Curious to know about the makeup of roster for the QU women's team. They have 7 players who are not American. I am guessing these players are scholarship players. Does anyone know for sure. I understand why Men's college coaches bring in foreign players. But why are women's coaches bringing in English and Irish players. Our women are the best in the world. Why are we going to little countries that are light years behind us to hand out scholarships. These coaches can't scour ECNL for quality players. These are CFC coaches, why not bring in their own players and other ECNL players. Do they really need to rely on players from little old Ireland and England???
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CFC coaches have friends abroad. They first be quality players and pass them along....works.... see Bridgeport example!Originally posted by Unregistered View Post -
Quinnipiac Coach is the best premier coach in our state. He also coaches at the national team level. He is fully committed to developing players regardless of where they come from.Comment
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Just because our women's NT is best in the world that doesn't mean college coaches aren't impressed with international college aged players. International players are less of a factor in women's collegiate soccer but it is growing. The Quinnipiac men's team has 8 international players also, so it seems the Quinnipiac AD sees it works. Overall in the US there's 12.1% non US men's players, 4.9% female (http://www.scholarshipstats.com/soccer.html)
Many countries have ramped up their women's programs in the last several years. I see more women moving into our college programs as evidence that the gap is closing. Seems USSF does also, hence why they're launching GDA. Whether or not GDA is the solution is another hotly debated topic.Comment
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ECNl koolaid drinking fool right here. Coaches want to recruit individual talent. Tons of that outside US and ECNL. Plus top players from anywhere do not go to a low level program like QU. They are mediocre academics and bad soccer. How can you kill a kid for Seton Hall but praise QU??Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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He is CFC though and a college coach .... And has an accent as thick as peanut butter. He must be good.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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QU men stink, they should stop with all the foreigners, it's not working.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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The post was about the women's team, skippyOriginally posted by Unregistered View Post
The men won the conference last yearComment
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The answer is simple. Although there might be fewer quality players overseas on the women's side, there is less competition as well. They must feel as though they have a better chance at getting those players than some of the US players. Now, international players might help them in their conference, which is one of the weakest in the country, but it won't help them become a national program. UB does well but they are D2. My guess is QU is using the ints to become competitive and then will try to pull the ECNL and GDAP players to take them to the next level.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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Because the individual skill sets of these foreign players is better than the club players they coach- Americans want games and to win- training is the focus in Europe, just a different set of priorities - some of these foreign nationals also pay for their education so they can get to America, some are on scholarship.Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
At the end of the day - they coach your ECNL kid because they get paid to do it- he recruits the foreign player because his day job depends on itComment
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What does this nonsense even mean? They were talking about the college he coaches at. He hasn't done very well there and has been there almost 20 years according to his bio. Whatever he is doing doesn't seem to be working. Might want to switch it up a bit. As for club, can't speak to that. Which team(s) did he coach?Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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You are correct on the different focus in Europe, but that will only take you so far. Have a look at last year's final 4 teams and see where they come from. USC. Georgetown. Stanford. Penn a state. Internationals are good D2 players. The best ones stay over there where they can play year round.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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