My commute was 10 minutes but is now 35 minutes out and 25 minutes back in which is my limit in this area.

I drove 1 hour each way 1x a week for supplemental training in the spring and I will not do that again.

Best advice I received from a Mom of a MLS academy player is to keep all investments low in the early years (before U15). The pressure and sacrifices parents make inevitably turns into pressure on the kids and that is the recipe for them losing the love of the game.

I spend more time in my car 3-4x per week than I should

50 minutes each way for us going on 4 years now. Other clubs roughly same distance.

Anonymous wrote:Really glad we have a 15 minute one for U13G ECNL - next club up is 45-60 min and slightly better, but not worth the added commute at this age at all.

Especially for ECNL.

DD is ECNL player, going into U17. Our commute varies quite a bit depending on the practice location.

It can be as short as 5 minutes - the fields are literally around the corner from our neighborhood to as along as 35 to 40 minutes to the farthest location available to our club. They try to switch it up so it kinda evens out.

We do have a couple of players that are commuting between 1 hour to 1.5 hours each way.

Really glad we have a 15 minute one for U13G ECNL - next club up is 45-60 min and slightly better, but not worth the added commute at this age at all.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is no typical commute. It ranges a lot from small to large. What age group are you talking about? A long commute for younger than high school age you need to ask yourself what is the purpose and could that time be better spent on development. At high school ages if you are trying to play college it could be worth it to gain access to showcase platforms like ECNL/MLSN

MS-HS age, the difference is between MLSN and MLSN2.

Nope. Be a star on the mls2 team around the corner.

We practice in 3-4x different locations. So, it ranges from 40 min to 20 minutes depending on the location.

Anonymous wrote:There is no typical commute. It ranges a lot from small to large. What age group are you talking about? A long commute for younger than high school age you need to ask yourself what is the purpose and could that time be better spent on development. At high school ages if you are trying to play college it could be worth it to gain access to showcase platforms like ECNL/MLSN

MS-HS age, the difference is between MLSN and MLSN2.

Anonymous wrote:But it’s not that many in top leagues. I’m considering a 50-70 minute commute for a top league team and DW thinks I’m crazy.

I currently do a 35-minute commute (one way), and it's a grind. It's an enjoyable, short-lived (relatively) grind...but it means that three nights a week we're gone for 3+ hours. This short offseason during the early summer has felt like a vacation.

There is no typical commute. It ranges a lot from small to large. What age group are you talking about? A long commute for younger than high school age you need to ask yourself what is the purpose and could that time be better spent on development. At high school ages if you are trying to play college it could be worth it to gain access to showcase platforms like ECNL/MLSN

Anonymous wrote:But it’s not that many in top leagues. I’m considering a 50-70 minute commute for a top league team and DW thinks I’m crazy.

Yes, one way? That's nuts.

But it’s not that many in top leagues. I’m considering a 50-70 minute commute for a top league team and DW thinks I’m crazy.

25-35 mins (depending on traffic). Big metro area with a lot of good clubs to choose from.

How much do you commute for soccer? Just wondering what is typical.