>>[Hurst66] I agree, but I might suggest 3-4 (I'm splitting hairs....sorry).<<
I don't think you're splitting hairs; I think what you're saying is absolutely critical. I honestly don't know how many it should be; I'm biased to fewer but that's because I want SC teams to do better faster. The major issue SC faces is that major metropolitan areas with appropriate demographics are relatively few.
When someone gets on this board and says [to paraphrase] maybe CESA coming in will cause the other clubs to get together -- I absolutely have no issue with that. I know that when Bridge first began they mentioned CESA on their web site -- and they did wonderful things in their first year of existence. And I realize that while CUFC's creation didn't have anything to do with CESA [as per the leadership quoted in "The State"], I'm glad that something finally got Columbia soccer changing after all of the years of stagnation.
I'd personally love to see lots of great clubs in SC -- but we have to get more kids involved in soccer than we have now -- which to me should be the absolute goal of every youth soccer organization in South Carolina.
