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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We only do rec soccer. I’m pretty sure my kid is good enough for travel but why? It’s more expensive, more of a time commitment and more competitive and less fun. 
Travel soccer or any travel sport actually is marketed to parents the way gifted magnet programs are. 
Let your kid be a kid and enjoy a relaxed childhood. [/quote]

+1.  You are driving around and paying lots of $$ for an 8 year old that doesn’t practice.  Why not just do rec and reassess.  [/quote]

OP here- this is my point. He likes it and is learning but doesn’t like it enough to want to play beyond practice. I wish there was a non- travel league that had coaching like travel does but no travel. My beef with Rec is that they don’t learn any positions and it’s run by dads who may or may not know anything about the game. Maybe rec gets better the older they get? [/quote]

Perhaps join a smaller club? They tend to be cheaper than the big clubs (bsc, Alexandria, Arlington, sac, etc). Up to 1000 less. We also have a kid who loves to play but doesn’t really put any work in outside of practices. But he doesn’t want to play rec or at school bc he knows the kids that play on those teams and they are terrible and it’s not fun for him. So we put him in small club where it’s a bit cheaper, still playing competitive matches and training.

On the other hand, we have no problem paying for MLSNext for our other kid bc he does so much on his own to stay competitive. [/quote]

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