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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Who else feels like this?

Spent $30k on club, team fees, training alone

Spent 3,000 hours alone on practices and matches

My DC has not made long term friendships on any of the teams

The coaches never seemed to be interested enough

My other kids have had to keep some of their activities to a minimum because of the oldest.  I don't blame anyone but myself for this, though.

My DC loves soccer, but he is not good enough to play past high school or maybe D2/D3, but those colleges aren't good academically anyway.

This season DC is on the top team of his club, ECNL-RL though but like I said if he were to make an ECNL team, he would not get much game time. The coach is really interested in my DC as a player as my child now says that after practice and matches he makes comments about child's playing style and what he could improve upon.  My DC on this team plays with confidence and attempts 1v1 moves.  My DC now is more friendly with other players.

I like that both of us are enjoying the experience right now, but hate that it took so long to finally find a place that was right for him.

I have decided this year will be the last one for him.  He will be junior in HS next year and made the HS soccer team last year.

For those of you that have had 4-5 years in travel soccer, what has your experience been like so far?  Enjoyed it, or miserably looking at next year and hoping your son will not want to do it?[/quote]

Yep. Spent a lot of time and money on it.

Kid has always played on a club's top team (we've moved around a bit) and currently plays on an ECNL team. Kid has made MANY long term friends and we the parents have made many friends that we are close with.
We have a younger kid and he has always been able to do his activities although they really don't enjoy going to each other's stuff.
[b]Soccer has given us some additional opportunities to travel overseas (once) and to some other states. Great bonding experiences.
Kid has lots of memories. Lots of Life lessons. Lots of fun. Lots of miserable times (cold/wet/hot/etc). Lots of hard work. Lots of winning. Lots of losing. Lots of ties. Lots of 2nd places medals. Lots of 1st place medals.

I don't regret one minute taking my kids to practices or to games. Lots of stories. Conversations. Getting to know his friends. I get a lot of walking and/or jogging in during their practices and listening to podcasts, etc.

I like to think that sports has also helped him to keep up his grades in school and, hopefully, he will get to play in college where soccer will help him keep up his grades there and keep him out of trouble,
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I can't imagine this year will be his last, but if he chooses that, I will support him.[/quote]

These are my feelings.  The money part sucks but you can't think of it like what you get out of each thousand of dollars.  You can't put a price on some of these memories.  Listening to my son say now that he wants to be a professional soccer player when in 20 years he ends up at a $20 an hour job (example) will be a memory that I will never forget.

It's like saying I won't run 3 miles and burn 300 calories because I just ate a 300 calorie donut.

The heart, muscle and mind benefits that you gain from running cannot only be counted in calories.

Get it? I do understand the family toll and perhaps a lower level team may have worked better for that. [/quote]

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