Mississippi rule change could alter soccer landscape

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In summary, no more than five players from any one club team and play on a high school team — which is similar to Indiana’s guideline. The rule change, which was voted on and approved by the MHSAA Board in April, is reinforcing a rule that has been in place since the 1990s — although soccer was granted an exception in the mid-2000s, Hinton said. Where this might have the greatest impact is the perennially strong boys and girls high school programs since many of their top players also play for the state’s elite club programs. This also could have a trickle down to non-metro schools, where a lack of club options results in high school teammates clustered on one local club team.