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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]the really good kids don't play for their high schools- they keep playing for the good clubs.[/quote]

I assumed that this was the case. And further that clubs might not even allow kids to do high school soccer. I figured that the level of high school soccer would generally be beneath that of the travel clubs. Am I totally off here?[/quote]

if they are playing for one of the clubs- the contract says they can't play for their high school soocer team (they can play other high school sports). I am sure there are some really competitive high school teams but they do not have players who are on a travel team.[/quote]

This is simply not true. [b]All high school players at the three schools near me in Fairfax County are travel players.[/b]

That doesn't mean all travel players play in high school. If you're in Development Academy, you're not allowed to play high school, and some other clubs discourage their best players from playing. But there enough [b]mid-to-high-level travel players on high school teams that it's nearly impossible to make a high school team if you're playing low-level travel or rec league.[/quote][/b]

I would agree with the bolded as a general matter but there are many exceptions.   My son's SFL (rec) team has eight freshmen playing high school JV soccer this fall.  These are boys who never played travel soccer but made the JV teams at their WCAC, IAC, MAC, etc. schools.

4-5 more boys on this same team will easily make their Fairfax County public high school JV teams this coming spring.

Whether all of them eventually make it to the varsity level at their schools remains to be seen, but odds are that several of them will.  
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Out of curiosity, where specifically are you?

In Vienna (Madison, Marshall, Oakton), you can pretty much forget about it unless you're on a VYS Red or Black team or play at another club (Loudoun, Arlington, BRYC, etc.).

Though I did hear a rumor that VYS was going to tell its Red kids not to play in high school. That would seriously affect Madison's girls juggernaut.[/quote]

Where are we?   West Potomac, Hayfield, Mount Vernon area.

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