New Additions to Leagues Check Up (ECNL & GA)

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Regardless of league, parents, if college soccer is the goal, you should be putting together a video resume, attending summer soccer camps at target schools and probably have an expert trainer outside the team your kid is are currently on. Yes, it's that crazy.

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Anonymous wrote:GA showcase and playoff just finished. 159 D1 colleges showed up. down from 172 last year. what is happening to the GA? every time I walked by the playoff games there were coaches but the regular showcase games were barely 5-8 college coaches on the sideline watching. very worrisome

Actually it seems ECNL really must be worried about GA gaining ground with all these seemingly never-ending attacks.

hmm. interesting

https://x.com/ImYouthSoccer/status/1939020978790748277/photo/1

Ahh yes, the AI enhanced and cherry picked (didnt include 2024 GA playoffs recruiter #'s) ECNL coaches account. Sorry, nobody believes this guy anymore.

The AI enhanced number of ECNL players comment is correct. Also the image is AI created.

However, 2025 GA playoff coach and recruiter numbers werent included not 2024. FYI 2025 GA had more recruiters and coaches at their event than they'd ever had before.

then your reading comprehension of their chart is suspect. it is clear that the current 2024/25 GA playoffs had 159 D1 college programs attended. did you go and count them from GA's website? their chart says ECNL has 237 D1 college programs currently attending the ECNL playoffs. did you go and count them from ECNL's website?

no one is taking about the total number of college coaches or programs in their post. their post is clearly referencing "D1" college programs guiding the reader as to what showcase the D1 college programs are attending. pretty simple to understand

So put another way, cherry picked data. Which is exactly why people know your X guy is BS.

If you like cherry picked data how about this one?

More girls ECNL players stop playing in their first year of college than any other league.

More people in China die every year than any other country. More people in NYC die every year than any other U.S. city. This is a meaningless statistic. The only thing it proves is that more players in college come from ECNL.

On the other hand some people might view D1 programs as meaningful different from D2 and JC.

Some people might also see that someone is trying to cherry pick data points. In this case to specifically make GA look bad.

GA posts its yearly commitment numbers right on its website. (They've gone up every year) ECNL used to do this but recently stopped. (Its because they started going down) This is also why clowns like this guy started tracking commitment numbers themselves.

The other thing this guy likes to post about is the number of players in college schools who are from XYZ league. Completely ignoring that the players on college teams today probably graduated 3-4 years ago. And at that time its highly likely that youth clubs were in a different league (DA).

Think about this one. They like to post about D1 only numbers which are around 130 for ECNL while ignoring everything else. Why? The reason is last years GA commitment numbers for all leagues was between 750-850. Better ignore that one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Regardless of league, parents, if college soccer is the goal, you should be putting together a video resume, attending summer soccer camps at target schools and probably have an expert trainer outside the team your kid is are currently on. Yes, it's that crazy.

It is that crazy and iamyouthsoccer charges parents to get kids recruited. Theres a reason they post things to stroke ECNL parent egos. They're the ones willing to spend big money.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Regardless of league, parents, if college soccer is the goal, you should be putting together a video resume, attending summer soccer camps at target schools and probably have an expert trainer outside the team your kid is are currently on. Yes, it's that crazy.

It is that crazy and iamyouthsoccer charges parents to get kids recruited. Theres a reason they post things to stroke ECNL parent egos. They're the ones willing to spend big money.

So does soccer wire. It’s a business.

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Anonymous wrote:Regardless of league, parents, if college soccer is the goal, you should be putting together a video resume, attending summer soccer camps at target schools and probably have an expert trainer outside the team your kid is are currently on. Yes, it's that crazy.

It is that crazy and iamyouthsoccer charges parents to get kids recruited. Theres a reason they post things to stroke ECNL parent egos. They're the ones willing to spend big money.

So does soccer wire. It’s a business.

Some people dont know this yet and swallow the bait hook line and sinker. For those that haven't figured it out yet. Once you get to olders wins take a backseat to recruitment. Everyone wants to win but if a certain recruiter is expected to be at a game to look at a bench player guess who gets to start? This happens because clubs want to have committments and clubs want committments because its something they can advertise on instragram which brings on more younger players.

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Anonymous wrote:Regardless of league, parents, if college soccer is the goal, you should be putting together a video resume, attending summer soccer camps at target schools and probably have an expert trainer outside the team your kid is are currently on. Yes, it's that crazy.

It is that crazy and iamyouthsoccer charges parents to get kids recruited. Theres a reason they post things to stroke ECNL parent egos. They're the ones willing to spend big money.

So does soccer wire. It’s a business.

Some people dont know this yet and swallow the bait hook line and sinker. For those that haven't figured it out yet. Once you get to olders wins take a backseat to recruitment. Everyone wants to win but if a certain recruiter is expected to be at a game to look at a bench player guess who gets to start? This happens because clubs want to have committments and clubs want committments because its something they can advertise on instragram which brings on more younger players.

That is a pretty cynical view. While I am sure the clubs want commitments because it looks good for the coach and club, there are also other reasons. For instance, couldn’t it also be true they care for each kid and want the best for them, they got to coaching to help kids and help each kid seek their dreams?

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Anonymous wrote:Regardless of league, parents, if college soccer is the goal, you should be putting together a video resume, attending summer soccer camps at target schools and probably have an expert trainer outside the team your kid is are currently on. Yes, it's that crazy.

