Three Virginia players on US U-17 roster for CONCACAF Championship

[RantingSoccerDad]

All three play high school soccer.

In the spring, one was second-team All-Met and another was honorable mention (granted, both sophomores, but another sophomore made the first team).

In the fall, one was honorable mention All-Met as a junior.

Is this all a fluke of age-grouping, or is All-Met not quite plugged into things? Or has the USSF scouting department overlooked a couple dozen superior players in the DMV alone?

Congrats to all three, in any case. One has signed to play for my Bulldogs. (Well, where I grew up -- can't really say "my" if I didn't go to school there, I guess.)

[Anonymous]

RantingSoccerDad wrote:All three play high school soccer.

In the spring, one was second-team All-Met and another was honorable mention (granted, both sophomores, but another sophomore made the first team).

In the fall, one was honorable mention All-Met as a junior.

Is this all a fluke of age-grouping, or is All-Met not quite plugged into things? Or has the USSF scouting department overlooked a couple dozen superior players in the DMV alone?

Congrats to all three, in any case. One has signed to play for my Bulldogs. (Well, where I grew up -- can't really say "my" if I didn't go to school there, I guess.)

US Soccer should use the Washington Post for their scouting? What a ridiculous post.

[Anonymous]

HS soccer around here isn't a barometer for anything.

[Anonymous]

RantingSoccerDad wrote:All three play high school soccer.

In the spring, one was second-team All-Met and another was honorable mention (granted, both sophomores, but another sophomore made the first team).

In the fall, one was honorable mention All-Met as a junior.

Is this all a fluke of age-grouping, or is All-Met not quite plugged into things? Or has the USSF scouting department overlooked a couple dozen superior players in the DMV alone?

Congrats to all three, in any case. One has signed to play for my Bulldogs. (Well, where I grew up -- can't really say "my" if I didn't go to school there, I guess.)

All met isn't plugged into things. HS soccer is social more than anything, especially around here.

[RantingSoccerDad]

Anonymous wrote:

RantingSoccerDad wrote:All three play high school soccer.

In the spring, one was second-team All-Met and another was honorable mention (granted, both sophomores, but another sophomore made the first team).

In the fall, one was honorable mention All-Met as a junior.

Is this all a fluke of age-grouping, or is All-Met not quite plugged into things? Or has the USSF scouting department overlooked a couple dozen superior players in the DMV alone?

Congrats to all three, in any case. One has signed to play for my Bulldogs. (Well, where I grew up -- can't really say "my" if I didn't go to school there, I guess.)

US Soccer should use the Washington Post for their scouting? What a ridiculous post.

There are other words in these paragraphs besides "US Soccer," "Washington Post" and "scouting." You can't just insert your own.

Well, I mean, maybe you could. Let's see ... US Soccer purple monkey dishwasher Washington Post teakettle Doberman Caps win the Cup again scouting. Hey, that's fun!

[Anonymous]

RantingSoccerDad wrote:All three play high school soccer.

In the spring, one was second-team All-Met and another was honorable mention (granted, both sophomores, but another sophomore made the first team).

In the fall, one was honorable mention All-Met as a junior.

Is this all a fluke of age-grouping, or is All-Met not quite plugged into things? Or has the USSF scouting department overlooked a couple dozen superior players in the DMV alone?

Congrats to all three, in any case. One has signed to play for my Bulldogs. (Well, where I grew up -- can't really say "my" if I didn't go to school there, I guess.)

Politics and money got these three chosen.

[RantingSoccerDad]

Anonymous wrote:

RantingSoccerDad wrote:All three play high school soccer.

In the spring, one was second-team All-Met and another was honorable mention (granted, both sophomores, but another sophomore made the first team).

In the fall, one was honorable mention All-Met as a junior.

Is this all a fluke of age-grouping, or is All-Met not quite plugged into things? Or has the USSF scouting department overlooked a couple dozen superior players in the DMV alone?

Congrats to all three, in any case. One has signed to play for my Bulldogs. (Well, where I grew up -- can't really say "my" if I didn't go to school there, I guess.)

All met isn't plugged into things. HS soccer is social more than anything, especially around here.

So would it be the case that maybe these particular players didn't do much when they were playing for their high schools? Or maybe missed a bunch of games to play with their clubs?

I think if I'm doing All-Met for the Post, I'm checking with every scout and every scouting service I can find. If someone's getting called into national camps, I'm going to say it's safe to assume there aren't 30 better high school players out there.

I did find a couple of their football selections ... idiosyncratic?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

RantingSoccerDad wrote:All three play high school soccer.

In the spring, one was second-team All-Met and another was honorable mention (granted, both sophomores, but another sophomore made the first team).

In the fall, one was honorable mention All-Met as a junior.

Is this all a fluke of age-grouping, or is All-Met not quite plugged into things? Or has the USSF scouting department overlooked a couple dozen superior players in the DMV alone?

Congrats to all three, in any case. One has signed to play for my Bulldogs. (Well, where I grew up -- can't really say "my" if I didn't go to school there, I guess.)

Politics and money got these three chosen.

Does that go for the other 20 players chosen too?

[Anonymous]

Maybe the sophomore All Met who wasn't selected wasn't U17 age eligible :eyeroll:

[RantingSoccerDad]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe the sophomore All Met who wasn't selected wasn't U17 age eligible :eyeroll:

Extreme redshirting, DMV edition ...

[Anonymous]

So... who are they?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

RantingSoccerDad wrote:All three play high school soccer.

In the spring, one was second-team All-Met and another was honorable mention (granted, both sophomores, but another sophomore made the first team).

In the fall, one was honorable mention All-Met as a junior.

Is this all a fluke of age-grouping, or is All-Met not quite plugged into things? Or has the USSF scouting department overlooked a couple dozen superior players in the DMV alone?

Congrats to all three, in any case. One has signed to play for my Bulldogs. (Well, where I grew up -- can't really say "my" if I didn't go to school there, I guess.)

Politics and money got these three chosen.

Does that go for the other 20 players chosen too?

Probably for many of them. There's a reason for a huge turnover in rosters for USNT players in the college years....

[RantingSoccerDad]

Anonymous wrote:So... who are they?

https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2024/01/schoepfer-names-usa-roster-for-2024-concacaf-womens-u-17-championship

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

RantingSoccerDad wrote:All three play high school soccer.

In the spring, one was second-team All-Met and another was honorable mention (granted, both sophomores, but another sophomore made the first team).

In the fall, one was honorable mention All-Met as a junior.

Is this all a fluke of age-grouping, or is All-Met not quite plugged into things? Or has the USSF scouting department overlooked a couple dozen superior players in the DMV alone?

Congrats to all three, in any case. One has signed to play for my Bulldogs. (Well, where I grew up -- can't really say "my" if I didn't go to school there, I guess.)

Politics and money got these three chosen.

Money -- no not al all.

Politics -- might just might get you in the door but not on the team.

Sorry dude. These were the best.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

RantingSoccerDad wrote:All three play high school soccer.

In the spring, one was second-team All-Met and another was honorable mention (granted, both sophomores, but another sophomore made the first team).

In the fall, one was honorable mention All-Met as a junior.

Is this all a fluke of age-grouping, or is All-Met not quite plugged into things? Or has the USSF scouting department overlooked a couple dozen superior players in the DMV alone?

Congrats to all three, in any case. One has signed to play for my Bulldogs. (Well, where I grew up -- can't really say "my" if I didn't go to school there, I guess.)

Politics and money got these three chosen.

Does that go for the other 20 players chosen too?

Probably for many of them. There's a reason for a huge turnover in rosters for USNT players in the college years....

That is silly.