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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a kid that played at a top end ECNL team in the area.  He ended his club season in February and could have continued to play in college but opted to focus on school.  He played HS soccer this spring and he loved every moment.  Winning Jeff Cup, top rankings in showcases, and ECNL playoffs combined didn't bring him as much joy as playing his final year in HS. All the pressure of travel was lifted and he play for the purity of the sport.  If I knew this would have been the outcome, I would have suggested he stop playing club years ago.  [/quote]

High School is complete garbage soccer. I am happy your kid found a place where he got to play and enjoy himself, though. However, don't act like you had a top team kid dominating the field in club games that gave it all up to enjoy High School soccer. That's not a thing in this area.[/quote]

I used to repeat the stereotype that HS soccer is complete garbage

Then I watched a couple games in recent years and realized there are many kids playing who can and do easily play in leagues like MLS Next and ECNL
Some of the coaches are real coaches that coach at some good clubs in the DMV

The benches won't be as deep as MLS Next teams, so there's a quality issue there.
But there are some schools with players who don't play expensive p-2-p club soccer because of costs but are good players

The levels of HS soccer teams vary so the games vary. The strong teams are pretty good with players from MLS Next to EDP and club coaches

So its not garbage imho[/quote]

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