Are there really places in the USA where the “community” cares and attends female high school soccer games? If a young lady is attending an elite private school to play soccer, is that really her “community” and again, does that community legitimately care about female high school soccer? I ask because when I talk about this issue with others, they laugh at me and invariably say “dude no one cares about female high school soccer accept the girls parents.” I know the only girl in my community who’s soccer accomplishments that I’m aware of are my daughters. So, what am I missing?[/QUOTE]My dd is going to find out 12 months from now. I don't think kids get brainwashed as much as the parents do. As a parent it's hard to walk away from watching your dd play at the highest levels in SoCal the past 7 years. The coaches and US Soccer are preaching, "don't play HS Soccer or ECNL, it will hurt your dd chances of being recruited. It's funny because it's the same coaches who sold ECNL two years ago. After playing first year of DA when it started and 50/50 ECNL and DA this year, it's going to be ECNL full time for 2019-2020 as a 10th grader. I believe college coaches recruit soccer players, not teams. My dd is the one who made this decision and I'm 100% behind her. She gets to play club with friends from HS and play for her community High School. If she works hard I'm sure the same colleges who would have watched her play in the DA will also see her play in ECNL. The only one's missing are the US National Team Scouts.......lol!
Well, for her local, non private HS school its a good thing. Not saying the city shuts down to go watch the girls play but her school friends come and show up to watch. I saw it first hand and it was fun for her