SC Soccer Forums SCSoccer.com Forums Girls Varsity Soccer Should SCHSL step in and eliminate playing in Clubs during HS season?

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Gbdawgs, Bomber,
Why aren't any Riverside girls listed on the all star game nominations. The site says the nominations are closed now for one of the games. You have plenty of deserving srs. Can they not make the dates, have no interest, or an oversight?

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All the girls who played on the 92 CESA premier team last fall are continuing to play soccer in college. Yes their coach made phone calls on the player's behalf to college coaches. Yes events were held at Mesa involving college coaches but interest from college coaches really came after seeing the players play in big tournaments - regionals, Disney, and yes ECNL events. CESA got these girls/teams into those tournaments. CESA provided coaches to train the girls to play at a higher level. Some coaches are better than others, some girls developed better than others, and at the end of the day some girls have more interest/passion to play than others. The ones with passion to play as much as they can and continue to challenge and improve themselves are likely the ones that elect to continue to play in college. It is not for every player who enjoys the game of soccer. I think the 92 group of players were a bit behind in getting recruited because they didn't make regionals their freshman, sophomore years and only went to really one major tournament those years - Disney. There were complaints at that time, that the team wasn't getting enough visibility. Playing in state or neighboring states just didn't garner the college coaches interest. Plus SC club season is in the fall when women's college soccer is so most coaches don't have as much time to recruit during the fall. It appears they do most of their recruiting at major tournaments after their season is over or before it begins. As an expense bust Disney is, it does provide visibility by college coaches. Then ECNL started - now there are complaints that there is too much travel, but this really is only applicable to one club team in the state which consists of 15-18 girls at each grade level. So why should SCHSL step in and eliminate the ability of maybe 45-60 players out of I'm guessing 1000 high school soccer players to make their choice. The player or family that doesn't want to do ECNL or a heavy travel schedule can still play club soccer in the fall and high school in the spring. CESA has three levels of teams that play club (only one level travels a lot), Columbia United has several levels, Ft. Hills, Furman United, CASA, Mt. Pleasant etc. The point is SC has several club teams that have varying amount of competitiveness, travel and expense. So since every player talent, desires, and priorities are different, let that player and family be able to choose what fits them the best rather than be dictated by a govern body? Although if a player is a member of several teams which may have conflicts, they need to be upfront before selection onto a team, which team will have priority. If a coach selects a player whose first priority is another team, then there shouldn't be any complaints or punishment for missing a game. In the past there has been several club soccer players that have also run cross country, played basketball, tennis etc. during club season and have managed to work it out.

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