There any number of metrics that one could use to try to judge how well SC does in producing college players. To me, the most meaningful is the total number of SC kids playing college soccer, proportionate to our population. I haven't seen anything yet that disabuses me of the opinion that we do very well indeed. One reason is certainly the number of SC colleges with soccer programs. I feel sure that we have more than most, if not all, of the states of similar size. If we don't produce players who can compete for those roster spots, they will be filled from elsewhere. One of the primarary criteria is excellent competitive experience - which is where those acronyms come in!
I'll leave it to another enterprising forumite to research, but I bet SC has a relatively high percentage of its population registered in youth soccer programs. I'll be anxiously awaiting the results of that research.
