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Plus more than 1/2 the kids are new. So that makes no sense. They claim to have the top talent in the world, so if that is truly the case then they are just not coaching the teams, preparing the players as well as the rest of ECNL. The issue is that college coaches now see that and will look over BLUE at the team they are playing to find more talent. WAKE UP PEOPLE.

Sometimes people should red their responses before they send. This is a good example of a person who has no knowledge but is telling us what the issues are and how college coaches will not look at “Blue” players. Clearly, this person has no first hand knowledge. If they did then this past Covid season over 50 players are now committed/headed to playing in college. What other club in NJ comes close? If your daughter played on “Blue” then you would have taken notice of colleges coming to ECNL regular season home/away matches. If you traveled to the ECNL Playoffs/showcase tournaments you would have seen the caliber of colleges on the sidelines for every match. You TS parent should reign yourselves in a little. Your hatred and jealousy seriously warp your reality from the facts.

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Sometimes people should red their responses before they send. This is a good example of a person who has no knowledge but is telling us what the issues are and how college coaches will not look at “Blue” players. Clearly, this person has no first hand knowledge. If they did then this past Covid season over 50 players are now committed/headed to playing in college. What other club in NJ comes close? If your daughter played on “Blue” then you would have taken notice of colleges coming to ECNL regular season home/away matches. If you traveled to the ECNL Playoffs/showcase tournaments you would have seen the caliber of colleges on the sidelines for every match. You TS parent should reign yourselves in a little. Your hatred and jealousy seriously warp your reality from the facts.

Sorry but the college list was not very impressive, beside a select few. Not sure about you but I don’t want my kid attending NJIT, Monmouth.

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U16 pda blue is MOs team not NH.

How did they do?

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Sorry but the college list was not very impressive, beside a select few. Not sure about you but I don’t want my kid attending NJIT, Monmouth.

What's wrong with NJIT or Monmouth?

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What's wrong with NJIT or Monmouth?

There is no shame in getting an education at all anywhere.
However, If you just spent tons of money playing at PDA and end up at NJIT or Monmouth it is not something to be proud of.
NJIT is a public school in Newark and has a rolling application with high acceptance rate. Monmouth is private but again accepts almost all applicants.

There are just much better options and honestly these schools on a resume don’t look good- I get 100’s a day and would not look at one from either of these schools.

Hopefully they will start there and transfer.

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There is no shame in getting an education at all anywhere.
However, If you just spent tons of money playing at PDA and end up at NJIT or Monmouth it is not something to be proud of.
NJIT is a public school in Newark and has a rolling application with high acceptance rate. Monmouth is private but again accepts almost all applicants.

There are just much better options and honestly these schools on a resume don’t look good- I get 100’s a day and would not look at one from either of these schools.

Hopefully they will start there and transfer.

If NJIT or Monmouth are a good academic match for a student, then I don't see anything wrong with it. In all likelihood, players ending up at NJIT or Monmouth probably aren't choosing between those schools vs. Ivy-calibre schools academically. From a soccer perspective, Monmouth is ranked in the top 30, so that's actually a pretty good outcome as well. Generally, NJIT and Monmouth are perfectly good colleges that are great options for NJ students who want to stay in-state near home. Admittedly, if those players had the academics to go to an Ivy or other top school, then I agree that those schools are a bit of a disappointment, but more from the perspective that those families chose to play soccer over a strong academic school. Of course, the other factor could be financial as both of those schools have much lower annual tuition than most top-tier private schools.

And overall, looking at club soccer from a ROI perspective isn't a good idea. The value should be about performing at the best level you as a player can perform at, being highly competitive, learning about teamwork, chemistry and leadership, and seeing all of those things carry over into the person you become. If you look at youth sports as something that needs to have a financial Return on Investment, very few people actually ever see a worthwhile result.

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Our PDA team was eliminated. Couldn’t believe the coaches canceled so many practices and didn’t even have a pre-game analysis of the team that killed us. Kids really disappointed. But we got our participation trophies and saw coaches.

At least you earned your ECNL National experience! And thank you for supporting US economy and PDA during this difficult time.

