28 Rosters Spots/28 Scholarships for NCAA Women's Soccer

[Anonymous]

Can someone explain to me how the transfer portal - specifically for Div 1 Womens Soccer - works?

When does the portal open and when can a school contact a player in the portal and give them an offer?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain to me how the transfer portal - specifically for Div 1 Womens Soccer - works?

When does the portal open and when can a school contact a player in the portal and give them an offer?

transfer portal opens November 18. player and schools can't contact each other until she is officially entered in the portal. window closes december 17. Many girls go in and don't find a place to play. There are hundreds of disgruntled girls in there that are at schools that they don't play or get very few minutes. Most of the top players that go in are bending the rules and having other people reach out to other schools before they go in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain to me how the transfer portal - specifically for Div 1 Womens Soccer - works?

When does the portal open and when can a school contact a player in the portal and give them an offer?

transfer portal opens November 18. player and schools can't contact each other until she is officially entered in the portal. window closes december 17. Many girls go in and don't find a place to play. There are hundreds of disgruntled girls in there that are at schools that they don't play or get very few minutes. Most of the top players that go in are bending the rules and having other people reach out to other schools before they go in.

So after Dec 17 a player can't enter the portal... but a school could still give an offer right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain to me how the transfer portal - specifically for Div 1 Womens Soccer - works?

When does the portal open and when can a school contact a player in the portal and give them an offer?

transfer portal opens November 18. player and schools can't contact each other until she is officially entered in the portal. window closes december 17. Many girls go in and don't find a place to play. There are hundreds of disgruntled girls in there that are at schools that they don't play or get very few minutes. Most of the top players that go in are bending the rules and having other people reach out to other schools before they go in.

So after Dec 17 a player can't enter the portal... but a school could still give an offer right?

Yes, once you are in the portal you are in until someone picks you up...the last date to get in this year is Dec17

[Anonymous]

While this is really hard in the transition period, it is good for the sport overall. The huge rosters water down the teams. This is just simply raising the bar to make a college team and that is not a bad thing. Things change and they will continue to change. This is just one of those things. While it sucks for those impacted during the transition, it also creates tons of good. Better overall team skill/quality over time, coaches have to give more effort in recruiting to find the right players (less throwing darts on players 29-35 and hoping one pans out), etc. Other smaller schools and D3 schools can become stronger with new talent pools. Yes, there is also the chance some schools will get rid of soccer due this change. And that too can be a good decision if needed to be made for that school. Talent bars raise all of time, in sports and in our work lives. In the grand scheme of life, this is a small hurdle.

With all of this said, My DD was impacted by this change and had her scholarship taken away. Things don't always go exactly like you hope. So instead of playing victim, she was proactive and pushed through, reached out to coaches she had built relationships with in the recruiting process and found a new place to land. Yes, it could have ended with her not finding a new team and ultimately not playing or playing for a smaller or D3 school. Either way, building life skills learning to overcome a setback is not a bad thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:While this is really hard in the transition period, it is good for the sport overall. The huge rosters water down the teams. This is just simply raising the bar to make a college team and that is not a bad thing. Things change and they will continue to change. This is just one of those things. While it sucks for those impacted during the transition, it also creates tons of good. Better overall team skill/quality over time, coaches have to give more effort in recruiting to find the right players (less throwing darts on players 29-35 and hoping one pans out), etc. Other smaller schools and D3 schools can become stronger with new talent pools. Yes, there is also the chance some schools will get rid of soccer due this change. And that too can be a good decision if needed to be made for that school. Talent bars raise all of time, in sports and in our work lives. In the grand scheme of life, this is a small hurdle.

With all of this said, My DD was impacted by this change and had her scholarship taken away. Things don't always go exactly like you hope. So instead of playing victim, she was proactive and pushed through, reached out to coaches she had built relationships with in the recruiting process and found a new place to land. Yes, it could have ended with her not finding a new team and ultimately not playing or playing for a smaller or D3 school. Either way, building life skills learning to overcome a setback is not a bad thing.

https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/42273737/college-athletes-face-national-signing-day-amid-uncertainty-new-roster-limits

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:While this is really hard in the transition period, it is good for the sport overall. The huge rosters water down the teams. This is just simply raising the bar to make a college team and that is not a bad thing. Things change and they will continue to change. This is just one of those things. While it sucks for those impacted during the transition, it also creates tons of good. Better overall team skill/quality over time, coaches have to give more effort in recruiting to find the right players (less throwing darts on players 29-35 and hoping one pans out), etc. Other smaller schools and D3 schools can become stronger with new talent pools. Yes, there is also the chance some schools will get rid of soccer due this change. And that too can be a good decision if needed to be made for that school. Talent bars raise all of time, in sports and in our work lives. In the grand scheme of life, this is a small hurdle.

With all of this said, My DD was impacted by this change and had her scholarship taken away. Things don't always go exactly like you hope. So instead of playing victim, she was proactive and pushed through, reached out to coaches she had built relationships with in the recruiting process and found a new place to land. Yes, it could have ended with her not finding a new team and ultimately not playing or playing for a smaller or D3 school. Either way, building life skills learning to overcome a setback is not a bad thing.

https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/42273737/college-athletes-face-national-signing-day-amid-uncertainty-new-roster-limits

I still have doubts that the 28 soccer limit will be in place next year. I think it is an antitrust violation in itself and will be challenged. Also there is not enough time to get this ready. I think this will not go next year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:While this is really hard in the transition period, it is good for the sport overall. The huge rosters water down the teams. This is just simply raising the bar to make a college team and that is not a bad thing. Things change and they will continue to change. This is just one of those things. While it sucks for those impacted during the transition, it also creates tons of good. Better overall team skill/quality over time, coaches have to give more effort in recruiting to find the right players (less throwing darts on players 29-35 and hoping one pans out), etc. Other smaller schools and D3 schools can become stronger with new talent pools. Yes, there is also the chance some schools will get rid of soccer due this change. And that too can be a good decision if needed to be made for that school. Talent bars raise all of time, in sports and in our work lives. In the grand scheme of life, this is a small hurdle.

