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[quote=Anonymous]I am one of those old former soccer players that hates the state of youth soccer these days.  I'm sorry, but travel Clubs are not developing players.

After a hiatus from soccer, I had quick re-entry into this crap and within a year after we gave up coaching our son and put him in the system we saw how much development he was missing being on a travel team at one of these coveted big CCL clubs.

We pulled him out and he's done a ton of individual training and moved to an Academy.  It's been a world of difference.

I kind of laugh when I hear parents chest-pound about leagues and status and teams.  It is so misinformed.[/quote]

Can you provide more info....for example, you didn't like the big CCL clubs but you like the academy?  I'm thinking that Loudoun and Arlington are both big CCL clubs and have academies.  Do you see much difference between the top Loudoun teams and the academy training? or what did you like better about the academy?  Also, so you kept your son out of team play for how long?  What was his schedule like doing individual training?  How many hours a week? What's a ton?  Was it 1 on1 with a pro coach? 1 on1 with you? small group training with a pro coach? How much did that year of individual training cost?

Believe me, I would like nothing more that to pull my kid out of his club team and just do HP Elite clinics, futsal training, and pick up soccer but 1. he NEEDS games to stay motivated and 2. I just would think that this would be crazy expensive.[/quote]

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