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*Anything under second team should be playing rec. Why people pay thousands of dollars for 3rd and 4th teams is unexplainable. [/quote]

The reason kids should be in travel even if on the 3-6 teams is because the development is better.  Rec practices once a week and plays one game a weekend.  Unless that kid is training at home an additional 3-4 days a week the kid's going to suck.

Travel, even on 3-6 teams they practice usually 2-3 times a week with 1-3 games on weekends.  Way more touches on the ball and travel has qualified professional coaches versus rec which are coached by volunteer parents.[/quote]

I'm going to be as kind as possible here. If your child plays on the 3-6 team, they are already at rec level. A coach isn't going to change that. Clubs are not putting their best licensed coaches with the third+ team. That may be in the club marketing material but you've been had. If you're referring to SYC specifically, you've definitely been had.

You are better off using that $3k of club fees on private training. [/quote]

I don’t disagree with the concept that the lower teams aren’t treated the same, but it’s nonsense to lump in 3-6. For example, the third teams at the clubs that go 4-6 deep would absolutely demolish a rec team 50-0 and it’s simply not a comparable level of play. I’m talking Bethesda, Arlington, Loudon, yes SYC (at least some ages) etc. if a club is deep enough at an age to have that many teams there will be a massive difference. Many of those third teams are actually in fairly high divisions of EDP or NCSL D1. Is that ECNL or MLS Next, no, but it’s sure not rec.

The bottom team at bigger clubs is often very similar to rec and are people paying for travel who aren’t really travel caliber players. That I agree on. [/quote]

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