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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is Academy soccer really worth it?  Seems to deprive the kids of the high school team sports experience which is sad for both player and school.[/quote]

It was designed to help the US produce 2-3 players per birth year with World Cup talent.  In the meantime, it has decimated high school soccer; tilted the playing fields towards those who can pay and/or have easy transportation; and basically is just a minor league system for college coaches to recruit from.  [/quote]

My kids have done development soccer...  it is just much better 'soccer' training than what's still coached in US high schools... (I played back in the day (& I was 'recruited' back then) & it's almost like it's a different sport.)  It's an elite program, but calling it 'minor league' is a little over the top.  But if your kid is top caliber, wants to be challenged & learn the sport at a higher level &/or might want to play at college (even many of the SLACs), it's 'worth' it.  It's not that different than with swimming where the top swimmers really train and compete on club teams & the HS teams are more supplemental or for fun (the difference is the kids can compete at both).  It is a bummer for the kids and the HS's not to have as strong teams & the top kids not playing, many of whom would like to ... the rationale is they don't just don't get as good training, they get 'bad' training and/or could get hurt from over competing (which is also more enlightened than back in our day where people pushed til injuries).
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