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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Before concerning themselves with college, parents need to consider if there are there even enough spots on a typical High School team!

Despite years of travel soccer, my nephew initially made the Wilson JV team but never the varsity. So much competition in this area!
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Some high school teams are very competitive and very hard to make. Part of the problem in this area is that anybody can play "travel soccer". Your nephew probably would have been well-served playing rec, but everyone moves their kid to "travel" (whether they are good or not) because they want to brag to other parents.[/quote]

I think it’s less about bragging and more about clubs upselling travel. Most of the travel players would be best served by a good rec program, but clubs are more interested in making money off of the kids so they grow travel. [/quote]

the clubs have succeeded. Good rec programs generally don't exist between the littles and high school where you get kids dropping down from travel [/quote]

The travel Clubs have essentially abolished the Rec program.  Now with Clubs having 4-7 teams per age group, any kid that wants to play travel can...and most do.

What is left over in Rec after a certain age is just plain awful.  Kids that hack, kick shins, step on one another and barely ever show up for practice.  SO--a kid at minimum has to join a low level travel team to get any semblance of 'soccer'.

Once upon a time, travel was selective and teams per Club were limited so the vast majority stayed in the Rec leagues which made it a viable option for kids that didn't want the commitment (due to other sports), travel and $$$.

Once travel soccer became the big business it was...rec got really bad fast after U9.[/quote]

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