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Message: [QUOTE="rrlbees, post: 1076857, member: 96"] My first hand experience is just the opposite. Soccer, and to a lesser extent lacrosse, is growing like wild fire. Youth football and little league baseball are taking hits. Organizations in those sports are either merging or seeing big reductions in participants and teams. While soccer has seen a large growth in participants, teams and new organizations. What has taken a hit is what I will call youth recreational soccer. Everyone is moving to the club teams and organizations. There is now even a program, which too is hugely popular, calked Little Kickers. The age group is 2-5. Yes, 2 year olds. This growth all started a few years ago so has nothing to do with the WC. We've also seen cuts in some HS's at the freshman and modified team levels but it is all about budget cuts and not interest. [/QUOTE]