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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What a sh%@t show. So glad my son is playing soccer in college and sort of glad he is thinking of leaving his college team.  The future of college soccer is in serious doubt. [/quote]

Out of curiosity, why is he thinking of quitting?

My son played two years; I don't think he regretted it but I also don't think he thought all that much of the level of play/training. Would be interested to get another perspective.[/quote]

My niece quit during her junior year (and she was getting attention from scouts about the next level). For her it was probably 60-40 injuries & time. She was injured her Freshman spring and she really didn't feel the school helped her in the recovery vs. a football player who was injured and flown to a top surgeon in California on the school's jet. She was just left with a 'call us if it still hurts' kind of attitude. The second was time--she said she wasn't getting the full college experience. Her friends were rather limited to other athletes and she had less interaction with the rest of the student body. She ended up on a five-year plan, changing majors after discovering she really wanted to go into a hard science and is likely to go into a career she is interested in rather than the athletic department's desire for her to just 'do what was needed to stay eligible'. [/quote]

I'm very happy for your niece that she found her path; sorry her college soccer experience wasn't better. College soccer is a real grind, that compressed season is brutal.[/quote]

Yes! Good for her knowing that soccer isn't the only thing to look forward to in life! We love it, but even my oldest DD who wants to play D1 soccer isn't naive about the commitment during college years (she wants to major in Bio). We have hard conversations about priorities and thankfully she's bright enough to put her educational goals first!  :idea: [/quote]

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