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Eastside High is the only team in the latest Elite Soccer Rankings top 25 from South Carolina - yet they only placed one player on the All State squad -

Of course Irmo only has one, Lexington none, and Hilton Head only two. I guess among the four best teams in 4A and 3A there are only four outstanding players. I always thought All State translated into the best players - I guess not in South Carolina

Dang! Are you a disgruntled player or parent? Maybe the whole of some teams are better than the individual players! Look at Lexington!

Neither but you are telling me that Lexington doesnt have one player deserving of recognition?
I personally played basketball and no player who didnt make the finals was named All State- it was reserved for the best players on the best teams and the POY was always from the winning team - it shouldnt be whos best on your team it should be whos best on the best teams because they have obviously proven it on the field- of course in our PC society we dont want to hurt feelings so its better to spread it around

Illogical. Team rankings and finals/championships are TEAM accomplishments, and for those you have team honors. Individual All-Star honors are for individual players--whose abilities and efforts should be looked at separately from the overall performance of the TEAM. The best player on the best team is not necessarily the best player in the league. A team that can field 11 B+ level players with a deep bench is likely to win a championship vs. a team with two A+ players, half a dozen B's, a few C's and a shallow bench. That does nothing to change the fact that the A+ players are still A+ players and are still individually stronger players than any members of the all-B+ team that went to the finals.

But you would agree that the leading scorer and assist maker on the #1 team in the State who played against and beat 7 of the teams who put players on the all state team and outplayed them all should have at least gotten some consideration. Quit fooling yourself its not about who the best players are, its who is an SCHSSA member who contributes $$$ -

Perhaps your son was not nominated. The coach would have to nominate him in the meeting.

The player I am referencing was definitely nominated as his name appeared on the nomination list that was posted by Heise along with 5 others from that team

Wow, that is alot of nominations from one team, but not unprecedented. Usually, coaches are asked to prioritize their nominations. Also usually, Clash and N/S players are automatics.
I have been in many of these meetings and have yet to run across anything unfair. Coaches just plead their cases for their players, usually supported by other committee members who have also seen the player.

I know how they were ranked and its not how they were selected, but I understand if one is not in the favor of the Prince of West Columbia one is not considered and sometimes one is even lied to in spite of evidence to the contrary-