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I agree we are making progress in SC. You need look no further than the results from the Cesa 92's and Discoveries 91 in Dallas several weeks ago. I guess what is making me scratch my head a little with some of these odp results with Texas and Florida is that if you go back to some SCSOCCER odp threads from maybe 2 years ago all the discussion was how we can compete with most states except Texas and Florida. The reason people gave most often was because of the population disparity. I guess I find it hard to believe we got that much better in 2 short years without some explanation like these 2 states maybe having gone heavy towards Academy.



Bebe Le Strange,

Here's a bit of validation of my point regarding parity between the talent in USYS and USSF. As you probably know, the Clash of the Carolinas is a match held between the top senior high school players from SC and NC. It's probably fair to assume 95% of these players are also USYS or USSF players.

During their match on Sat. the two sides finished in a 0-0 draw. To me, that's another example of high level competition where there is a fairly even talent pool drawn from USYS and USSF . . . as of this year.

http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2009/jul/12/local_players_close_out_prep_careers89011/