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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Has anyone else noticed this year at tryouts, a lot of girls showing up, receiving offers, and then declining and deciding not to play travel?[/quote]

How would anyone notice that? It would presume knowledge of all the players and where or where not they end up. Lots of kids go to a variety of tryouts, could decline an offer and nobody would no why.

I presume this has some poorly thought out anti-travel soccer narrative behind it that you believe some anecdotal "evidence" supports. [/quote]

I presume it's someone simply asking if others have similar observations.[/quote]

So if you know people who are involved at higher levels with these clubs, this type of info is discussed a lot. They track everything.[/quote]

The poster signaled out this year as some kind of litmus test. The problem is for many people, "this year" is very a different year for people. For some people it is the first year of travel at U9 for others it is their 5th or last year of travel soccer.

But, it is well documented that at U13 and older nearly 50% of kids stop playing soccer. The reasons for this are many, kids try other things they like better, they are no longer having fun, simple time constraints make the commitment level unsustainable and more.

If you are seeing a dramatic rise in players leaving the sport it is likely kids age between 12-14.

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In our big Club, everyone was back at U13.  Club next door as well.

Maybe it's because of the birth year change--some of those kids are just entering MS next year (would have been U12s).[/quote]

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