re: How far would you drive for your child’s sports practice?

Despite the haters on here, if your kid has ability, as a parent, its your responsibility to put them in the best position to succeed. If driving 80 miles is what you believe will do that, and you are able to do so, then do it.

There is no money in college soccer scholarships anyway unless he is a top player in the state. And if that’s the case I’d just move him to an MLS academy.

That’s to much.. most for me would be around 30 miles and that’s pushing it.. my son has played baseball with kids that had to drive 1-2 hours for practice and it wears on the family

Yup

Gaston, I know very little about you. But one thing I notice, is almost every thread you start revolves around your kids and sports. May not be the case, but you sure do come across as one of those parents obsessed with your child and sports. And like doing it so everyone knows that you have a son that's an athlete.

We get it. Start some threads about cars or chicks or something. You're coming off as one of "those" parents.

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For the Fire I’d just wait until actual tryouts, this is just going to be a mid-season walk on while my son’s teammates are playing school ball.

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this thread might get away from its point, but I find it interesting that soccer is the only team sport where we tell people that school ball sucks

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Not quite the answer to the question asked but I used to have to drive an hour and a half to ride my show horse in college.

It was worth it, though. No good trainers in my area.

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That is different - there aren't very many good trainers around.

He’s the best prospect the world has ever seen

Depends on how much you love your child