As a parent, if I had a child who was truly desiring to play soccer in college, I would probably be following suit and doing whatver, Academy, ECNL etc, to get my child the maximum exposure.
But really at this point and going forward, you really have no choice.
The "Monster" the ECNL's, the Academy's of the world have created dictate this.
Obviously they created it this way to lure you in and keep you in. You feel, "you have to do it".
But to have to go to Chicago, Texas, New Jersey, Washington state, etc... to be seen by "hundreds' of college scouts really lacks good logic. Because if you are living here in good ole South Carolina, let's face it, very, very few players will play outside of a 3 state region. And most will play for small colleges in this state. If they play in college at all.
