High School Recruiting

[Anonymous]

My kid plays for his club's ECNL team and will be in high school next year. I'd say he's pretty good as he gets a lot of really good feedback from his coaches and he is recognized by his team as one of the better players. I'm thinking when he's in high school, why not just play for his high school team and drop playing for his club. He does want to play in college if he can.

Just wondering how much high school soccer teams are scouted/recruited compared to soccer clubs? Will HS coaches reach out to schools if they realize they have talent that is college worthy? What have you experienced or are your thoughts on this?

[Anonymous]

it may depend on the league, but for Virginia publics, they aren't

[Anonymous]

What resources have you checked already? What did your coach say? Why would you have a kid playing u14 ECNL now?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid plays for his club's ECNL team and will be in high school next year. I'd say he's pretty good as he gets a lot of really good feedback from his coaches and he is recognized by his team as one of the better players. I'm thinking when he's in high school, why not just play for his high school team and drop playing for his club. He does want to play in college if he can.

Just wondering how much high school soccer teams are scouted/recruited compared to soccer clubs? Will HS coaches reach out to schools if they realize they have talent that is college worthy? What have you experienced or are your thoughts on this?

Your child will not get recruited from HS. Not ever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What resources have you checked already? What did your coach say? Why would you have a kid playing u14 ECNL now?

I've just started to look into this so wanted to get some feedback here which would provide some direction for me. I haven't talked to the coach about this yet and probably won't. He's playing ECNL cause if he were to play on the team below he wouldn't be competing at the level he should be. I imagine HS soccer probably won't be at the ECNL or MLS Academy level of competition.

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Anonymous wrote:What resources have you checked already? What did your coach say? Why would you have a kid playing u14 ECNL now?

I've just started to look into this so wanted to get some feedback here which would provide some direction for me. I haven't talked to the coach about this yet and probably won't. He's playing ECNL cause if he were to play on the team below he wouldn't be competing at the level he should be. I imagine HS soccer probably won't be at the ECNL or MLS Academy level of competition.

Ok this is a plant post to stir up a ton of response. At U14 your kids knows club soccer is much better than HS even if the parent is clueless

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What resources have you checked already? What did your coach say? Why would you have a kid playing u14 ECNL now?

I've just started to look into this so wanted to get some feedback here which would provide some direction for me. I haven't talked to the coach about this yet and probably won't. He's playing ECNL cause if he were to play on the team below he wouldn't be competing at the level he should be. I imagine HS soccer probably won't be at the ECNL or MLS Academy level of competition.

Ok this is a plant post to stir up a ton of response. At U14 your kids knows club soccer is much better than HS even if the parent is clueless

I'm the OP, my question is not whether club soccer is better than HS soccer that's a no brainer. I just want to know will a player who only plays for their HS team ever get identified or recruited by colleges. From the sound of it, it is highly unlikely.

[Anonymous]

Recruiting doesn’t occur via high school soccer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid plays for his club's ECNL team and will be in high school next year. I'd say he's pretty good as he gets a lot of really good feedback from his coaches and he is recognized by his team as one of the better players. I'm thinking when he's in high school, why not just play for his high school team and drop playing for his club. He does want to play in college if he can.

Just wondering how much high school soccer teams are scouted/recruited compared to soccer clubs? Will HS coaches reach out to schools if they realize they have talent that is college worthy? What have you experienced or are your thoughts on this?

No

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Anonymous wrote:What resources have you checked already? What did your coach say? Why would you have a kid playing u14 ECNL now?

I've just started to look into this so wanted to get some feedback here which would provide some direction for me. I haven't talked to the coach about this yet and probably won't. He's playing ECNL cause if he were to play on the team below he wouldn't be competing at the level he should be. I imagine HS soccer probably won't be at the ECNL or MLS Academy level of competition.

Ok this is a plant post to stir up a ton of response. At U14 your kids knows club soccer is much better than HS even if the parent is clueless

I'm the OP, my question is not whether club soccer is better than HS soccer that's a no brainer. I just want to know will a player who only plays for their HS team ever get identified or recruited by colleges. From the sound of it, it is highly unlikely.

No

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Anonymous wrote:What resources have you checked already? What did your coach say? Why would you have a kid playing u14 ECNL now?

I've just started to look into this so wanted to get some feedback here which would provide some direction for me. I haven't talked to the coach about this yet and probably won't. He's playing ECNL cause if he were to play on the team below he wouldn't be competing at the level he should be. I imagine HS soccer probably won't be at the ECNL or MLS Academy level of competition.

Ok this is a plant post to stir up a ton of response. At U14 your kids knows club soccer is much better than HS even if the parent is clueless

I'm the OP, my question is not whether club soccer is better than HS soccer that's a no brainer. I just want to know will a player who only plays for their HS team ever get identified or recruited by colleges. From the sound of it, it is highly unlikely.

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I have to disagree. My son was recruited from his HS team. When he spoke with the recruiter he mentioned that he also played club soccer. Ironically, the same recruiter was present at a tournament my DS team was playing in. The following day, we were contacted by the coach who offered him a scholarship.

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Anonymous wrote:What resources have you checked already? What did your coach say? Why would you have a kid playing u14 ECNL now?

I've just started to look into this so wanted to get some feedback here which would provide some direction for me. I haven't talked to the coach about this yet and probably won't. He's playing ECNL cause if he were to play on the team below he wouldn't be competing at the level he should be. I imagine HS soccer probably won't be at the ECNL or MLS Academy level of competition.

Ok this is a plant post to stir up a ton of response. At U14 your kids knows club soccer is much better than HS even if the parent is clueless

I'm the OP, my question is not whether club soccer is better than HS soccer that's a no brainer. I just want to know will a player who only plays for their HS team ever get identified or recruited by colleges. From the sound of it, it is highly unlikely.

No

I have to disagree. My son was recruited from his HS team. When he spoke with the recruiter he mentioned that he also played club soccer. Ironically, the same recruiter was present at a tournament my DS team was playing in. The following day, we were contacted by the coach who offered him a scholarship.

Really? Scholarship? From high school?

Spill the details or it’s all bs

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Anonymous wrote:What resources have you checked already? What did your coach say? Why would you have a kid playing u14 ECNL now?

I've just started to look into this so wanted to get some feedback here which would provide some direction for me. I haven't talked to the coach about this yet and probably won't. He's playing ECNL cause if he were to play on the team below he wouldn't be competing at the level he should be. I imagine HS soccer probably won't be at the ECNL or MLS Academy level of competition.

Ok this is a plant post to stir up a ton of response. At U14 your kids knows club soccer is much better than HS even if the parent is clueless

I'm the OP, my question is not whether club soccer is better than HS soccer that's a no brainer. I just want to know will a player who only plays for their HS team ever get identified or recruited by colleges. From the sound of it, it is highly unlikely.

No

I have to disagree. My son was recruited from his HS team. When he spoke with the recruiter he mentioned that he also played club soccer. Ironically, the same recruiter was present at a tournament my DS team was playing in. The following day, we were contacted by the coach who offered him a scholarship.

Really? Scholarship? From high school?

Spill the details or it’s all bs

It's bs if you think it's not possible. There are schools who have excellent soccer teams that win or qualify to play in State championship games. You would be surprised how many recruiters attend these games. Do you honestly think the only way for these kids to get a scholarship is to play for a club????

[Anonymous]

I don’t know any recruiters that attend HS soccer games.

If you do, name the HS and which level attend (D1/D2/D3/club?)

It’s logistics a university can go to 1 tournament and see a ton of kids in1 day, can’t do that with HS.

[Anonymous]

Just tell the truth. What college?