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Club is better than high school. period. better player development, better exposure, etc
I don't think that anyone has challenged this premise. However, club is certainly not addressing all the needs of ALL players. Or is it? If so, please explain.

Do you also feel ODP is the end-all and be-all of player talent evaluation?

I definitely know that high school soccer is not going to have the resources of the big power clubs, but there are decent (could be much better) players at Burke, Stall, North Charleston, Hanahan, Academic Magnet, Lincoln, Fort Dorchester, Goose Creek, and Stratford that are not involved actively in club/ODP soccer, but have ability. Do they get to play too at MPSC or Bridge or SSC? I think the majority do not. Why? Cost is probably the reason in 90% of the cases.

Do the best coaches want the 'stain' on their record for coaching a team comprised of players not from Wando, Pinewood, BE, PG or JI? It seems there may be more of a player pool for U15-U18 players at the aforementioned schools than at the soccer-rich schools.

All I'm trying to point out is that we have our own talent ID problems in SC (Lowcountry example right here), much less across the country. I simply don't think we're getting the best 23 guys on our MNT and I think illustrations such as this help argue that point.