Duke Women's Soccer

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Anonymous wrote:I read an article about a local girl headed to Duke who trains with top pro team in france. We are obviously developing some incredible talent around here, so why is everyone so negative? I'm surprised she is not turning pro instead of heading to college.

Read this:

"In 2025, the average NWSL player salary is around $65,000 per season, while the minimum salary is $48,500. "

Are you still surprised, or are you a sentient being?

the top women's players for Lyonnes make a great deal more than that...I thought they were having her train to sign a pro contract, but thanks for using that big work "sentient". I had to look it up.

It's not at all surprising that you didn't know the meaning of a perfectly standard and common English word like "sentient" while at the same time being surprised by this girl attending Duke rather than turning pro

A ha. Mom has joined the thread I see...

For those that know the true context this comment is hysterically funny!!!

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That’s awesome. Good for you!!!

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Anonymous wrote:I read an article about a local girl headed to Duke who trains with top pro team in france. We are obviously developing some incredible talent around here, so why is everyone so negative? I'm surprised she is not turning pro instead of heading to college.

Ohh my OP you really got from this article that a girl from this area "trains with a top pro team in france" yikes

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I read an article about a local girl headed to Duke who trains with top pro team in france. We are obviously developing some incredible talent around here, so why is everyone so negative? I'm surprised she is not turning pro instead of heading to college.

Read this:

"In 2025, the average NWSL player salary is around $65,000 per season, while the minimum salary is $48,500. "

Are you still surprised, or are you a sentient being?

the top women's players for Lyonnes make a great deal more than that...I thought they were having her train to sign a pro contract, but thanks for using that big work "sentient". I had to look it up.

Going pro in women's soccer is not a smart move if you have other options like Duke or the Ivies or the like. It does not pay well for most. Even when it pays well -- it is for limited duration. Marketing dollars are reserved for the conventionally pretty or whatever kind of edgy is in style.

There may be reasons to do it -- desire -- love of the sport but not the economics of it. To get great comp you would need to get on the national team, become a name, be pretty or edgy, and have a 10 year run. The people that do that are very limited.

This is not the NBA where a drafted player is set for life based on the rookie contract, or a MLB player on the second contract or a drafted NFL player that puts two contracts together. Those people have made a lot of money. Soccer does not do that on the women's side.

I love also how you have to be pretty/edgy per our poster here. That might have been true in the past, but can I enlighten you on something called a podcast. Love what Sam Mewis is doing with the Women's Game Podcast and I bet she's doing just fine financially after her playing career has ended. Assuming the game keeps growing there will be more and more opportunities going forward. If we're talking about our young daughters here, I care about the future and the women's game is in a pretty good spot with a lot more $$$ piling in.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I read an article about a local girl headed to Duke who trains with top pro team in france. We are obviously developing some incredible talent around here, so why is everyone so negative? I'm surprised she is not turning pro instead of heading to college.

Ohh my OP you really got from this article that a girl from this area "trains with a top pro team in france" yikes

Oh please - OP was just baiting to discuss, again, the two local very much of average (or under) capacity ECNL players who are both miraculously playing for Duke. It’s obviously not normal that two so average/under average siblings play soccer at Duke. Their under average capacity is underscored by the older’s lack of playing time at Duke and the reputation of the other one at her club team. So yeah, they got in based on something other than their soccer abilities. That is kind ilof obvious. I would guess a large donation to Duke athletics but who knows. Please don’t say it was their grades as better soccer players with outstanding academic credentials are a dime a dozen. So who know what it was? Not soccer.

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Anonymous wrote:I read an article about a local girl headed to Duke who trains with top pro team in france. We are obviously developing some incredible talent around here, so why is everyone so negative? I'm surprised she is not turning pro instead of heading to college.

This area (Northern VA) was the hotbed for women’s soccer beginning in the late 1970s/early 1980s—where many of the first USWNT members started. And many played at powerhouse UNC under Anson Dorrance. 43 NCAA d1 National championships.

If anything we lost that to California and other states as time went on.

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I thought the OL connection was through MYS actually not FVU. MYS’s wpsl team scrimmage OL this summer if I recall correctly.

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Anonymous wrote:I read an article about a local girl headed to Duke who trains with top pro team in france. We are obviously developing some incredible talent around here, so why is everyone so negative? I'm surprised she is not turning pro instead of heading to college.

Ohh my OP you really got from this article that a girl from this area "trains with a top pro team in france" yikes

Oh please - OP was just baiting to discuss, again, the two local very much of average (or under) capacity ECNL players who are both miraculously playing for Duke. It’s obviously not normal that two so average/under average siblings play soccer at Duke. Their under average capacity is underscored by the older’s lack of playing time at Duke and the reputation of the other one at her club team. So yeah, they got in based on something other than their soccer abilities. That is kind ilof obvious. I would guess a large donation to Duke athletics but who knows. Please don’t say it was their grades as better soccer players with outstanding academic credentials are a dime a dozen. So who know what it was? Not soccer.

Salty and poorly written. You must come from the ruling class.

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Anonymous wrote:I read an article about a local girl headed to Duke who trains with top pro team in france. We are obviously developing some incredible talent around here, so why is everyone so negative? I'm surprised she is not turning pro instead of heading to college.

Read this:

"In 2025, the average NWSL player salary is around $65,000 per season, while the minimum salary is $48,500. "

Are you still surprised, or are you a sentient being?

the top women's players for Lyonnes make a great deal more than that...I thought they were having her train to sign a pro contract, but thanks for using that big work "sentient". I had to look it up.

