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Message: [QUOTE="upstater, post: 3009858, member: 153"] It's not a premier thing. It's a US soccer thing. The choice between club/school is only forced by US Soccer and their development academies. Otherwise, the highest levels of premier soccer encourage school sports participation. On the girls side especially where you have some of the top leagues not affiliated with youth soccer, those girls do play school soccer. But even with US Soccer, you can play for a club affiliated with US Soccer and still compete at a very high level in their National League, which allows youth sports participation. There are essentially 4 leagues: Development Academy (US Soccer, MLS Clubs, etc.) = No school soccer National League (US Soccer) = Permits school soccer ECNL (Elite Club National League) = Permits it NPL (National Premier Leagues) = Permit it [/QUOTE]