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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just skimming and I saw someone suggest 5% of MLS next kids were potential academy signs. That’s seems way off, 0.07% of HS soccer playing seniors will go pro. I also a see a lot about how academies are developing kids better, but to what end? You have a lot of former DA (I guess now mls next)products falling out of the sport after HS. Not sure if being a better soccer player than the next guy means an whole lot at that point. Maybe there is something to the HS environment developing other traits (community, diversity, shared experiences, memories, peer spectator support) that is valuable. I think between the two kids graduating, one will be happier with Hs experience than the other, whether or not he’s as well developed a soccer player.[/quote]

I won a National Championship with my Club soccer team, too many tournaments to count, league undefeated year after year, State title year after year.

You know what was the most exciting for me?  Playing in my HS stadium under the lights with other students in the stand and as a Freshmen playing on Varsity riding the bus back from the State HS championship game we had just won and most of the school and school band out in the parking lot to greet the bus as we pulled in.  Yes, the level was scattered on the HS team--but for this area so many HS kids also play high level Club that it wasn't awful.  All-Met, All-Region and in the Washington Post.  National Gatorade player of the year.

HS Glory Days :lol:  ...cue Bruce Springsteen.

I have watched my boys play since they were 5 and been all over the US and Europe watching them play games.  The most fun I had was when the first one played in his first HS game at night and the music was blaring ACDC's Thunderstruck warming up--I was so pumped I was ready to run out onto the field :P .  The youngest get a real kick being announced by the announcer and standing for the National Anthem.  You might call it hokey, but they were good times.

As a female it's the closest I ever got to Texas Friday Night Lights.  And that's what HS sports are all about.[/quote]

Great post.  My older son played High School and agree, it was a wonderful experience.  My younger one is on a MLS team and can’t play HS but MLS is indeed the best way to get on a D1 soccer team.  Like everything in life, there are pros and cons.  Unfortunately, the kids can’t have both.[/quote]

Just read an article that said several D1 coaches are reluctant to recruit from MLS academy teams. The kids tend to be flight risks, something the coaches don’t want when trying to build a consistent team.[/quote]

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