Ok maybe I came across a little gruff! Sorry
What I meant was that at the u17/18 level college qaulity players tend to have been identified by some one and hopefully they could have steered the girls in the right direction before the move, but your cross country point is valid. Still there is much that can be found with word of mouth research, I would seriously talk to school coach where girls are going to play. Find out the makeup of the school team (club wise). Would you want to be only player from another club on the school team made up of the other clubs players?
If your child is a college level player then you tend to be ontop of researching these things. Heck by time they get to college I bet most high level club players parents have spent about a years worth of college tuition on soccer costs
