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Not trying to make any excuses for the SC teams, or take anything away from the other teams, but you also have to remember that most of the other states in our Region just finished up their club seasons prior to Regionals. We have our State Finals in December and then go play HS soccer. Sure we have some scrimmages and practice sessions leading up to Regionals but I certainly would have rather been heading off to Regionals right after having won a State Championship...oh well...it is what it is.


This is something that has always baffled me. From what I have been able to research, 7 of the 11 R3 states have boys' high school soccer in the spring and 7 have girls' HS soccer in the spring. It seems that Louisiana, Mississippi, and Florida play high school soccer in the winter. Tennessee girls and NC boys play HS in the fall. All others play HS soccer in the spring just like in SC. But, apparently, only SC and NC (girls only) decide their club state cups in the fall. Any thoughts on why this happens? Why is SC different from almost everyone else in terms of state cup timing? Do the other states have their club seasons concurrent with the high school seasons?