2018 Boys Soccer Verbal Commitments

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Good stuff thanks. Interesting how ambitious the tufts coach is but he plays it down to make it seem like D3 is much more laid back. I don't think that's really the case with the top D3 soccer schools. They take their soccer pretty seriously. Sounds like tufts is done with 2018s and is already looking for 2019s!!

Agree. I know someone that plays for Amherst college. The pressures are intense. He says it's similar to top D1 except that in the spring season there is a lot less soccer.

As an aside, I'm thinking of sending my kid to prep school next year. There's a good write up on that on Jan 9th "Prep Schools: Academics First" in that NESJ link.

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is this for real? Liverpool FC International Academy Massachusetts (on Jan 5th in NESJ twitter link). Interview sounds promising.

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is this for real? Liverpool FC International Academy Massachusetts (on Jan 5th in NESJ twitter link). Interview sounds promising.

Their DOC played for Birmingham. knows his shiiit.

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Good stuff thanks. Interesting how ambitious the tufts coach is but he plays it down to make it seem like D3 is much more laid back. I don't think that's really the case with the top D3 soccer schools. They take their soccer pretty seriously. Sounds like tufts is done with 2018s and is already looking for 2019s!!

D3 in season is very intense. Off season it's much better but you're still expected to train with your team, practices, scrimmages etc just not at the same pace as in the fall. Most kids who make it onto a college squad are pretty committed to the game and want to do well. You definitely can't take your foot off the gas in college or you won't last on a roster long.

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Agree. I know someone that plays for Amherst college. The pressures are intense. He says it's similar to top D1 except that in the spring season there is a lot less soccer.

As an aside, I'm thinking of sending my kid to prep school next year. There's a good write up on that on Jan 9th "Prep Schools: Academics First" in that NESJ link.

Don't know if you are serious, but if you can afford it I'd highly recommend it. The academic quality varies, obviously, as does the soccer piece. But it has been a great experience so far for our family. There is a lot of college coach exposure; Several D1 coaches are at regular games, and Black Rock is an option for some, which is also high level soccer.

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Don't know if you are serious, but if you can afford it I'd highly recommend it. The academic quality varies, obviously, as does the soccer piece. But it has been a great experience so far for our family. There is a lot of college coach exposure; Several D1 coaches are at regular games, and Black Rock is an option for some, which is also high level soccer.

re: Black Rock -there's also GPS, NEFC and if you can get a waiver Revs, Bolts and Seacoast. Best bet is DA if you can get a waiver.

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D3 in season is very intense. Off season it's much better but you're still expected to train with your team, practices, scrimmages etc just not at the same pace as in the fall. Most kids who make it onto a college squad are pretty committed to the game and want to do well. You definitely can't take your foot off the gas in college or you won't last on a roster long.

Please think about this for a second. Why the hell would anyone in their right mind spend $70+K for an education and then allow their kid to participate in this sort of lunacy? Why are your kids going to Tufts, to play soccer or get an education? If you wanted a D1 lifestyle then go D1 and at least let them pay you for abusing your kid and compromising their education.

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Please think about this for a second. Why the hell would anyone in their right mind spend $70+K for an education and then allow their kid to participate in this sort of lunacy? Why are your kids going to Tufts, to play soccer or get an education? If you wanted a D1 lifestyle then go D1 and at least let them pay you for abusing your kid and compromising their education.

What lunacy? The appeal of D3 is that you can do both academics and athletics at a high level. In D3, you can miss a training to attend a lab. In D1, there are some majors you just can't do at certain institutions.

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What lunacy? The appeal of D3 is that you can do both academics and athletics at a high level. In D3, you can miss a training to attend a lab. In D1, there are some majors you just can't do at certain institutions.

Don't feed the troll.

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Please think about this for a second. Why the hell would anyone in their right mind spend $70+K for an education and then allow their kid to participate in this sort of lunacy? Why are your kids going to Tufts, to play soccer or get an education? If you wanted a D1 lifestyle then go D1 and at least let them pay you for abusing your kid and compromising their education.

Why do you think it is either/or? Some kids can thrive in this situation. Many can't. That's why it's so important to get the right fit. But please, some kids absolutely can do both academics and sports.

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Ugh, I'm sorry he's turned up in this thread . . . This was one of the best, most helpful threads on TS!

