Thats why college coaches scout mostly on the club level. You get a true sense of the true talent of a player watching them participate in Premier League or State Cup. However, I sense somewhat of a reverse bias here. A kid like Preston Myers may not have competed at the highest level in HS and some may question the validity of his accomplishemnts. However, anyone who has seen him play club knows he's the real deal,so don't penalize him because he plays for a small rural school without alot of soccer tradtion.
By the way I've also seen highly publicized large school players struggle when playing premier league.That why the Palmetto Classic is so popular with College coaches. The quality of the field gives a much better representation of a players talents than watching player X as his team overwhelms a lesser opponent.
