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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostIt depends what level of college soccer he aspires towards.
D1 is moreso than ever recruiting from DA. The exceptions to this rule are your high school all Americans, all New England, and the top players on NPL teams that compete at National Tournaments (Class of 2017 was Stars, Class of 2018 is GPS).
D2 and elite D3 teams (Tufts Brandeis Amherst Messiah etc). Likewise recruit from DA more than past. They are also populated by High school all New England/all state, the remnants of the aforementioned Nationally competitive club teams, and the top players of other high quality regional club teams. If your son is one of the best players on a competitive Prep team he may be in position to bypass the club route if he reaches out to coaches to receive adequate and early enough visibility to these competitive programs.
Mid-Low level D3 Still includes high school conference all stars, former quality club players off of low NPL/NEP level, and a blend of other athletes such as multi sport competitors. The lack of widespread competitive recruitment leads to walk on opportunities being prevalent and club background to be thereby irrelevant. For Mid Level D3 a quality high school program should be adequate so long as he again Pursues the team in question and they personally come to a match, they typically extend preseason tryout invitations as opposed to true “commitments”.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostAll you have to do is stop with the exception to your first point. The reality is if your kid can play soccer very well things like accolades follow them regardless of who they play for and where they play and those accolades more so than anything will dictate where a player lands. Talent is the key ingredient that all the coaches look for and it is actually amazing how they know how to find it. You can't manufacture talent that isn't there and spending a lot of money on club soccer in no way ensures that a kid without talent will land anywhere. You are simply pushing the DA's club's agenda when you push the idea that the DA the ingredient that is helping marginal players land in D3 programs. The truth of the matter is the primary factor behind landing on a D3 roster is basically a desire to attend the school and a desire to be on the soccer team, because 99% of the players get absolutely zero special consideration with admissions and so there really is no such thing as recruitment for soccer at that level. When you boil it down, at the D3 level what the coaches are really doing is recruiting for the admissions department, not vice versa.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostAll you have to do is stop with the exception to your first point. The reality is if your kid can play soccer very well things like accolades follow them regardless of who they play for and where they play and those accolades more so than anything will dictate where a player lands. Talent is the key ingredient that all the coaches look for and it is actually amazing how they know how to find it. You can't manufacture talent that isn't there and spending a lot of money on club soccer in no way ensures that a kid without talent will land anywhere. You are simply pushing the DA's club's agenda when you push the idea that the DA the ingredient that is helping marginal players land in D3 programs. The truth of the matter is the primary factor behind landing on a D3 roster is basically a desire to attend the school and a desire to be on the soccer team, because 99% of the players get absolutely zero special consideration with admissions and so there really is no such thing as recruitment for soccer at that level. When you boil it down, at the D3 level what the coaches are really doing is recruiting for the admissions department, not vice versa.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostDo you believe your post is objectively true and fair, or, more a reflection of your extremely injured narcissism?
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostAll you have to do is stop with the exception to your first point. The reality is if your kid can play soccer very well things like accolades follow them regardless of who they play for and where they play and those accolades more so than anything will dictate where a player lands. Talent is the key ingredient that all the coaches look for and it is actually amazing how they know how to find it. You can't manufacture talent that isn't there and spending a lot of money on club soccer in no way ensures that a kid without talent will land anywhere. You are simply pushing the DA's club's agenda when you push the idea that the DA the ingredient that is helping marginal players land in D3 programs. The truth of the matter is the primary factor behind landing on a D3 roster is basically a desire to attend the school and a desire to be on the soccer team, because 99% of the players get absolutely zero special consideration with admissions and so there really is no such thing as recruitment for soccer at that level. When you boil it down, at the D3 level what the coaches are really doing is recruiting for the admissions department, not vice versa.
