2017 Boys Soccer Verbal Commitments

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The number of players he has coached at one time or another is incredible.

Yeah, especially since he rosters well over twenty for his teams

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The number of players he has coached at one time or another is incredible.

I'm not as interested in the number but in how high he's placed players that in my opinion only slightly above average.

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I'm not as interested in the number but in how high he's placed players that in my opinion only slightly above average.

Who is TM? Which club?

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The number of players he has coached at one time or another is incredible.

What's surprising is how few kids from NEFC. Maybe the focus is on the girls.

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What's surprising is how few kids from NEFC. Maybe the focus is on the girls.

There are more NEFC kids (so I've heard) who have committed/decided but haven't announced for whatever reason. But it's also the case that this year's top team is not as strong as it's been in the past, so I wouldn't expect lots of high-end placements. I doubt a lack of "focus"- EK is the coach- but the good older players tend to gravitate to the strongest teams and this team isn't that.

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There are more NEFC kids (so I've heard) who have committed/decided but haven't announced for whatever reason. But it's also the case that this year's top team is not as strong as it's been in the past, so I wouldn't expect lots of high-end placements. I doubt a lack of "focus"- EK is the coach- but the good older players tend to gravitate to the strongest teams and this team isn't that.

If you've been on TS for more than 3 minutes you know why you don't want your kids' name published. If families don't want to they shouldn't be pressured by clubs to do so.

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Who is TM? Which club?

Stars. Formerly Scorpions.

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D1
Ignacio Roitman - Bolts - Northboro - Boston U*
Nathan Plano - Aztec - Reading HS - Brown
Felipe Cypriano - Bolts - Malden - Bryant
Anthony Barreira - FC Stars - Foxboro - Bryant*
Sam Hatem - FC Stars - Worcester Academy - Columbia
Cole Venner - Black Rock - Berkshire - UConn
Austin Aviza - Revs - Syracuse - UConn - transfer
Matthew Ranieri - Revs - Nobles&Greenough - Dartmouth
Wilhelm Jacques - Bolts - Medford - Duke
Rory Conway - Bolts - Brookline - Harvard
Max Benford - Aztec - Ipswich - Holy Cross
Edi Mujan - Bolts - Revere - Holy Cross
Justin Rennicks - Revs - Hamilton/Wenham - Indiana
Trey Miller - Revs - Monson - Louisville
Mike Rita - Western United - Minnechaug - UMass
Eli Cronin - Seacoast - Masconomet - UMass
Davis Smith - Dallas Texans - Williston Northampton - UMass
Owen Miller - NEFC - Medford - UMass Lowell
Alex Shterenberg - Revs - Westwood - Michigan St
Nicholas Woodruff - Revs - Attleborough - Michigan St
Jonathan Wolf - NEFC - Worcester Academy - UNH
Adama Kaba - Hammer - St Sebastian - Northeastern
Noah Abrams - Manhattan - Berkshire - Northeastern
Daniel Munch - GPS - BB&N - Northeastern
Jack Roberts - GPS - Nobles&Greenough - Princeton
Ben Ludwick - FC Stars - Acton/Boxborough - PC
Peter Zecca - GPS - Rivers - St Johns
Edward Walsh - Revs - Westwood - Xavier

D2
Rafael Perez - ? - Tewksbury - AIC
Connor Hicks - Western United - Monson - AIC
Mauricio Martinez - Aztecs - Revere - Assumption
Chris Kalil - Western United - Wilbraham&Monson - Assumption
Sebastan Jaramillo - Seacoast - Dracut - Assumption
Hayden Yakola - Liverpool - Nauset - Bentley
Kyle Archambault - Bolts - St Johns Shrewsbury - Bentley
Will Buraczynski - NEFC - Littleton - Merrimack
Drew Lovely - GPS - Weymouth - Merrimack

D3
Jack O'Brien - GPS - Milton Academy - Amherst
Dylan Steele - GPS - Brooks - Amherst
Sebastian Royo - GPS - Algonquin - Babson
Blaise Marceau - Bolts - Waban - Bates
Max McPherron - GPS - Nobles & Greenough - Bowdoin
Alex Chaban - Bolts - Brooks - Bowdoin
Andy Manos - GPS - NMH - Brandeis
Chris Russo - FC Stars - Westford - Brandeis
Evan Glass - Aztecs - Masconomet - Brandeis
Noah Gans - GPS - Newton South - Brandeis
Sam Hatley - NEFC - ? - Clark
Alberto Butts-Lee - GPS - Worcester Academy - Colby
Samson Heyer - FC Stars - Amherst HS - Colorado College
Justin Miranda - Aztec - Winchester - Connecticut College
Liam Donelan - FC Stars - Milton HS - Connecticut College
Alejandro Winsor - GPS - Wakefield - Curry
Grayson Presutti - GPS - Hingham - Denison
Daniel Milhollen - Bolts - Foxboro - Denson
Ryan Horan - GPS - Norwell - Franklin & Marshall
Cameron Law - GPS - ? - Franklin & Marshall
Jack Fell - GPS - Concord Carlisle - Hobart
Liam Thor - Blackrock FC - Berkshire - Kenyon
Tyler Medierios- GPS - New Bedford Voke - UMass Boston
Justin Burns - GPS - Walpole - Mass Maritime
Matthew Hyer - FC Stars - Groton Dunstable - Middlebury
Jacob LaBranche - Liverpool - Nauset - Middlebury
Marco Kaper - Aztec - Manchester-Essex - Middlebury
Cody Kennedy - ? - Millbury - New England Univ
Connor Edwards - Western - NMH - Roger Williams
Josh Polakiewicz - Aztecs - Masconomet - Roger Williams
James Nicholas - FSA - NMH - St Lawrence
Spencer Nagi - NEFC - Westborough - St Josephs College
Marvyn Dorchin - Seacoast - Belmont - Springfield
Jason Meuth - Seacoast - Mansfield - Swarthmore
Jamie Marden - Aztec - Marblehead - Trinity College (CT)
Phineas Santello - Aztec - Arlington - Trinity College (CT)
David Luongo - Benfica - St John's Prep - Trinity College(CT)
Patrick "PK" Kennedy-GPS/Bolts - Thayer - Trinity College (CT)
Quentin van der Lee - Black Rock - Berkshire - Trinity(TX)
Omar al-Homsi Hernandez - FC Blazers - Bromfield - Union
Poom Mera - Revs/GPS - Swansea - Union
Nicholas Ranieri - GPS - Nobles&Greenough - Williams
Jules Oberg - Black Rock - Berkshire - Williams

