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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just a thought - about 90 percent of the kids who go on to play in college end up in different positions than they played the most in club.

It is important that kids have the individual skills to play multiple positions.  My daughter, now in grad school, was exclusively a defender in club.  Mostly a wing defender.  Pretty much every college coach during recruiting saw her as a forward or maybe an attacking mid.  In the end, she played about 30 mins in 4 years as a forward.  By senior year she was a defending center mid rarely coming out.  In the end, she, like lots and lots of her friends playing in college, played whatever was needed so she could get playing time.

So - work on individual skills.  Play multiple positions. And, work work work on individual skills.

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I’ve had 2 children go through travel soccer in the metro dc area.  Both played all over the field at a young age, and the one who stayed a field player exclusively in particular benefitted from being able to play anywhere and shift his mindset to match his role all the way through his playing years.  But the one who liked to play both striker and keeper, like the OP’s child, chose GK permanently at 15.  It was almost too late - the kids who had been specializing at GK since U12 were very far ahead in their goalkeeper technical skills.  Mine caught up, but it was a struggle for a while. However he had much more versatility as GK because he had really good field player skills. Also he’s quite tall.  So I think if your child really is leaning towards GK, choosing by age 13 might be good, but also develop field skills up until then.  [/quote]

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