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On the girls side - other than goals and ball size , there is no comparison between HS soccer and playing club ball at the regional level.



One might also say that other than the ability to concentrate the most talented players on one team, there is very little difference. The level of competition is obviously much higher at regional-level club play, but having an extra season to spend time on the ball is more likely to help than hurt, as opposed to playing only one season having to choose betwen one or the other. I think if we had high school state playoffs at the end of fall club season, you'd hear the exact same complaints coming from high school coaches about quality of play suffering because of not having time to practice together as a team.

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