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There are more NEFC kids (so I've heard) who have committed/decided but haven't announced for whatever reason. But it's also the case that this year's top team is not as strong as it's been in the past, so I wouldn't expect lots of high-end placements. I doubt a lack of "focus"- EK is the coach- but the good older players tend to gravitate to the strongest teams and this team isn't that.

Got it. Thanks.

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How about SF of Bolts, IJ of Revs, DA and NM of Seacoast, BN, RB, JC, NA of Stars?

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How about IJ of Revs?

He's going to Louisville, but is not on the list because he's from Rhode Island.

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How about SF of Bolts, IJ of Revs, DA and NM of Seacoast, BN, RB, JC, NA of Stars?

OP here. The largest group of players not yet on this year's list are D3 players awaiting normal acceptance. The schools they are often applying are not easy to get into and they likely have multiple possibilities depending. This plays out in the Spring. Also schools like BC and BU are sometimes in no hurry to let anyone know. Occasionally a player leaks out, as just happened, but generally is slow to be announced. Hard to imagination only 1 MA player selected between the two teams.

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OP here. The largest group of players not yet on this year's list are D3 players awaiting normal acceptance. The schools they are often applying are not easy to get into and they likely have multiple possibilities depending. This plays out in the Spring. Also schools like BC and BU are sometimes in no hurry to let anyone know. Occasionally a player leaks out, as just happened, but generally is slow to be announced. Hard to imagination only 1 MA player selected between the two teams.

All makes sense. I'd make 2 other observations: D2s like Stonehill and St. Mike's always get at least a couple of MA kids, but the public probably won't find out unless the club or the player discloses it. Last year's NEFC team was really good, so perhaps not so surprising that BC took 2/3 of those kids last year. But completely agree that there must be more than 1 between BC and BU.

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OP here. The largest group of players not yet on this year's list are D3 players awaiting normal acceptance. The schools they are often applying are not easy to get into and they likely have multiple possibilities depending. This plays out in the Spring. Also schools like BC and BU are sometimes in no hurry to let anyone know. Occasionally a player leaks out, as just happened, but generally is slow to be announced. Hard to imagination only 1 MA player selected between the two teams.

All makes sense. I'd make 2 other observations: D2s like Stonehill and St. Mike's always get at least a couple of MA kids, but the public probably won't find out unless the club or the player discloses it. Last year's NEFC team was really good, so perhaps not so surprising that BC took 2/3 of those kids last year. But completely agree that there must be more than 1 between BC and BU.

Are these two quotes from actual knowledge and experience or are you guessing?
March is upon us. Unless the player him (or her) self has not decided on what school he/she wants to attend, then all the preferred players from D1, D2, D3 have already been selected and accepted. Those players that had a preference for a specific school and had the support of the coach would have applied early decision. Thereafter the selection is a combination of the school transcripts and the amount of support the coach was willing to put behind the player. To quote one coach "I have my A's, my B's, and my C's. The C's have to be Messi to get into this school". Suffice it to say, this was a stronger academic school. For those who are still waiting to here or decide from a specific school, either their school transcripts were not up to par or the coach was not putting much weight behind him/her.

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OP here. The largest group of players not yet on this year's list are D3 players awaiting normal acceptance. The schools they are often applying are not easy to get into and they likely have multiple possibilities depending. This plays out in the Spring. Also schools like BC and BU are sometimes in no hurry to let anyone know. Occasionally a player leaks out, as just happened, but generally is slow to be announced. Hard to imagination only 1 MA player selected between the two teams.




Are these two quotes from actual knowledge and experience or are you guessing?
March is upon us. Unless the player him (or her) self has not decided on what school he/she wants to attend, then all the preferred players from D1, D2, D3 have already been selected and accepted. Those players that had a preference for a specific school and had the support of the coach would have applied early decision. Thereafter the selection is a combination of the school transcripts and the amount of support the coach was willing to put behind the player. To quote one coach "I have my A's, my B's, and my C's. The C's have to be Messi to get into this school". Suffice it to say, this was a stronger academic school. For those who are still waiting to here or decide from a specific school, either their school transcripts were not up to par or the coach was not putting much weight behind him/her.

To add to this, what I have noticed increasingly so and more at the D1 level, a bit at the D2 level, and not so much at the D3 level is that coaching support goes well beyond our borders.....There are some D1 schools with a 1/3 of their roster filled by non-US students. It is a very very big world out there. Even if you get past the initial competition level and get into your prized D1 or even D2 school, you still have to get on the field....... otherwise, it may not be much fun...........