And their development was not solely a result of club soccer guys with funny accents. They played multiple sports plus soccer in HS, indoor futsal, local club soccer, local ethnic leagues with adults, as well as guesting with various clubs at local and showcase tournaments (Teams often looking for guest players.). Both showed well at college clinic days, where discussions began between sophmore and senior years. Commitments not consummated until senior years because neither was mature and ready to negotiate with college recruiters.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostNot OP, but a little of both I’d say, it’s true that if you have talent and sustain it then your set. But club only helps with getting more touches and exposure. The more important soccer is to the college situation (importance of program strength, using it as a vessel to get into reach schools) the more valuable it would be to have increased exposure.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostDo you believe your post is objectively true and fair, or, more a reflection of your extremely injured narcissism?
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostOver the years I have seen countless parents throw tens of thousands of dollars at things like club soccer, club hockey, AAU baseball and AAU basketball and it never move the dial one bit on their kid's trajectory towards their college landing spot. The key factor always is the amount of talent a kid has and their willingness to work on being the best player they can be, not the clubs they belong to and the leagues they play in. I just gave an example of a kid I coached in high school in similar thread that is the poster child for my point. The kid spent all of his time training for baseball and playing AAU baseball once he got to high school and all he basically did for soccer was play varsity soccer during the season. No doubt about it though, he was a very good soccer player in high school and his accolades prove it. Those accolades are what got him on a D1 college roster, not club soccer. More important, having been around a lot of kids as a high school coach I can truthfully say that he is not the only case like this that I know of. Make no mistake, club soccer is usually part of the equation but it will never take the place of talent and work ethic, it is simply a convenient place to do that work. That work can really be done in other places and in other ways you just have to have the desire to find them.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostOh, you posted again over here! Too funny! Now you're saying takes talent plus a lot of hard work. Good for you. Evolving at a glacial pace.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostGot to start with what god gave you and work from there. If god wasn't kind to your kid then nothing is going to make up for that.
Got to start with what god gave you and work from there. If god wasn't kind to you, then nothing is going to make up for that.
God hasn't been kind intellectually. Now I can agree with you 100% ;)
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BTNT, why do you always make a point of denying who you are? Ignore if you wish, but the denials are not flattering in case you were wondering.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostIt depends what level of college soccer he aspires towards.
D1 is moreso than ever recruiting from DA. The exceptions to this rule are your high school all Americans, all New England, and the top players on NPL teams that compete at National Tournaments (Class of 2017 was Stars, Class of 2018 is GPS).
D2 and elite D3 teams (Tufts Brandeis Amherst Messiah etc). Likewise recruit from DA more than past. They are also populated by High school all New England/all state, the remnants of the aforementioned Nationally competitive club teams, and the top players of other high quality regional club teams. If your son is one of the best players on a competitive Prep team he may be in position to bypass the club route if he reaches out to coaches to receive adequate and early enough visibility to these competitive programs.
Mid-Low level D3 Still includes high school conference all stars, former quality club players off of low NPL/NEP level, and a blend of other athletes such as multi sport competitors. The lack of widespread competitive recruitment leads to walk on opportunities being prevalent and club background to be thereby irrelevant. For Mid Level D3 a quality high school program should be adequate so long as he again Pursues the team in question and they personally come to a match, they typically extend preseason tryout invitations as opposed to true “commitments”.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostAll you have to do is stop with the exception to your first point. The reality is if your kid can play soccer very well things like accolades follow them regardless of who they play for and where they play and those accolades more so than anything will dictate where a player lands. Talent is the key ingredient that all the coaches look for and it is actually amazing how they know how to find it. You can't manufacture talent that isn't there and spending a lot of money on club soccer in no way ensures that a kid without talent will land anywhere. You are simply pushing the DA's club's agenda when you push the idea that the DA the ingredient that is helping marginal players land in D3 programs. The truth of the matter is the primary factor behind landing on a D3 roster is basically a desire to attend the school and a desire to be on the soccer team, because 99% of the players get absolutely zero special consideration with admissions and so there really is no such thing as recruitment for soccer at that level. When you boil it down, at the D3 level what the coaches are really doing is recruiting for the admissions department, not vice versa.
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