National Letter of Intent Day

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Good for your kid but sounds like perhaps your bank account and ability to pay the HS and college tuitions has helped a good deal, too.

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Anonymous wrote:Someone asked for Loudoun’s. Here the public website.

https://www.loudounsoccer.com/Default.aspx?tabid=2666305

Lmao connections into the same schools… very little to be proud of. Applauses for the middle men doing the job to maintain the club’s status.

This is abysmal for an ECNL team. Your kid could have been recruited from HS for these schools - for a lot less money. Why pay the fees if these schools are your end game??

Only 15 VA boys have committed so far this year and many are from MLS academies. Not a Loudoun fanboy, but just saying.

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Anonymous wrote:Good for your kid but sounds like perhaps your bank account and ability to pay the HS and college tuitions has helped a good deal, too.

Perhaps it was the posters sacrifice and success that lead to an increase in funds available in the bank account.

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Anonymous wrote:I am less interested in local scholarships and amounts than the averages for a given school. That sort of info is useful to gauge expectations and offers for prospective recruits. Scholarshipstats.com has a pretty comprehensive listing, but it is dated and the sources are somewhat dubious. The NCAA has this information, but it is not generally available.

What do you mean by “averages,” PP? Whether the school gives out the full 9.9 for men and 14 for women vs a percentage of the allowable total? That info is surprisingly hard to come by, but many of us can give you some answers based on our kids’ or their friends’ recent recruiting experiences. Or are you wondering if Coach X at school Y prefers to give 28 girls 50% scholarships vs 4 girls 100% and the remaining various lesser amounts? I don’t think there is any way to find that out unless your kid is being recruited or you are close to families with kids on the team.

People need to realize that there is significant academic grant $ being waved around out there. One of the schools that my DS has been in contact with has said they would provide athletic $ that would cover about 15%, but academic $ (based on GPA, test scores) that would cover 30 to 40%. He’s a pretty good student, but doesn’t have an exceptionally high GPA/SATs...so make sure your kid is hitting the books, because that may knock the price down far more than soccer.

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My kid is at a tough private HS with a 4.4gpa in all honors program and that has opened so many doors. It's also like a freebie for the top academic soccer schools because there are no strings to be pulled to get him in.

There are many players with very high academic achievement. To get one of those spots you need to really excel in both areas with some luck thrown in.

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Anonymous wrote:Some private schools touting soccer NLI for guys who never played for the school. It's a top player's prerogative, but they never represented the school while some similarly situated guys did. See STA and Gonzaga.

That's weird. What is the purpose of doing that?

Perhaps the HS coach is the club coach…..either way…false advertisement

They are touting the school; not the sports team. Not false -- bios always say played club soccer at _________. Nothing about school --pretty clear.

Yeah, I’m puzzled why anyone would think this was weird. The school is showing support for and recognizing students who accomplished something impressive, whether that accomplishment happened on school grounds or not. They’ll also tweet about these same kids when they do something noteworthy on their college teams, same as they will for any alum who does something impressive or newsworthy at any point after graduation. For private schools it’s part of growing their brand, and for public schools it’s a way to foster a strong sense of community.

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It's "weird" because the school has a soccer team and the kid intentionally declined to play for that school team and now the school is touting his success as an athlete at the school. If you only play club soccer, let the club toot your horn. If I am the school, I will stick with guys who show commitment to the school.

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Has McLean only announced the three girls?

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Anonymous wrote:It's "weird" because the school has a soccer team and the kid intentionally declined to play for that school team and now the school is touting his success as an athlete at the school. If you only play club soccer, let the club toot your horn. If I am the school, I will stick with guys who show commitment to the school.

Some of the leagues don’t allow the kid to play for the school. Are we sure this was intentionally declined?

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Some DA guys played at BCC, WJ (some of their DA guys did not play), Landon, Gonzaga, Prep, and Stalbans. Not sure what the rules are.

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Anonymous wrote:It's "weird" because the school has a soccer team and the kid intentionally declined to play for that school team and now the school is touting his success as an athlete at the school. If you only play club soccer, let the club toot your horn. If I am the school, I will stick with guys who show commitment to the school.

This is not how you would approach it if you were part of the school’s leadership or marketing teams. The point of these events is not limited to touting the excellence of the school’s sports teams. The school wants to publicize that it is a destination for winners. Very often the kids who decline to play for the school teams do so because they want a higher level of play so they can go to a more prestigious college or maybe go pro. The school is very happy to associate itself with kids who achieve either of those outcomes, which people outside the school will find impressive.

All schools’ athletic departments have announcements throughout each season that celebrate the accomplishments of those who are playing on the school teams. The Washington Post and other news organizations, plus national orgs like Gatorade, honor HS players only. Why not be happy about the attention your kid gets through those outlets instead of feeling disgruntled that some other kid gets recognition from both the school and in other quarters?

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Anonymous wrote:It's "weird" because the school has a soccer team and the kid intentionally declined to play for that school team and now the school is touting his success as an athlete at the school. If you only play club soccer, let the club toot your horn. If I am the school, I will stick with guys who show commitment to the school.

This is not how you would approach it if you were part of the school’s leadership or marketing teams. The point of these events is not limited to touting the excellence of the school’s sports teams. The school wants to publicize that it is a destination for winners. Very often the kids who decline to play for the school teams do so because they want a higher level of play so they can go to a more prestigious college or maybe go pro. The school is very happy to associate itself with kids who achieve either of those outcomes, which people outside the school will find impressive.

All schools’ athletic departments have announcements throughout each season that celebrate the accomplishments of those who are playing on the school teams. The Washington Post and other news organizations, plus national orgs like Gatorade, honor HS players only. Why not be happy about the attention your kid gets through those outlets instead of feeling disgruntled that some other kid gets recognition from both the school and in other quarters?

This plus the school wants to tout this is the place for you even if you will not play for our team. We create a place for you to be your best in the classroom even with your club commitments. Even more so if the kid gets into high academic. Look at it this way -- if the kid was a great actor but was not in the school play do you think the school would not tout his first staring role?

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Anonymous wrote:Someone asked for Loudoun’s. Here the public website.

https://www.loudounsoccer.com/Default.aspx?tabid=2666305

Lmao connections into the same schools… very little to be proud of. Applauses for the middle men doing the job to maintain the club’s status.

This is abysmal for an ECNL team. Your kid could have been recruited from HS for these schools - for a lot less money. Why pay the fees if these schools are your end game??

FCV guy is back, with same ol’ schtick.