Here's some information : those prep school kids are landing just as well as if not better than DA kids and they're getting a great education too. Many don't pay for that education or pay well below list price. That will serve them more in the long run than playing DA.
This is what's wrong with US soccer.
MLS DA kids should be working to go pro. NOT D1 / college.
Prep schools for those who don't have wealth but choose to utilize their soccer talent for much reduced admission is a smart choice. They'll elevate their status and their family's. Prep schools for the wealthy, well, we all have our sep opinions ... certainly not pro intentioned.
If you're at an MLS DA, the quality should be miles above any HS , or even non-MLS DAs.
And the travel, well, it's a blast on the Academy bus, planes, hotels, feasts.
MLS DA kids should be working to go pro. NOT D1 / college.
Prep schools for those who don't have wealth but choose to utilize their soccer talent for much reduced admission is a smart choice. They'll elevate their status and their family's. Prep schools for the wealthy, well, we all have our sep opinions ... certainly not pro intentioned.
If you're at an MLS DA, the quality should be miles above any HS , or even non-MLS DAs.
And the travel, well, it's a blast on the Academy bus, planes, hotels, feasts.
Totally agree that college is a developmental dead end. But in reality so few US players have the potential to go pro, that college really is their best path. So to that end, do they need DA? Do we need a system that has thousands of players when in reality the equivalent of a handful have no shot at a professional or NT path?
MLS DA kids should be working to go pro. NOT D1 / college.
Prep schools for those who don't have wealth but choose to utilize their soccer talent for much reduced admission is a smart choice. They'll elevate their status and their family's. Prep schools for the wealthy, well, we all have our sep opinions ... certainly not pro intentioned.
If you're at an MLS DA, the quality should be miles above any HS , or even non-MLS DAs.
And the travel, well, it's a blast on the Academy bus, planes, hotels, feasts.
There are 48 kids committed to D1(5 on the Revs aren't listed there but I added them in for full disclosure).
There are 10 from the Bolts DA, 8 from the Revs and 2 from Seacoast.
The Development Academy accounts for 20 total Massachusetts kids going D1, which is roughly 42%
Roughly 70% of those DA kids are headed to college in New England.
There are 116 total kids listed in the commits thread.
That means 83% of the kids headed to play college soccer didn't play DA.
Why do DA kids need to travel to NJ for a game, or Florida for a tournament, or California for the playoffs? They're all basically going to school locally.
Why play DA at all?
Why give up high school soccer when the vast majority of players in MA that go on to play college soccer ALSO play high school soccer?
Don't accept playing less than 50% of the games to say you play DA. No one, including college coaches, seem to care.
Find the best team you can that is close to home. Stop driving all over the place. The numbers don't lie. You don't need DA to play college soccer.
There isn't enough money in men's soccer to make all the DA crap worth anyone's time.
If you pay for DA you are nuts. If you play for free you're just misguided.
Save time, money and mileage and move on from DA.
You want us to join you in Boys ECNL? Let me think about it for a second...uh, NO!!
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