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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No reason he can't do both.

We all know kids who are fabulous athletes and top-tier students.  Some high schools see one or two every decade.  Others see a handful or more each year.

Looking beyond high school, the Ivy League and Stanford, Duke etc. are full of these types of kids.  Many go on to have wildly successful careers as doctors, lawyers, entrepreneurs, scientists, financiers, even politicians (Bill Bradley, anyone?)

My advice:  encourage DS to follow his interests and don't limit his horizons by making him choose one over the other.  Just keep an eye on things to be sure he's having FUN -- not burning out on either soccer or academics -- and help him as much as possible with organization and time management skills.  These are a MUST for scholar/athletes.

Good luck and enjoy.[/quote]

Soccer is different - if he wants to play pro at the highest level, development at 14-22 is crucial and this is where the US loses in the development process to german and other european countries.

He will have to make a choice.

You can see even in the USMNT, less and less of the share of players played in college as time goes on.

I would suggest if a top club that has a track record for developing players and 'doing right' by them then go - and also make sure they sign him to a contract that will set aside 300k usd/euro for college tuition in case he does burn out.

Medicine is field where where you go to UG doesn't matter. So perhaps the OP's son (if he is unsuccessful in europe) would come back to the US for college - then again it is an amazing hook and experience that a good college could use as bonus points to get him in. [/quote]

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