2024 Girls Lax WCAC ISL Outlook
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Anonymous
| For private schools it is a little like college. You can't always have large recruiting classes because there are only so many spots on the field. So a team filled with underclass starters (like GC) for this year may not have a large 2028 class but a team that is losing half of their starters (like SJC) or with many junior starters may need one. |
Anonymous
| It will be interesting to see if schools start making transfers more a part of their plan. SJC is getting a Yorktown transfer next year and BI and SR got transfers last year. Takes some planning but it’s a good way to boost a year group. |
Anonymous
| SJC has two transfers with ACL injuries who never saw the field who will be major contributors next year - M&D Black club. Plus, the sister of the Harvard commit who went down mid season. with an ACL tear committed to U of Chicago. Get those girls healthy, plus a few other transfers that have been discussed and they may be ok. No doubt those 6 seniors are a major loss to the program. They carried the team on their backs. The coaching situation may still be a problem. |
Anonymous
| If you’re serious about playing at the next level, I don’t think you can stay in public schools anymore. The competition in the private school leagues is multiple levels above what you see in the public school system. |
Anonymous
| I feel like Yorktown is a slight exception to that when it comes to DMV public’s, they produce some very good talent. |
Anonymous
| High school doesn’t matter much. Plenty of girls in this area who go D1 that play on bad high school teams. |
Anonymous
SJC will have U of Chicago Commit, York PA Commit, transfers that have been discussed, the two fundamentally sound sisters who started most season on attack and from what it sounds like a strong incoming freshman class- think they will be just fine. |
Anonymous
There's a discussion on another thread about the 16 women who are on 6 of the NCAA Elite 8 teams and played at DMV private and public high school schools. In that group there are 12 players from private and 4 from public, including 3 from Langley, which was a good high school team when the players were there. This is, of course, a very small data set, but it is consistent with other analyses I have seen. Here is the school breakdown: Georgetown Visitation x3 Langley x3 Stone Ridge x2 Bullis x1 Chantilly x1 Good Counsel x1 Holy Child x1 NCS x1 Sidwell x1 SJC x1 SSSAS x 1 |
Anonymous
It sure beats sitting the bench game after game or playing for 90 seconds like the girls do at some of these privates with too many kids. |
Anonymous
That's true. Have to know your talent level and pick the right school. |
Anonymous
But practicing daily against 10 to 15 D1 Commits beats playing full games against weaker comp... |
Anonymous
And being part of a group who hoists the trophy...nothing beats it. |
Anonymous
Yorktown doesn't produce more talent than other competitive publics. The only reason they are doing well is the one soccer commit who is a phenom athlete. The rest of the players are mid low d1 or d3. |
Anonymous
| SSSA 8-7 over PVI. KJ secured her teams shot for a VA championship title! |
Anonymous
| Thanks to a shitty ref that was blind with 20 seconds to go . Great job from a SSSA graduate . |