Maybe the problem is the Club. If ECNL is having events year round (correct me if i am wrong) then why is the Club so insistant that the players not miss any of these events? There should be enough events occurring that missing one (which occurs in a particular High School season) is not a big deal.

I only have knowlege of how one Clubs thinks (here in the Upstate), it's "life or death" if you miss this ECNL event.