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[quote=Anonymous]So here is our situation. DS was a standout/rockstar on his rec team and it honestly just looked out of place for him to be playing rec by 3rd grade because his team beat every other team in the league every season for multiple seasons with him scoring most of the goals. We were encouraged by Coach to try travel. DS is now into the second year of travel. He’s had three different coaches, all varying degrees of mediocre. He enjoys how much soccer he gets to play, since travel is more days a week practices and more games and tournaments. However, he still misses the camaraderie of his rec team (kids are just nicer) and he misses his rec coach a ton (encouraging and kind). My concerns about turf being terrible for his body and the expense of travel makes me want to go back to rec. My husband does not agree and thinks he will develop better skills and be more competitive/happier long-term by staying with travel. I’m trying to weigh the short-term benefits of rec with the long-term of travel that my husband is laying out.
I realize in this area soccer is huge and there’s so many different options and I really don’t want to avoid being sucked into the travel soccer machine.  I have no idea if he will be good enough to play in college, let alone high school. He also wants to try other sports. Everything in me says to go back to rec but I also don’t want to disadvantage my kid in the sport he loves.
Has anyone been in this situation and do you have opinions on which way to go?[/quote]

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