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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The kid on the second team know there is no way to make the top team. The top team player playing the same position from u9-u15. The rest of the team players who are ignored by the coach at practice. I remember kids joke about the coach only knowing the names of three players. Having a bad coach or a coach who is checked out for a years or two. Tired of 3-4 days of practice and a weekend game out of state again. Tired of homework and dinner in the car.

Kids are not dumb. They know when they are an afterthought and get tired of the travel/car/practice. [/quote]

Good and apt take.

DD played on a travel team for six years after we moved. Three girls left a smaller club and joined DD's team in ~9th grade. One of the mom's pulled her daughter just months in to play for a more prestigious team (further away and the attendant hassles that come with that). Girl quit all soccer within months - good player, could've probably made a NESCAC if her arc continued. Maybe she would have still quit if she stayed in DC's club, but I can't imagine spending 90+ minutes in a car 3-5X/week coupled practice/games ended up being a blessing.

Three other girls of longer standing on DD's team left around same time b/c parents thought they were not getting respect/play time. Our DD maybe even thought that on occasion. Girls moved to another club not quite as far away as the aforementioned. I told DH that I was not about to do that - no kid needs to be studying in a car with 3 other girls 2-3x/week and I wasn't going to drive that distance weekly, even 1x/week in a carpool. None of these girls ended up recruited for a college team even though that was part of reason for move.[/quote]

Clubs don’t get players college scholarships. Any club selling this is pulling wool.[/quote]

None of the players I referred to here were ISO scholarships. And none of the clubs promised they would. They wanted to play for D1/3 schools and their parents would have paid for it. The first girl burned out, much to her mother’s dismay, and the remaining three went through a lot more logistic hassles for naught. [/quote]

“ None of these girls ended up recruited for a college team even though that was part of reason for move.” Maybe I read this sentence incorrectly[/quote]

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