With all of this said, My DD was impacted by this change and had her scholarship taken away. Things don't always go exactly like you hope. So instead of playing victim, she was proactive and pushed through, reached out to coaches she had built relationships with in the recruiting process and found a new place to land. Yes, it could have ended with her not finding a new team and ultimately not playing or playing for a smaller or D3 school. Either way, building life skills learning to overcome a setback is not a bad thing.

https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/42273737/college-athletes-face-national-signing-day-amid-uncertainty-new-roster-limits

I'm sure Penn State is thrilled about this

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:While this is really hard in the transition period, it is good for the sport overall. The huge rosters water down the teams. This is just simply raising the bar to make a college team and that is not a bad thing. Things change and they will continue to change. This is just one of those things. While it sucks for those impacted during the transition, it also creates tons of good. Better overall team skill/quality over time, coaches have to give more effort in recruiting to find the right players (less throwing darts on players 29-35 and hoping one pans out), etc. Other smaller schools and D3 schools can become stronger with new talent pools. Yes, there is also the chance some schools will get rid of soccer due this change. And that too can be a good decision if needed to be made for that school. Talent bars raise all of time, in sports and in our work lives. In the grand scheme of life, this is a small hurdle.

With all of this said, My DD was impacted by this change and had her scholarship taken away. Things don't always go exactly like you hope. So instead of playing victim, she was proactive and pushed through, reached out to coaches she had built relationships with in the recruiting process and found a new place to land. Yes, it could have ended with her not finding a new team and ultimately not playing or playing for a smaller or D3 school. Either way, building life skills learning to overcome a setback is not a bad thing.

https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/42273737/college-athletes-face-national-signing-day-amid-uncertainty-new-roster-limits

College coaches used this moment as an opportunity to drop players they don't want or need. PSU had no comment in the article because they wanted to parts of this player or article.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:While this is really hard in the transition period, it is good for the sport overall. The huge rosters water down the teams. This is just simply raising the bar to make a college team and that is not a bad thing. Things change and they will continue to change. This is just one of those things. While it sucks for those impacted during the transition, it also creates tons of good. Better overall team skill/quality over time, coaches have to give more effort in recruiting to find the right players (less throwing darts on players 29-35 and hoping one pans out), etc. Other smaller schools and D3 schools can become stronger with new talent pools. Yes, there is also the chance some schools will get rid of soccer due this change. And that too can be a good decision if needed to be made for that school. Talent bars raise all of time, in sports and in our work lives. In the grand scheme of life, this is a small hurdle.

With all of this said, My DD was impacted by this change and had her scholarship taken away. Things don't always go exactly like you hope. So instead of playing victim, she was proactive and pushed through, reached out to coaches she had built relationships with in the recruiting process and found a new place to land. Yes, it could have ended with her not finding a new team and ultimately not playing or playing for a smaller or D3 school. Either way, building life skills learning to overcome a setback is not a bad thing.

https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/42273737/college-athletes-face-national-signing-day-amid-uncertainty-new-roster-limits

If that is the case, are there a bunch of 2025's getting dumped or is this a one off where the parents went to air their disappointment publicly? I can't imagine a top recruit for your 2025 getting dropped. This must be a bottom of the class roster spot.

I still have doubts that the 28 soccer limit will be in place next year. I think it is an antitrust violation in itself and will be challenged. Also there is not enough time to get this ready. I think this will not go next year.

[Anonymous]

When do mid major schools have to decide if they are going to opt in to this new agreement?

[Anonymous]

Our Ivy coach said it's happening.

[Anonymous]

Just based off of social media, if a kid wants into college there's only one club to be at around here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:While this is really hard in the transition period, it is good for the sport overall. The huge rosters water down the teams. This is just simply raising the bar to make a college team and that is not a bad thing. Things change and they will continue to change. This is just one of those things. While it sucks for those impacted during the transition, it also creates tons of good. Better overall team skill/quality over time, coaches have to give more effort in recruiting to find the right players (less throwing darts on players 29-35 and hoping one pans out), etc. Other smaller schools and D3 schools can become stronger with new talent pools. Yes, there is also the chance some schools will get rid of soccer due this change. And that too can be a good decision if needed to be made for that school. Talent bars raise all of time, in sports and in our work lives. In the grand scheme of life, this is a small hurdle.

With all of this said, My DD was impacted by this change and had her scholarship taken away. Things don't always go exactly like you hope. So instead of playing victim, she was proactive and pushed through, reached out to coaches she had built relationships with in the recruiting process and found a new place to land. Yes, it could have ended with her not finding a new team and ultimately not playing or playing for a smaller or D3 school. Either way, building life skills learning to overcome a setback is not a bad thing.

https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/42273737/college-athletes-face-national-signing-day-amid-uncertainty-new-roster-limits

I'm sure Penn State is thrilled about this

https://x.com/marlee_raymond/status/1856697381967790479

Well if players are reclassifying to graduate early as a 2025 and going to Penn State now I'd say this ESPN article is way off. College coaches are after the best players and verbal commitments mean zero.
The end.

[Anonymous]

Same thing just happened with a U-17 YNT player who is a 2008 and just re-classified to be 2025 commit to USC. Very confusing landscape