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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s driven by parents’ egos.  If you’re constantly dropping the names of far-away places your kid is goi no to play soccer, it’s a signal that your kid is “better” than those who just driving in the local area. It lets you implicitly brag about how good your kid is while couching in laments about all of the driving you have to do or how disappointed you are to miss X event because of soccer.[/quote]

For some perhaps. For most, it is the desire to help your child succeed and advance at something. Work harder, go farther, etc. It's built into our society, and is the reason this travel situation persists in youth soccer. Claiming it is ego driven is frequently convenient for those that can't or won't make the commitment to their kids.

And yet, much of the travel is unnecessary. Four pages into this thread, after countless other similar threads, there is no solution proposed. In the span of a youth athletic career, few can or will take a stand at the expense of their children. One can either constantly fight the current, or embrace it and learn to maneuver in it.[/quote]

I take a stand all of the time. :lol:   I'm the parent not driving to the faraway sh*t showcase or tournament because it doesn't matter at age 12.  My kid still starts and plays majority of game anyways.  If he doesn't, then we will move somewhere that doesn't require those kinds of drives at U13.  We will never do anything and everything a Club demands when it is complete BS and a waste.  More parents need to learn to question and say 'enough'.[/quote]

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