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Why do you think it is either/or? Some kids can thrive in this situation. Many can't. That's why it's so important to get the right fit. But please, some kids absolutely can do both academics and sports.

Wasn’t the op posting that the intensity in top level D3 was akin to that found in D1. If that’s true that’s pretty sad because the allure is supposed to be that academics come before athletics which is why there are no scholarships at the level. If they are working the players at near D1 intensity levels and the parents are footing the bill for that then it seems like the kids are getting shortchanged.

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Andrei Dumitrescu , Bolts, Phillips Academy, MIT

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Wasn’t the op posting that the intensity in top level D3 was akin to that found in D1. If that’s true that’s pretty sad because the allure is supposed to be that academics come before athletics which is why there are no scholarships at the level. If they are working the players at near D1 intensity levels and the parents are footing the bill for that then it seems like the kids are getting shortchanged.

Top D3 programs make allowances for academic activities that most D1 programs (including some Ivies) do not. Travel is typically much less in D3 than in D1, and the off-season commitments are generally MUCH more relaxed in D3 than D1. D3 players train and compete with passion and intensity, but are typically able to maximize their academic opportunities (including spring semester of junior year abroad) in ways that most D1 players cannot.

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D1

Christian Garner, NEFC, Brooks, BC
Tyler Stott, NEFC, Westboro, BC
Gregorio Barilla, NEFC, Worcester Academy, BC
Nate Cole, GPS, Worcester Academy, BU
James Swomley, Bolts, Newton, Brown
Jared Bull, Bolts, Algonquin, Bryant
Adam Kulick, GPS, Cambridge, Bucknell
Andrew Stevens, GPS, Brooks, Columbia
Vittorio Luzio, Bolts, Columbia
Andrew Collari, NEFC, Worcester Academy, CCSU
Cristian Suvak, Aztecs, Winchester, UConn
Ohad Yahalom, Revs, Dartmouth
Ahira Simons, Black Rock FC, Berkshire, Dartmouth
Marcelo Lage, Bolts, Brooks, GW
Kamar Nuhiu, Oakwood, Agawam, Hartford
Ben Bryant, Bolts, R&L, Harvard
Gunnar Siegel, Bolts, High Point
Nic Andre, Bolts, HC
John Siracuse, Bolts, HC
Alec Szwarcewicz, GPS, Newton South, HC
James McPherson, Aztecs, Danvers, UMass
Nathaniel Cardozo, GPS, Oliver Ames, UMass
Laszlo Dorogi, Revs, Wachusett, UML
Tyler Mann, NEFC, King Phillips, UML
James McCully, Liverpool FC, Nauset, UNH
Andrew Karalis, Bolts, Belmont, Northeastern
Matt Leigh, NEFC, St Marks, Penn
Georges El Khoury, Seacoast, Sharon, Portland
Ryan Clare, Wellesley, Princeton
Dylan Curran, Bolts, Jamaica Plain, PC
Andrew Chisolm, Bayside Bolts, PC
Ackim Mpofu, transfer, Northeastern, St Johns
Joe Morrison, Bolts, UVM
Peter Dakoyannis, Seacoast, Newton, UVM
Amos Shapiro Thompson, UVA
Connor Haskell, GPS, Xavier


D2
Connor Willis, MPS, North Andover, Assumption
John Aguiar, GPS, Bishop Connelly, Assumption
Michael Budrewicz, Aztecs, Masconomet, St. Anselm's
Nick Bernardi, GPS, Framingham, Merrimack


D3

Mitch Collins, Aztecs, SJP, Babson
William Talleri, NEFC, SJP, Babson
Rob Dunne, Abbey Villa, Medway, Babson
Isaac Mukala, Lawrence Academy, Brandeis
Skylah Dias, GPS, Case, Brandeis
Jared Wood, Aztecs, Waring School, Colby
Cole Hay, Aztecs, Manchester, Hobart
Steven Yakita, Aztecs, SJP, Franklin & Marshall
Aidan Schoellkopf, NMH, Kenyon
Andre Dumitrescu, Bolts, Philips Andover, MIT*
Austin Ward, Aztecs, North Andover, SJC
Jay Poskitt, Aztecs, Winchester, Stevens Institute of Technology
Will Raphael, GPS, Andover Academy, Tufts