CHT,
I agreee with you in reguards to the population theory, Texas has the second largest population in the Union, South Carolina is 25th. One might measure a like size population with the same/similar demographics to truely evaluate the condition of soccer in our state. Here is a link with the population info.
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0004986.html

How does soccer in south Carolina rank against the following states (Alabama 23rd, Colorado 22nd, Kentuky 26th, Louisiana 24th,Oklahoma 28th, Oregon 27th)? I ommitted Connecticut Because of the proximety to larger population centers nearby that may distort the information. The rankings are the order of population sizes in the Union.

Joe Siatkowski Mauldin Soccer I fear no evil