Play College Soccer D1, D2 or D3

[Anonymous]

What are the first steps and at what age?

[Anonymous]

ok -- i'll bite. First question -- boys or girls. Process not the same at all.

[Anonymous]

I’ll add to the PP’s comment. It’s also different for GK vs field players.

[Anonymous]

I’ll add to the 2PP’s comment. It’s also different for MLS Next vs ECNL and ECNL vs GA players.

[Anonymous]

First step is to have good grades in High school. Aim for a minimum 3.0 GPA, Coaches cannot vouch for your kid if he/she doesn't have the necessary academics to enroll at the college.

Age/grade: Junior year of high school. By then you'll start looking at Colleges and teens have a better understanding if College sports is something they want to pursuit.

D1 Most rigorous. Think MLSNext or ECNL.

D2, D3. Less rigorous. College wise: smaller colleges and private colleges. Expensive and usually no college scholarships.

[Anonymous]

What’s different for GKs? I’ve heard the process is later for the male GKs.

[Anonymous]

D3s often give academic merit money if your kid qualifies for it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:First step is to have good grades in High school. Aim for a minimum 3.0 GPA, Coaches cannot vouch for your kid if he/she doesn't have the necessary academics to enroll at the college.

Age/grade: Junior year of high school. By then you'll start looking at Colleges and teens have a better understanding if College sports is something they want to pursuit.

D1 Most rigorous. Think MLSNext or ECNL.

D2, D3. Less rigorous. College wise: smaller colleges and private colleges. Expensive and usually no college scholarships.

Funny, not true at all. Some of the BEST players on ECNL end up at competitive (and yes - rigorous) D3 schools that would single handedly beat most D1 schools. Its posts like these that are utter nonsense. The Division level does not matter whatsoever. Go where you are wanted! D1 and D2 can give athletic and merit scholarships, but D3 CAN give "college scholarships" but only merit, not athletic.

OP - read this before you get any more misinformation: https://rlopezcoaching.com/looking-for-a-full-ride/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:First step is to have good grades in High school. Aim for a minimum 3.0 GPA, Coaches cannot vouch for your kid if he/she doesn't have the necessary academics to enroll at the college.

Age/grade: Junior year of high school. By then you'll start looking at Colleges and teens have a better understanding if College sports is something they want to pursuit.

D1 Most rigorous. Think MLSNext or ECNL.

D2, D3. Less rigorous. College wise: smaller colleges and private colleges. Expensive and usually no college scholarships.

Funny, not true at all. Some of the BEST players on ECNL end up at competitive (and yes - rigorous) D3 schools that would single handedly beat most D1 schools. Its posts like these that are utter nonsense. The Division level does not matter whatsoever. Go where you are wanted! D1 and D2 can give athletic and merit scholarships, but D3 CAN give "college scholarships" but only merit, not athletic.

OP - read this before you get any more misinformation: https://rlopezcoaching.com/looking-for-a-full-ride/

Are we talking about boys or girls? I only know boys side.

So let's see, D1 for those players who currently are in MLSNext/ECNL level of play and training plus good academics.

D2, D3 for any top player at Clubs that do not offer MLSNext or ECNL plus decent academics.

D1 competes with D1 and so on...so it doesn't matter if D1 or D3 has a better game.

I'm actually very familiar with the link above to Rene Lopez approach. Apply to 20 Colleges around the Country... Someone, somewhere will pick you! LOL.
Their FB forum is full of kids getting accepted to D3 schools no one has ever heard of. If that's better than nothing, then that's fine I guess.

Also, in College kids have the option to play Club or Intramural as well if they don't want to play intense levels of sports.

https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/plan-for-college/college-basics/campus-life/playing-sports-in-college-your-options

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:First step is to have good grades in High school. Aim for a minimum 3.0 GPA, Coaches cannot vouch for your kid if he/she doesn't have the necessary academics to enroll at the college.

Age/grade: Junior year of high school. By then you'll start looking at Colleges and teens have a better understanding if College sports is something they want to pursuit.

D1 Most rigorous. Think MLSNext or ECNL.

D2, D3. Less rigorous. College wise: smaller colleges and private colleges. Expensive and usually no college scholarships.

Funny, not true at all. Some of the BEST players on ECNL end up at competitive (and yes - rigorous) D3 schools that would single handedly beat most D1 schools. Its posts like these that are utter nonsense. The Division level does not matter whatsoever. Go where you are wanted! D1 and D2 can give athletic and merit scholarships, but D3 CAN give "college scholarships" but only merit, not athletic.

