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[quote=Anonymous][quote=RantingSoccerDad][quote=Anonymous]If your stats are generally accurate, then the local clubs are poor in developing the players (not the world class players, but rather high level college team level).  Any thoughts on why this is the case?  [/quote]

I didn't specifically count other areas, but there were a few places that kept coming up repeatedly, none of them a surprise:

- Southern California
- Northern California
- Colorado 
- New Jersey 
- Dallas area

And more from Georgia than I expected, but I'm originally from Georgia, so perhaps it stood out.

I've often thought about doing a larger-scope survey, but it would take a LOT of time. Even this one took a while, and that's just 26 college rosters.

So I don't know if the DMV is specifically lacking in some way. But the idea that the area is significantly *better* than other metro areas just doesn't hold a lot of water as far as I can tell. [/quote]

I don't think you can draw very many conclusions from this particular snapshot of college rosters.  It seems like you are assuming that all the best players would want to go to the schools you listed if they had the opportunity, and that's by no means the case.  From my personal experience, I know kids who were recruited by power-house schools but instead chose:

An Ivy or other more academically highly ranked school
A school that offered more scholarship dollars
A school that was closer to home
A school/coach that would work with the student so they could pursue an engineering or lab-heavy degree
A program that would likely offer more playing time
A program where they loved the coach and/or thought the team was a better fit
To postpone college and try their hand at going pro

You also aren't accounting for kids from our area who may have started out at any of those schools but got injured or transferred for any number of reasons.
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