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[quote=Anonymous]People have always traveled to put a kid on a "good" team.  When my kid was a young player there was an older age team that was always ranked very high nationally (before DA and before ECNL) and there were girls on that team that came from over 100 miles away.

When my kid was older she played for a team that was nearby for her but still kids came from an hour or more away.

What you need to find is a place where your kid can start and play positions that fit their physical attributes and skills.  That is far more important for college recruiting than playing for a particular team.  That was a mistake we made, and one that I tell folks all the time.  My kid played defensive positions exclusively starting a u11 for club.  There was not a college coach who saw her as a defender.

We should have gotten onto a team where she played a mid or forward.  In 4 years of college ball she played about 90 minutes as a defender.  Ultimately, she ended as a defensive center mid in a diamond formation that her college team used.  In the end it worked out, but far better to be getting experience in positions that your kid can play than to be on a particular team.

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