Quote: It appears that after all the SC Club aquisitions/mergers/consolidations and a sincere effort to develop top level youth Club soccer in this state, that the Clubs are failing in developing the players.
They (or some of them) seem more intent on recruiting what they percieve as the best talent in the state or adjoining states to form the best teams, so that they do not get embarrassed in ECNL or Premier League play.
They are not intent on developing the players that reside in close proximenty to their location. If they did develop the local players, the recruiting would not be necessary.
I could not agree with your statement more! It's easy to recruit to be great, but it's much tougher to build, mold, and develop higher caliber players. The easy thing to do as coaches is "just move closer to the club."
