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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=RantingSoccerDad]I also joke with fellow parents that we're all lucky our kids don't play at a level that requires a ton of travel and, more worryingly, a whole bunch of political nonsense, as you can see on these forums.

But I don't know why that question was raised in a discussion on Division 1 soccer. A general travel thread, sure, but why here?

The only relevance I could see is this -- you have to make sure this is something you enjoy, preferably as a family but at LEAST something your DC loves. If you love it and want to play at as high a level as you can, great. If you're going into it saying, "This is our ticket to an Ivy League school or a partial scholarship to American" without really loving the game, I'd question your priorities. [/quote]

Hi, OP here.

I raised the issue because I was getting tired of people boasting about their club's D1 commits as some sort of "proof" they were at a good soccer club. I just don't see a kid in a D1 school as proof a club has the ability to [u]develop[/u] a player to their highest level. The level of soccer intelligence and technical skills I've seen in D1 are not that high and these are some of the things I'd expect clubs to be developing (instead of just relying on pure athleticism).

There are clubs in Europe that are [b]developing[/b] much better players and I don't really see D1players at the same level, such that the boast this club has XX D1 commits doesn't really seem like that great of a selling point as people seem to make it out to be.

But it has been a very interesting thread.[/quote]

Well, clubs that develop pro players and/or national team players boast about that too. It's just that there aren't so many players in this category, so most clubs are just left to boast about college commits. As you can see from reading this thread, it's not easy to make it to the D1 level, and playing D1 with or without a significant scholarship is definitely "worthwhile" for most of the kids who do it. [/quote]

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