Over the years, there have been so many initiatives to keep kids out of high school soccer, it's mind boggling.
When I was in high school (1980-1984), you were not allowed to play a travel sport and high school at the same time. So once travel soccer started, high schools lost those players.
These days I hear of travel coaches who forbid their players from playing high school soccer. For those of you not from Ontario, high school soccer is usually played on school fields just after winter. Those same fields are usually used for football in the fall. Their conditions are not always ideal.
(NB. This is not aimed at players who play in a professional systems' academy or any
