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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Eh. I am betting that you have a kid at a higher competitive level.  I had two kids go through travel soccer, they were always on the second or third team out of five, and no chance of moving off it or playing in college.  It was a fun enough experience in that capacity.  I have heard that the top teams are cutthroat, but ours were ok.[/quote]

Yes.  I have one on a first/ecnl team and the other the team just below MlsNxt.  I have found the second team to be the worst because every parent is angling to get their kid moved up.  The environment on the ECNL is such that the parents aren't involved, don't socialize and don't attend practices.  They are absolutely silent on the sidelines at games.  But, I think in part it is also because they kids are now Juniors and the parents have been in this for 8 or 9 years by now and know the drill.  You still get a bad apple here or there, but it is better.  I also find some clubs are much, much worse about parental influence.  Unfortunately, you often find that out too late--midway through first season and our stuck and just have to endure it.  It does seem to get better by late high school, but that is also probably because the pro dreams and D1 scholarship pipe dreams start to dissipate some and then for boys, everyone catches up in physicality/size.[/quote]

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