Hey Dad, I think I do want to play soccer in college

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The last sentence is not true. My daughter got her D3 schedule for freshman year. By conf rule, they don't start preseason until the first day of school. No top D1 program has their freshman coming in at the end of August (one week before classes start).

D1 season is longer and requires a greater commitment during the every week of the season. Big difference. You must not have either played, coached or had a kid play D1 soccer, because if you did, you would know there is a big difference.

Conf rule or NCAA rule? D1 season's are not terribly longer for soccer. They are more, but only what amounts to about 3 weeks worth of additional training mostly in the summer and spring (a little at end of fall). You should have played D3, like I did. We weren't required to do anything, we busted our butts because we loved the game .... and we went to class and did well too.

D1:
17.19.1 Length of Playing Season. The length of an institution’s playing season in soccer shall be limited
to a 132-day season, which may consist of two segments (each consisting of consecutive days) and which may
exclude only required off days per Bylaw 17.1.7.4 and official vacation, holiday and final-examination periods
during which no practice or competition shall occur. (Revised: 1/10/91 effective 8/1/91, 1/14/97 effective 8/1/97)

D3:
17.1.1.3 Length of Playing Season.
17.1.1.3.1 Sports with a Fall NCAA Championship. The length of an institution’s playing season
shall be limited to a maximum of 18 weeks. (Revised: 4/11/11 effective 8/1/11)

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Good D3 programs are still training/practicing/working out all year long as well. They just have "captains" practices and fewer official events outside of the regular fall season. It's not as big a commitment as D1 but it's still a commitment.

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Conf rule or NCAA rule? D1 season's are not terribly longer for soccer. They are more, but only what amounts to about 3 weeks worth of additional training mostly in the summer and spring (a little at end of fall). You should have played D3, like I did. We weren't required to do anything, we busted our butts because we loved the game .... and we went to class and did well too.

D1:
17.19.1 Length of Playing Season. The length of an institution’s playing season in soccer shall be limited
to a 132-day season, which may consist of two segments (each consisting of consecutive days) and which may
exclude only required off days per Bylaw 17.1.7.4 and official vacation, holiday and final-examination periods
during which no practice or competition shall occur. (Revised: 1/10/91 effective 8/1/91, 1/14/97 effective 8/1/97)

D3:
17.1.1.3 Length of Playing Season.
17.1.1.3.1 Sports with a Fall NCAA Championship. The length of an institution’s playing season
shall be limited to a maximum of 18 weeks. (Revised: 4/11/11 effective 8/1/11)

Nescac conf dictates the start of the season for purposes of athletic training. It also states that captains practices can not start before the academic session starts for a student athlete. Not sure what happens with other d3 soccer programs, but for sure nescac has thier own rules.

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Any who....enough D1 vs D3 pre season talk. Does the thread OP's kid have a chance to play at the college level and get recruited this late in the game?

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Nescac conf dictates the start of the season for purposes of athletic training. It also states that captains practices can not start before the academic session starts for a student athlete. Not sure what happens with other d3 soccer programs, but for sure nescac has thier own rules.

So you were wrong and my last sentence was corr3c.f.. Apology accepted. You should not be so 1uick to chirp up when you don't know what you are talking about.

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Any who....enough D1 vs D3 pre season talk. Does the thread OP's kid have a chance to play at the college level and get recruited this late in the game?

Play? Absolutely. Recruited? Like recruited, recruited? Probably not. But she can most likely get into any school she applies to with an A+ average and good board scores. And if she informs the coach of her intent to play soccer, the coach will most likely give her a shot at making the team.

Looking at the top 25 academic liberal arts schools in the country, she can probably play at 10-12 of them.

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Play? Absolutely. Recruited? Like recruited, recruited? Probably not. But she can most likely get into any school she applies to with an A+ average and good board scores. And if she informs the coach of her intent to play soccer, the coach will most likely give her a shot at making the team.

Looking at the top 25 academic liberal arts schools in the country, she can probably play at 10-12 of them.

I'ld be interested in your opinion as to which 10 or 12.

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I'ld be interested in your opinion as to which 10 or 12.

me too - those schools attract some very skilled (and obviously smart) soccer players.

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me too - those schools attract some very skilled (and obviously smart) soccer players.

I would think. There are 11 schools in the NESCAC alone. I would like to see what schools the poster had in mind. Not bashing, mind you. I'm seriously just curios.

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Alrighty then. Your opinions may differ. Top 25 from US News & World Report.

1. Williams - no
2. Amherst - no
3. Wellesley - yes
4. Middlebury - no
5. Swarthmore - Very good team this year. Normally yes. Call it a push.
6. Bowdoin - no
7. Carleton - yes
8. Pamona - no
9. ClaremontMcKenna - no
10. Davidson - no
11. W&L - push (go Generals!)
12. Colby - yes
13. Colgate - no
14. Hamilton - yes
15. Haverford - yes
16. Smith - yes
17. USNA - no
20. Vassar - yes
21. Grinnell - yes
22. USMA@WP - no
23. Wesleyan - yes
24. Colorado College - yes
25. Oberlin - yes

11 with two pushes. Let the sh!tposting begin!

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Alrighty then. Your opinions may differ. Top 25 from US News & World Report.

1. Williams - no
2. Amherst - no
3. Wellesley - yes
4. Middlebury - no
5. Swarthmore - Very good team this year. Normally yes. Call it a push.
6. Bowdoin - no
7. Carleton - yes
8. Pamona - no
9. ClaremontMcKenna - no
10. Davidson - no
11. W&L - push (go Generals!)
12. Colby - yes
13. Colgate - no
14. Hamilton - yes
15. Haverford - yes
16. Smith - yes
17. USNA - no
20. Vassar - yes
21. Grinnell - yes
22. USMA@WP - no
23. Wesleyan - yes
24. Colorado College - yes
25. Oberlin - yes

11 with two pushes. Let the sh!tposting begin!

Cfcu has a kid going to middlebury. My kid is better and would walk on and be higher on the depth chart than her. So middlebury -yes

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Cfcu has a kid going to middlebury. My kid is better and would walk on and be higher on the depth chart than her. So middlebury -yes

OP Said kid was 4.2, FSA State team. I would add the following schools to consider

Middlebury-Middlebury no
Bates: No
Gettysburg Push
Ursinus Yes
*****burg yes
James Madison Yes
Dennison and/or OWU- both yes

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OP Said kid was 4.2, FSA State team. I would add the following schools to consider

Middlebury-Middlebury no
Bates: No
Gettysburg Push
Ursinus Yes
*****burg yes
James Madison Yes
Dennison and/or OWU- both yes

Let me guess...your kid is going to bates, so you have an inflated view of bates. Not sure how bates is a no but you don't add tufts, Wesleyan, Colby, Hamilton even conn college and trinity as nos.bates never won anything and academically is behind most of the other nescac schools

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I would nix James Madison. That's some pretty serious soccer.

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I would nix James Madison. That's some pretty serious soccer.

Exactly. Your mia isn't playing at james madison