i agree you have to give up alot.you know mine did not play high school so she has had pleanty of time off to do other things.it was good and bad.for her she is in shape but not soccer shape.she will always be a pretty good player but she is rusty from being off a few months.
i didnt mean to sound like there was nothing between rec and region but i think there are some girls on that team that would like to play at a higher level but maybe do not because of friendships.nothing at all wrong with that.i just took some of your earlier post to mean that something was wrong with wanting the higher level.as i stated i know there was no ill will in your statement.
i know with my youngest who could be 10 times better than my oldest still is in that "wants to play for fun" mode but i think it is changing.