Anonymous
03/07/2026 10:44
Subject: MLS next ruining high school soccer
oh trust me we will report them.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It will be interesting to see how many teams around here bend the rules and slip in some MLS HGs to play high school. It seems to happen every year where a few somehow “appear” on rosters. Lightridge High School published their roster there were quite a few MLS Next players from NVA listed. I'm sure Riverside will do the same. With NVA owning the county, their move to MLS Next removes a significant amount of players allowed to engage in HS soccer.
Lightridge coach is not going to give up his MLS players. Otherwise his season sucks
Anonymous
03/07/2026 10:32
Subject: MLS next ruining high school soccer
Not sure why you default to privileged and entitlement immediately. That's not the case. The point is why is the rule limited to HS soccer. Players end up playing other sports at the same time they play MLSN games. That is what's ridiculous. Other (non-soccer) sports is just as demanding and players can get easily hurt if that's the rationale for the rule.
Anonymous
03/07/2026 10:04
Subject: MLS next ruining high school soccer
Anonymous wrote:Non-academy MLS clubs are pay to play, the league shouldn't have the right to tell players where not to play as the non-academy MLS clubs are not financially covering any of the fees for the players. That is a ridiculous rule. It makes sense for the true academies; if they cover all my DS fees and invested him, then yes, they have the right to say no HS soccer.
The rule was there before you tried out for the team and signed any document
You chose to believe you're too special to accept a rule you don't like.
Privilege and entitlement
Anonymous
03/07/2026 08:06
Subject: MLS next ruining high school soccer
If they have a waiver process for kids whose school require sports participation how critical can it be if some can and some can’t.
Anonymous
03/07/2026 07:52
Subject: MLS next ruining high school soccer
Anonymous wrote:Non-academy MLS clubs are pay to play, the league shouldn't have the right to tell players where not to play as the non-academy MLS clubs are not financially covering any of the fees for the players. That is a ridiculous rule. It makes sense for the true academies; if they cover all my DS fees and invested him, then yes, they have the right to say no HS soccer.
So true
Anonymous
03/07/2026 07:49
Subject: MLS next ruining high school soccer
Non-academy MLS clubs are pay to play, the league shouldn't have the right to tell players where not to play as the non-academy MLS clubs are not financially covering any of the fees for the players. That is a ridiculous rule. It makes sense for the true academies; if they cover all my DS fees and invested him, then yes, they have the right to say no HS soccer.
Anonymous
03/06/2026 21:03
Subject: MLS next ruining high school soccer
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It will be interesting to see how many teams around here bend the rules and slip in some MLS HGs to play high school. It seems to happen every year where a few somehow “appear” on rosters. Lightridge High School published their roster there were quite a few MLS Next players from NVA listed. I'm sure Riverside will do the same. With NVA owning the county, their move to MLS Next removes a significant amount of players allowed to engage in HS soccer.
Lightridge coach is not going to give up his MLS players. Otherwise his season sucks
Lightridge coach doesn't know a damn thing about soccer. He got lucky with a talented group last year, they all graduated.
That is applicable to both the boys and girls soccer. Hideous guy running the female program. Perfect example of how pieces of paper do not equate to expertise nor knowledge. It also is a solid indicator of how poor the US youth coaching is when they let that guy ‘educate’ other folks looking to become credentialed coaches.
Anonymous
03/06/2026 14:44
Subject: MLS next ruining high school soccer
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It will be interesting to see how many teams around here bend the rules and slip in some MLS HGs to play high school. It seems to happen every year where a few somehow “appear” on rosters. Lightridge High School published their roster there were quite a few MLS Next players from NVA listed. I'm sure Riverside will do the same. With NVA owning the county, their move to MLS Next removes a significant amount of players allowed to engage in HS soccer.
Lightridge coach is not going to give up his MLS players. Otherwise his season sucks
Lightridge coach doesn't know a damn thing about soccer. He got lucky with a talented group last year, they all graduated.
Anonymous
03/05/2026 21:16
Subject: MLS next ruining high school soccer
Anonymous wrote:It will be interesting to see how many teams around here bend the rules and slip in some MLS HGs to play high school. It seems to happen every year where a few somehow “appear” on rosters. Lightridge High School published their roster there were quite a few MLS Next players from NVA listed. I'm sure Riverside will do the same. With NVA owning the county, their move to MLS Next removes a significant amount of players allowed to engage in HS soccer.
Lightridge coach is not going to give up his MLS players. Otherwise his season sucks
Anonymous
03/05/2026 19:28
Subject: MLS next ruining high school soccer
Anonymous wrote:Reading this makes me feel depressed for my son. Here you all are talking about how many MLS next players are on the high school teams, and how that is still somehow low level soccer. Meanwhile, my son would love to make the high school team, but probably won’t make MLS next or ECNL which means forget about making the high school team. I hope your kids realize how many others wish they could be in that spot. Wish we had known all this before my kid fell in love with soccer.
The MLS Next players use HS soccer for showboating and doing stuff they can't do against MLS Next competition
Anonymous
03/05/2026 18:07
Subject: MLS next ruining high school soccer
Anonymous wrote:HG soccer is just fun, my son describes it best. HG soccer is fun, club is work. Especially at the HS age when every showcase is targeting recruitment, kind becomes a grind.
Idk how to describe it either but it’s just way more fun. Fun for kids fun for parents, fans. Great playing with your friends since you were young and players roles change so much over the years which in club is hard unless you find a new team.
Anonymous
03/05/2026 17:26
Subject: MLS next ruining high school soccer
Reading this makes me feel depressed for my son. Here you all are talking about how many MLS next players are on the high school teams, and how that is still somehow low level soccer. Meanwhile, my son would love to make the high school team, but probably won’t make MLS next or ECNL which means forget about making the high school team. I hope your kids realize how many others wish they could be in that spot. Wish we had known all this before my kid fell in love with soccer.
Anonymous
03/05/2026 16:51
Subject: MLS next ruining high school soccer
HG soccer is just fun, my son describes it best. HG soccer is fun, club is work. Especially at the HS age when every showcase is targeting recruitment, kind becomes a grind.
Anonymous
03/05/2026 16:41
Subject: MLS next ruining high school soccer
Anonymous wrote:“ I know one local HG Club moved to combine age groups at practice last Spring because there were so few kids showing up.”
Same thing happens with every league.
Well if the HG teams prohibit high school play it seems like they wouldn’t have to do this. It’s just talk, I just wish they’d be above board about it.
Anonymous
03/05/2026 16:15
Subject: MLS next ruining high school soccer
Anonymous wrote:The current club/travel sports setup has ruined HS sports in general. Kids think they need to play club to get to the next level, and they do. But, if kids aren’t playing in college (and even if they are), they need to realize HS sports are going to be one of the best experiences of their lives and they may be missing it chasing some dream of playing in college at a D3 school or, even worse, in soccer, at some low-paid semi-pro academy.
Why is HS soccer a bigger and better life experience than playing MLS Next and traveling with your team to places you've never been?