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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Moron, No one said it was a certainty. You must be in politics.

The argument remains that you do not need to get sucked into travel soccer at u8-u11. Find a strong classic/select coach. I found one last week while sledding with my kids. The guy had played college soccer was a youth travel coach who won state championships back when they meant something. Now that he has kids, he only coaches his kids. They play in travel tournaments. I will take a coach like that from u8-u11 and save my money over playing travel and driving up and down I95. [b]I would then put my kid on a strong travel team at u12/u13 and from there, let them work to make elite travel at u14/u15. [/b]

Just another pathway folks. [/quote]

First, I live in another state, but I believe our "town travel" soccer is likely the same as what you refer to as classic/select.  Club soccer is much more competitive and the top level teams are playing in NPL/ECNL/DA.  Moving on...

The fact that you actually believe that the statement above is completely reasonable, tells me that you don't currently have a child who plays u14/15 at the ECNL/DA level.  Either that, or you have a kid who is an absolute unicorn in terms of talent AND individual drive to get better on their own.

The VAST majority of kids who stay in town travel (or classic/select) soccer until u13 will not be able to make a strong travel team (A or B team at a big club).  From there, moving to the ECNL/DA level at u14/15 from a B or C level team at ANY club is incredibly difficult.  Can it happen?  Yes.  But this "pathway" would work for a tiny minority of kids.

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