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[quote=Anonymous]Put them in a different sport.  Sibling did get a full-ride...but was outstanding..and known nationwide.  He played professional.

do you have any idea what a professional US soccer player makes?  Ha!  Have your kid spend his hours studying instead.

There are way too many politics in kids soccer around here.  The coaches and parents don't know crap.  The parents pressure the coaches for their kids.  The best kids aren't placed on the State or National teams (which is why we still can't win at the WorldCup).  It is a frickin' living nightmare.  You will end up with ulcers if you see your kid scr*wed over.

If your kid must play a sport, make it something like swimming or running which is timed.  The clock doesn't lie.  It doesn't judge.  The bad kids will be weeded out.

I started traveling at 10 in 1980. We used to stay with a teammate with 'host families' in the other states, even countries- Canada.  Found out as an adult that 2 of my teammates were molested by a host family member.  I don't think this is the practice anymore (staying with host families)....but I remember picking up our 'host kids' for the weekend and being picked up by 'host families'.  I'll never forget some of the families I stayed with in Long Island.  It was like the Sopranos.  Another time--my friend and I ditched the host family and went back to stay with our parents at a hotel because the apart. was literally in a ghetto of Toronto.  WTh were parents thinking back then?[/quote]

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