2018 Boys Soccer Verbal Commitments

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But sadly those sobering numbers are not in any way reflected in the op’s lists.

The OP posts periodic updates for every class through all 4+ years that help to burst bubbles and shatter illusions.

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Why wasn't it formatted that way originally?

Maybe so you can claim you are not championing club results when you reallly are. If you don’t want to make a statement about the clubs, why put the club name in at all, why not just stop with the high school?

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There are differing views on that. I personally don't want this is devolve into a whose club is better thread. There are plenty of places for that. Someone else is doing it.

But you are facilitating that though by making the information so readily available. You are not as innocent as you want to appear.

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Thought the goal was to get an education so who really cares what it takes to get on the field. That being as it may the fact is grades are all that matter when it comes to getting admitted to the schools you list and all soccer can do at best is sway the decision between two qualified applications. That only happens in a very low number of cases.

I am not sure why this poster is so angry. I can only guess that his son isn’t committed to a school yet. Good luck to him.

My takeaways from the list:

It is a big deal for boys to have an opportunity to play in college. It is an opportunity.

Some stick with it, and some don’t. Colleges, even D3 schools, offer many opportunities, kids unfortunately get hurt, and new players come in every year.

Soccer does play a role in getting kids admitted to college. As we can see from this list, not a lot of kids out of the many who are playing, but for those in top programs, it does help. It demonstrates commitment and sacrifice, and that commitment is scaled by every school. Ask any admissions officer at any school.

Of course college is about education, but this is a soccer site.

I, for one, appreciate the efforts of OP. It is interesting to see the choices and opportunities.

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But you are facilitating that though by making the information so readily available. You are not as innocent as you want to appear.

Wow, you're psychotic, BTNT. Now you want to evaluate "the innocence" or lack thereof of the OP? So incredibly distorted. Why exclude the club affiliation, if known? You think the poor guy is getting a kickback from the club's?

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What don't YOU do something? The info always has been there when available. If you can read you can see what clubs most kids came from in all of the OP's original posts.

The thread is still perpetuating a lie. There really is no cause and effect here like the list projects. Most of these kids where simply courted not recruited ( big difference) and will never have any sort of career at the college level.

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Wow, you're psychotic, BTNT. Now you want to evaluate "the innocence" or lack thereof of the OP? So incredibly distorted. Why exclude the club affiliation, if known? You think the poor guy is getting a kickback from the club's?

As long as the club is included I'll add to the list broken out by clubs.

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This thread is like giving cows in the line to be slaughtered their 25 minutes of fame. It’s all good as long as you know what the end result is.

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I am not sure why this poster is so angry. I can only guess that his son isn’t committed to a school yet. Good luck to him.

My takeaways from the list:

It is a big deal for boys to have an opportunity to play in college. It is an opportunity.

Some stick with it, and some don’t. Colleges, even D3 schools, offer many opportunities, kids unfortunately get hurt, and new players come in every year.

Soccer does play a role in getting kids admitted to college. As we can see from this list, not a lot of kids out of the many who are playing, but for those in top programs, it does help. It demonstrates commitment and sacrifice, and that commitment is scaled by every school. Ask any admissions officer at any school.

Of course college is about education, but this is a soccer site.

I, for one, appreciate the efforts of OP. It is interesting to see the choices and opportunities.

Believe it if not, the poster you are referencing is the son of a Hall of Fame Boston legend, who has a WNT level kid yet to play 3 years post-high school, who forced his other soccer kid to eat dirt and go to MCLA. He has no reason to worry about D3 but he spends his whole life on it. Extremely disturbed and distorted guy.

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But you are facilitating that though by making the information so readily available. You are not as innocent as you want to appear.

IMO it is not the club but the individual coaches that matter. They get their team to key showcases, develop the players and the team, are generally the first contact with college coaches, and can provide useful input to each family about how to proceed. All clubs have good coaches. All clubs have bad coaches.

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I am not sure why this poster is so angry. I can only guess that his son isn’t committed to a school yet. Good luck to him.

My takeaways from the list:

It is a big deal for boys to have an opportunity to play in college. It is an opportunity.

Some stick with it, and some don’t. Colleges, even D3 schools, offer many opportunities, kids unfortunately get hurt, and new players come in every year.

Soccer does play a role in getting kids admitted to college. As we can see from this list, not a lot of kids out of the many who are playing, but for those in top programs, it does help. It demonstrates commitment and sacrifice, and that commitment is scaled by every school. Ask any admissions officer at any school.

Of course college is about education, but this is a soccer site.

I, for one, appreciate the efforts of OP. It is interesting to see the choices and opportunities.

I greatly appreciate all the work he puts into it. I'm very glad to have discovered it just as my oldest was starting the recruiting process. It gave both us a better perspective on what was realistic and what could happen once he started playing in college. I've made the next player read it as well. I could care less where players come from other than maybe a DA vs non DA perspectivebut all you have to do is read the list to see the obvious information. However I'm going to make a club choice based on that. There's enough club bashing on this site as it is, plus the never ending "if your player isn't NT they might as well play rec soccer" diatribes.

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I am not sure why this poster is so angry. I can only guess that his son isn’t committed to a school yet. Good luck to him.

My takeaways from the list:

It is a big deal for boys to have an opportunity to play in college. It is an opportunity.

Some stick with it, and some don’t. Colleges, even D3 schools, offer many opportunities, kids unfortunately get hurt, and new players come in every year.

Soccer does play a role in getting kids admitted to college. As we can see from this list, not a lot of kids out of the many who are playing, but for those in top programs, it does help. It demonstrates commitment and sacrifice, and that commitment is scaled by every school. Ask any admissions officer at any school.

Of course college is about education, but this is a soccer site.

I, for one, appreciate the efforts of OP. It is interesting to see the choices and opportunities.

The only place it has an impact is in D1 recruiting where academic concessions are the norm. Soccer is not nearly the factor in D3 admissions that you are claiming it is.

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The only place it has an impact is in D1 recruiting where academic concessions are the norm. Soccer is not nearly the factor in D3 admissions that you are claiming it is.

All I can say is, you are wrong. There are kids with poor grades who will play in D3 schools.

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The only place it has an impact is in D1 recruiting where academic concessions are the norm. Soccer is not nearly the factor in D3 admissions that you are claiming it is.

As a parent of a student who benefitted from "merit" dollars that became available at a D3 school specifically because of soccer I can tell you it's worth much more than D1 scholarship dollars.

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I greatly appreciate all the work he puts into it. I'm very glad to have discovered it just as my oldest was starting the recruiting process. It gave both us a better perspective on what was realistic and what could happen once he started playing in college. I've made the next player read it as well. I could care less where players come from other than maybe a DA vs non DA perspectivebut all you have to do is read the list to see the obvious information. However I'm going to make a club choice based on that. There's enough club bashing on this site as it is, plus the never ending "if your player isn't NT they might as well play rec soccer" diatribes.

When it comes to recruiting, the amount of money offered almost always correlates to amount impact a player is expected to have. If little money is being offered, the player should assume that they are viewed as non essential and are not expecting to be around long. If soccer is the important issue then you might try dropping down the rankings to where the money hopefully gets better. If that doesn’t happen then you might need to look at how realistic the goal is. A college coach gets evaluated on their win loss and if your kid can’t help them do that they will hardly get the time of day from them. Is that what you want for your kid or are you one of those delusional types that think you kid will break the mold.