National Signing Day

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Good job, FC Portland Academy!

Congrats to the 19 FC Portland players that signed letters of intent last week. 12 girls. 7 boys. Nice work!

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Congrats to the 19 FC Portland players that signed letters of intent last week. 12 girls. 7 boys. Nice work!

So awesome!!! Congratulations

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where to?

Congrats to the 19 FC Portland players that signed letters of intent last week. 12 girls. 7 boys. Nice work!

Please let us know where all the players are going. It's really not private as the colleges will announce them sometime, but you need to know what college to check. Thank you.

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FC Portland College Players

Please let us know where all the players are going. It's really not private as the colleges will announce them sometime, but you need to know what college to check. Thank you.

There's a picture on the FC Portland Facebook page with the kids wearing their school logos. For some reason the image wouldn't copy but it's easy to find. The UP signings weren't there.

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How many Oregon Players sign with D1 schools

How many soccer players, boys and girls, from Oregon signed letters of intent with D1 schools this year? Is this year average for the number of players going to play soccer at college's highest level?

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How many soccer players, boys and girls, from Oregon signed letters of intent with D1 schools this year? Is this year average for the number of players going to play soccer at college's highest level?

Interesting question - 2 better questions would be: How many players, boys and girls, from Oregon were offered scholarships from D1 schools this year? The next question would be: Out of all of those players, how many of them accepted/committed with a D1 school.

I know 3 girls at the u18 that turned down D1 scholarships and decided not to play soccer at all next year due to the rigor of their major and perceived academic load.

I also know many girls that decided not to play D1 because the school's didn't fit with what they wanted academically or the environment didn't fit or it was too far from home.

A lot of factors go into choosing a school to play for.

There is no question. There is a lot of talent in this years girls u18 class.

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D-1

My U-18 daughter turned down a D1 and D2 scholarship to play for a smaller school, she felt it was a better fit, closer to home, and just felt more comfortable at the smaller school

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My U-18 daughter turned down a D1 and D2 scholarship to play for a smaller school, she felt it was a better fit, closer to home, and just felt more comfortable at the smaller school

Awsome that she had options and could choose the fit that was right for her.

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I know many of the girls on the U18 level turned down D1 scholarships to play NAIA or at smaller schools. Its too hard to juggle both academics and Div I rigors along with trying to have a social life. I also know several girls a few years back that have either changed schools, been seriously injured, or quit playing all together as its too intense.

For those coming up, think really hard about what's best for your child not just the notoriety of playing Division I. Most likely they will ride the bench the first couple of years when they could have been playing their freshman year at a smaller school. Also make sure that the school offers the atmosphere and education choices they want as that is what's most important. My daughter took quite a bit longer to chose the right school compared to others in her age group and felt an intense amount of pressure. But in the end SHE made the right choice and the school is a really good fit.

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Not quite sure of your information

I know many of the girls on the U18 level turned down D1 scholarships to play NAIA or at smaller schools. Its too hard to juggle both academics and Div I rigors along with trying to have a social life. I also know several girls a few years back that have either changed schools, been seriously injured, or quit playing all together as its too intense.

For those coming up, think really hard about what's best for your child not just the notoriety of playing Division I. Most likely they will ride the bench the first couple of years when they could have been playing their freshman year at a smaller school. Also make sure that the school offers the atmosphere and education choices they want as that is what's most important. My daughter took quite a bit longer to chose the right school compared to others in her age group and felt an intense amount of pressure. But in the end SHE made the right choice and the school is a really good fit.

My daughter is now a sophomore at a D-1 school playing soccer. Of all the friends and acquaintances she had, she can't remember a single player turning down a "D-1 scholarship offer". Why? Many, many parents and girls claimed D-1 offers that were simply lies. The truth came out later. You only obtain offers after meeting with coaches, getting financial aid info to the financial aids office, the college's compliance office has approved, etc. No one player is going to have all this done and then decide to go to a D-3 or another school. Maybe deciding between a couple of offers, but that's it. If I had a quarter for every so-called D-1 scholarship offer to women soccer players that wasn't, I'd be rich. Colleges may have been interested in a player, but no real offer was made.

