2011 Boys Soccer Verbal Commitments

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Let's all calm down some.

There are players from MA on the ESPN Rise list that have committed to attend the college academically. They were NOT recruited to play there by any member of the coaching staff, and they will have to attend open tryouts to make the team.

A lot of what you see added this week and beyond will be exactly that.

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Let's all calm down some.

There are players from MA on the ESPN Rise list that have committed to attend the college academically. They were NOT recruited to play there by any member of the coaching staff, and they will have to attend open tryouts to make the team.

A lot of what you see added this week and beyond will be exactly that.

How do you know that?

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Let's all calm down some.

There are players from MA on the ESPN Rise list that have committed to attend the college academically. They were NOT recruited to play there by any member of the coaching staff, and they will have to attend open tryouts to make the team.

A lot of what you see added this week and beyond will be exactly that.

there are only 9 kids listed from mass on espn rise (8 d1 and 1 d3) curious which ones aren't recruited? please list them becuase i'm sure you have a reputable source. we will know for sure when the schools announce their recruiting classes because walk ons or players that get invited to try out won't be included.

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Let's all calm down some.

There are players from MA on the ESPN Rise list that have committed to attend the college academically. They were NOT recruited to play there by any member of the coaching staff, and they will have to attend open tryouts to make the team.

A lot of what you see added this week and beyond will be exactly that.

Don't forget to crosscheck the ESPN list with the one on TopDrawerSoccer.

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Don't forget to crosscheck the ESPN list with the one on TopDrawerSoccer.

why waste your time?

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A rose is a rose by any other name...if there are skilled players at Baltimore Bays, Delco or Weston, they will be recruited. If there are skilled players at Seacoast, Rev's or Bolts, they will be recruited. Any college coach will recruit the best possible player they can based upon academic ability to get into their college and for their own needs regardless if they play DAP or a non-Dap club.

So choose any local college roster. I do not have a son on the BU college roster but I did see them play a couple times this year. Look at their highlighted players, you will see one common denominator amongst them all, they are all skilled players.

Look at BU's Kelvin Madzongwe (u20 Zimbabwe NT).

http://www.goterriers.com/sports/m-s...ccer-body.html

The kid played great this year. He supplanted an upper class Massachusetts player for the starting position as a centerback. If you are a 2011 Massachusetts (or anywhere for that matter) centerback, you had better realize that BU's need at this position is not that immediate and if you accept a spot on the BU roster, it will most likely be as a backup.

Looking at the same roster, the coach moves a player to a new position and he tears up the league. Massachusetts native Ben Berube is selected first team all-conference and receives more votes in the conference poll as the soccer fan's player choice of the season.

http://www.goterriers.com/sports/m-s...110210aaa.html

He gets more votes than UMBC's Levi Houapeu, granted this is a fans poll and he could have rallied support from his BU classmates. But, Houapeu led all D1 in scoring in 2009 and was drafted by the MLS. There are skilled players in Massachusetts equal to those on a national level. Also named to the all-conference team is Massachusetts native Michael Bustamante plus Stephen Knox ( Trinidad & Tobago u17 NT) and Aaron O'Neal (Virginia Beach). O'Neal did not play for a glamourous club , Beach FC and the nearest DAP teams would have been in Richmond. Berube and Bustmante did play for the Bolts. Don't slam me for mentioning them, my son did not play for them either, but the Bolts, Beach Fc, TnT national team and the Zimbabwean national team all required skilled players. College coaches will do the same.

2011 graduates are competing on a world standard when the play college ball. Whether it's BU, BC, Harvard, Holy Cross, Umass , Albany ,St. Bonaventure or school's further west. Skills and the ability to academically compete at that particular university will determine whether the players is invited to that school's soccer team. Not what club they play for or where they are from.

While you are on BU, note that freshman D McCaffrey MA2010 also started at Defensive CM all season and made the Conference All Rookie Team. He found a spot in the starting line up.

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My guess is that the 2011 will prove to be very strong in terms of the D3 contingent. There are a number of impressive D3 commitments that have not been named (or named by name) here, and there will be more. This group will be dominated by high to very high achieving academic kids who will be average to very good D3 players. Some might claim they could go D1, but the reality is that almost every single one will be exactly where they belong in terms of soccer ability (and who if they went D1 would be in the marginal to struggling to make an impact range at best). Just from this thread and newspapers, websites, etc, we know about 2 going to Williams and kids going to Wesleyan, Colby, Middlebury, Bates, Rochester, Trinity, and Wheaton. I would estimate that there are at least another 20-25 coming, and even more if we count lower-level D3s (e.g. regional state schools).[/QUOTE]

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My guess is that the 2011 will prove to be very strong in terms of the D3 contingent. There are a number of impressive D3 commitments that have not been named (or named by name) here, and there will be more. This group will be dominated by high to very high achieving academic kids who will be average to very good D3 players. Some might claim they could go D1, but the reality is that almost every single one will be exactly where they belong in terms of soccer ability (and who if they went D1 would be in the marginal to struggling to make an impact range at best). Just from this thread and newspapers, websites, etc, we know about 2 going to Williams and kids going to Wesleyan, Colby, Middlebury, Bates, Rochester, Trinity, and Wheaton. I would estimate that there are at least another 20-25 coming, and even more if we count lower-level D3s (e.g. regional state schools).

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Agree, also add to the D3 list U Chicago, Carnegie Mellon, and 2 at Tufts

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It's no mystery among the 2011s which of those kids won't be seeing much playing time next year... I'm sure you piranhas can make some educated guesses.

But please don't speculate or name names on here. It will all come out in time

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My guess is that the 2011 will prove to be very strong in terms of the D3 contingent. There are a number of impressive D3 commitments that have not been named (or named by name) here, and there will be more. This group will be dominated by high to very high achieving academic kids who will be average to very good D3 players. Some might claim they could go D1, but the reality is that almost every single one will be exactly where they belong in terms of soccer ability (and who if they went D1 would be in the marginal to struggling to make an impact range at best). Just from this thread and newspapers, websites, etc, we know about 2 going to Williams and kids going to Wesleyan, Colby, Middlebury, Bates, Rochester, Trinity, and Wheaton. I would estimate that there are at least another 20-25 coming, and even more if we count lower-level D3s (e.g. regional state schools).

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What is a regional state school?

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What is a regional state school?[/QUOTE]

Framingham, Bridgewater, Westfield....

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D3 Commit

J Miller (2010 grad) -- Masco/Worcester Academy -- Bucknell

A Buttersworth (2010 grad?) -- ??/IMG -- Holy Cross

M Goncalves (2010 grad?) -- ??/Worcester Academy -- Drexel

C Denormandie -- Lincoln-Sudbury -- Cincinnati

T Maqubela -- Phillips -- BC

M DiFronzo -- Phillips -- BC

C Bielski -- Dover-Sherborn -- UNH

B Altneu -- Nauset Regional -- UVM

S Meyers -- Belmont Hill -- Wesleyan



I think that covers MA players who have been named on this thread. A few others have been referenced but not named. Also don't think we got confirmation on D Brown (also a 2010 grad).

Tim Marchese Williams College GB Bolts

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Tim Marchese Williams College GB Bolts

Congratulations! His Club for U15,U16 & U17 however was SF Vikings

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Congratulations! His Club for U15,U16 & U17 however was SF Vikings

is he on the showcase/non dap team for bolts? he's not listed on the academy roster.

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is he on the showcase/non dap team for bolts? he's not listed on the academy roster.

Fine player. Good for him. He's on the showcase team.