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Do highly skilled club players look down upon their less skilled HS teammates, or do HS players have trouble accepting their club teammates?

Also, can anyone think of a star HS player who dosn't play on a club team.

Top end challenge ...yes. Could be be #3 or 4 in state. Although in hindsight I would have to add "depending" on the field they play in.

If they play on normal HS fields it will be tighter, if they play on 120X70 ...no contest.

the other question... I know of some players one would wonder why they are not playing club. But in all the cases there were deficiencies for which pure athleticism cannot make-up for. If you cannot pass a ball accurately 10 yds or dribble under control, then no amount of speed can compensate. Sometimes people confuse speed with skill. Give me a thinking, skilled, quick player over raw speed anyday.

In many of the HS games I have seen, it would appear that speed is the main factor.

HIgh school fields tend to be more narrow due to the fact that they are mostly played on the football field or inside the track. Add to this that you usually have less skilled players playing, and what you geet is a game that relies less on skill, and more on speed. Overall it's a much more vertically played game.

LE: whats PLC all-stars ? premier league players??

As you can tell, I'm new to the SC soccer forum and new to the area. Having gone back and read previous posts, I was curious about all the HS smack talking and the lack of club players bashing one another. Why all the mean spirited talk between HS players, when the previous post's have stated that club ball is played at a much higher level, and the club players talk little if any smack.

I have to add my opinion to this topic......

First, a top level club team from South Carolina and a top level 4A or 3A high school team would probably have a pretty high level, good match. In a series of 5 games, i would say the club team probably wins 3 with at least one going to penalties. However, there are some high schools from out of state who would do the same thing to the club team.

Second, I cannot fathom a scenario where a "B" team would defeat a top level h.s. team. I would take the h.s. team over the "B" team 4 games to 1 with one game going to penalties.

Here is another prong to this discussion-- since club soccer has not always been at the level it is currently at here in S.C., let's take the following hypothetical match-up...

one of the best high school teams of all time versus one of the best club teams of all time.....

girls: Riverside 1993 versus Mt. Pleasant Ice 2000 (or their best state championship team)

boys: Riverside 1993 versus DSA's Regional Finalist team (to this date, S.C. most successful club team)

girls #2: Mauldin versus one of GFC's State Champions

boys #2: Irmo 1989 versus Bridge FA's US Club Soccer National Champion

For the record... U17B means U17 Boys... not B team. Although there may be some B teams from clubs that end up in the 3 or 4 spot in challenge

If you watch club and HS soccer then it is easy to see why the club teams would beat most HS teams. There are always exceptions to the rule. Bishop England two years ago was as good as any club team. The only problem with your question is that the best HS teams contain the players from the best club teams.

Smack talk. Smack talk amount the HS teams is fun and for the most part no takes it personal. The Clubs tend to be a lot more sensitive to the smack talk so everyone just avoids it. But smack talk among the HS teams is also becoming hard to find because of the sensitivity.

One of the best teams in SC ever and you name a team that won a US Club Soccer National Championship. Come on, dont fool anyone. US Club is still in its infancy with alot of major clubs not on board and not looking to get on board at any time soon.

How about some of the best club teams, ie. GFC Black ( i believe 86, RCates will be able to give the date) that won every state championship. Or how about the NECSA Galaxy who did the same. Or maybe the Aiken Fire team? National runner up. They are the most successful club team ever from SC if basing your reasoning on how far a team advances in regionals/nationals.

I gotta go with my dog lower on this one.Not only was it US Club but the Bridge team is under 15, 14 at the time they won Nationals. Were you talking about them and Irmo's JV team?

Ahhhhhhhhhh, nothing more relaxing than sitting out on a poor field in lawn chairs watching uninspired club soccer.