But there are people who are questioning club on here. As far as ODP, it is definitely flawed.
The only players that club is not addressing the needs for is the part time player. The player who wants to play more than soccer, ie football, baseball, etc. I have coached in 4 different clubs, 2 small and 2 fairly large that have recently merged. In every instance, I have had full and partial scholarshiped players because they could not afford to play. Last year alone, one of my older boys teams had 4 kids with some sort of scholarships on a team of 15. At least the places that I have been, players have had the opportunity to play if they wanted to. However, alot of players that are decent high school players have other interests, as i discussed earlier.
The measuring stick of how many players are playing in college is not appropriate in discussion of player development. Maybe it should be how many players have been recruited should be the measuring stick. Many players choose not to play in college because they decide to go to one of the big schools, ie USC, Clemson. I know plenty of people who had offers from some of the D2 schools in the state, but for whatever reasons decided to not play college soccer. Most of the time, it is because they feel that the schools they could play at are not up to par with their academic needs. other times, its because they want to go to football games and party.
