Rising Stars Showcase-Fort Lauderdale FL.
While I applaud your ambition, it has been my experience that 14U is just a profit center for whomever is running the showcase. If the 14U teams are played on a field of significant distance from the 16U and 18U brackets, the "exposure" your team receives will be negligable. There may be some STUD player who recieves some interest from schools at 14U, but they are the exception, not the rule(think top 0.5%). Our team plans to play in two this summer, but they are both local, so no hotel stays or long drives. We are playing in them to get our girls over the "butterflies" a showcase, and to "grease the wheels" to make sure we get in as a 16U team. The showcases in Atlanta are POPULAR and there is a waiting list of teams to get in.