OP - read this before you get any more misinformation: https://rlopezcoaching.com/looking-for-a-full-ride/

Are we talking about boys or girls? I only know boys side.

So let's see, D1 for those players who currently are in MLSNext/ECNL level of play and training plus good academics.

D2, D3 for any top player at Clubs that do not offer MLSNext or ECNL plus decent academics.

D1 competes with D1 and so on...so it doesn't matter if D1 or D3 has a better game.

I'm actually very familiar with the link above to Rene Lopez approach. Apply to 20 Colleges around the Country... Someone, somewhere will pick you! LOL.
Their FB forum is full of kids getting accepted to D3 schools no one has ever heard of. If that's better than nothing, then that's fine I guess.

Also, in College kids have the option to play Club or Intramural as well if they don't want to play intense levels of sports.

https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/plan-for-college/college-basics/campus-life/playing-sports-in-college-your-options

No idea on boys side. On girls side the high academic D3s are mostly ECNL with girls that had D1 offers albeit not from high academic schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:First step is to have good grades in High school. Aim for a minimum 3.0 GPA, Coaches cannot vouch for your kid if he/she doesn't have the necessary academics to enroll at the college.

Age/grade: Junior year of high school. By then you'll start looking at Colleges and teens have a better understanding if College sports is something they want to pursuit.

D1 Most rigorous. Think MLSNext or ECNL.

D2, D3. Less rigorous. College wise: smaller colleges and private colleges. Expensive and usually no college scholarships.

Funny, not true at all. Some of the BEST players on ECNL end up at competitive (and yes - rigorous) D3 schools that would single handedly beat most D1 schools. Its posts like these that are utter nonsense. The Division level does not matter whatsoever. Go where you are wanted! D1 and D2 can give athletic and merit scholarships, but D3 CAN give "college scholarships" but only merit, not athletic.

OP - read this before you get any more misinformation: https://rlopezcoaching.com/looking-for-a-full-ride/

Are we talking about boys or girls? I only know boys side.

So let's see, D1 for those players who currently are in MLSNext/ECNL level of play and training plus good academics.

D2, D3 for any top player at Clubs that do not offer MLSNext or ECNL plus decent academics.

D1 competes with D1 and so on...so it doesn't matter if D1 or D3 has a better game.

I'm actually very familiar with the link above to Rene Lopez approach. Apply to 20 Colleges around the Country... Someone, somewhere will pick you! LOL.
Their FB forum is full of kids getting accepted to D3 schools no one has ever heard of. If that's better than nothing, then that's fine I guess.

Also, in College kids have the option to play Club or Intramural as well if they don't want to play intense levels of sports.

https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/plan-for-college/college-basics/campus-life/playing-sports-in-college-your-options

No idea on boys side. On girls side the high academic D3s are mostly ECNL with girls that had D1 offers albeit not from high academic schools.

This is what we notice too. Have one daughter in D2 and her conference has a significant portion of European players, also a lot of D1 mid major ( and some P5 transfers). Out of HS is a mix of whatever they can get from ECNL/GA/ECNL-RL and any other regional teams. And don't let the 9.9 head scholarship ( some schools it's 7.2) limit fool you. The impact players are getting 50% athletic and they do a good job stacking with academic scholarships. Don't have to be extremely talented academically to get them either. Daughter's combo is about 40%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What’s different for GKs? I’ve heard the process is later for the male GKs.

Yes. Want to hear about GKs. What is the different process?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s different for GKs? I’ve heard the process is later for the male GKs.

Yes. Want to hear about GKs. What is the different process?

If your GK is serious about playing college, contact Ed Brown at Academy One Goalkeeping. It’s his area of specialty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s different for GKs? I’ve heard the process is later for the male GKs.

Yes. Want to hear about GKs. What is the different process?

If your GK is serious about playing college, contact Ed Brown at Academy One Goalkeeping. It’s his area of specialty.

Where does Academy One Goalkeeping run training?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s different for GKs? I’ve heard the process is later for the male GKs.

Yes. Want to hear about GKs. What is the different process?

If your GK is serious about playing college, contact Ed Brown at Academy One Goalkeeping. It’s his area of specialty.

Where does Academy One Goalkeeping run training?

Germantown, Arlington and Baltimore I believe.