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Message: [QUOTE="upstater, post: 3010017, member: 153"] Well, we chose not to do DA BECAUSE of the model. It's way too much. I don't think her current team has that model--it's not a time killer like DA. But if you're talking about year-round soccer, then yes, it's a 8 month model, 10 if you count school soccer. The DA is rarefied. There aren't that many teams across the USA. There's the MLS Clubs and then about that many other teams unaffiliated with DA. College scholarships in the DA are pretty high. Our club has a sheet of kids that received full D1 rides the prior year (15% of the team) and partial scholarships (practically the rest of them, up to 85%). About 15% did not receive any offers. This club has several players in MLS right now, and 2 on the USMNT. But again, I did my own homework on this, and I saw that there are actually very few colleges playing D1 soccer in the northeast. It's basically the state schools and just a handful of others, like Syracuse and Bucknell. That's it. I have less than zero interest in having her attain a partial scholarship to Roberts Wesleyan or whatever. The irony of course--again--is that I'll pay more for non-DA because of travel. Obviously, parents talk to other parents, and though some are thinking scholarship or more (in the minority) the majority are doing it because their kid wants it and there are not many options out there. If you're not going to do town travel in my area, your options are limited to 2 clubs and a for-profit club affiliated with Bayern Munich. That's it. It's really take-it-or-leave it. My other daughter is a good soccer player as well, and when the premier club has her as a guest player, she shines, but since she does so many other things, she is sticking to travel soccer. I'd say 90% of the kids are choosing premier, with no parental pressure to do it. [/QUOTE]

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