Rutgers Women's Soccer

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Congratulations to PDA on getting a #1 seed in the NCAA tournament. Now let's bring it home girls!

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Congratulations to PDA on getting a #1 seed in the NCAA tournament. Now let's bring it home girls!

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Twenty nine on the roster with at least 18 from PDA that I counted. Three players with no club info, a few from WC, NC Courage, Cedar Stars and one international (none slouches in ECNL either). Multiple NT players, All Americans, POY. Two with experience at Syracuse and Penn State.


and no I'm not with PDA. Frankly I don't think I've ever seen a school so intertwined with a single club before, but it's worked extremely well for them this year.

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Twenty nine on the roster with at least 18 from PDA that I counted. Three players with no club info, a few from WC, NC Courage, Cedar Stars and one international (none slouches in ECNL either). Multiple NT players, All Americans, POY. Two with experience at Syracuse and Penn State.


and no I'm not with PDA. Frankly I don't think I've ever seen a school so intertwined with a single club before, but it's worked extremely well for them this year.

As you noted World Class, Cedar Stars, PennFusion and others. They mostly live in NJ though.

And you mentioned a few that spent majority of their college career at other schools (so i would say trained for college level there and not pda).

But here is the kicker, if so successful, why not successful before now? The coach did not just bring in these kids and did not just become pda (dir of coaching)? This has been going on for over 10 yrs.

They have hosted a lot of big10 tournaments but have yet to win it despite having the direct club feed.

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Twenty nine on the roster with at least 18 from PDA that I counted. Three players with no club info, a few from WC, NC Courage, Cedar Stars and one international (none slouches in ECNL either). Multiple NT players, All Americans, POY. Two with experience at Syracuse and Penn State.


and no I'm not with PDA. Frankly I don't think I've ever seen a school so intertwined with a single club before, but it's worked extremely well for them this year.

Yes they are the only ones in the entire country. I don’t believe there is a rule against this but it’s definitely not appealing if your kid desires more academically and a different perspective on soccer for their college experience. Playing at the same club then with the same coach and kids doesn’t exactly take a Player out of their comfort zone. Everyone knows that comfortable players don’t advance. But I also understand that if you commit to Rutgers in 10th grade you can cruise through HS and simply focus on soccer- that’s appealing to a 16 year old.

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Yes they are the only ones in the entire country. I don’t believe there is a rule against this but it’s definitely not appealing if your kid desires more academically and a different perspective on soccer for their college experience. Playing at the same club then with the same coach and kids doesn’t exactly take a Player out of their comfort zone. Everyone knows that comfortable players don’t advance. But I also understand that if you commit to Rutgers in 10th grade you can cruise through HS and simply focus on soccer- that’s appealing to a 16 year old.

Looking over some of the player write up several seemed to have had great HS academics....and they're at Rutgers.

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Looking over some of the player write up several seemed to have had great HS academics....and they're at Rutgers.

Bull****. If they had great HS academics they would be at Duke, Columbia, UVA, Villanova. Not at Rutgers. Those stats are bogus. The Rutgers kids don’t have to get a high SAT score nor do they need to take AP classes. Please stop calling Rutgers a good academic school and compare them with top Ivy and high level institutions that accept 3-5% of applicants.
Rutgers is a state school with a 70% acceptance rate and had a good Girls soccer season this fall. That’s about it.

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Bull****. If they had great HS academics they would be at Duke, Columbia, UVA, Villanova. Not at Rutgers. Those stats are bogus. The Rutgers kids don’t have to get a high SAT score nor do they need to take AP classes. Please stop calling Rutgers a good academic school and compare them with top Ivy and high level institutions that accept 3-5% of applicants.
Rutgers is a state school with a 70% acceptance rate and had a good Girls soccer season this fall. That’s about it.

You had me til you mentioned NOVA. That is a train wreck as far as soccer. Good academically. Can we change it to Georgetown?

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Bull****. If they had great HS academics they would be at Duke, Columbia, UVA, Villanova. Not at Rutgers. Those stats are bogus. The Rutgers kids don’t have to get a high SAT score nor do they need to take AP classes. Please stop calling Rutgers a good academic school and compare them with top Ivy and high level institutions that accept 3-5% of applicants.
Rutgers is a state school with a 70% acceptance rate and had a good Girls soccer season this fall. That’s about it.

You failed sarcasm class. No one is saying its a good academic school. It's a performing state school that is all.

some list National Honor Society so I guess they made it up? Also if you're a top national player, like several of them are, top schools will give a lot of leeway on your academics. You seem upset that some might have decided to attend Rutgers. Between athletic and merit grants they'll graduate with no debt and possibly have national title memories too.

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Many many kids prefer to go to college in their own state. If you are a good soccer player in NJ and want to stay close to home, there are not that many options for playing P5 soccer.

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You had me til you mentioned NOVA. That is a train wreck as far as soccer. Good academically. Can we change it to Georgetown?

Which is why there is that PDA gal at GT and not Nova? Sister is at Duke. Neither at Rutgers or Nova.

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You failed sarcasm class. No one is saying its a good academic school. It's a performing state school that is all.

some list National Honor Society so I guess they made it up? Also if you're a top national player, like several of them are, top schools will give a lot of leeway on your academics. You seem upset that some might have decided to attend Rutgers. Between athletic and merit grants they'll graduate with no debt and possibly have national title memories too.

Hahahaha National Honor Society is not as tough to earn as it was previously.

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You had me til you mentioned NOVA. That is a train wreck as far as soccer. Good academically. Can we change it to Georgetown?

St John's is also good academically and soccer (right over the bridge).

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St John's is also good academically and soccer (right over the bridge).

Ehhh not really - Arguably Hofstra is stronger academically but not saying much. You have to look at average SAT scores and acceptance rate. My biggest issue with these talented kids is that they are foregoing their education for soccer when they could get both quite easily.

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Hahahaha National Honor Society is not as tough to earn as it was previously.

Correct. National Honor Society can be given to kids not in honors classes. National Merit Scholars, AP students, Valedictorians that’s a different story. Not sure why or who keeps trying to prove that Rutgers kids are something they are not. They are good soccer players and should be proud.

Look At the Princeton’s roster and those kids credentials and compare them to Rutgers kids and you will see what it truly takes to be an elite student athlete.