Ecnl composite showcase, palm coast dec 1-3

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Ecnl staff should have reached out to the colleges to invite them. The list of colleges is pathetic especially when every player we know says she is being recruited by the same Florida colleges and they aren’t even listed as coming to watch.

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Ecnl staff should have reached out to the colleges to invite them. The list of colleges is pathetic especially when every player we know says she is being recruited by the same Florida colleges and they aren’t even listed as coming to watch.

Its the player's responsibility to invite the coaches she wants to see her- quit looking for an easy handout.

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Its the player's responsibility to invite the coaches she wants to see her- quit looking for an easy handout.

When the list expands to include some good ones then she might reach out.

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ECNL is doing these players an injustice by not having the 99/00 ECNL Composite teams invited to the ECNL Winter Showcase in Sanford when the coaches will be there.

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Its the player's responsibility to invite the coaches she wants to see her- quit looking for an easy handout.

EXACTLY!!!!!! coaches come to watch players who have expressed an interest in their program and school. Window shopping is entirely inefficient. Not only do coaches not have time to walk around and hope someone catches their fancy, but why try to recruit a kid who has no interest in your program? Yes they may occasionally see someone they'll reach out to, but 95% of their time is carefully choreographed so they can see as many players on their pre-set list as possible, players who they've already been talking too. If your club hasn't explained that to you then you are the wrong club

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EXACTLY!!!!!! coaches come to watch players who have expressed an interest in their program and school. Window shopping is entirely inefficient. Not only do coaches not have time to walk around and hope someone catches their fancy, but why try to recruit a kid who has no interest in your program? Yes they may occasionally see someone they'll reach out to, but 95% of their time is carefully choreographed so they can see as many players on their pre-set list as possible, players who they've already been talking too. If your club hasn't explained that to you then you are the wrong club

Players contact coaches and schools where they are interested. Just sayin there would hundreds be other colleges further away she might like but would not know unless a coach showed an interest.

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Every player on the team says St Leo and Florida Southern are recruiting her. The numbers don’t add up.

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How many colleges do you think are looking for a 99/00 senior this late?

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. . . The player does not have the time to go visit many schools and check out their academic and athletic programs.

I can't believe an actual parent wrote that. Your kid will not be playing soccer in college. Hope her grades are good.

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The burden shouldn’t be totally on the player to find a good fit. Colleges shouldn’t only focus on the players who knock on their door and every other college’s door. The colleges should read the players information at the tournaments and scout the games and reach out to the players who have not contacted them but may be good fits. Colleges can call juniors!

You will be on TS one year from now complaining about how your club's coach and DOC should be fired because they didn't get your daughter a scholarship.

Educate yourself on how the process really works or YOU will be paying that college tuition bill out of pocket and your kid will be playing intramural soccer with the rec crowd.

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I can't believe an actual parent wrote that. Your kid will not be playing soccer in college. Hope her grades are good.

Most of the juniors and seniors have applied to colleges and won’t be playing soccer unless a college calls them and wows them with their soccer program.

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Most of the juniors and seniors have applied to colleges and won’t be playing soccer unless a college calls them and wows them with their soccer program.

Your kid shouldn't hold her breath waiting for that call. Please acknowledge that if your child wants to play in college but doesn't get that call, the fault is 100% yours/hers and nobody else's.

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The burden shouldn’t be totally on the player to find a good fit. Colleges shouldn’t only focus on the players who knock on their door and every other college’s door. The colleges should read the players information at the tournaments and scout the games and reach out to the players who have not contacted them but may be good fits. Colleges can call juniors!

Coached have hundreds of players write them each year. Some student volunteer compiles lists based on criteria set by the head coach. Shotgun invites get sent by email to players.

At tournaments: Elite players get noticed, Excellent players get noticed, game changers get noticed.

This is a composite showcase. Most of the athletic scholarship money for this age group is gone.

If you player has not been "noticed" for her play by now, I hope she has been writing, sending video or web profiles to the school she wants to come see her play and hitting a couple ID camps. Otherwise all you have done is invested in your DOC's car payment the last 10 years.

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Coached have hundreds of players write them each year. Some student volunteer compiles lists based on criteria set by the head coach. Shotgun invites get sent by email to players.

At tournaments: Elite players get noticed, Excellent players get noticed, game changers get noticed.

This is a composite showcase. Most of the athletic scholarship money for this age group is gone.

If you player has not been "noticed" for her play by now, I hope she has been writing, sending video or web profiles to the school she wants to come see her play and hitting a couple ID camps. Otherwise all you have done is invested in your DOC's car payment the last 10 years.

That poster hasn't a clue; maybe it could happen at very small D3 schools but certainly not at any program of any substance. I hope he doesn't think coaches will magically start calling his kid junior year because that isn't how it works.

That said some clubs don't do a good job directing players as to what level to focus on. Of course players want to aim high, it's natural. But an experienced coach or DOC needs to help them focus on places that are a realistic fit as well. Kind of like applying to colleges in general - have a few reach schools, lots of pretty likely ones, a few safeties just in case. Plenty of players waste their time, energy and money aiming too high. Even if they can get a spot the chances they will play is very low if they're a late pick

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Players contact coaches and schools where they are interested. Just sayin there would hundreds be other colleges further away she might like but would not know unless a coach showed an interest.

A coach at a reputable D1 program told my D that they get about 2,000 emails before the better ECNL showcases and the vast majority are fairly generic.

We learned to target, target, target. A handful of schools and direct a lot of energy toward them. Have daughter establish and maintain communication with the coach and build on that.