I find the whole concept of recruiting to be distasteful. Taken to its logical conclusion, SC would end up with one "super club" that fielded the only regionally competitive teams from our state. It seems to me that youth soccer is best served by having a number of clubs with competitive teams. While the dilution of the talent pool will necessarily mean that not every club will field excellent teams in every age-group, that is preferable to having one (or two) dominant clubs poaching the cream of the crop from every area of the state.
I don't think it possible to stop recruiting. I just wish the club leaders would display more concern for the vitality of youth soccer in general than for the "glory" of their club.
