Girls ECNL Season - 2018-19 Season

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Anonymous wrote:Getting recruited to be on the roster at a top D1 school is great and all, but how much money do you think those players are really getting? The ones that have been in YNT camps are probably getting a good amount, but don't look at those commitment lists and think that everyone is getting a full ride. Players committing to mid-level D1 schools are probably getting a lot more of their education paid for than every single FCV player going to Virginia Tech. Either use the soccer to get as much of your education paid for as you can, or use it as a hook to get into a dream school.

I agree that not every commitment means a full ride scholarship, but otherwise your post is misleading. It is untrue that the majority of FCV players are going Virginia Tech, which is a good school by the way. FCV players have commitments to many academically strong schools, such as Duke, UVA, William & Mary, Princeton, etc.

I guess I didn't write that very well. I didn't mean every single FCV 2019 player is going to Virginia Tech. I meant that, of the FCV 2019 players committed to Virginia Tech, not all of them are getting a full ride and may not be getting as much of an athletic scholarship as players at other clubs signing with mid-level D1 schools.

I don't think anyone honestly interpreted your comment as "every FCV player committed to VA Tech". But, that ANY of the players were given full rides is also extremely unlikely. A college D1 school has about 9 scholarships for the entire team that are most often split up. If a kid receives any scholarship it is most certainly a partial scholarship and almost never a full ride. Your point about scholarships for those types of players at mid level schools is more likely the case.

Just pointing out a clarification. The PP was pointing out examples of FCV commitments to strong schools such as...and they listed Princeton. Some people might interpret that to mean that an FCV has a commitment to Princeton - which is not the case. There are 3 local ECNL players committed to Princeton. One from McLean and 2 from Bethesda. But no FCV or any other local DA team has a Princeton commit.

False, BRYC has one...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wow how embarrassing to FCV. The girl used to play for FCV and committed to Miami. She then left for McLean ECNL and later committed to Princeton.

So truth stands FCV has no Princeton commits but they sure lied about one! LMAO

Do I have this right:

She was at FCV until FCV switched from ECNL to DA.

She decided not to do DA with FCV, and instead left for McLean and their ECNL team.

She then, with some help from McLean, improved her college offers from Miami to Princeton?


If that is accurate, then that puts a large dent in the FCV parent recruiting propaganda that constantly gets posted on this blog. Maybe ECNL and McLean have something to offer after all . . .

Yes that is correct. She left FCV for ECNL and improved her offer to Princeton.

Huge dent for FCV. Looks like a smart girl to leave when she did.

Princeton is a much better program than Miami. And of course a far better school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Getting recruited to be on the roster at a top D1 school is great and all, but how much money do you think those players are really getting? The ones that have been in YNT camps are probably getting a good amount, but don't look at those commitment lists and think that everyone is getting a full ride. Players committing to mid-level D1 schools are probably getting a lot more of their education paid for than every single FCV player going to Virginia Tech. Either use the soccer to get as much of your education paid for as you can, or use it as a hook to get into a dream school.

I agree that not every commitment means a full ride scholarship, but otherwise your post is misleading. It is untrue that the majority of FCV players are going Virginia Tech, which is a good school by the way. FCV players have commitments to many academically strong schools, such as Duke, UVA, William & Mary, Princeton, etc.

I guess I didn't write that very well. I didn't mean every single FCV 2019 player is going to Virginia Tech. I meant that, of the FCV 2019 players committed to Virginia Tech, not all of them are getting a full ride and may not be getting as much of an athletic scholarship as players at other clubs signing with mid-level D1 schools.

I don't think anyone honestly interpreted your comment as "every FCV player committed to VA Tech". But, that ANY of the players were given full rides is also extremely unlikely. A college D1 school has about 9 scholarships for the entire team that are most often split up. If a kid receives any scholarship it is most certainly a partial scholarship and almost never a full ride. Your point about scholarships for those types of players at mid level schools is more likely the case.

Just pointing out a clarification. The PP was pointing out examples of FCV commitments to strong schools such as...and they listed Princeton. Some people might interpret that to mean that an FCV has a commitment to Princeton - which is not the case. There are 3 local ECNL players committed to Princeton. One from McLean and 2 from Bethesda. But no FCV or any other local DA team has a Princeton commit.

False, BRYC has one...

So 4 local ECNL players are going to Princeton

[Anonymous]

And one shady DA program falsely claiming to have one!

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Anonymous wrote:And one shady DA program falsely claiming to have one!

Typical FCV...

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What a huge accomplishment to these ECNL programs and families. Princeton is so selective. Our local high school Valedictorian for this year got waitlisted at Princeton. So amazing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow how embarrassing to FCV. The girl used to play for FCV and committed to Miami. She then left for McLean ECNL and later committed to Princeton.

So truth stands FCV has no Princeton commits but they sure lied about one! LMAO

Do I have this right:

She was at FCV until FCV switched from ECNL to DA.

She decided not to do DA with FCV, and instead left for McLean and their ECNL team.

She then, with some help from McLean, improved her college offers from Miami to Princeton?


If that is accurate, then that puts a large dent in the FCV parent recruiting propaganda that constantly gets posted on this blog. Maybe ECNL and McLean have something to offer after all . . .

The ACC is the best soccer conference.

Agreed that ACC is the best soccer conference. But no sane parent would prefer for their child to go to Miami over Princeton for college.

