Is Girls ECNL at FC Bucks or FC Delco worth it?

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Yes PF is good club. They are DA so no HS soccer

My son plays college soccer. Believe me HS soccer is not that important.

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My son plays college soccer. Believe me HS soccer is not that important.

Giving up high school soccer at this point makes no sense, especially for girls.

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Those d2 and 3 schools house mostly ecnl and da kids. Along with D1. This is where you got it wrong. These days you have to play ecnl and da just to play d2 and 3. The competition is so high that Rec league kids have it very tough to even play in college.

Keep deluding yourself - just catching up on this thread and I refuse to believe most people have their kids play ECNL so they can play at D2,D3 schools. Also most D2,D3 rosters are not filled with ECNL kids - there are plenty of kids from other leagues that are on those rosters.

Come on most D2 schools give minimal athletic money and most are not the best academically either. Can’t imagine that is goal of kids that play ECNL nor is it parents expectations.
And D3 schools give zero athletic money instead the money is based on merit and or need.

ECNL would not exist today if all they were selling was the dream of D2,D3 soccer.

Parents and kids want ecnl so their kid can play D1 - and neither bucks or delco is delivering. That is a fact.

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Great post, right on the money, no pun intended.

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Keep deluding yourself - just catching up on this thread and I refuse to believe most people have their kids play ECNL so they can play at D2,D3 schools. Also most D2,D3 rosters are not filled with ECNL kids - there are plenty of kids from other leagues that are on those rosters.

Come on most D2 schools give minimal athletic money and most are not the best academically either. Can’t imagine that is goal of kids that play ECNL nor is it parents expectations.
And D3 schools give zero athletic money instead the money is based on merit and or need.

ECNL would not exist today if all they were selling was the dream of D2,D3 soccer.

Parents and kids want ecnl so their kid can play D1 - and neither bucks or delco is delivering. That is a fact.

My kid plays ECNL and will be receiving $35k per year to play soccer at MIT. Guess what to.. she wasn't getting into MIT without soccer. So there's that.

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Giving up high school soccer at this point makes no sense, especially for girls.

It makes perfect sense. HS soccer is not a good product. A kid will develop more staying in their club environment year round.

Mom and Dad are more concerned with missing out than the little Mia's and Mallory's are.

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HS soccer is terrible, DA is the way to go. It’s because of HS that ECNL players are picking up bad habits and injuries. Check out Penn Fusion great development club

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My kid plays ECNL and will be receiving $35k per year to play soccer at MIT. Guess what to.. she wasn't getting into MIT without soccer. So there's that.

So is the money your kid received athletic money? Or is it merit and or need base?

I’m pretty sure I know the answer because D3 schools do not give athletic money.

So in general if your kid isn’t smart enough to get merit money or you make to much to get aid, the amount of money you get from any D3 school will be zero.

That is awesome for your kid though but not all kids will receive that much money, especially if they aren’t as smart or their parents make to much.

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HS soccer is terrible, DA is the way to go. It’s because of HS that ECNL players are picking up bad habits and injuries. Check out Penn Fusion great development club

Penn Fusion is a good club, not great, but good. One thing they do well is recruit kids into their club since they don’t do a particularly good job of developing young players from within their club. The addition of SJEB and PA Classics have hit PF hard.

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So is the money your kid received athletic money? Or is it merit and or need base?

I’m pretty sure I know the answer because D3 schools do not give athletic money.

So in general if your kid isn’t smart enough to get merit money or you make to much to get aid, the amount of money you get from any D3 school will be zero.

That is awesome for your kid though but not all kids will receive that much money, especially if they aren’t as smart or their parents make to much.

Here is a direct quote from MIT's website:

"MIT provides financial aid on the basis of financial need only. We don’t award money based on any measure of merit—academic, athletic, artistic, or anything else.

However, we refer to the money offered directly by the Institute as an MIT Scholarship, even though we award it based solely on financial need."

https://mitadmissions.org/help/faq/scholarships/


So yeah - your kid didnt get $35K per year to play soccer at MIT, she got $35K per year because there is a financial need. So maybe soccer helped get your kid into MIT, a school she may not have been able to get into on her own solely based on academics, but had she gotten in based on academics, you would have received the same $35K a year based on your financial need.

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Here is a direct quote from MIT's website:

"MIT provides financial aid on the basis of financial need only. We don’t award money based on any measure of merit—academic, athletic, artistic, or anything else.

However, we refer to the money offered directly by the Institute as an MIT Scholarship, even though we award it based solely on financial need."

https://mitadmissions.org/help/faq/scholarships/


So yeah - your kid didnt get $35K per year to play soccer at MIT, she got $35K per year because there is a financial need. So maybe soccer helped get your kid into MIT, a school she may not have been able to get into on her own solely based on academics, but had she gotten in based on academics, you would have received the same $35K a year based on your financial need.

The poster was very clear in saying that his/her daughter would not have gotten into the school if she wasn't a soccer player.

D3 has plenty of money, some schools like MIT only give out financial aid but most stack financial with other institutional grants when putting together the aid packages. For instance, school x may cover 40% of tuition through need and merit, however that number can rise to 80% for a recruited athlete. The just dont call the merit part of it an "athletic scholarship".

People also need to realize a good number of the D1 commits are not receiving 1 cent of athletic scholarship money. Not all schools stack aid so in some instances a family will qualify for more need based aid than the school can offer in athletic aid. The downside of this is that lesser players receiving a lot of need based aid are given roster spots at D1 schools so the D1 school can more $ to their top level recruits.

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The poster was very clear in saying that his/her daughter would not have gotten into the school if she wasn't a soccer player.

D3 has plenty of money, some schools like MIT only give out financial aid but most stack financial with other institutional grants when putting together the aid packages. For instance, school x may cover 40% of tuition through need and merit, however that number can rise to 80% for a recruited athlete. The just dont call the merit part of it an "athletic scholarship".

People also need to realize a good number of the D1 commits are not receiving 1 cent of athletic scholarship money. Not all schools stack aid so in some instances a family will qualify for more need based aid than the school can offer in athletic aid. The downside of this is that lesser players receiving a lot of need based aid are given roster spots at D1 schools so the D1 school can more $ to their top level recruits.

Quite frankly, Anyone banking on scholarships,aid,merit money to pay for their kids college, probably shouldn’t have their kid playing ECNL. if you can’t afford college for your kid you might want to forgo the $50,000 plus it will cost to have your kid play ECNL for four years. JMHO.

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Giving up high school soccer at this point makes no sense, especially for girls.

Girls and boys love school ball. Students wouldn’t want to give that up, it’s too much fun.

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Girls and boys love school ball. Students wouldn’t want to give that up, it’s too much fun.

Most look forward to playing in HS. Wouldn’t want to take that away from them.

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Most look forward to playing in HS. Wouldn’t want to take that away from them.

Can you play HS soccer yet if DA? Did they change it?