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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If she is not on the top team at a good club (ECNL, DA or something just below that level of play) she will not be recruited to play on a D1 - team period.

D3 is still a possibility if she works really hard over the next 3 years and ends of playing on a more competitive team than where she is now. There are over 400 division 3 schools and I know girls who played on a second teams at a good club, and on a first team at a weak clubs, who are playing Division 3 soccer. They are not playing on the better academic or better soccer playing Division 3 teams, however, like the NESCAC schools. 
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This just isn't true. Go to ANY college women's soccer program website and look at their roster. Browse through the players and their backgrounds.  There are always a few that do not come from ECNL or DA for nearly every school.[/quote]

I agree with the PP.  Not because of the program she is with, but because of the description of the player.  She's not a stand out even there, which means she doesn't have that special something D1 will look for.

Now, at 8th grade it is far from too late.  I would recommend additional training and see if an area ECNL or DA team would take a look and consider her as a training player of some kind so she can practice with better.  Also, like futsal would be great for ball skills and I would recommend speed and agility if she doesn't have speed.  D1 looks for speed and technical ability.  5 years is a long time, and if she has the passion, she can get there.

If she doesn't have the passion, D1 is not the end all, be all.  There are plenty of quality programs at D2 and D3 levels, and I don't think "just making" a program is what matters.  Will they ever actually play her?  Who wants to join a program to never make it on the field?  [/quote]

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