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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have said this hundreds of times -- Don't waste your time and resources on travel soccer pre u-12. You will have a negative return on investment. Check the u14 and older teams at Arlington to see how many kids started at u-10.[/quote]

How would we be able to see who at arlington was where four years ago? Do they and others keep archived rosters online?
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No, you aren't going to be able to find archived U10 rosters online.

Parents with kids in a certain age group can sometimes be a good source of information about the playing history of other kids in that age group at the same level, just by recognizing them and remembering them from another team,  talking to other parents,  etc...

As for Arlington U14s, on the DA teams it's true most were not Arlington at U10.  It is not true to say that they were not playing travel soccer at that age.  Also,  there are other players who were at Arlington at U10 who are now playing at other DAs.  The same goes for Arlington's Red teams.   They have a higher portion of players who've always been at Arlington, but still a good number from other clubs,  just as some of their former players have moved on to play at other clubs.

The idea that u9-U12 doesn't matter is simply not true.   It is extremely rare to find a high level player at U14+ who was not playing travel soccer at u10.  Probably less than 1%, if that. 
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Most of the larger clubs are like that. The thing is many of the u10 kids will not be playing by u14. Also most top teams have a turnover of 20-30% each year. [/quote]

This is also simply not true of most high level players. The kids who end up leaving the sport are travel players on lower teams. Most A and B team kids tend to stick with the sport. Kids on C, D or E teams do tend to walk away form the sport or at least the travel end in favor of rec or other sports that they might enjoy more or are better at.

Think about that soccer player who also plays lacrosse and while ok at lacrosse the sport they are better at soccer and as kids get older the commitment demands increase so kids are forced to choose. This also happens to A and B team kids too. None of that means that playing travel from U9-U13 or U14 was a waste. [/quote]

Many kids leave soccer because of the burnout and I agree that there is a high turnover rate (for various reasons).  Kids on the top teams are not excepted.  The top teams at big clubs at U16 would have a very different make up from their top team, when they were playing U9-U10. [/quote]

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