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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You only get one time in your life to play high school soccer. Do both this season and switch to an ECNL team for next year, they don't play at all in the spring due to HS soccer.[/quote]

That's interesting regarding ECNL, because our local ECNL boys team runs year round both Fall and Spring.  So, the really don't want their players participating in Spring HS soccer.  My son played HS and lower level club soccer, NPL type stuff.  He had a couple of friends that were on the ECNL team and decided to play HS their senior year.  One lasted a few games before he said enough because the quality of play was just so bad.  The other made it almost the full season until he decided enough was enough as well.  One of these players is currently at a Sun Belt team and the other is starting at a decent D3 team.

It's tough because HS sports are a valuable experience, but for many players, the quality of play is just so vastly different than their club teams it's not worth it. 
Much of this is where you are located - I get it.  There's some pretty darn good public HS teams and private HS teams as well.  But, for many, that's not the case.[/quote]

OP Here and this is why I said MLS Next and club coaches are ruining high school soccer. If all the top kids stop playing the quality will drop so low why even have high school soccer. We have 50-60 MLS next kids across Fairfax for each grade. If none of them play and the level will drop so low. BTW MLS is always expanding and in 5 years everyone will be MLS next. However, what I have seen from my sons, they high school atmosphere is a much more competitive atmosphere on a daily basis than club weekend games. (MLS NEXT Fest is probably the only exception. [/quote]

The market will correct itself if the market is not okay with the direction.[/quote]

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