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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Football and Basketball are big college revenue sports.  The coaching staffs have the time, money, and motivation to go find good players.  If you are not one of the top programs, you are on the lookout for the under the radar prospects.

College Soccer is nothing like that.  The only guys college programs may go after are Youth NT Team players and DA stars.  Then there are international youth academy players who are older and more experienced and better trained than HS players.

Good US Club and HS Players are expected to spend the time and money to get exposure to colleges (college camps, videos, contacts etc).  Basically it is a reversed process, the player recruits the college.  My guess is a bunch of these guys decided screw this, it isn't worth it.
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Um... I guess.  In the sense that my kid (who is not a standout on a non-standout basketball club) is getting invited to D2 and D3 prospect camps.  But, boy the world is different if you play for a top team.  DS recently went to a recruiting event where he was the leading scorer for his team in one game.  A hoops recruiting site put up a highlight video of another kid on his team scoring less (and defending less) in the same game.  Once you make a name or play for a nname club, it’s self perpetuating. [/quote]

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