let see, if you are a club player and you play premier or let say challenge.
you have how many games on the season? how many of those games are quality games?
now, you have irmo, beating one his closest rivals df 9-1, wow, sounds great.
irmo and nw had 2 real games the whole season, are you serious?
anywhere in the world, clubs wait for you to get out of high school to sign the contract, if are not at least in the reserves when you are done with hs you are most likely to end up playing second division, the pro game is too competitive.
in the US, you wait till you finish college, when are 22 years old to take soccer serious... by them, messi has already 2 european championships, 1 fifa player of the year and is ready to fight for the number one spot in the world cup.
im not saying kids should not play high school or college soccer, im saying, you have to better the level of both of them, the american kids are light years behind the real soccer world.
send one of those clemson kids to the reserves of Boca or Corinthians and you would see what im talking about.
we dont go too far, not even mls is developing kids to play in the world level, think of Altidore at Villareal.
High School and college soccer could be a great way to develop great players but we have to change the whole system if you want to make things happend.
