To clarify my earlier post, Yes I believe columbia would be better served by merging clubs on the eastside together, and the westside as well.I see Necsa struggling to field teams in the older boys age groups and I see congaree struggling to field teams that are mediocre.It just seems logical that the eastside of cola can only support 1 club that can field competitive challenge level teams .Take the u16b for example. Necsa and Congaree fielded 4 teams for this age bracket.Taking the best remaining players from Congaree,along with the Ambush players, and the Congaree players who migrated over to CSC.I believe you would have a premier level team without any question.I see this possible in other age groups as well.At least fielding strong challenge teams in each age group would be a possibility.
On the westside CSC seems to be aggressively following the GFC/SGU model.Having a quality coaching staff and enough fields to play and practice are the sound foundation of a strong club.By merging Lexington in with CSC you would get more top notch facilities and a rapidly growing population with a soccer friendly demographic.Lexington would seem to be a sleepng giant in the production of top soccer talent.
Players and parents know where the best situation for their child is. I believe that a good coach and a strong core group of players will draw other players from other clubs to that team.There is no reason Columbia can't field at least 1 team capable of being a good premier level team in each age group.
This is just my opinion.Note I don't even live in Columbia though I have a child playing on a Columbia team.
