2017 Boys Soccer Verbal Commitments

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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.

Why do you care so much? Are you hoping a specific player or group of players don't go D1 so can then rag on that player or particular club.? I have been on this board awhile and you smell fishy

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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

GPS has 20 kids (3 D1, 1 D2) going to college to play soccer.
Bolts has 10 (8 D1; 1 D2)
Revs has 8 (8 D1)
Stars has 5 (3 D1)

GPS is looking very very very good for your kid to play soccer in college.

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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.

OP only has published info or TS contributions to rely on. If a player or club or school hasn't released information yet - either because they're slow or intentionally - where do you suggest he get this information from? Unless you have useful information for the thread keep your douchey comments to yourself

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OP only has published info or TS contributions to rely on. If a player or club or school hasn't released information yet - either because they're slow or intentionally - where do you suggest he get this information from? Unless you have useful information for the thread keep your douchey comments to yourself

My comments are only 'douchey' for someone who just got a reality check. My comments are facts. It is nearly March. For players who had a specific school they wanted and the coach at that school wanted him/her, then (assuming they weren't dumb as a doorknob) it would be a done deal.

That said, there are probably still some talented players who simply have not decided on a specific school.
Also, there will always be very few spots left in April for those schools that didn't fill the bottom end of their 25-30 person roster.

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My comments are only 'douchey' for someone who just got a reality check. My comments are facts. It is nearly March. For players who had a specific school they wanted and the coach at that school wanted him/her, then (assuming they weren't dumb as a doorknob) it would be a done deal.

That said, there are probably still some talented players who simply have not decided on a specific school.
Also, there will always be very few spots left in April for those schools that didn't fill the bottom end of their 25-30 person roster.

So what. You're implying the list is faulty through the fault of the op. The list can only be as good as the information he has available. As has happened every year the list gets many additions well into May, and it will never be 100% complete. In no way does it diminish it's usefulness.

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GPS has 20 kids (3 D1, 1 D2) going to college to play soccer.
Bolts has 10 (8 D1; 1 D2)
Revs has 8 (8 D1)
Stars has 5 (3 D1)

GPS is looking very very very good for your kid to play soccer in college.

Fake news. Revs has one team; GPS has about a dozen. Fact is that both have impressive placements this year, including some top academics for the Revs (Dartmouth, Tufts). Story is still the same-if top priority is to play D1, Revs is best bet. If you want to top-end D3, a top club team will work.

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Fake news. Revs has one team; GPS has about a dozen. Fact is that both have impressive placements this year, including some top academics for the Revs (Dartmouth, Tufts). Story is still the same-if top priority is to play D1, Revs is best bet. If you want to top-end D3, a top club team will work.

Getting into Tufts and Dartmouth has little to do with the Revs

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Getting into Tufts and Dartmouth has little to do with the Revs

Don't bet on it. A lot of clubs work hard, and are working hard, to place their kids.

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Don't bet on it. A lot of clubs work hard, and are working hard, to place their kids.

My point was that the Revs can be used as a path to serious D1 soccer or a top academic school (understanding that you have to have strong academics too for the latter). As far as the hard work in placement goes, I always thought it was and should be the player doing the hard work, with the coach providing an honest assessment of capabilities and fit when asked. I can't imagine Tufts required a huge sell on that player, with the hard work being the player's in the classroom and in the training. Dartmouth is more of a reach, but still not sure I see all the hard work the club puts in- it's not like some distant school where maybe it's harder to get on their radar screen. Would love to hear how it really works though.

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Why do you care so much? Are you hoping a specific player or group of players don't go D1 so can then rag on that player or particular club.? I have been on this board awhile and you smell fishy

So what. You're implying the list is faulty through the fault of the op. The list can only be as good as the information he has available. As has happened every year the list gets many additions well into May, and it will never be 100% complete. In no way does it diminish it's usefulness.

