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    #16
    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
    Worth it compared to what? You first need to decide what you hope to get out of club soccer. If you just want a place to enjoy soccer year round with competition above your local recreational league, then yes. On the other hand, if you are looking for an opportunity to play at the top level and want a route into DA, then no. Pre-Academy is just a marketing term for 2nd team and unlikely to deliver anything more.
    I think these responses are just hilarious. "You first decide what you hope to get out of club soccer." That is completely the wrong approach. You should not plan to "get" anything out of a sport for your kid other than life lessons - how to get along with people, how to handle disappointments, discipline, the value of hard work, etc. Your kid should be doing it for no reason other than to have fun. There were about 388k girls playing high school soccer in 2017. Of those just 9% play some kind of college soccer but only 2% have a chance to play in division one schools. The chances of making a national team are microscopic. If you pay your money, and at the end of the season your kid has had a good time, learnt something, made friends, and wants to play next year it was worth it.

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      #17
      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
      I think these responses are just hilarious. "You first decide what you hope to get out of club soccer." That is completely the wrong approach. You should not plan to "get" anything out of a sport for your kid other than life lessons - how to get along with people, how to handle disappointments, discipline, the value of hard work, etc. Your kid should be doing it for no reason other than to have fun. There were about 388k girls playing high school soccer in 2017. Of those just 9% play some kind of college soccer but only 2% have a chance to play in division one schools. The chances of making a national team are microscopic. If you pay your money, and at the end of the season your kid has had a good time, learnt something, made friends, and wants to play next year it was worth it.
      And if that is what someone wants to get out of club soccer, great. Who are you to dictate what someone else should want? Another TS azzhole.

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        #18
        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
        I think these responses are just hilarious. "You first decide what you hope to get out of club soccer." That is completely the wrong approach. You should not plan to "get" anything out of a sport for your kid other than life lessons - how to get along with people, how to handle disappointments, discipline, the value of hard work, etc. Your kid should be doing it for no reason other than to have fun. There were about 388k girls playing high school soccer in 2017. Of those just 9% play some kind of college soccer but only 2% have a chance to play in division one schools. The chances of making a national team are microscopic. If you pay your money, and at the end of the season your kid has had a good time, learnt something, made friends, and wants to play next year it was worth it.
        No, if your child aspires to play in college then you can't just go anywhere. If the player has no aspirations for college ball then there's no need to participate in the higher leagues with huge time and $ costs. Of course many will play just for the love of the game, and some will hope to play in college but never reach that level. Yes parents need a reality check, but at a certain level the percentage of players who can play in college ramps way up. The 2% figure is relevant across ALL soccer players but has little to do with %playing from the top leagues where it can hit 100% in college.

        Biggest issue with girls soccer is that recruiting happens earlier and earlier so if girls want to play in college hey have to get onto better teams earlier and earlier. They might not even know for sure if they want to play in college or at what level, but the pressure to get locked in early is ever present. It's very tough to break into a top team after a certain age.

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