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Anonymous wrote:It's crazy that some parents think winning is not important 16+.... College coaches are not going to sit and watch a team that can't win a game. I would look at the amount of coaches that watch McLean and BRYC at 16-17-19 in Greer and Sanford and compare it to what shows up for Loudoun and VDA matches. There is absolutely no reason teams 16+ should not be going on the field to win games. If you are being told other wise run... fast.

Absolutely true. At that point, if a team is getting its ass handed to it game after game, either find another team to play or accept that your child should be playing in a lower division. Players won't get recruited from teams that can't compete.

OK --- then compare the commitments from the Richmond U-17 team (sub 500 win pct) and the BRYC U-17 (about 600 win pct) --- looks that Richmond team is doing just fine in placing girls in higher profile programs that the BRYC team.

BTW: If you think you're kid won't get recruited on a bad ECNL team because nobody watches them, how many coaches do you think come to CCL / NCSL / etc games? And do you think the coaches will be excited about a worse player on a successful CCL / NCSL player.

That's like saying only players from FBS teams will get drafted into the NFL, and if you're not one of those teams, no NFL scout will see you.

BRYC U-17 is basically a new team. They only have 2 of their original players. They may only have 4 committed to Division 1 schools, but there are several others talking to coaches. AND most of that team is sophomores! BRYC has a couple of 02s playing up that are committed! So that places the U-17s I believe at 6 committed to Divsion 1 schools. William and Mary, UConn, Naval Academy, Are the 3 I know of, can’t remember the other 3.

BRYC U17 team is almost the same team as least --- it's not new.

Their coach told the 02s that they should focus on D-2 and D-3 schools because only his only 03 players were good enough for D-1.

You have bad information. Players in their Junior year who have not yet committed were told to start applying to Mid Major D1 conference schools. This is good information for my daughter and her team mates as most of them including my own were still applying to UVA and UNC. Most of the power 5 schools are done with recruiting pretty early on so having the players expand their search for the right academic fit is sound advice. If a top soccer school watches and likes a player they will reach out to our coach, this conversation was to ensure my child and her team mates get the most out of the upcoming showcases.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow how embarrassing to FCV. The girl used to play for FCV and committed to Miami. She then left for McLean ECNL and later committed to Princeton.

So truth stands FCV has no Princeton commits but they sure lied about one! LMAO

Do I have this right:

She was at FCV until FCV switched from ECNL to DA.

She decided not to do DA with FCV, and instead left for McLean and their ECNL team.

She then, with some help from McLean, improved her college offers from Miami to Princeton?


If that is accurate, then that puts a large dent in the FCV parent recruiting propaganda that constantly gets posted on this blog. Maybe ECNL and McLean have something to offer after all . . .

The ACC is the best soccer conference.

Agreed that ACC is the best soccer conference. But no sane parent would prefer for their child to go to Miami over Princeton for college.

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Princeton is ranked #24. Miami is #159.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's crazy that some parents think winning is not important 16+.... College coaches are not going to sit and watch a team that can't win a game. I would look at the amount of coaches that watch McLean and BRYC at 16-17-19 in Greer and Sanford and compare it to what shows up for Loudoun and VDA matches. There is absolutely no reason teams 16+ should not be going on the field to win games. If you are being told other wise run... fast.

Absolutely true. At that point, if a team is getting its ass handed to it game after game, either find another team to play or accept that your child should be playing in a lower division. Players won't get recruited from teams that can't compete.

OK --- then compare the commitments from the Richmond U-17 team (sub 500 win pct) and the BRYC U-17 (about 600 win pct) --- looks that Richmond team is doing just fine in placing girls in higher profile programs that the BRYC team.

BTW: If you think you're kid won't get recruited on a bad ECNL team because nobody watches them, how many coaches do you think come to CCL / NCSL / etc games? And do you think the coaches will be excited about a worse player on a successful CCL / NCSL player.

That's like saying only players from FBS teams will get drafted into the NFL, and if you're not one of those teams, no NFL scout will see you.

BRYC U-17 is basically a new team. They only have 2 of their original players. They may only have 4 committed to Division 1 schools, but there are several others talking to coaches. AND most of that team is sophomores! BRYC has a couple of 02s playing up that are committed! So that places the U-17s I believe at 6 committed to Divsion 1 schools. William and Mary, UConn, Naval Academy, Are the 3 I know of, can’t remember the other 3.

BRYC U17 team is almost the same team as least --- it's not new.

Their coach told the 02s that they should focus on D-2 and D-3 schools because only his only 03 players were good enough for D-1.

You have bad information. Players in their Junior year who have not yet committed were told to start applying to Mid Major D1 conference schools. This is good information for my daughter and her team mates as most of them including my own were still applying to UVA and UNC. Most of the power 5 schools are done with recruiting pretty early on so having the players expand their search for the right academic fit is sound advice. If a top soccer school watches and likes a player they will reach out to our coach, this conversation was to ensure my child and her team mates get the most out of the upcoming showcases.

Good Advice...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Princeton is ranked #24. Miami is #159.

Miami is ACC

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FCV obviously thinks Princeton is better than Miami

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FCV obviously thinks Princeton is better than Miami

FCV thinks it is okay to post false Commitments

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Anonymous wrote:FCV obviously thinks Princeton is better than Miami

Well, if the kid goes to Princeton you can't say they are going to Miami now can you.