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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son is a strong soccer player.  Star of the top team on a decent club. Was not selected for Arlington academy.  I’m not sure why. He was clearly in the top 1/3 of those trying out.  Strong all round skills so no real “weakness”.  Perhaps just needs to play with a better league. His team memebers aren’t as good. Looked at multiple teams but couldn’t find a better option. All the clubs have teams ranked 20-40 that are close to our house (reasonable commute), similar team members which means he’d just move from the star of one team to the other.  No real affinity (really good or bad) experience with any coach. He’s a coaches dream - quiet, introvert, follows direction, does as told. Unemotional and hard working on the field. Maybe only negative is he gets injured a couple times. Some of the md teams are tough and go after him. Nothing super serious but some pain here and there 1x a season w dr says to rest a week.

What kind of options do we have? What is a realistic soccer goal for college?[/quote]

Every option is open -- it just depends on how his development proceeds during the next 2-3 years.  He is finishing 8th grade?   Most college recruiting for boys does not kick in until the summer before junior year as boys develop physically much later than girls.

If his team is good enough to play in college showcases he will be seen by coaches in Div. 1, 2 and 3.   And he can also attend ID camps at the colleges he becomes interested in to get in front of coaches at schools of interest to you/him.

Finally, ask yourself if you are an honest and knowledgeable judge of his talent.  Unless your kid is a goal scoring machine, many parents don't accurately evaluate their own kids level of play.

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