Most of what you say is correct about school choice and the rigors of D-1. Everyone knows that the college is most important and athletics is secondary. I'm glad your daughter made the right choice. Players do transfer fairly often.

Off the topic, another post claimed 12 girls signing with colleges last week. You only sign a NLI (NCAA National Letter of Intent) when you receive an actual athletic scholarship to a D-1 or D-2 college. Never for a D-3 college as they don't offer athletic scholarships. People are really loose with the terminology usually to impress others.

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D-1 Offers

What you say about until the paper work is done is not a true offer is technically true, but a verbal offer is pretty good and usually just as good, its not fair to a coach to let it go to the paperwork and turn it down. Yes I have heard of girls that have turned down D-1s for a variety of reasons as have been stated in this post. My daughter being one of them.

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BS

What you say about until the paper work is done is not a true offer is technically true, but a verbal offer is pretty good and usually just as good, its not fair to a coach to let it go to the paperwork and turn it down. Yes I have heard of girls that have turned down D-1s for a variety of reasons as have been stated in this post. My daughter being one of them.

So, you play soccer your whole life, just to finally get your come uppance and you then turn down the opportunity. BS!!!!! I don't know of a single girl in my daughter's class that turned down a legitimate D1 offer. My daughter didn't get one, but if she did, she would not have turned it down.

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I believe you

What you say about until the paper work is done is not a true offer is technically true, but a verbal offer is pretty good and usually just as good, its not fair to a coach to let it go to the paperwork and turn it down. Yes I have heard of girls that have turned down D-1s for a variety of reasons as have been stated in this post. My daughter being one of them.

I'm sure you are correct. I must point out that verbals are made by coaches to entice a player to come, it's a first step. But coaches routinely make verbal offers to several players to fill one roster spot they have for a particular position. The first player to accept the verbal then gets the actual offer in writing. The other verbal offerees are out. Then, the written offer has a shelf live that varies between 1 and 4 weeks, typically. If a player doesn't accept an offer in that time, the coach moves to the next one, etc. Many, many times the written offer is for far less than the parents/player thought it was going to be. The offer includes athletic money, academic money that the player may or may not qualify for, various student and parent loans, and even work/job offers. To say it's a technicality is just not representative of the actual process.

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My daughter's experience (in a small nutshell . . . amazing how one could write a book about this entire process):

She/we met with several division 1 schools and the coaches. Almost every coach showed a strong interest with several on the spot offers saying they will talk to their people (finacial people?) to see try and get her some schlarship money. One coach was so convincing and she loved the school that we basiclly figured dd would be going to that college (even with partial scholarship). More phone calls from that coach (we let the others slowly lose interest), coach saying how excited he was that my dd will play there, but always looking into how much money he could get us.

Finally time came to decide on school and we were so fed up with that situation, we started looking else where and of course other coaches wanted my dd to attend their university and would have a spot on the team, but no money to help.

She finally followed her friends to a different college (D1) where she walked on, made the team, but hasn't gotten much PT yet. She is happy there, so I am happy.

Just one experiece for what it is worth.

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Turning Something Down

So, you play soccer your whole life, just to finally get your come uppance and you then turn down the opportunity. BS!!!!! I don't know of a single girl in my daughter's class that turned down a legitimate D1 offer. My daughter didn't get one, but if she did, she would not have turned it down.

I'd hope anybody would turn down an "opportunity" to get their comeuppance. That would be a good choice.

There are a lot of reasons to turn down a D-1 offer. Not the school you really want to go to. Sure you got an offer, but the chances of playing aren't very good etc. Just because you don't know anybody who turned down such an offer doesn't mean that it doesn't happen. Nor does the fact a player received a D-1 offer made that player better than another player who did not. Just be happy for the kids who are able to continue playing somewhere if that's what they want to do.