2017 Boys Soccer Verbal Commitments

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Its news to my young player who has always excelled in soccer. He thought D1 was the only option. This information as well as speaking to older players has opened his eyes to more options. Also going to D1 games and seeing the number of foreign players has helped.

Yes D3 playing time is very competitive too. Thanks for that nugget

Then there's the commitment piece which is a critical part of the decision process

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D1
Nathan Plano - Aztec - Reading HS - Brown
Felipe Cypriano - Bolts - Malden - Bryant
Sam Hatem - FC Stars - Worcester Academy - Columbia
Cole Venner - Black Rock - Berkshire - UConn
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
Ben Ludwick - FC Stars - Acton/Boxborough - PC
Mike Rita - ? - Minnechaug - UMass*
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
Peter Zacca -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
Hayden Yakola - Liverpool - Nauset - Bentley
Kyle Archambault - Bolts - St Johns Shrewsbury - Bentley
Will Buraczynski - ? - Littleton - Merrimack
Drew Lovely-GPS-Weymouth-Merrimack

D3
Jack O'Brien - GPS - Milton Academy - Amherst
Andy Manos - GPS - NMH - Brandeis
Chris Russo - FC Stars - Westford - Brandeis
Evan Glass - Aztecs - Masconomet - Brandeis
Samson Heyer - FC Stars - Amherst HS - Colorado College
Justin Miranda - Aztec - Winchester - Connecticut College
Liam Donelan - FC Stars - Milton HS - Connecticut College
Grayson Presutti - GPS - Hingham - Denison
Ryan Horan - GPS - Norwell - Franklin & Marshall
Jack Fell - GPS - Concord Carlisle - Hobart
Liam Thor - Blackrock FC - Berkshire - Kenyon
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
Spenser Nagi - ? - Westborough - St Josephs College
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)
Tyler Medierios-GPS-New Bedford Voke-Umass Boston
Omar al - Homsi Hernandez - FC Blazers - Bromfield - Union
Poom Mera - Revs/GPS - Swansea - Union
Nicholas Ranieri - GPS - Nobles&Greenough - Williams

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>Mike Rita - ? - Minnechaug - UMass*

Western United

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Getting playing time and excelling in D3 can be just as tough as D1--Big rosters all around and the decent/solid programs are very competitive to get on the field ---I understand and appreciate that having realistic expectations is important for younger athletes ; but the main theme of this thread turned to negative in my opinion. Is it really news to people that D1 athletics are selective? Life is tough and sometimes things don't work out even when you go in eyes wide open... If he does have the skill/confidence and the opportunity to play in a challenging situation; who is anyone to say he shouldn't go? Because he's from MA or may fail? My only advice would be to make any decision based on the kids own ideas and solid advice from good sources--most 17yr olds are smarter than you think--

Agree with all this except the part about most 17 year old being smarter than you think- lots of players have never read the play-time stats or gotten real objective advice about where they stand- their eyes aren't wide open. The college coach is incented to fill up the practice squad, and there's no downside to them bringing in extra kids. Some club coaches are happy to have the player being able to say they went D1 (I don't actually believe most club coaches would be dishonest in assessments, but lots of club coaches don't actually know enough to fairly assess either). If your eyes are wide open, more power to you for striving to reach the highest possible level, and some of those kids will keep working and eventually get on the field, even to the coach's surprise. One can never know what all these kids were thinking, but when you look at the stats and see all the kids who aren't even on the roster by junior year, at least I have a hard time believing that that they all went in understanding the odds that this is where they'd end up.

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Agree with all this except the part about most 17 year old being smarter than you think- lots of players have never read the play-time stats or gotten real objective advice about where they stand- their eyes aren't wide open. The college coach is incented to fill up the practice squad, and there's no downside to them bringing in extra kids. Some club coaches are happy to have the player being able to say they went D1 (I don't actually believe most club coaches would be dishonest in assessments, but lots of club coaches don't actually know enough to fairly assess either). If your eyeshadow are wide open, more power to you for striving to reach the highest possible level, and some of those kids will keep working and eventually get on the field, even to the coach's surprise. One can never know what all these kids were thinking, but when you look at the stats and see all the kids who aren't even on the roster by junior year, at least I have a hard time believing that that they all went in understanding the odds that this is where they'd end up.

Ridiculous. After 10 or more years competing and observing, all but the dumbest can see for themselves how they stack up. Please just stop with your nonsense.

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Aug 1 is the next round but do all Revs Academy players head to D1 schools?

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Aug 1 is the next round but do all Revs Academy players head to D1 schools?

No. Look at the thread for previous years.

