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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I realized something important yesterday.  My kid begged me to take him to the park in the freezing rain to practice defending goals and run laps.  Also on the field was an older kid getting a private training session.  The coach was pulling teeth to get this kid to work through drills and the kid had a good attitude, but not the natural talent or the gritty, raw *drive* that my kid has.  And that other kid can't do a single thing to gain those things.[/quote]

Wait until puberty. lol.  A lot of boys and girls that used to be like that lose the love of the game when they grow interest in the opposite sex.  Also- the tedium of travel soccer and the way it is run so early can really burn kids out by HS.

That said --my Senior is still like your son, but I think the fact that he was injured for a 1.5 years early HS is the reason he still has a burning passion while a lot of boys on his MLSNext and ECNL teams stopped playing around Junior year.[/quote]

I would love to see verifiable factual data that shows the amount of kids playing MLS Next who voluntarily dropped out of soccer by their Junior year in High School. [/quote]

It’s pretty common for guys to drop MLSNEXT (and previously DA) at Junior year, for the same reason girls often drop ECNL at that time.   Once the college decision is made there is no reason to keep the travel up.  Save those dollars, and let someone else get the exposure.  For the guys - you can play high school ball for a year which is fun.

Yes, if the plan is to go pro then you keep playing MLSNEXT.

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Wait. What?
You're saying kids who get signed to a college team quit playing soccer for one or two years until college soccer preseason begins?[/quote]

Of course they play.   But, they don’t do the distance travel.  MLSNEXT doesn’t allow high school play so lots of kids who are already committed by summer before their senior year play high school and join a local club team or play on a lower level team associated with their mlsnext club.  For girls, most ECNL teams will struggle to fill u18 roster spots for the non-Florida games.   My kids’ team basically disbanded after December of their senior year.

No one wanted to spend money to travel to play meaningless games when the kids were already committed.

If anything - physical training really cranked up as kids were exposed to their respective colleges pre-season workout schedules.  It is a very very different game than club ball.

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MLS Club Academy kids never play HS soccer. 
Only MLS Next kids on waivers for private school scholarships play HS soccer.

HS isn't the pathway to College Soccer[/quote]

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