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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThis is correct - my daughter plays for a DI program in MA and only 5 of the 23 on the roster are on full scholarships, while my daughter and 10 others are receiving partial scholarship money (my daughter receives just over 50%). It's the norm for a DI school to have players paying at least half. So even after you spend all of the money and travel, you can get a "scholarship" but still write a tuition check as I do for her to play DI.
My nephew pays to play basketball at a DII school as well, similar structure in hoop too. He is on a partial with the hopes that next year as a senior he might receive a full scholarship with 4 current seniors graduating and he's been on a partial scholarship for 3 years. He is typically their 6th or 7th man - second sub.
Just because a school makes an offer - it does not mean that they are giving you full money.
It’s important to know how rare it is to get money to play D1 soccer. Chasing that, especially playing NH soccer, is not usually very successful.
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It’s important to know how rare it is to get money to play D1 soccer. Chasing that, especially playing NH soccer, is not usually very successful.
* Have fun
* Play at highest level possible.
* Play HS (if applicable)
* Make a college team
* Make a good college team
* Make a D1 college team
* Make a good D1 college team
* Get $$ for doing so.
There seems to be this impression that there are parents on the sidelines thinking their little Mia is going to get a full-ride. I know of three people in the last 10 years of play who openly think that:
1) One is chasing the dream through Stars, first with DA and then now through ECNL. They were told 6 years ago by their coach "better have a backup plan". I happen to think highly of that player, but do so with a dose of reality.
2) One who is a pretty good player, not even the best on their current team, but is small. I don't see it happening, but Dad seems to think it's a no-brainer.
3) One who is just foolish, and embarrassingly so.
It's just not as prevalent as the angry mob seems to think. Everyone else is on a journey and trying to put a path together that will allow it, but are not idiotic enough to plan on it. That's just fools on TS talking.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostExactly. And “full money” are often at large state universities and giving an in state player a full scholarship is much cheaper for them. Top notch private schools (Ivy or Catholic Ivy or NESCAC) have tuition and room and board is the $70K range so 50% off of that is the same or more money towards an education than 100% off a state school.
It’s important to know how rare it is to get money to play D1 soccer. Chasing that, especially playing NH soccer, is not usually very successful.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostExactly. I had there were 1-2 more, but am not sure. But I can confirm one of them.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostGood for them but those are not top college soccer programs.
Also it wasn’t all about who is going to a top soccer program school, it was about D1 and scholarships and such. Does your daughter go to a top 10 or 20 program? As stated, it’s not always about the BEST soccer program and some NH kids are good enough to play very high level but choose a different D1 program for different reasons.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThere’s a NH girl who is a sophomore at Duke. Is that a top program? Another is a sophomore at Ohio State.
Also it wasn’t all about who is going to a top soccer program school, it was about D1 and scholarships and such. Does your daughter go to a top 10 or 20 program? As stated, it’s not always about the BEST soccer program and some NH kids are good enough to play very high level but choose a different D1 program for different reasons.
The present U19 group for CFC has players going to
2 - Boston College
1 - Fairfield
3 - Sacred Heart
1 - Quinnipiac
1 - Louisville
1 - Delaware
2 - UPenn
1 - Wagner
1 - Ohio State
1 - Providence
1 - Binghamton
1 - Wesleyan
CFC’s U17’s
1 - Michigan
1 - Ohio State
1 - UConn
1 - Bucknell
1 - Marist
3 - Sacred Heart
1 - Georgetown
1 - Iona
1 - Cornell
Yes a fewNH players land in good programs but the majority will not, from a soccer perspective anyway. For most families the quality of the school is what matters most and the northeast is littered with quality schools. Everyone will be just fine, will get a good education and lead productive lives, hopefully happy ones. No one is going pro.
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Sounds like you are saying move to CT? What's your point?
CT has historically been the best State, along with NJ, for quality per capita in the N'East. Maybe throw in Maryland.
Why don't you compare it to Maine? Rhode Island? Vermont?
I never understood the insistent bashing of players in the state.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostSounds like you are saying move to CT? What's your point?
CT has historically been the best State, along with NJ, for quality per capita in the N'East. Maybe throw in Maryland.
Why don't you compare it to Maine? Rhode Island? Vermont?
I never understood the insistent bashing of players in the state.
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