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    #46
    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
    Invest in strong grades, test scores and civic duty...college costs zero..best roi. Sorry that's not possible for you..too bad .
    And you should look at the profile for most female players playing at a high level. Not sure if you get it. Girl's understand that their end game is college. The ROI is getting into the right school, hopefully getting part of it paid for, and having a good career after college. They are not 28 years old and playing for the Spartans and hoping to one day get picked up by a professional club.

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      #47
      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
      And you should look at the profile for most female players playing at a high level. Not sure if you get it. Girl's understand that their end game is college. The ROI is getting into the right school, hopefully getting part of it paid for, and having a good career after college. They are not 28 years old and playing for the Spartans and hoping to one day get picked up by a professional club.
      Schools want top students. You can go to any school you want and have it paid for in full with just academics. Sorry you didn't realize this. Truly sorry for lack of knowledge in this area. What a shame.

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        #48
        [QUOTE=Unregistered;2169601]
        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post

        Fact remains they all played at the Timbers DA, 2 played at Westside and the other at FC prior. Girls clubs around here have no such high level collegiate players to boast about. In reality the fact title ix just gives more opportunities to girls, doesn't mean they are any good or way above the norm, just needed. Supply and demand. Extrapolating this quirk as a measure of quality of the player, club or league is laughable, it's just basic economics.
        Lauren Rood just won a title with Stanford's Womens Team, she played for a while in Vancouver before heading north.

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          #49
          [QUOTE=Unregistered;2169738]
          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post

          Timbers academy taking credit for foster langsdorf from wash t and two other Akron players who played at wash t and westside is utter nonsense and it just further emphasizes the lack of respect and quality the Timbers academy has.

          Starting a club at u17-u18 is near babysitting compared to an education he and every other players gets up to that time.

          Stanford women's won a national title also and they have a wash t player as well.

          Know something before you speak.
          Seems he played at FC for U16 (playing up at U17) and then 2 years at Timbers Academy.

          http://www.gostanford.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=6915

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            #50
            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
            Schools want top students. You can go to any school you want and have it paid for in full with just academics. Sorry you didn't realize this. Truly sorry for lack of knowledge in this area. What a shame.
            There are plenty of very good students who do not have their education in full and some do not get admitted to the top schools.

            It is very competitive to get in these schools and you do what you can to get an edge

            From your tone, I don’t think you have any experience with getting in a competive school.

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              #51
              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
              There are plenty of very good students who do not have their education in full and some do not get admitted to the top schools.
              It is very competitive to get in these schools and you do what you can to get an edge
              From your tone, I don’t think you have any experience with getting in a competitive school.
              Actually the opposite, getting into the best of the best colleges is HIGHLY COMPETITIVE and they want top well rounded students, not kids hoping for a roster spot as a side angle for entry. But, if the student athlete is off the charts for athletics the coach can lobby the admin. But, coaches don't lobby for kids just to fill up a roster, as the school has better candidates available and players like that (filler) aren't that tough to come by.

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                #52
                Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                There are plenty of very good students who do not have their education in full and some do not get admitted to the top schools.

                It is very competitive to get in these schools and you do what you can to get an edge

                From your tone, I don’t think you have any experience with getting in a competive school.
                There are plenty of very average female student athletes in Soccer who get a little athletic aid from average colleges, they are in high demand, so the bar lowers and they go.

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                  #53
                  Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                  Actually the opposite, getting into the best of the best colleges is HIGHLY COMPETITIVE and they want top well rounded students, not kids hoping for a roster spot as a side angle for entry. But, if the student athlete is off the charts for athletics the coach can lobby the admin. But, coaches don't lobby for kids just to fill up a roster, as the school has better candidates available and players like that (filler) aren't that tough to come by.
                  Don’t know what to tell you because your experience is much difference than ours.

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                    #54
                    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                    There are plenty of very average female student athletes in Soccer who get a little athletic aid from average colleges, they are in high demand, so the bar lowers and they go.
                    Good athletes, under represented minorities and others with some "hook" do get a boost come admissions time. The better the player and the lower level the soccer school, the bigger the boost.

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