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Which raises the question...do we really want to turn high school soccer into a cutthroat, survival-of-the-fittest environment, or should high school soccer be a balance of competition, player development, character development, and a complement to overall education, and let those elite who seek the first description have their other options without our complaint?




Actually Coach......an excellent post. My take is.....all of the above. The "elite" go on about their business. And hs balances cutthroat competition, with all of the "soft" benefits which highlight hs sports.