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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I will put it to you all like this:

- 80% of travel players belong in rec teams but their parents are fooled into thinking their kids can play soccer either by the coaches or organization $$$.
- 80% of travel players want to join a travel club because their friends play there and they have been brainwashed by the clubs into thinking that if you do not belong to a travel team you are not getting the best experience and you are a loser.
- 80% of travel coaches are inexperienced and/or have lost the passion and only want the paycheck. Some do not even have the appropriate coaching licenses yet they say they do (check your coach online). https://learning.ussoccer.com/#!/directory most have just the grassroots coaching license and that's a joke.
- 80% of travel coaches are former "soccer" players who could not get past college soccer and we know college soccer is not even close to pro in Europe, Latin America or Africa.
- 90% of travel players are all white kids who lack the soccer IQ and athletic soccer talent. See for yourself at the next travel game or tournament. See the difference between the players and how they touch the ball, trap the ball and pass the ball. Most are weak players. Most is the result of poor coaching and training they receive.
- 90% of talented soccer players are minorities who cannot afford to pay the $3k+ fees.
- All these "non-profit" soccer clubs in our country are nothing more than businesses that do not pay taxes and pay all directors and coaches a nice income for rec-level soccer.

I could go on and on but I think I made my point here.[/quote]

The reason kids leave Rec soccer by U8/U9 is because there are no kids left in Rec soccer by that age.

In Arlington, there are 6 travel teams in a boys age group at that age. Most of the counties soccer players.

[b]If you stay in Rec you are playing against severely uncoordinated kids that don't want to be there and don't show up for more than 1/2 the games or practices.[/b]

So the lower level travel team becomes essentially the rec team at a high cost.

And, if you want to hold off until your kids are older to start travel you are kind of effed--because who are they playing against/with??  Also, the way this area is ---there is a lockdown with almost zero movement between teams for most years.  [/quote]

6 travel teams in one age is most of an entire counties' soccer players? That's absurd.

You sound very ignorant about rec soccer at the middle/high school levels. There are many talented players and many mediocre players, but all the kids want to be there. 
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