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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My oldest played travel soccer from U8 up to U12. His enthusiasm waned during his U12 year. The coach wasn't great and the kids on his team didn't click very well; I knew those were contributing factors. But it was also true that his interests were changing.

So the next year he switched to house/rec soccer with the same club; that meant only 1 day of practice per week, plus 1 game per week. That was enough to keep him happy playing, give him some exercise, and let him take a mental break from soccer for a while.

We stuck with house for a few years, until this year when he started high school. He made his high school JV team and has been having fun playing with his schoolmates; his enthusiasm and interest have gone back up; he's practicing every day after school and having fun.

He will never have a soccer "career" as a professional player, but I hope and expect that he will continue to enjoy representing his school and playing soccer with his friends over the next four years of high school.[/quote]

B.S. I don't particularly care if you want to make yourself feel good, but misinforming others about a soccer players chances of making. H.S team when they stop playing at 12 years old travel and move to rec on this forum is frustrating. So has your DC only played soccer two days a week, has he been practicing on his own, did his rec soccer coach turn out to be a really great teacher and avoids the three 3 L's?

The facts of the story just don't add up.[/quote]

My son's JV soccer team had three rounds of cuts.  Everyone on the team is a year-round travel player and the majority are on first teams, many ECNL, former DA players.  Zero Rec or part-time players made the team, and many, many travel kids who had been playing since age 5 were cut.  The size of the school and the quality of players will matter.  [/quote]

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