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[quote=Anonymous]I have two kids, my older one started travel because her friend was in it - this was U8. Since she didn't have much prior experience she only made the 3rd team for U9 with lackluster coaching and fell behind in skill progression. My younger kid seeing their sibling in soccer, wanted to follow... started travel at 7 (U8) and has bee thriving. We are in a "top" club, but travel at U8 or U9 pretty much means soccer plex, which I don't really consider travel. What I can say is, starting earlier builds up skills earlier and making 1st (or even 2nd team in a larger club with 3/4 teams) will provide better coaching. What your kid does with the coaching is a different conversation, but you cant discount better coaches in travel vs parent coaches in rec. Does this mean rec kids won't make it on travel as they get older (or travel kids will become super/untouchable players), no it does not, but if your kid likes soccer and can start earlier, they will likely get better coaching/skills. Plus the travel requirement can be very minimal.      [/quote]

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