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What's wrong with NJIT or Monmouth?

You will find out when your kids are doing job search.

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You will find out when your kids are doing job search.

How will I find out? My kids don't go to those schools.

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If NJIT or Monmouth are a good academic match for a student, then I don't see anything wrong with it. In all likelihood, players ending up at NJIT or Monmouth probably aren't choosing between those schools vs. Ivy-calibre schools academically. From a soccer perspective, Monmouth is ranked in the top 30, so that's actually a pretty good outcome as well. Generally, NJIT and Monmouth are perfectly good colleges that are great options for NJ students who want to stay in-state near home. Admittedly, if those players had the academics to go to an Ivy or other top school, then I agree that those schools are a bit of a disappointment, but more from the perspective that those families chose to play soccer over a strong academic school. Of course, the other factor could be financial as both of those schools have much lower annual tuition than most top-tier private schools.

And overall, looking at club soccer from a ROI perspective isn't a good idea. The value should be about performing at the best level you as a player can perform at, being highly competitive, learning about teamwork, chemistry and leadership, and seeing all of those things carry over into the person you become. If you look at youth sports as something that needs to have a financial Return on Investment, very few people actually ever see a worthwhile result.

NJIT is in a bad part of Newark. For kids that played at PDA which is a very fancy club that will be an awakening. It isn’t a good thing that these are the top schools for PDA - they are well below average academically. Even if the soccer team is okay it doesn’t matter. Momounth is in a better area and by the beach but again very low level school. I do believe PDA can do better.

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Sorry but the college list was not very impressive, beside a select few. Not sure about you but I don’t want my kid attending NJIT, Monmouth.

You are a good example of the TS parents that respond. Maybe those are the colleges these young ladies want to attend for their education. For 99.9% of these players the next four formative years is about education and preparing for a career. Your callous response shows how out of reality you anonymous parents really are and you want to give advice to others? There are over 50 commitments from PDA and you select these 2 schools as your example. How about all the Ivy League, P5 D1 Colleges, top D3 Colleges. There is a full array of choices for every level of skill and education. Thank you for pointing out the short comings and the intellect of TS parents. By the way, looking at the commitment lists of other clubs in NJ that show them or those clubs that do not, good luck to your daughter getting to a college of YOUR choice.

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You will find out when your kids are doing job search.

It’s super competitive job market. When you realize you can’t make a living playing soccer and need to find a job you will hope you had gone to the better school academically over soccer. Companies think it’s cool you can play soccer and join the adult team but really hard to get looked at all from a low level school. We get so many resumes right now and are only looking at Ivy, then the little ivies. Then we go to the big 10 and so on.

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NJIT is in a bad part of Newark. For kids that played at PDA which is a very fancy club that will be an awakening. It isn’t a good thing that these are the top schools for PDA - they are well below average academically. Even if the soccer team is okay it doesn’t matter. Momounth is in a better area and by the beach but again very low level school. I do believe PDA can do better.

Good character-building for the kid to see life in Newark.

How are NJIT and Monmouth "the top schools for PDA"? Do you consider them above Columbia, Princeton, Cornell and Notre Dame? Or even NYU, Navy, Bucknell, Brandeis, UNC, Florida etc? If so, would love to see what your criteria is for "top school".

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It’s super competitive job market. When you realize you can’t make a living playing soccer and need to find a job you will hope you had gone to the better school academically over soccer. Companies think it’s cool you can play soccer and join the adult team but really hard to get looked at all from a low level school. We get so many resumes right now and are only looking at Ivy, then the little ivies. Then we go to the big 10 and so on.

Maybe soccer has given these players the opportunity to go to a better college than they could have without soccer? Unless you know the academic profile of the player (or the financial profile for that matter), you really have no idea whether or not they could have gone to a better school academically.

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It’s super competitive job market. When you realize you can’t make a living playing soccer and need to find a job you will hope you had gone to the better school academically over soccer. Companies think it’s cool you can play soccer and join the adult team but really hard to get looked at all from a low level school. We get so many resumes right now and are only looking at Ivy, then the little ivies. Then we go to the big 10 and so on.

Are you the Fortune 500 EVP mom?