Here in Illinois the boys play soccer in the fall and the girls play soccer in the spring. There isn't a huge problem in the area that I am in with fields getting overused because we have multiple facilities that have over 30 fields within 25 minutes of each other. But we are lucky enough to hold the regional ODP camp here too. In fact the park district has a soccer stadium with lights that many of the teams use during the regular season in the fall. Some high schools use their own soccer/football field, but the majority use park district fields.

The academy here in Illinois has taken one of the local players to Chicago, so he will not be participating in the soccer season next fall. The team was a runner up this year, but without this specific player, I don't see them having a chance of making it to the state finals again. It is unfortunate, but some of the decision was made because the only reason his team lost in the finals last year for high school was due to the coach being out-coached in the final. He decided not to take the chance of an injury during the high school season. Here in Illinois though, most players that play in the academy come from Chicago. The huge clubs in there produce enough quality players to fill those teams easily. But Illinois is a different beast. The Chicago metropolitan area has almost double the population base of the entire state of South Carolina. When you have a population base that large, and strong club teams, you get the dominating clubs such as Sockers, Magic and Eclipse. You look at their outcomes at Disney/nationals, and you can see that have some of the best club players in the country.....

How would South Carolina do if the soccer programs had to compete with the football programs for players and fields?

If you are going to argue a point, at least get factual information to back up your side.....