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I tend to agree with you that Columbia is more fanatical about high school soccer than club though there are some exceptions. You can look at CSC's decision to cancel tryouts due to the Irmo-Dutch Fork as evidance of this. Nothing wrong with this- just the way it is.
I don't see where all state teams have any real bearing on whether a club is a mega club or not.
To be fair, All- State is an honor and the kids named are deserving, but let's get real. This is a process where kids are left off because coaches have not nominated their players,kids are left off because they are seen as being of questionable character, or for a lot of other reasons. Demetrius Summers was left off the Shrine Bowl team but there is no way he was not considered the best player in South Carolina, so let's take these all state teams for what they are.This applies to all sports, not just soccer. The all state lists are not the best players in South Carolina and high school and club are two altogether different animals.