From Rec to Club

The plan with Drew was to stay with rec soccer indefinitely, but as with life things change. He felt he needed more of a challenge this year so we decided to play him 'up' an age level. He ended up with a team that has several new-to-soccer players and a dad coach that lacks the skills to develop the players. Much to my chagrin thus began our explorations of club soccer. He's practiced with 3 now for a few weeks and really really enjoys a specific club. Their keeper wanted to play on the field and since Drew is a dedicated keeper they took to him immediately. A few weekends ago they asked him to be a guest player in their tournament and Drew did awesome. They ended up playing a couple of top 30 in the COUNTRY teams in which they lost but Drew held down the fort fairly well. As I write this he was offered a spot on that team and most likely will accept. One kid is done with preschool payments and club soccer payments start. Ha! We know it's the right decision though if he wants to make the middle school team.