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[quote=Anonymous]Uhhhh... where are the "lies and incorrect information"

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]On the issue of pro teams competing with college soccer for young recruits, can’t a teen go pro for a few years and then go to college to play soccer, or are their age restrictions that would make them too old to play in college? Say someone decides at 18 to accept a pro offer instead going to university, then at 21 “retires” from the sport to just go back to school. There are plenty of “nontraditional” undergraduate programs.[/quote]

This can't happen. You forfeit your amateur status in a sport and cant play it in college when you sign a pro contract. Only way it works is if you play another sport, like when guys wash out of minor league baseball and decide to go play college football, basketball, etc. [/quote]

Please don't spread lies and incorrect information.

Academy soccer has 2 levels. Generally in the lower levels you're considered and amateur. This means players have a choice between playing professionally or playing in college.

Once you sign the contract to play professionally it is true that you can't play in college. However players that are playing Academy soccer professionally are going to be the 1st or maybe 2nd teams. These type of players are highly likely to play professionally at some point.[/quote][/quote]

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