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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^100 percent.
Also: the best kids are picked by U12. If not on top team somewhere, will be nearly impossible to move up. 
Don’t let her suffer with a mean or bad coach.
Don’t keep her on a team if she’s not playing most of the game at that age.
It’s all about confidence. Let her hog a ball a bit. Selflessness gets you nowhere in girls soccer.[/quote]

Also, this is 100%

If I knew now at u11 what I wish I would have known at u8 (Yes, we started travel at u8 and played a year up early with our local club.); then I would have switched her to a feeder ECNL club or straight ECNL club earlier.  We stayed a 1-2 years too long at our local club because my DD was not ready to switch.  (Didn't understand why.) But now we did switch and the tops teams are slammed full of kids. All very good kids.  Our local club did not have the development or intensity needed to level my player at all. Now, we have to hope that about 10 other kids who arrived here before us either move out of the area, switch clubs or start to suck somehow.  Otherwise, even with loads of hard work, we are still behind a lot of kids who had better development and behind in terms of longevity at priority at the club.

Do what you have to do to not get stuck on a ECNL RL team or a GA-II team.  None of those teams get a lot of college exposure. None of those teams or players get recommended for much anything.  I'd hate to get stuck on that level of a team (often kids are there, because they are stuck there and there is no room to move up), I'd switch to a club that has the club you want for college recruiting now.

(The exception to that is parents who know their kid is super athletic, bigger, faster and stronger than their peers.... they won't have to worry about switching early...they usually get picked at try outs for which ever team they go to... this take is based that observation 3 times over.)

And yes, keep working on juggling... that is a skill that showcases and encapsulates a kid's dedication to the sport to the coaches. 
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It's not 'we' You are not playing, your kid is. If your kid needs 10 other kids to leave the club, I don't think you have to worry about colleges scouting them [/quote]

You missed the whole point.  The point is, get to a good club early, otherwise you may find yourself not a good position to get on a top team.  I would also assume that is why the OP took the time to post this question.  The OP probably did not pose the question because they would be happy playing in NCSL. I assume they they were looking for advice on how to succeed if folks had to do it all over again.

The above poster has a point.[/quote]

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