It is that crazy and iamyouthsoccer charges parents to get kids recruited. Theres a reason they post things to stroke ECNL parent egos. They're the ones willing to spend big money.

Welcome to the real world.

So does soccer wire. It’s a business.

Some people dont know this yet and swallow the bait hook line and sinker. For those that haven't figured it out yet. Once you get to olders wins take a backseat to recruitment. Everyone wants to win but if a certain recruiter is expected to be at a game to look at a bench player guess who gets to start? This happens because clubs want to have committments and clubs want committments because its something they can advertise on instragram which brings on more younger players.

That is a pretty cynical view. While I am sure the clubs want commitments because it looks good for the coach and club, there are also other reasons. For instance, couldn’t it also be true they care for each kid and want the best for them, they got to coaching to help kids and help each kid seek their dreams?

[Anonymous]

GA just released their official scout attendance numbers for Summer Playoff & Showcase. Very impressive.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DL2hVo7Plpr/?igsh=dmRyaTdwZTlnZDZ0

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:GA just released their official scout attendance numbers for Summer Playoff & Showcase. Very impressive.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DL2hVo7Plpr/?igsh=dmRyaTdwZTlnZDZ0

Iamyouthsoccer is going to poop his pants.

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Anonymous wrote:Regardless of league, parents, if college soccer is the goal, you should be putting together a video resume, attending summer soccer camps at target schools and probably have an expert trainer outside the team your kid is are currently on. Yes, it's that crazy.

It is that crazy and iamyouthsoccer charges parents to get kids recruited. Theres a reason they post things to stroke ECNL parent egos. They're the ones willing to spend big money.

So does soccer wire. It’s a business.

Some people dont know this yet and swallow the bait hook line and sinker. For those that haven't figured it out yet. Once you get to olders wins take a backseat to recruitment. Everyone wants to win but if a certain recruiter is expected to be at a game to look at a bench player guess who gets to start? This happens because clubs want to have committments and clubs want committments because its something they can advertise on instragram which brings on more younger players.

That is a pretty cynical view. While I am sure the clubs want commitments because it looks good for the coach and club, there are also other reasons. For instance, couldn’t it also be true they care for each kid and want the best for them, they got to coaching to help kids and help each kid seek their dreams?

That's may of how it started for a lot of coaches but that is not how it is today. The business side of things has taken over for club soccer, now it's all about commitments and youth national team social media posts because parents will see those and want that for their kid so they'll join the club that they think can best do that for me. It's why we're failing in soccer at the national level because it's not about development or coaching our youth, it's about increasing college commitments to get more kids to join the club, so a club can have 4 teams in the same age group or have 20-25 kids per team

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:GA just released their official scout attendance numbers for Summer Playoff & Showcase. Very impressive.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DL2hVo7Plpr/?igsh=dmRyaTdwZTlnZDZ0

There are only 347 D1 Women's programs.
All of them were there plus 200 more?

[Anonymous]

My favorite is that there were 10,707 matches at playoff and showcase. Someone is adding zeros.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:GA just released their official scout attendance numbers for Summer Playoff & Showcase. Very impressive.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DL2hVo7Plpr/?igsh=dmRyaTdwZTlnZDZ0

There are only 347 D1 Women's programs.
All of them were there plus 200 more?

Many colleges have multiple scouts attending. Which likely explains the numbers.

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Anonymous wrote:GA just released their official scout attendance numbers for Summer Playoff & Showcase. Very impressive.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DL2hVo7Plpr/?igsh=dmRyaTdwZTlnZDZ0

There are only 347 D1 Women's programs.
All of them were there plus 200 more?

Many colleges have multiple scouts attending. Which likely explains the numbers.

What about the 10,707 matches?

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Anonymous wrote:Regardless of league, parents, if college soccer is the goal, you should be putting together a video resume, attending summer soccer camps at target schools and probably have an expert trainer outside the team your kid is are currently on. Yes, it's that crazy.

It is that crazy and iamyouthsoccer charges parents to get kids recruited. Theres a reason they post things to stroke ECNL parent egos. They're the ones willing to spend big money.

So does soccer wire. It’s a business.

Some people dont know this yet and swallow the bait hook line and sinker. For those that haven't figured it out yet. Once you get to olders wins take a backseat to recruitment. Everyone wants to win but if a certain recruiter is expected to be at a game to look at a bench player guess who gets to start? This happens because clubs want to have committments and clubs want committments because its something they can advertise on instragram which brings on more younger players.

That is a pretty cynical view. While I am sure the clubs want commitments because it looks good for the coach and club, there are also other reasons. For instance, couldn’t it also be true they care for each kid and want the best for them, they got to coaching to help kids and help each kid seek their dreams?

That's may of how it started for a lot of coaches but that is not how it is today. The business side of things has taken over for club soccer, now it's all about commitments and youth national team social media posts because parents will see those and want that for their kid so they'll join the club that they think can best do that for me. It's why we're failing in soccer at the national level because it's not about development or coaching our youth, it's about increasing college commitments to get more kids to join the club, so a club can have 4 teams in the same age group or have 20-25 kids per team

I don't know where people get their idolized view of club soccer and coaches. Club soccer is a business like any other business. Do we expect people working at Cartoon Cuts to be all about the kids feeling good about their hair and self image? Do we expect workers at shoe stores to be in it because they care about people's feet? Soccer coaches are employees working a job for a paycheck. Where does the expectation come from that coaches and clubs exist for the betterment of the sport and kids?