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D1
Nathan Plano - Aztec - Reading HS - Brown
Felipe Cypriano - Bolts - Malden - Bryant
Sam Hatem - FC Stars - Worcester Academy - Columbia
Cole Venner - Black Rock - Berkshire - UConn
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*
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
Ben Ludwick - FC Stars - Acton/Boxborough - PC
Peter Zacca - 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
Hayden Yakola - Liverpool - Nauset - Bentley
Kyle Archambault - Bolts - St Johns Shrewsbury - Bentley
Will Buraczynski - ? - Littleton - Merrimack
Drew Lovely - GPS - Weymouth - Merrimack

D3
Jack O'Brien - GPS - Milton Academy - Amherst
Andy Manos - GPS - NMH - Brandeis
Chris Russo - FC Stars - Westford - Brandeis
Evan Glass - Aztecs - Masconomet - Brandeis
Samson Heyer - FC Stars - Amherst HS - Colorado College
Justin Miranda - Aztec - Winchester - Connecticut College
Liam Donelan - FC Stars - Milton HS - Connecticut College
Grayson Presutti - GPS - Hingham - Denison
Ryan Horan - GPS - Norwell - 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
Spenser Nagi - ? - Westborough - St Josephs College
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

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Aug 1 is the next round but do all Revs Academy players head to D1 schools?

No. And not all stay on those rosters either.

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Ridiculous. After 10 or more years competing and observing, all but the dumbest can see for themselves how they stack up. Please just stop with your nonsense.

I disagree with you in part - yes the information is out there but not all do their homework. Some learn the hard by simply not even getting recruited at all. Others are so excited about getting interest that they don't do the few minutes work to investigate the realities at some programs.

And overall many don't get what a commitment this all is, even D3, and don't put the work in once they get there (or they're overwhemed with playing a college sport and school). Player churn is very common at all levels

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I disagree with you in part - yes the information is out there but not all do their homework. Some learn the hard by simply not even getting recruited at all. Others are so excited about getting interest that they don't do the few minutes work to investigate the realities at some programs.

And overall many don't get what a commitment this all is, even D3, and don't put the work in once they get there (or they're overwhemed with playing a college sport and school). Player churn is very common at all levels

Look, any surprises are 99% on the parents and the kid. Look at the list of kids above and the high schools they attended and clubs played for. In general we aren't talking about unsophisticated people or people who make a habit of making poorly considered decisions. Very, very few should be surprised, and all should know that nothing is guaranteed, and that even highly recruited kids can find themselves on the bench. Even for D3, at least on the male side, you aren't going to play for a good D3 program if you aren't one of the best kids in your area. And the idea that D1 coaches are going to trick kids to come there just to fill seats on the bench is one of the great lies being told on this site. For what possible reason would coaches want to create dissension, bad feelings, and eventually a bad reputation? Shame on any parent who after 6-8 years of watching their kid play in various settings and against ranges of talent fins himself duped in the end.

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Shame on any parent who after 6-8 years of watching their kid play in various settings and against ranges of talent fins himself duped in the end.[/QUOTE]

Really? I have been following my kid who is a sophomore and other club players for years now an can't figure it out... Our town is the biggest youth soccer town in the state and our HS plays in the BSL. It is VERY hard to make the varsity soccer team. One recent kid was a HS All Star and DAP player who never made it on the field in college. Another kid who I read about in the town paper was a so - so HS player at best made the college player team of the week.

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Shame on any parent who after 6-8 years of watching their kid play in various settings and against ranges of talent fins himself duped in the end.

Really? I have been following my kid who is a sophomore and other club players for years now an can't figure it out... Our town is the biggest youth soccer town in the state and our HS plays in the BSL. It is VERY hard to make the varsity soccer team. One recent kid was a HS All Star and DAP player who never made it on the field in college. Another kid who I read about in the town paper was a so - so HS player at best made the college player team of the week.[/QUOTE]

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Really? I have been following my kid who is a sophomore and other club players for years now an can't figure it out... Our town is the biggest youth soccer town in the state and our HS plays in the BSL. It is VERY hard to make the varsity soccer team. One recent kid was a HS All Star and DAP player who never made it on the field in college. Another kid who I read about in the town paper was a so - so HS player at best made the college player team of the week.

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that's so interesting. Plus think of the 'top' recruits that might go D1 but end up not playing much at all, even though they were designated as the top at the time. Things change and maybe these players are all still developing even as they progress in college?

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that's so interesting. Plus think of the 'top' recruits that might go D1 but end up not playing much at all, even though they were designated as the top at the time. Things change and maybe these players are all still developing even as they progress in college?[/QUOTE]

And who is this fairy tale so so HS player who playes D1