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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You will not change the system in your lifetime so think outside the box.  Our DC, very elite player by every measure, found alternatives outside this system driven by the packs of lemmings and sheep that perpetuate the industrial soccer complex.  If you look hard enough, you can find great ways to enjoy the sport and get the added benefit of time back, money back, and all the other things that will open up for your DC.  Most parents psychologically can't come to terms with not doing every possible thing for DC to ensure he/she has a future D1 option, even though they should all be smart and educated enough to know that the likelihood is very low, and if it is, it will not be at one of the D1 schools with good soccer programs.  Parents willing to pay for every agility training, camp,  private, etc. due to the FOMO love to rationalize how much "DC just loves soccer."  Now it is DA or ECNL at all cost, with thousands of dollars and games up to 500 miles away, for players that parents surely know are above average at best, just like the multitude of others at all the "elite" clubs in the DMV.  You can't change this system, but you can find options outside of it once you drop the charade that your elite DC is so elite that he/she needs this system to be happy.  Look around a little more and it will all be OK.[/quote]

Agreed.

We have enough history in the sport to see---even the very best--look back and question what the worth was.  Giving my kids a chance to excel and get incredible exercise/fitness and passion does not require us doing these out of state weekly drives.  It just doesn't.

Life is short.  I don't want their entire childhood to be missing out on other things in life.  Look, if my kids had the talent potential of Pulisic--I would definitely nurture it---but they have to have that passion themselves as well.  There's a difference between loving the sport and feeling like you can't breathe without the sport.  The latter required by the best.  My kids love the sport, but they also love many other things.  They don't wake up with the ball, go outside with the ball every day there isn't a practice, every single minute of a weekend, etc.  Until they are doing that, I am not driving 6 hours for weekend games.

If your child is doing that and has exceptional genetics, have at it.  BUt, 99.99% of players in the DMV aren't there.[/quote]

+1
 I can count on one hand the # of kids I've seen with both that level of genetics + singular love for the ball ... Parents are reluctant to really accept how average their "elite" ECNLer is[/quote]

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