Soccer scholarships in D1

[Anonymous]

Is it my understanding that D1 soccer programs (except the ivy leagues) give soccer scholarships?

Also, I’m assuming the local DC area d1 soccer programs give scholarships?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it my understanding that D1 soccer programs (except the ivy leagues) give soccer scholarships?

Also, I’m assuming the local DC area d1 soccer programs give scholarships?

D1 (but not Ivies which are a D1 exception) and D2 schools give scholarships.

For boys it’s often very tiny amount of $. A team can only carry 9 total scholarships at one time. And if a Freshmen has one (that’s counted as 1 each of his next 3 years). They will often break them up into smaller pieces.

[Anonymous]

For boys, they will go to international players and upperclass transfers

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For boys, they will go to international players and upperclass transfers

DS has a friend who is playing for a D2 state school. I don’t know if he got any athletic scholarship, but I was surprised that their roster is full of international kids—it’s mostly a commuter school and doesn’t attract a lot of out of state students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For boys, they will go to international players and upperclass transfers

DS has a friend who is playing for a D2 state school. I don’t know if he got any athletic scholarship, but I was surprised that their roster is full of international kids—it’s mostly a commuter school and doesn’t attract a lot of out of state students.

Wow. I had no idea. I just checked the Queens College roster because it's one of the few D2 school I can even name: 12 international players!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For boys, they will go to international players and upperclass transfers

Sadly this is becoming more and more common.

[Anonymous]

Better to aim for merit scholarships. Then if your athlete is injured they can still afford college. D3 doesn't give athletic scholarships but many schools provide generous merit aid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Better to aim for merit scholarships. Then if your athlete is injured they can still afford college. D3 doesn't give athletic scholarships but many schools provide generous merit aid.

+1

The D1 lifestyle is tough too. If your kids wants that, then great!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For boys, they will go to international players and upperclass transfers

DS has a friend who is playing for a D2 state school. I don’t know if he got any athletic scholarship, but I was surprised that their roster is full of international kids—it’s mostly a commuter school and doesn’t attract a lot of out of state students.

Wow. I had no idea. I just checked the Queens College roster because it's one of the few D2 school I can even name: 12 international players!

Nothing new. It's just that the European pipeline has become more wide open.

[Anonymous]

There are D3 and NAIA schools with 20+ Intl players, and not just a school or two, it’s a number of schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Better to aim for merit scholarships. Then if your athlete is injured they can still afford college. D3 doesn't give athletic scholarships but many schools provide generous merit aid.

+1

The D1 lifestyle is tough too. If your kids wants that, then great!

I follow one men's D1 program on Instagram and those kids have been constantly traveling --all over the place midweek. I don't know how they are getting any school work completed; lots of classes missed. D1 is no joke.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Better to aim for merit scholarships. Then if your athlete is injured they can still afford college. D3 doesn't give athletic scholarships but many schools provide generous merit aid.

+1

The D1 lifestyle is tough too. If your kids wants that, then great!

I follow one men's D1 program on Instagram and those kids have been constantly traveling --all over the place midweek. I don't know how they are getting any school work completed; lots of classes missed. D1 is no joke.

The bonus of a D1 program is the student-athletes get tutoring, mentoring and class placement etc. It's not easy by any standards but they do have many built-in supports to assist them. Even seeing D3 athletes and the time away from class to travel to games - students have to have good time management, a way to get help from missed classes and exams. Its not easy being a college athlete and student. The programs also report out annually on GPA's - so there is a focus on not just letting the athletes get passing grades.

[Anonymous]

The other thing to keep in mind is for most d1 schools they do not max out their scholarships. In other words - they could offer 9.9 for men and 14 for women, but they might really have 4 and 6. Some have 1.

[Anonymous]

Wait, why all the international kids?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wait, why all the international kids?

Better soccer players