The level of play far exceeds anything I expected, after hearing what Club coaches told everyone to expect. Most of the kids on my DD team have played Club-soccer, however, and both coaches, despite not being "Club" coaches, teach the kids the right way to play. Who would have thought that having or not-having a technical license would not necessarily prevent someone from being a good coach??
We have a lot of freshmen so there have been 1-2 games where we were challenged athletically, but most of the teams we have played again (many using Club coaches) have also avoided kickball. I hear it's out there, we're in a good conference and been lucky enough to avoid it. The problem we're running into is that we have a core group of 10-12 girls who get it - we have very little bench strength and have been in trouble when we have run into injuries/the flu.
I was told to expect 2-ref system, but for the most part our games have all included 3 refs. I'm hoping that if we do see a lot of 2-ref that they're willing to cover a lot of ground, and communicate, so that it's evenly called half-to-half. In general both the reffing and quality of play better than expected - and I'm sure I just jinxed that by typing it out here.