G&B
I will certainly agree with you that boys and girls are different and that the boys will draw from a larger pool-- especially if more boys are playing rec soccer (an assumption on my part). But is there really that much of a difference given the disparity of success between the boys and girls in R3PL? For example, the success at the 18 age group on the boys side with Lexington and CUFC who don't have the "draw area" of CESA (I would hazard a guess that most of the boys come from the Midlands) goes against the conventional wisdom of larger pool to draw from (just imaging if those two teams WOULD pool their talent!). Maybe this is a drop off of talent in premier league this year.
But your theory IS supported by the historical success of Discoveries and Aiken Fire (? our most successful teams is premier league and regionals?) who both drew from all over the state as well as out of state.
But I would think that the success of CESA and with their training sites in Columbia, Charleston, Rock Hill and Asheville that their "pool" would have expanded enough to overcome the shallow talent pool in SC and lead to more success in premier league play and regionals--not just for CESA but for all the other clubs "chasing" CESA as well as they try to improve their teams.
Hopefully we can beat the bushes to bring more kids/athletes to this wonderful game and maybe we can suprise some folks with success at regionals if not this year then some time in the future..
