experience "professional" coaching. Honestly, it has not gone so well. But we think the level of play is still better for my kid than rec. BTW, he LOVES soccer in general. He's a good student, and (hopefully) two days out of school won't hurt. We also have the financial means that this will not be a hardship to send him/go with him.

I'm just not sure I get why/how the intensive travel out of state and across the country (or to Florida, which had also been mentioned) is beneficial to my kid/the team etc.

Is this just a - well, this is what travel teams do? Or is there value here I'm missing? Trip is in February.[/quote]

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