2013 Boys Soccer Verbal Commitments

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why dont you spend 10 minutes and look it up?

I just want the info....I don't want to do any work!

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Most of these kids will not be playing soccer next year. Once the players mature and realize that there other things in life besides soccer, they will quit playing college soccer. They will get sick of the countless practices, the demanding coach, not playing significant minutes, the early bus rides, weekends away from campus, away from their girlfriends, difficulty keeping their grades up and having their summer break cut short for pre-season. So, they opt out and it starts all over again with incoming recruits.

You probably never played competitive sports. Companies hire college athletes for the opposite reason you just stated. It is a fact that athletes have better grades in-season than out because their lives are more ordered. They make a commitment and stick to it. They know that hard work builds character and they also understand the concept of teamwork. They know that quitting is for losers!!!!!!

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You probably never played competitive sports. Companies hire college athletes for the opposite reason you just stated. It is a fact that athletes have better grades in-season than out because their lives are more ordered. They make a commitment and stick to it. They know that hard work builds character and they also understand the concept of teamwork. They know that quitting is for losers!!!!!!

Perhaps both of you could provide some statistics to back up your claims?

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You probably never played competitive sports. Companies hire college athletes for the opposite reason you just stated. It is a fact that athletes have better grades in-season than out because their lives are more ordered. They make a commitment and stick to it. They know that hard work builds character and they also understand the concept of teamwork. They know that quitting is for losers!!!!!!

I have hired a lot of engineers over the last 20 years. I have never asked myself those questions. Nor do I care.

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You probably never played competitive sports. Companies hire college athletes for the opposite reason you just stated. It is a fact that athletes have better grades in-season than out because their lives are more ordered. They make a commitment and stick to it. They know that hard work builds character and they also understand the concept of teamwork. They know that quitting is for losers!!!!!!

FYI Companies hire engineers, lawyers, doctors etc. If you played a sport one interviewee has in common, or the VP was involved in, could assist hiring.

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2013 D1 Boys Playing

Let's see how the Sophomores are doing. This is the first really big class in their second season. I am going to split this up as it is really large. First come those who are playing a lot, they being defined as started 50% of their games or more.

Player/Team/Games/GP/GS/G/A

Mac Steeves/PC/6/6/6/4/0
Zeiko Lewis/BC/5/5/5/2/1
Dominik Machado/PC/6/6/6/1/0
David Itoafa/Siena/6/6/6/1/0
Pedro Lucas Ferreira/Bryant/6/6/6/0/0
Matt Pease/UMass/5/5/5/0/0
Will Szostkiewicz/UNH/6/6/6/0/0
David McKinnon/Hartford/5/5/5/-/-
Nate Pomeroy/Brown/4/4/4/1/0
Andrew Wheeler Ominu/Harvard/3/3/3/0/0
Matthew Mozynski/Campbell/3/3/3/-/-
Felix DeBona/BU/5/5/4/1/0
Daniel Giron/UVM/6/6/5/0/0
Cougar Lipp/St Joe's/6/4/4/0/0
Duff Thompson/UNH/5/4/3/0/0
Sebastian Blickman/Bucknell/6/6/3/0/0
Marc Greenblatt/Northeastern/5/5/3/0/0
Ado Kawuba/BC/5/5/3/0/1
Jackson Dayton/UVM/6/6/3/0/0

So this class has 19 playing a lot. The next closest is 2010 with about a dozen. 2011/2 are under 10. There are a handful of non MA kids on the list as is known. Still very impressive.
I will next work on the playing some list for tomorrow. GL to all.

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2013 D1 Boys Playing

The next category is playing some. These kids generally don't start but sub in. Target is playing 50% of the games.

Name/School/Games/GP/GS/G/A

Matt Callahan/SDSU/5/3/1/0/0
Josh Jess/UMass/5/5/2/0/0
Bernard Yeboah/UVM/6/6/1/0/0
Gunnar Ericsson/UNH/6/6/2/0/0
Chris McCormick/Bryant/6/6/2/0/0
Lenoir Sery/UMass/5/5/1/0/0
Brandon McCarthy/Monmouth/4/3/0/0/0
Brandon Allen/UNH/6/6/1/0/0

Another 8 to the 19 means 27 are getting playing time. That is great news. However, there was close to 50 kids on the D1 list. The next post will cover that. GL to all.

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2013 D1 Boys Not Playing

The last 2 posts were the good news. Now for the bad news. A total of 50 kids committed to D1 schools, and all were on the freshman rosters last year. So 27 are playing. What about the other 23? At this point 4 kids over the 27 have gotten a little playing time. These include two players from local teams that played a lot last year, made their freshman all conference teams, and now are playing very little. There may be injuries involved. Of the remaining 19, many are now off the roster, with a few in the DNP category. My sense of this is that there are now are more kids opting to be D1 depth players over playing for a lower Division. Just like the 2012's, a decent number of MA best players are no longer on their D1 teams. Take note. No names on this section. If you want to figure it out, go back on this thread to my posts from 8/13.

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2013 D1 Boys Playing

So let's see how the Sophomores did. The criteria for playing a lot is >50% starts.

