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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ask your child’s coach to give a written evaluation.  Compare the amount of adjectives they use versus measurable information.

Then look at the price tag.  Think long and hard about the price tag.  Most coaches in youth soccer simply coach the game as they know it.  They may focus on 1v1s or through balls for wingers, only play a 4-3-3 with two CDMs, never teach defensive principles, etc.  I’ve seen U17 players not understand what a 3rd man run is.

If your children’s math career stopped at arithmetic and never learned algebra, geometry, etc., your child will be amazing at arithmetic and not understand math.

Think long and hard about that price tag.[/quote]

You are correct. We move a lot and this is not just a local problem. My daughter is about to leave to go play D1 soccer. We only really did ODP in middle school, but I recall that the last year we did it, we saw the list of girls that were selected to go the regionals (she wasn’t chosen).  We specifically asked for a written evaluation of how she needed to improve. It was just as you wrote. Only one of those girls on that list is going to play at a D2 school. 
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