This is more of an observation by a father who can't wait for the club season to start.
So my son plays every minute of every game at center mid for one of the better U16 teams in the region but it's amazing and frustrating to see how invisible he sometimes looks out on the field with his HS varsity team. Because his club team plays a very ball control "system" he almost plays kind of a point guard position out there distributing it all over the field. However in HS, it's all kick and run and he finds himself barely touching the ball while playing the middle of the field for every entire game! The team is horrible and it's very painful to watch the lack of quality soccer out there.
I know if he relied only on college coaches coming to a HS game to scout him out he would never get an offer. Instead him and about 7 or 8 of his club team mates are beginning to get noticed at the club level.
Just an observation but sometimes you forget this is truly is a team game.
2 more years of this?? Father rant over.
So my son plays every minute of every game at center mid for one of the better U16 teams in the region but it's amazing and frustrating to see how invisible he sometimes looks out on the field with his HS varsity team. Because his club team plays a very ball control "system" he almost plays kind of a point guard position out there distributing it all over the field. However in HS, it's all kick and run and he finds himself barely touching the ball while playing the middle of the field for every entire game! The team is horrible and it's very painful to watch the lack of quality soccer out there.
I know if he relied only on college coaches coming to a HS game to scout him out he would never get an offer. Instead him and about 7 or 8 of his club team mates are beginning to get noticed at the club level.
Just an observation but sometimes you forget this is truly is a team game.
2 more years of this?? Father rant over.
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