High School Girls and Club

[Anonymous]

On some of these elite HS girls' teams, do all the players play club? Or do they have a few that don't play club?

[Anonymous]

The majority play club and the ones that don't most likely did for a while before stopping. Players that only have played rec are few and far between and rarely make it past JV.

[Anonymous]

You need to play club if you really want to be recruited to a D1 program. If you don’t have D1 aspirations, you’d be fine not playing for a club.

[Anonymous]

IMO it is hard to be elite without playing club. The practice, coaching, and competition help develop a player.

[Anonymous]

There are relatively few at the higher levels of the ISL/MIAA. At the lower tiers, often only a small handful play club (counting the seniors who played through the summer prior, but not counting anyone who stopped before 9th grade), and it shows.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are relatively few at the higher levels of the ISL/MIAA. At the lower tiers, often only a small handful play club (counting the seniors who played through the summer prior, but not counting anyone who stopped before 9th grade), and it shows.

Thinking mostly ISL schools. And not sure what counts as lower tier?

I would suspect most ISL schools have a large portion of clubs players but don’t know for sure since my kid isn’t in HS yet. Other half wants kiddo to be able to play on her HS team but depending on the school that isn’t a given….

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are relatively few at the higher levels of the ISL/MIAA. At the lower tiers, often only a small handful play club (counting the seniors who played through the summer prior, but not counting anyone who stopped before 9th grade), and it shows.

Thinking mostly ISL schools. And not sure what counts as lower tier?

I would suspect most ISL schools have a large portion of clubs players but don’t know for sure since my kid isn’t in HS yet. Other half wants kiddo to be able to play on her HS team but depending on the school that isn’t a given….

ISL lower tier = ISL A (+ bottom third of ISL AA). I have a kid in this tier and fewer than half of the starters (and no bench players) have recent club experience.

[Anonymous]

How does it compare to public competition?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How does it compare to public competition?

The bottom teams in ISL are competitive with mid-range public school teams.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How does it compare to public competition?

Regional finals/state final four VHSL 6A teams tend to lose to the upper tier of the ISL by 10 goals or so when they play. Only recent exception I'm aware of was Oakton beating SSSAS during their VA State title year. SSSAS beat Madison that same year by 10, and Madison beat Oakton twice in the District and Regional playoffs, so the Oakton win was definitely an outlier.

[Anonymous]

Very top public’s would be middle tier in the ISL/WCAC. Definitely wouldn’t be able to compete with the top schools. Oakton was a fluke.

[Anonymous]

and thats why you actually play these games on the field instead of on paper.