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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Since all of the top clubs in the US are moving to ECNL, the DA parents have try something.

New tactic - Push too many games as the ECNL issue. Too much soccer! No wait, since their kids can't get enough and want 11 months of soccer it's not too much soccer. But games are bad. Training is good but games are bad.[/quote]

What is the value of two ECNL spring showcases when your primary training environment is a HS team and not the actual ECNL team playing in the showcase?

And what is the value of the ECNL training environment during the spring when over a 1/3 of the players are never at practice because they are at High School?

Just tell me the upside? Please it has to be more than a concession stand with popcorn and pregame music. [/quote]

You are really asking why some teenagers see upside in playing for their HS? Wow[/quote]

Ok, so I'll also ask my teen what the upside of driving a car full of loaded kids is? Or whats the upside of going out till 1am on a school night. Certainly asking the HS kid if they understand the upside of 30 games in 3 months with one day a week off during that time frame is the right course of action. In general it is pretty solid advice to just let teenagers make all of their decisions without guidance.[/quote]

Right - because playing with your friends, classmates and potentially being a hero for your school and community is the same as dangerous driving and late partying.

You win the DA parent of the year award. You should home school little Mia through HS so you can do Rondos in the backyard at lunchtime. LMAO[/quote]

Ohhh High School "Hero"!

That is the best you've got? Still looking back, trying to recapture glory? [/quote]

Dude are you serious? LMAO. No way you have a high school kid. You just don't get it.[/quote]

Oh I get it, I just don't subscribe to the notion that HS Soccer is the peak of anything and that should be awarded any significant social status because it is not good soccer. HS soccer does not represent the best that the sport can offer. That for most club players not being able to make varsity would be considered more of an embarrassment than making varsity is considered an accomplishment.

Nobody goes to the games. The games are hack fests. The style is awful. The players are average. In short I guess if you play in ECNL HS soccer might just be the pinnacle. [/quote]

The best the sport can offer is what? The Olympics or World Cup? Sorry to tell you that your DD won't make it. Especially not with you as her overbearing parent.

Don't play HS sports then. I don't care. But if you don't see how OTHER kids might want that then you are just dense. And there are hundreds and hundreds of ECNL/HS players each year that join D1 college teams so your pinnacle comment is stupid.
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My kid does play HS sports, just not soccer. Why waste the time playing something at a lower level that kid already plays? If you have the time available, play something different. Play LAX or run track instead. Why waste time on a redundant activity of lower quality than is previously experienced?

If your DD is so awesome at soccer stop punching down and challenge her in another sport. DA has no rules against playing HS sports in general, just not soccer. [/quote]

So your DD plays DA soccer and also plays other sports in HS? But you are anti-HS soccer? Sure thing. Amazing she has so much time on her hands...[/quote]

Why does it matter if someone doesn't think HS soccer is worth playing, with the poorer quality of play, potential injuries, etc.

Keep your DD in HS, and let those who think it's not beneficial stay out.   No skin off anyones back.   Believe it or not, some kids actually would rather NOT play HS.[/quote]

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