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[quote=Anonymous]Our son has played travel soccer since age 8 (now 15) with the exception of a year he experimented with travel baseball. Soccer weekend time commitment has varied depending on team. We actually traveled further when he was younger. He missed a lot of birthday parties and overnights with friends in elementary school but he loved it and never complained. Every year we asked if he was sure he wanted to continue and he did. We enjoyed the quality time with him and he was happy and active. Plus, we met some really nice families we enjoyed chatting with on the sidelines. He moved to lower level travel for 8th and 9th and the games are now within 30-60 minutes and tournaments are also local. It’s a nice opportunity to spend quality time with our teen who would otherwise tune us out at home. He doesn’t seem to be missing out socially as most of his good friends are also busy with sports.

The one year of travel baseball in middle school was by far the most draining. Baseball games were much longer and always double-headers so instead of being at a field for 1.5-2 hours for soccer (including warmup) we were at the field for 5 hours or more. And the baseball team did tournaments much more frequently that required hotel overnights. I was secretly glad when he went back to soccer.[/quote]

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