Name/Team/Games/GP/GS/G/A

Mac Steeves/PC/15/15/15/8/2
Zeiko Lewis/BC/16/16/?/3/3
David Itoafa/Siena/18/18/18/2/0
Andrew WheelerOminu/Harvard/15/15/15/2/2
Matthew Mozynski/Campbell/15/15/15/-/-
Pedro Ferreira/Bryant/15/15/15/0/1
Matt Pease/UMass/17/17/16/0/0
Felix Debona/BU/17/17/16/3/1
David McKinnon/Hartford/16/15/15/-/-
Dominik Machado/PC/15/14/14/2/2
Daniel Giron/UVM/16/16/15/0/0
Marc Greenblatt/Northeastern/18/18/14/0/0
Josh Jess/UMass 17/17/13/0/0
Jackson Dayton/UVM/16/15/12/0/0
Sebastian Blickman/18/18/12/0/0
Duff Thompson/UNH/16/14/12 1/0
Will Szostkiewicz/UNH/16/10/10/0/0
Bernard Yeboah/UVM/16/15/8/1/1
Ado Kawuba/BC/16/10/?/0/1

This remains the largest class for kids playing a lot. Several slipped out over the season but several moved in, keeping the number at 19. Next will be the subbing a lot.

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2013 D1 Boys Playing (Amended)

So let's see how the Sophomores did. The criteria for playing a lot is >50% starts.

Name/Team/Games/GP/GS/G/A

Mac Steeves/PC/15/15/15/8/2
Zeiko Lewis/BC/16/16/?/3/3
David Itoafa/Siena/18/18/18/2/0
Andrew WheelerOminu/Harvard/15/15/15/2/2
Matthew Mozynski/Campbell/15/15/15/-/-
Pedro Ferreira/Bryant/15/15/15/0/1
Matt Pease/UMass/17/17/16/0/0
Felix Debona/BU/17/17/16/3/1
David McKinnon/Hartford/16/15/15/-/-
Dominik Machado/PC/15/14/14/2/2
Daniel Giron/UVM/16/16/15/0/0
Marc Greenblatt/Northeastern/18/18/14/0/0
Josh Jess/UMass 17/17/13/0/0
Jackson Dayton/UVM/16/15/12/0/0
Sebastian Blickman/18/18/12/0/0
Duff Thompson/UNH/16/14/12 1/0
Guilherma Rodrigues/UML/17/17/11/2/3
Will Szostkiewicz/UNH/16/10/10/0/0
Bernard Yeboah/UVM/16/15/8/1/1
Ado Kawuba/BC/16/10/?/0/1

This remains the largest class for kids playing a lot. Several slipped out over the season but several moved in, moving the number up to 20. Next will be the subbing a lot.

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2013 D1 Boys Subbing

Next are those who played >50% of the games.

Name/Team/Games/GP/GS/G/A

Eric Martin/UML/17/12/9/0/0
Tyler Goncalves/Holy Cross/16/11/1/1/1
Cougar Lipp/St Joes/16/7/4/0/0
Nate Pomeroy/Brown/15/7/7/1/1

I added the last two who were slightly under the criteria. That leaves 24 playing and 26 not. I'll cover those next.

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2013 D1 Boys Subbing (Amended)

Next are those who played >50% of the games.

Name/Team/Games/GP/GS/G/A

Brandon McCarthy/Monmouth/16/13/4/2/0
Lenoir Sery/UMass/17/13/1/0/0
Chris McCormick/Bryant/15/13/2/0/0
Eric Martin/UML/17/12/9/0/0
Gunnar Ericsson/UNH/16/12/4/0/0
Tyler Goncalves/Holy Cross/16/11/1/1/1
Matt Callahan/SDSU/18/10/5/0/0
Brandon Allen/UNH/15/10/5/0/0
Cougar Lipp/St Joes/16/7/4/0/0
Nate Pomeroy/Brown/15/7/7/1/1

I added the last two who were slightly under the criteria. That leaves 30 playing and 20 not. I'll cover those next.

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2013 D1 Other Players

There are 21 other players. Of those:

7 Saw the field
1 is rostered and DNP
13 are not rostered.

So 25% of the D1 commited players have dropped off the roster by their Sophomore year.

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There are 21 other players. Of those:

7 Saw the field
1 is rostered and DNP
13 are not rostered.

So 25% of the D1 commited players have dropped off the roster by their Sophomore year.

Of course some of those may have transferred elsewhere, etc. but there are often quoted stats that about 30%+ of D1 athletes aren't playing by junior year. Your stats (which are excellent btw) seem to support that. Any player (or their parents) who thinks D1 is the be all end all should think long and hard about what they really want.

PS - that sought after athletic money disappears too. Have great grades? Guess what/ Merit money generally is for four years.

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This time I'm going to use more categories as the regular season ends.

Player/Games/GP/GS/G/A School

EJ/19/19/19/4/3 Brandeis*
SF/17/16/16/7/5 Ithaca
TA/21/20/20/10/7 Kenyon*
GC/15/14/14/5/2 Middlebury
CS/14/13/11/6/4 Trinity
PB/18/18/18/3/2 W&L
MF/17/16/15/8/0 WPI
MD/16/13/9/4/2 Bowdoin

The first eight started a lot a lit it up a lot.

KA/20/14/10/0/1 Babson
MR/16/12/12/1/3 East Ct State*
SC/21/20/19/0/1 Kenyon
ED/19/19/15/3/0 Salve Regina
SA/19/19/17/0/3 Salve Regina
NM/20/16/14/0/4 Skidmore
DQ/14/11/9/-/- Trinity
MK/17/16/15/0/1 Union
WP/17/17/17/1/3 Ursinus
ZC/17/16/14/0/0 WPI
JM/14/11/8/0/0 Colby
MT/19/19/13/0/0 Springfield

The next 12 started more than 50% of the time. The next category will be subbing in a lot, which a lot of Freshman do. So of the 79 MA freshman, about 20 started a lot. The * means they are in the NCAA tourney.

This was last year's analysis of how the D3 MA kids did.