Hoping your player is a DS not DD
Play High School or Not?
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Hoping your player is a DS not DD
Interesting to hear how everyone has different experiences with high school soccer. My kid is having a lot of fun this year (her last) and is happy with her choice to stop pursuing the Academy "dream" and instead just have fun playing with her friends.
FWIW, our area wasn't hit that hard by the creation of the DA on the girls side. We "lost" exactly 3 players. One who as a non-starter as a sophomore (and probably wouldn't have earned the starting spot until senior year). One who was a starter last year as a junior and was easily replaced with an ECNL player who's a junior this year. The biggest loss was the a player who started as a freshman and is an amazing player (Pepperdine commit), however interestingly she was also hurt consistently through her one high school season (she'd get injured, recover, play 1 or 2 games and get hurt again).
All this to say that the players on our team are mostly strong club players. Out of 22 players 14 play on Flight 1 teams, 1 is on ECNL, and 1 is on DPL. The other 6 are on lower teams but none are starters.
Do they play messy soccer sometimes? Definitely. Of course I've seen enough club games to know that messy soccer happens there too. I've also seen my fair share of really messy college games. Interestingly our high school team has had no major injuries this season. We do have a bunch of players missing because of injuries from club season. We also have one player who's been in and out of play for "minor" injuries but they are the same type of injuries that this player has gotten in club because she likes to play aggressive which sometimes ends in her getting hurt. FWIW college play isn't exactly free from injury either. Quite a few of our alumni that committed to play in college over the past few years ended up injured the first or second season of play (some have never seen the field, getting hurt in practice).
FWIW, our area wasn't hit that hard by the creation of the DA on the girls side. We "lost" exactly 3 players. One who as a non-starter as a sophomore (and probably wouldn't have earned the starting spot until senior year). One who was a starter last year as a junior and was easily replaced with an ECNL player who's a junior this year. The biggest loss was the a player who started as a freshman and is an amazing player (Pepperdine commit), however interestingly she was also hurt consistently through her one high school season (she'd get injured, recover, play 1 or 2 games and get hurt again).
All this to say that the players on our team are mostly strong club players. Out of 22 players 14 play on Flight 1 teams, 1 is on ECNL, and 1 is on DPL. The other 6 are on lower teams but none are starters.
Do they play messy soccer sometimes? Definitely. Of course I've seen enough club games to know that messy soccer happens there too. I've also seen my fair share of really messy college games. Interestingly our high school team has had no major injuries this season. We do have a bunch of players missing because of injuries from club season. We also have one player who's been in and out of play for "minor" injuries but they are the same type of injuries that this player has gotten in club because she likes to play aggressive which sometimes ends in her getting hurt. FWIW college play isn't exactly free from injury either. Quite a few of our alumni that committed to play in college over the past few years ended up injured the first or second season of play (some have never seen the field, getting hurt in practice).
