2014 Boys Soccer Verbal Commitments

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Thanks for the advice but he doesn't want to give up his HS team or basketball in the winter. He will continue to play with a high level club in the winter/spring. He would only try for D1 for the challenge/level of competition, not for non-existent scholarship dollars. If it happens, great. If not, that's fine too. He's happy and doing well in school and that's all I care about.

Spot on...in agreement. If he's happy doing what he is doing he should continue where he is. But, if he truly wants to play D1 soccer at some point the sooner he can attach himself to a DAP the better his chances because that is where the D1 coaches recruit heavily. The most important element, and we are in lock step with you on this, is that he does well in school because school should be #1 priority. nothing makes a college coach happier than when they start recruiting a player whose game they like and then they find out the player is also a tremendous student...it opens even more doors of opportunity. Good luck to you and your boy during the high school years....enjoy (both him and you) them because they go by quickly.

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Henry Balf-Bolts-Waring School-Boston College
Eric Udelson-Bolts-Needham HS-Boston University
Dan Casey-Bolts-Westboro HS-Central Ct State
Luke Albertini-Revs-North Attleboro HS-Central Ct State
Chris Booth-Bolts-Roxbury School-Duke
Declan McCabe-Revs-Rivers School-Georgetown
Christian Sady-Revs-BB&N-Harvard
David Price-Bolts-Beaver Country Day-High Point
Casey Hamill-NEFC-Bridgton Academy-UMass
Matt Mooney-Western-East Longmeadow HS-UMass
Brandon Vasquez-Western-Amherst HS-UMass
Jake Davis-Bolts-Saint Raphael- UMass Lowell
Will Rasid-Revs-Minnechaug RHS-UNH
Harrison Swartz-Bolts-Needham HS-Northeastern
Frantzdy Pierrot-Seacoast-Melrose HS-Northeastern
Wesley Turner-Revs-Newton North HS-Northeastern
Lukas Ritzer-Revs-Sutton-Providence
Chase Townsend-Bolts-Bishop Feehan HS-Providence
Alex Ainscough-Bolts-Canton HS-Stanford
Idrissa Bangura - Manhattan PSG - NMH - BC*

D2
Keith Rogers - Bayside -Norton-Assumption

D3
Myles Cecchetelli-Western-West Springfield-St Lawrence
Bruce Johnson-Revs-Brewster-Tufts
Hayden Van Brewer-Beachside CT-Minnechaung Regional HS-Vassar College
Sean Hulburt-CSU-Silver Lake-Wheaton College

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is this guy from MA?

Idrissa Bangura - Manhattan PSG - NMH - BC*

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is this guy from MA?

Idrissa Bangura - Manhattan PSG - NMH - BC*

He goes to a MA prep school New Mount Hermon.

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DAP does make it easy for college coaches. When it comes to MA (and NH) at the U16 and below age groups there really is only one DAP club and that is the Revs. If coaches wanted to recruit players out of MA they would probably find equally as good players from the 97/98 top club teams vs what they will find at Bolts and Seacoast. But I doubt that the D1 coaches will do the work to check out those players.

OP here. I've been doing this for 5 years. Some facts:

1) Number of MA players each year that commit to National D1 schools from Major Conferences that periodically end up in the NCAA tournament, on average.

5

2) Breakdown of those players by club

Bolts - 14

Revs - 7

Other - 4

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He goes to a MA prep school New Mount Hermon.

NORTHFIELD Mount Hermon

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OP here. I've been doing this for 5 years. Some facts:

1) Number of MA players each year that commit to National D1 schools from Major Conferences that periodically end up in the NCAA tournament, on average.

5

2) Breakdown of those players by club

Bolts - 14

Revs - 7

Other - 4

How many actually play? Not just on the team.

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How many actually play? Not just on the team.

Of the 19 players on my list (2014 is TBD), 9 played a lot by my criteria (start >50% of the games). Of the rest about half subbed in and the other half DNP or are not rostered.

