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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]

Yes, but most of the players on that club's top U16 team were at other clubs' top team when they were U9-U10, and many of the kids who were on that club's top U9-U10 team are on now on other clubs' top U16 teams.

The burnout rate of players who were on good A/B teams at U9/U10 is not that high.  Most continue to play at some level through high school.  A far greater percentage of lower level players will leave the sport, but most will move on to other sports they enjoy more and are better at.  
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No this is not the what I have seen. The u9/u10 “A” team players at top clubs have a continual turn over rate each year. What makes a “winning” u10 player does not translate to the u14 game. Many u9-u11 players rely on speed and size, not individual skill. The clubs teach individual skill but many of the top team players at u9-u12 do not work on it because it’s hard, boring, they are already doing soccer 4 days a week, 10 months a year and they think they are the best already. Many will get demoted as they move up the age groups. Most of the ones who drop to a lower team leave the sport after a year. They are not playing at another top club. The big clubs attract the the top one or two players from the small or to mid size clubs in the area each year. This is why u9-u12 really does not matter to clubs. You really do not know what you have till u13 or u14. [/quote]

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