I never said the list is faulty. However, I do suspect that there are many that don't have the need to publish where their kids are going to school. By the way, good for them. My comments regarding the list is simply that you don't need to be Revs or Bolts to go to D1, D2, or D3 soccer schools. I do believe that D1 schools have a bigger eye on the DAP teams.....but not only the D1 teams.
I do believe that while the players (and parents) own the lion share of responsibility in the recruitment process and contact of college coaches, I also believe that the clubs, while charging thousands of dollars should (not 'have to') contribute significantly either by contracting college coaches based on players list and, better yet, providing videos of games with some option (possibly increased cost) to develop highlight films. There is plenty of software and technology to get this latter part done. Video equipment with extensions will cost a few thousand dollars and the software to identify players off of video reels another 3000 dollars......small amount for larger clubs and clubs with resources.

As for the college recruitment.....just providing information and reality. 90+% of the recruiting is done by this time for all three divisions.

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Why do you care so much? Are you hoping a specific player or group of players don't go D1 so can then rag on that player or particular club.? I have been on this board awhile and you smell fishy





I never said the list is faulty. However, I do suspect that there are many that don't have the need to publish where their kids are going to school. By the way, good for them. My comments regarding the list is simply that you don't need to be Revs or Bolts to go to D1, D2, or D3 soccer schools. I do believe that D1 schools have a bigger eye on the DAP teams.....but not only the D1 teams.
I do believe that while the players (and parents) own the lion share of responsibility in the recruitment process and contact of college coaches, I also believe that the clubs, while charging thousands of dollars should (not 'have to') contribute significantly either by contracting college coaches based on players list and, better yet, providing videos of games with some option (possibly increased cost) to develop highlight films. There is plenty of software and technology to get this latter part done. Video equipment with extensions will cost a few thousand dollars and the software to identify players off of video reels another 3000 dollars......small amount for larger clubs and clubs with resources.

As for the college recruitment.....just providing information and reality. 90+% of the recruiting is done by this time for all three divisions.

That we can agree on. The list clearly shows DA is where you need to be for better D1 but that there are plenty of opportunities elsewhere for non DA players. I also agree that some clubs and coaches do right by their players in the recruiting process while others are lazy as f*ck.

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That we can agree on. The list clearly shows DA is where you need to be for better D1 but that there are plenty of opportunities elsewhere for non DA players. I also agree that some clubs and coaches do right by their players in the recruiting process while others are lazy as f*ck.

While the D1 schools are more likely to see more DAP games, don't fool yourself into thinking that if you kid is on a DAP team that they have a much better shot at getting on to a D1 college soccer team.
To explain this statement better; if you are on a DAP team but not getting much play time then your chances at getting a D1 invite is not better than a player who gets very good play time on a strong non DAP team.
The DAP roster numbers range from 18-23 players. The top 11-14 have a shot at D1. Even from this, with the non US competition being what it is, even these top 11-14 will struggle to compete......

Playtime is very important....especially if your lazy as f*ck coach/club doesn't help out enough.

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OP here. Over the past 4 seasons the Revs placed 6-7 MA kids in D1 each year. With other state kids perhaps another 1-2. Typically about half of that number played much. Last season only 1 of 7 did. That ratio was true for all MA D1 players.

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While the D1 schools are more likely to see more DAP games, don't fool yourself into thinking that if you kid is on a DAP team that they have a much better shot at getting on to a D1 college soccer team.
To explain this statement better; if you are on a DAP team but not getting much play time then your chances at getting a D1 invite is not better than a player who gets very good play time on a strong non DAP team.
The DAP roster numbers range from 18-23 players. The top 11-14 have a shot at D1. Even from this, with the non US competition being what it is, even these top 11-14 will struggle to compete......

Playtime is very important....especially if your lazy as f*ck coach/club doesn't help out enough.

You sound disgruntled. But I happen to agree that having a "lazy f*ck coach/club" doesn't help since as you pointed out the odds are already stacked against you. Truthfully you first have to be above average but then you need some sort of help. The least a coach/club can do is put the team in tournaments/brackets where the coaches you want to be seen by will be watching. Now if they actually wanted to advocate for you that would be even better.

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OP here. Over the past 4 seasons the Revs placed 6-7 MA kids in D1 each year. With other state kids perhaps another 1-2. Typically about half of that number played much. Last season only 1 of 7 did. That ratio was true for all MA D1 players.

Not sure what you are trying to say but if it is that only 1 Ma. player in Div.1 played much last year then you are wrong.