Oregon ECNL results to date

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Pay attention! The college coaches you so desperately want to impress are by in large people with vision and other Age related maladies.

So I would stay calm.

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Pay attention. Coaches don't waste their time going to watch a crappy team. They watch good teams so they can see better players. It's not complicated.

If the team is crappy, the players are crappy.

Look at what these crappy teams have been able to do...

http://www.topdrawersoccer.com/searc...ea=commitments

Are you talking about some new level of crappy because I don't see much from the TA/Thorns?

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Pay attention. I already told you they don't waste their time watching crappy teams and they also don't waste their time watching good teams. They don't watch teams. They watch players. And good players play on both good and bad teams. Why are you not understanding this? Parents arguing over which Oregon u15 or 16 team is better is hilarious. It means nothing. Literally nothing.

The problem with your argument is that 1) crappy teams usually aren't in places where they can be seen and 2) good, competitive players usually leave crappy teams. Now agreed, coaches often come to watch players and if you are on a good team, playing other good teams, more coaches will be coming to watch your games. They may be there to watch a teammate or even someone on the opponents team and notice you.

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The problem with your argument is that 1) crappy teams usually aren't in places where they can be seen and 2) good, competitive players usually leave crappy teams. Now agreed, coaches often come to watch players and if you are on a good team, playing other good teams, more coaches will be coming to watch your games. They may be there to watch a teammate or even someone on the opponents team and notice you.

Coaches watch players. The go to the games with the biggest bang for their buck. The more good players at one particular game, the more coaches you will see. A coach doesn't need all but 10 minutes to know if a kid is good. So at a crappy game he/she won't be there long.

So to maximize you chance to be seen be a good player, on a good team at a good event (surf cup, pda showcase). However some may say it's not how many coaches show up......just as long as that one coach you have interest in shows up.

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Coaches watch players. The go to the games with the biggest bang for their buck. The more good players at one particular game, the more coaches you will see. A coach doesn't need all but 10 minutes to know if a kid is good. So at a crappy game he/she won't be there long.

So to maximize you chance to be seen be a good player, on a good team at a good event (surf cup, pda showcase). However some may say it's not how many coaches show up......just as long as that one coach you have interest in shows up.

That's a lot of time and money spent for a 10 minute 'tryout' with a very low chance to be discovered. Why not just send out a highlight reel?

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That's a lot of time and money spent for a 10 minute 'tryout' with a very low chance to be discovered. Why not just send out a highlight reel?

Because they rarely get viewed ask the TA folks.

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Look at what these crappy teams have been able to do...

http://www.topdrawersoccer.com/searc...ea=commitments

Are you talking about some new level of crappy because I don't see much from the TA/Thorns?

If you are in this process, I recommend also researching how many of these kids are still playing when they are juniors and seniors in college. It is nice that these kids get the opportunity to play college soccer. If college soccer is the bee's knees, why do so many kids quit after a year or two?

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If you are in this process, I recommend also researching how many of these kids are still playing when they are juniors and seniors in college. It is nice that these kids get the opportunity to play college soccer. If college soccer is the bee's knees, why do so many kids quit after a year or two?

Playing soccer might be the bees knees but playing soccer destroys girls knees and bodies in general. By a couple years into college, their bodies are worn out. The continued politics & minimal playing time for many makes it not much fun. In truth, the kids stop enjoying intense soccer long before but keep at it to satisfy parental scholarship dreams.

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If you are in this process, I recommend also researching how many of these kids are still playing when they are juniors and seniors in college. It is nice that these kids get the opportunity to play college soccer. If college soccer is the bee's knees, why do so many kids quit after a year or two?

So that's why your club doesn't develop strong girl players that have the ability to play in college, because even if you did, they will quit anyway. Makes sense.

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If you are in this process, I recommend also researching how many of these kids are still playing when they are juniors and seniors in college. It is nice that these kids get the opportunity to play college soccer. If college soccer is the bee's knees, why do so many kids quit after a year or two?

If your child is going to college you might want to research how many kids start and then dropout. This is not a soccer issue its a young adult issue. Stop trying to be so negative!

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College coaches watch players. They don't watch teams.

They don't watch players on bad teams. Sorry Oregon ECNL, you don't get more than a passing interest. Other than from those D3 schools.

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Look at what these crappy teams have been able to do...

http://www.topdrawersoccer.com/searc...ea=commitments

Are you talking about some new level of crappy because I don't see much from the TA/Thorns?

Why would a ECNL blog post anything positive about nonecnl. That's like looking for Nike's on a Adidas website

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They don't watch players on bad teams. Sorry Oregon ECNL, you don't get more than a passing interest. Other than from those D3 schools.

Considering 5% or less of those kids get even partial scholarships from D1 it doesn't seem to be a realistic bet in the first place. Odds are those 5% will be found regardless of showcase attendance or team talent.

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Considering 5% or less of those kids get even partial scholarships from D1 it doesn't seem to be a realistic bet in the first place. Odds are those 5% will be found regardless of showcase attendance or team talent.

I am glad that certainly wasn't the case on our team as most of the offers ranged from 50-80% athletic and academic filling in the shortfall

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Playing soccer might be the bees knees but playing soccer destroys girls knees and bodies in general. By a couple years into college, their bodies are worn out. The continued politics & minimal playing time for many makes it not much fun. In truth, the kids stop enjoying intense soccer long before but keep at it to satisfy parental scholarship dreams.

Take care of your body. A surprising number of college soccer players have broken down bodies.