Originally posted by Unregistered
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I've seen the growth of soccer, especially on the girls' side grow considerably since my family arrived in Portland around 2000. We watched older cousins playing and now our DDs.
From personal observation I've noticed the multi-sport female trend changed to specialization in one competitive sport. My kids' teams have more girls opting not to play basketball or softball. Their cousins used to complain about players being available for only part of the soccer seasons, so they'd travel to tournaments with smaller rosters or with guest players. Since their teams played at high-level tournaments it wasn't surprising that the coaches would not pick up the 'seasonal' players at the next tryouts.
FYI-Here is statewide data directly from the state Fall Enrollment statistics:
http://www.oregon.gov/ode/reports-an...t-Reports.aspx
Percent change from 2015-16 to 2016-17 up 0.44%
Percent change from 2014-15 to 2015-16 up 0.97%
Percent change from 2013-14 to 2014-15 up 0.66%
Percent change from 2011-12 to 2013-14 up 0.49%
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