Continuing to play after college

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Not sure how many people are here whose kids have already finished college, but curious to know how many kids continue to play soccer regularly after their college soccer career is over? Not talking professionally, but even something like WPSL or even just local adult leagues?

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I played after it (my college team was very low level) The problem tends to be every year a new team would join filled with 18-24 years olds that took things too seriously and the people 28-35 figured it wasn’t worth being an adult with a broken leg having to figure out how to get back and forth to work.

not everyone in your team will turn 30 at the same time so you end up in these “leg breaking” leagues longer than you want.

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Not sure how many people are here whose kids have already finished college, but curious to know how many kids continue to play soccer regularly after their college soccer career is over? Not talking professionally, but even something like WPSL or even just local adult leagues?

I played in a league that was Open, and was filled with college and post-college players for about 10 years. I then moved to an "Over-30" league, which also had divisions for 0-40, 0-50, and 0-60. There were players who were up to 80 playing.

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My older D just graduated this past May and is now playing in 2 adult leagues (both co-ed). She is playing with a handful of former college teammates and all really seem to be enjoying it. As others have described, she definitely notices that some of the older players in the league aren't particularly aggressive because they fear injury, while the younger players go all out.

Looking at two of D's high school friends who were pretty serious when playing youth/club soccer, neither of whom played for their college teams (one was verbally committed to a D3 school, but the D3 school ended up not admitting her, the other decided late in 11th grade that she didn't want to play college soccer), it's interesting that the one who was verbally committed ended up never playing soccer again after HS, while the other one played intramural in college and now plays in adult leagues for fun.

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The good news is that you can find a league for pick up games that suits you. With time constraints because of work and life there are leagues for everyone. The all male leagues are a little more intense especially for those just out of college but the coed and womens leagues are great and a win/win for those that want to continue to play and a great way to socialize. My daughter was a D1 player and she now likes the fact that she can continue to play the game she loves but at a different level with less pressure and just have fun.