ENCL RL or EDP1 for college D1?

[Anonymous]

What say you?

[Anonymous]

This should not even be a question. EDP 1.

In the history of the regional league how many players have went D1?

I can think of 5 players from u19 edp south Atlantic last year playing D1.

[Anonymous]

Boys or girls?

[Anonymous]

A another question might be how many D1 players established themselves as a preferred walk on to their college team. I think Matt Turner took this path.

This is an interesting article on the subject: https://usatodayhss.com/2017/the-5-most-commonly-asked-questions-about-being-a-college-walk-on

[Anonymous]

Here’s some girls’ data as of earlier this month:

https://x.com/imyouthsoccer/status/1766509253781844243?s=12

39 commitments outside of ECNL and GA; also known as the unicorns.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A another question might be how many D1 players established themselves as a preferred walk on to their college team. I think Matt Turner took this path.

This is an interesting article on the subject: https://usatodayhss.com/2017/the-5-most-commonly-asked-questions-about-being-a-college-walk-on

2017 is a lifetime ago in boys soccer.
With the transfer portal and International students the D1 spots for high school players are rare.

[Anonymous]

D1 is like saying EDP. There is a HUGE difference between top teams and bottom teams. There are like 350 D1 women teams right now. Unless you are like top 20 (individual player, not team), soccer should just be a way to get into a better school than you could without soccer

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This should not even be a question. EDP 1.

In the history of the regional league how many players have went D1?

I can think of 5 players from u19 edp south Atlantic last year playing D1.

That's just silly. RL is a relatively new thing, and more and more people are moving from EDP1 to RL in an effort to try and move up to ECNL.
RL is getting stronger, and EDP1 is getting weaker.

[Anonymous]

ECNL RL for sure. Is anyone left in EDP?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:ECNL RL for sure. Is anyone left in EDP?

There are still some very strong teams, mainly from smaller clubs that are farther away from the ECNL teams.

[Anonymous]

ECNL RL is going to max out at players who were not good enough to make an ECNL roster or likely even GA or MLS Next rosters. EDP1 is going to max out at players who could start on an ECNL roster but chose not to pursue that, as well as some much weaker players who might not even make an ECNL RL team.

I would say the top EDP1 players will go further in college pursuits.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:ECNL RL is going to max out at players who were not good enough to make an ECNL roster or likely even GA or MLS Next rosters. EDP1 is going to max out at players who could start on an ECNL roster but chose not to pursue that, as well as some much weaker players who might not even make an ECNL RL team.

I would say the top EDP1 players will go further in college pursuits.

True, on a top EDP team you always have the chance for outliers that are going to be far better than most, and if your kid is one of those, it probably doesn’t matter where they play.
But if the question is, if your choice is RL or EDP, which means the kid probably isn’t great, I’d go RL.
We had that exact choice, and talked to a bunch of college coaches, who all said that it’ll be easier to get seen playing RL or Nations League than EDP.

[Anonymous]

Locally, the competition is MUCH stronger at EDP 1 from what I have seen. Especially at the top of the division.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:ECNL RL is going to max out at players who were not good enough to make an ECNL roster or likely even GA or MLS Next rosters. EDP1 is going to max out at players who could start on an ECNL roster but chose not to pursue that, as well as some much weaker players who might not even make an ECNL RL team.

I would say the top EDP1 players will go further in college pursuits.

True, on a top EDP team you always have the chance for outliers that are going to be far better than most, and if your kid is one of those, it probably doesn’t matter where they play.
But if the question is, if your choice is RL or EDP, which means the kid probably isn’t great, I’d go RL.
We had that exact choice, and talked to a bunch of college coaches, who all said that it’ll be easier to get seen playing RL or Nations League than EDP.

If your choice is ECNL, probably means your kid isn’t great either.

[Anonymous]

YES +1
Almost no difference with the high level EDP kid who for financial or philosophical reasons has not gone to a bigger club and an ECNL kid on the boys side. If either one could really play they would probably be on a MLSN roster by 16.