Going pro in women's soccer is not a smart move if you have other options like Duke or the Ivies or the like. It does not pay well for most. Even when it pays well -- it is for limited duration. Marketing dollars are reserved for the conventionally pretty or whatever kind of edgy is in style.

There may be reasons to do it -- desire -- love of the sport but not the economics of it. To get great comp you would need to get on the national team, become a name, be pretty or edgy, and have a 10 year run. The people that do that are very limited.

This is not the NBA where a drafted player is set for life based on the rookie contract, or a MLB player on the second contract or a drafted NFL player that puts two contracts together. Those people have made a lot of money. Soccer does not do that on the women's side.

I love also how you have to be pretty/edgy per our poster here. That might have been true in the past, but can I enlighten you on something called a podcast. Love what Sam Mewis is doing with the Women's Game Podcast and I bet she's doing just fine financially after her playing career has ended. Assuming the game keeps growing there will be more and more opportunities going forward. If we're talking about our young daughters here, I care about the future and the women's game is in a pretty good spot with a lot more $$$ piling in.

Pretty/edgy applies today to marketing dollars. Love Sam Mewis. You have one person with an ok podcast. Money is not piling into women's soccer. It as a sport is doing fine. Not great.

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Women's sports is set to explode according to all sport economic meseaurables- its a new market, one of few. This will happen as long as JD Vance doesn't exploit their uterus' for his movement first

[Anonymous]

College soccer is still pay to play. Let's see if this player actually plays there or rides the pine. They have to have some paying customers to offer the extra money to the scholarship players. I'm sure the OP is a puff piece for his club. Oh, let's use this as the example that our club is so great.

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Anonymous wrote:I read an article about a local girl headed to Duke who trains with top pro team in france. We are obviously developing some incredible talent around here, so why is everyone so negative? I'm surprised she is not turning pro instead of heading to college.

Ohh my OP you really got from this article that a girl from this area "trains with a top pro team in france" yikes

Oh please - OP was just baiting to discuss, again, the two local very much of average (or under) capacity ECNL players who are both miraculously playing for Duke. It’s obviously not normal that two so average/under average siblings play soccer at Duke. Their under average capacity is underscored by the older’s lack of playing time at Duke and the reputation of the other one at her club team. So yeah, they got in based on something other than their soccer abilities. That is kind ilof obvious. I would guess a large donation to Duke athletics but who knows. Please don’t say it was their grades as better soccer players with outstanding academic credentials are a dime a dozen. So who know what it was? Not soccer.

I don't necessarily disagree with you, but she was the valedictorian.

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Anonymous wrote:College soccer is still pay to play. Let's see if this player actually plays there or rides the pine. They have to have some paying customers to offer the extra money to the scholarship players. I'm sure the OP is a puff piece for his club. Oh, let's use this as the example that our club is so great.

Don't know the family unlike other weirdos unpacking here but I would gather she feels like she won already. She's at Duke on a D1 team. I'm sure she wants to play but if she doesn't oh well she's still a Koon right, she'll be fine.

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Anonymous wrote:College soccer is still pay to play. Let's see if this player actually plays there or rides the pine. They have to have some paying customers to offer the extra money to the scholarship players. I'm sure the OP is a puff piece for his club. Oh, let's use this as the example that our club is so great.

These types of families can pay whatever they like and easily create their version of their daughters "recruiting" journey. The parents blast these pictures and announcements all over social media and linkedin. This post exists because many people see the marketing effort that has gone on for years. People in the soccer community know the joke, won't call them out to their face because it's not worth it and rip on them behind their backs. That's the entertainment value of it. Their "recruiting" journey was get good grades and your parents will push and pay serious money to get onto the bottom of the roster. Not only are they not scholarship athletes, they are donating money to the school and the women's soccer program. There are versions of these types of players all over the DMV (Duke, UVA, UCLA, Georgetown). They won't play a competitive minute at a school like this...ever...Duke has a loaded roster again with a new coach. For the girls that were recruited to play at a school like Duke, have the talent and ability to really play and compete in the ACC, it is an amazing accomplishment and it should not be diminished by POSERS.

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Anonymous wrote:College soccer is still pay to play. Let's see if this player actually plays there or rides the pine. They have to have some paying customers to offer the extra money to the scholarship players. I'm sure the OP is a puff piece for his club. Oh, let's use this as the example that our club is so great.

These types of families can pay whatever they like and easily create their version of their daughters "recruiting" journey. The parents blast these pictures and announcements all over social media and linkedin. This post exists because many people see the marketing effort that has gone on for years. People in the soccer community know the joke, won't call them out to their face because it's not worth it and rip on them behind their backs. That's the entertainment value of it. Their "recruiting" journey was get good grades and your parents will push and pay serious money to get onto the bottom of the roster. Not only are they not scholarship athletes, they are donating money to the school and the women's soccer program. There are versions of these types of players all over the DMV (Duke, UVA, UCLA, Georgetown). They won't play a competitive minute at a school like this...ever...Duke has a loaded roster again with a new coach. For the girls that were recruited to play at a school like Duke, have the talent and ability to really play and compete in the ACC, it is an amazing accomplishment and it should not be diminished by POSERS.

It's a win-win for all involved. Family and player get what they want. School and coaches get what they need ($). It's good to be rich.