Confused on nescac recruiting timeline

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Most if not all NESCAC teams have a tryout in August for unrecruited players, several of them bring on players each year this way

Is it open to everyone?

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Is it open to everyone?

Yes, but be sure you connect when the coach ahead.

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Just because my child can get into a nescac doesn't mean I can pay for it. We are early enough in the process to be looking at all options.

What is the confusion?

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What is the confusion?

Interestingly, if you truly can’t afford NESCAC they will find a way to make it affordable.
The gainfully employed with little disposable income are challenged

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Interestingly, if you truly can’t afford NESCAC they will find a way to make it affordable.
The gainfully employed with little disposable income are challenged

That's true for many soccer families- not poor enough to qualify for good financial assistance but not wealthy enough to just write a check for full boat. Hence all the anxiety over recruiting and scholarships

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Plus, if a family's child can actually play soccer well enough to warrant all of the money that they have thrown at "elite" club soccer then there are plenty of quality educations available where scholarship money IS available. No reason to have to settle on the education component. You can have both if the brains and the soccer playing ability are there.

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That's true for many soccer families- not poor enough to qualify for good financial assistance but not wealthy enough to just write a check for full boat. Hence all the anxiety over recruiting and scholarships

Ummm, not that much anxiety. Millions of families with non-athletes in the exact same demographics figure it out. Like.somehow.every.year.

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Plus, if a family's child can actually play soccer well enough to warrant all of the money that they have thrown at "elite" club soccer then there are plenty of quality educations available where scholarship money IS available. No reason to have to settle on the education component. You can have both if the brains and the soccer playing ability are there.

Bored again, BTNT?

One of the great things about this country is that there are plenty of really good schools for D1 and D3. And there are numerous tiers of academic and athletic talent, and mismatches where one prong is a little stronger or weaker than the other. Your point is that "if your kid was good enough" they would be good enough and smart enough to play at Stanford. There are many different fits that work for the majority of us. Thanks, though, for caring so much.

On your other echolalic point, fortunately each family can decide how much money is too much money spend on club soccer. Thank goodness you don't arbitrate everything that every family does.

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Ummm, not that much anxiety. Millions of families with non-athletes in the exact same demographics figure it out. Like.somehow.every.year.

But they didn't pay $8K a year for club soccer in the hopes of a payout.

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But they didn't pay $8K a year for club soccer in the hopes of a payout.

And the majority of club parents don't start out based on any hoped-for payout either. Fake News.

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And the majority of club parents don't start out based on any hoped-for payout either. Fake News.

These days, many do and they certainly do once they make the decision to go the top end route via ECNL or DA. Fake news that they don't. That's just the parents who missed out on a scholarship revising history to suite their situation.

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These days, many do and they certainly do once they make the decision to go the top end route via ECNL or DA. Fake news that they don't. That's just the parents who missed out on a scholarship revising history to suite their situation.

LOL. OK, BTNT. Believe what you want to believe.

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I wonder if BTDT would have allowed his kid to attend Duke if she wasn't an athlete.

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These days, many do and they certainly do once they make the decision to go the top end route via ECNL or DA. Fake news that they don't. That's just the parents who missed out on a scholarship revising history to suite their situation.

Not always completely true. We live in a state with only a handful of decent colleges. Kid wants to go to college out of state and play soccer but is looking more at the college academics than the soccer. Only real chance for the soccer piece to happen though is to play ecnl or gda. No guarantees because even the majority of those elite league players from our state commit to the same local in state schools. It’s a gamble. It’s an expensive gamble but only a couple thousand more than playing on our local club top travel team (6k vs 8k).

Soccer is one of the least scientific talent identification sports we have. It’s not like football, baseball, basketball, track, swimming, etc where there are a lot of stats to tell the story of what kind of player a kid is. Every club wants your money so they all tell you how great your kid is. We know they are probably just blowing smoke but she does really well compared to our state’s gda/ecnl players so maybe she’ll be one of the few that make D1. Maybe she’ll get a spot at a good NESCAC school. For her that’s a lot better than most of her local schools.

Let’s face it: even plain old town travel soccer is way more expensive than what you get out of it. We’re all being fleeced, except maybe the few national team type players. So there’s no point in bashing anyone’s choice on what league they play in nor whether they go to a D1 or D3 school. In our case, our kid would be truly happy playing soccer at a good NESCAC or other D3s across the country. If a D1 she likes likes wants her, all the better. In our state it takes gda/ecnl to get there, so that’s where we’re at and there are no guarantees. We won’t know till after the fact.

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And the majority of club parents don't start out based on any hoped-for payout either. Fake News.

They may not start in club soccer with that expectation but it quickly turns into that once they move up the soccer ladder. Part of it is a means to justify the spending, part of it is the myths perpetuated by clubs, the rest other soccer parents claiming their kid got a full ride. How many times have we seen that claim on TS?