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Perhaps one should ask why the team on the short end of the 10-0 score fiedled a team or even has a program. No one requires a school to play any sport.

That being said, if you are going to field a team why are you fielding one that loses 10-0. Hire coaches worth hiring, develop players worth developing and put a team on the field capable of avoiding 10-0.



I think I understand what you're saying...if you're going to field a team, take it seriously and do it right, don't just fill slots just to say you have a team. That said--even with the best efforts, you are still going to have disparity in performance, especially when programs are still developing. If every school canceled its program after a couple of years of heavy losses, I wouldn't be doing what I do right now. Strong programs don't develop overnight. Teams that can be very competitive and get rewarding results with some opponents will still have 10-0 differences with others...does that mean they should end their programs altogether just because they can't compete with state championship-level teams? Again, this is where matchups based entirely on geography and school population size create some very lopsided pairings, but that doesn't mean there isn't a place for those teams to successfully compete. Some teams fall right in the middle...dominating some teams, dominated by others.

Truth is, there are teams at multiple disparate levels of soccer skill and development within the high school soccer scene; some pairings can create opportunities for good competition and growth, and some pairings will inevitably produce one-sided matches until or unless the lower-level team finds a way to step up to the competition. Either way, I don't think "just cancel the program" is the appropriate response as long as people are truly working to make the teams competitive and to give the players a positive experience from playing.

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