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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DS is a U16 now and, after many years at the top level in a club, has finally said no more. He wants to focus on school the next year or two, both academically and playing soccer with the varsity and said he just couldn't do the club scene anymore.

Is leaving a club the end of playing soccer in college? His coach said, "Not necessarily, but it will be a lot harder to get noticed and recruited, etc."  I was wondering if anyone here has a kid who played college soccer without a club in high school or has heard of someone doing something similar.

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If he's going to spend the time he would have otherwise spent at practice with a personal trainer who has connections or at least name recognition.  It doesn't sound like that's what he wants to do though, so yes, it's the end of the line to play for a college team these days.  The boys side is heavily international and older transfers at this point making it that much harder to get recruited.  The most likely view that college coaches are going to take is that he's a riskier recruit because he's already burned out.  College is significantly more taxing than the club level in terms of academics, travel, and the grind overall.[/quote]

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