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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostFor the umpteenth time, what you are completely glossing over is the little tidbit that that "love for soccer" is what truly drove the decision, not the "academic comes first in our family" focus like it is then postured. Everyone understands when a kid loves the game and wants to continue playing. If they are playing at the D3 level, it's because that is where their ability level fits. None of this "my kid passed D1 offers because we value education so much."
Not all D1 and D2 soccer is better than D3, only "simple" minded people think that.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostYou really think Khari Stevenson who played at Williams and then professionally for more than a decade including in MLS couldn't have gotten any money from Bucknell or Lehigh? Do you truly believe no kid on the planet would ever choose Amherst or Midd over Bucknell?
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostEvery player on the NESCAC all star team could have gotten money from a D1 or D2 school
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostBTNT can't even concede that there are many very attractive D3 schools, on their own merits with soccer or without soccer....all of the UAAs which are outstanding and not LACs, the excellent LACs, and a host of one-tier down very strong LACs like Dickinson, Franklin & Marshall, Denison, Rhodes, Centre, etc, etc.
But, alas, I guess NYU, Chicago, and Emory are tiny schools in the middle of nowheresville. I personally am not a huge NESCAC fan, but there are still a bunch of very attractive D3 institutions.
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And none of you can come to grips with your kids being 3rd tier students and athletes. Williams, indeed, more like Brandeis or Wheaton. Hardly the creme de la creme some of you like to make them out to be.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostAnd none of you can come to grips with your kids being 3rd tier students and athletes. Williams, indeed, more like Brandeis or Wheaton. Hardly the creme de la creme some of you like to make them out to be.
Williams is Williams. Brandeis is a fantastic school. And Wheaton is a very solid college and exactly where your MCLA kid should have been allowed to attend.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostWow. These are like names from a decade a go. These people are hardcore. What is the pizza reference?
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostBTW, in case you were wondering, all 3 of those different screen names were the same person. He even as "himself" championed the deceit of multiple screen names and different identities (and genders) as a valued tactic on sites like this.
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Wow, what thread. Fun way to start a morning.
My niece went through the recruiting wars a handful of years ago. Pretty good soccer player, top team for a decent big club. Standout student.
A few thought, fwiw:
Not all coaches evaluate players the same way, even in same league. A coach may see something in your kid that a different coach does not see. Recruiting can be a little bit like dating. Her club contacts were very useful in setting up initial contact with the college coaches.
As a certain poster has said, D1 soccer can be like a job. Do your due diligence on this. My niece tells stories about her meetings with some coaches where they talk and talk about all the work. After a couple of Patriot League "dates" she ruled out D1. (for her family, college cost was not a factor in the college decision.)
So, for her, things started heating up junior fall, with the action really heavy junior Spring.
She had several Ivy "dates". Eventually she wound up with 1 legitimate Ivy offer, confirmed by her prep school's college placement counselor. The counselor was very useful in sorting through the coaches bs to help determine what was real. My brother-in-law says you have listen very carefully to what the coach is saying. They will want to leave the impression they are interested, but that does not necessarily mean anything.
She was also recruited by some of the top D3 schools, with offers confirmed by the placement counselor. (Typical offer was go ED or EA and get coach's support.)
She decided on a tippy top academic D3 with excellent soccer. She was first team all-conference.
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