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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid — now playing college in a good conference — was moved down multiple times in his club career. For context, at one point he was on the fourth level team.

[b]Clubs are generally toxic places and movement/retention is often unrelated to skill. [/b][/quote]

+1 million
2 boys playing D1 that constantly for d@ked around in club and high school.  The politics and favoritism are astounding.  Absolutely toxic.

Thankfully, many college coaches don’t play that game.[/quote]

Yup.

We view my kid as having made it to his college team [i]despite[/i] club soccer, not because of it. The toxicity—something we saw across multiple clubs, not just one—is astonishing. I do think that not trusting the clubs was an excellent decision in hindsight.

OP, trust your instincts. If you don’t feel the move was made for the right reasons, it’s time to switch clubs. [/quote]

Can ppl give examples of the toxicity at clubs? I’m assuming that kids aren’t really promoted or demoted based on their skills? What else?[/quote]

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