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If you take off umass, uml and NE the list is not very impressive except for the top half dozen. College coaches are committing earlier and earlier, look for commitments to start happening soph year, the college coach will tell u want he wants u to do. If you initiate the call u can talk to a coach any time u want, if I want a true assessment. Some parents would rather write a check and dream though.

What a stupid comment. All those schools are D1. Why do they get left off of your list? So you then derive some half baked theory that MA players suck?

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What a stupid comment. All those schools are D1. Why do they get left off of your list? So you then derive some half baked theory that MA players suck?

OP here. The 5 or so players from MA that make the Nationally Ranked D1 College teams are often the very best that MA has produced. As I have shown, only half of those manage to play a lot. The next tier of D1 players are also excellent players. The recent comments on National College Soccer journals has noted how the level of play of the Midsection of D1 colleges is improving. Teams like Butler, much of the Big Ten, a lot of lesser CA teams, have really taken it up a notch. People have attributed some of that to the national DAP program. I agree. All of the MA Div 1 commits are great players. It's just sad to see so many used as depth players at the D1 level, as with last year's bunch, or cut altogether, as with the 2010 and 2012 list.

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What a stupid comment. All those schools are D1. Why do they get left off of your list? So you then derive some half baked theory that MA players suck?

Half baked?? Sorry to burst your bubble but Mass is not really producing players at an acceptable rate. Sorry to put this in context using the girls side but someone posted some data about the 2014 recruiting class that shows the point. According to USYSA Mass has the 5th highest participation rate in the country behind CA, TX, NY and PA but if you look at the number of Mass girl recruits (4) going to top 25 programs relative to those participation numbers, Mass doesn't even rank in the top 10. Given that the number of boys playing soccer is higher than girls, if only 5 players are making it to top programs their ratio is going to be even less optimistic. Considering how much gets poured into club soccer around here don't you think it is time start asking why those numbers are so low?

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Half baked?? Sorry to burst your bubble but Mass is not really producing players at an acceptable rate. Sorry to put this in context using the girls side but someone posted some data about the 2014 recruiting class that shows the point. According to USYSA Mass has the 5th highest participation rate in the country behind CA, TX, NY and PA but if you look at the number of Mass girl recruits (4) going to top 25 programs relative to those participation numbers, Mass doesn't even rank in the top 10. Given that the number of boys playing soccer is higher than girls, if only 5 players are making it to top programs their ratio is going to be even less optimistic. Considering how much gets poured into club soccer around here don't you think it is time start asking why those numbers are so low?

Why do you think they are so low?

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Half baked?? Sorry to burst your bubble but Mass is not really producing players at an acceptable rate. Sorry to put this in context using the girls side but someone posted some data about the 2014 recruiting class that shows the point. According to USYSA Mass has the 5th highest participation rate in the country behind CA, TX, NY and PA but if you look at the number of Mass girl recruits (4) going to top 25 programs relative to those participation numbers, Mass doesn't even rank in the top 10. Given that the number of boys playing soccer is higher than girls, if only 5 players are making it to top programs their ratio is going to be even less optimistic. Considering how much gets poured into club soccer around here don't you think it is time start asking why those numbers are so low?

I would think that the ratio for MA kids is low most sports with the possible exception of hockey, which is a regional, unique sport. The soccer programs here are pretty good IMO. The most important factor in the 5 or 10 thing is talent. You can't develop what is not there.

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Why do you think they are so low?

You tell me, but why can NC turn out more than twice as many players than MA when they have half players. Might buy the weather idea if not for MI. MI has a little less than half the participation of MA but still manages to turn out twice as many top players. My supposition is there are just less clubs in those states so the synergy is different but that is just a wag.

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Location... More players from those states go to Top 25 colleges because Top 25 colleges exist in their home states. Not saying that MA is perfect, but if we had a Top 25 school in MA I'm sure at least 10 local kids could be rostered. Just a thought.