>>[kdlsc] And, wasn't it the high school league that kept players from doing both club and school until just recently?<<

Actually, if you look back on this message board, you'll see quite a few complaints about some specific well-known club coaches that forbade their players from playing school soccer. So I think it cut both ways.

I agree that different high school coaches handle dual participation differently with some seemingly embracing it and others raising obstacles; but on the whole it seems to me to be one of the advantages South Carolina has and I see more coaches on both sides encouraging it.