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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^ less structured training as long as they are playing/practicing on their own daily.

Less overall, not so much.

Friend’s father pulled him out of travel at 12 and he trained privately with Dutch coach and played in the adult embassy league here at age 13. He went back to Club and joined VA State team at 16/17.  He was the top college recruit in the country and played Pro.

But, that kid had a ball with him everywhere he went.[/quote]

And they paid for private training....  probably not a cost savings at $50-$100 per hour[/quote]

Nope.  They trained him for free.  Good friend of the dad's.  The coach came over to play college ball after Ajax academy and owned a local soccer store.

"Select" (aka travel) was virtually no $ back in the 70s/early 80s because most of the coaches were not getting paid.  My parents say there is no way they would have been able to afford for the three of us to play travel at today's prices.[/quote]

I will add that this scenario just won't work into today's area of elite, ELITE leagues that you have to be a part of to even be seen.  He was scouted by one of the State team Coaches that was playing in the adult league and that's how he ended up on the State Team.

There are just too many kids playing and if you aren't part of the 'system', it's unlikely you'll be on DA at 16/17.  It was starting to get very political by the early 90s.[/quote]

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