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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP: This is your oldest / first travel soccer child I assume?

Be patient. Posting on a public board about where to take your future Messi already spells trouble for the trap you might accidentally fall into by over thinking things and believing youth soccer experience is all about playing 3d chess to make sure you win 10 years from now.

Echoing others on this thread, keep him where he's having fun. Don't talk about the game in the car ride home. If he's dominating games, move him up an age group. And save your money and personal time in the process.

Unless he is constantly playing on his own in the yard at home 1-2 hours a day without needing to be told to do so, then there is no need to overthink where he has fun on the weekends. Feel lucky you're living in an areas with so many options nearby. Don't spend $thousands per year and 5-10 hours a week in traffic until he's at least 12 and still as passionate as you say he is today. It seems counter-intuitive, but it's actually a less-is-more reality. If he's truly talented, and playing on his own at home / watching youtube for technical drills he can master, he'll have all the skill needed when the real top programs can then teach him positional and team play in his teen years.

And one last piece of advice, let him play other sports as long as he wants to.

Good luck.[/quote]

Great response[/quote]

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