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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To parents of talented soccer players out there, is the fact that St Albans has a winning soccer team several years running really what is attracting you to the school?  What I'm trying to gauge is whether the back to back to back top finishes feeds on itself (success breeds success), or will the school see a return to less rarefied status in the next few years as the departure 2 years ago of the AD, who as luck would have it was also the Head Soccer Coach, depletes the overall incoming talent pool?[/quote]

Remember that the best soccer players can't even play high school soccer because they are barred by the Academy club program from doing that. So I am not really sure how much soccer is playing into peoples school choices, since by definition the best soccer players won't be able to play for the school.   To turn it around, I don't even know how any school could  try to attract soccer talent that is good but not too good, given that Academy status  would not be known yet by the time of  School admissions.

The fact that the strongest high school players don't play high school soccer may be part of why there is less excitement seemingly about high school soccer rivalries than there could be,  given the overall interest in the game in this generation and in this area. Imagine a similar phenomenon for high school basketball or lacrosse and there would probably also be somewhat of a diminution in interest. [/quote]

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