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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ok so if the kid is on a high level team, do they then contact the coaches?  Or wait for a coach to reach out?  Are there other things they do?[/quote]
Your kid is at the stage now where the main job is to [b]keep improving[/b] (so long as the kid continues to love the game). In HS, the first step is researching potential schools by whatever criteria the kid and family agree on, including academic fit, soccer level fit (which you probably don’t know in MS unless the kid is already a superstar), geographic criteria, affordability, and whatever else is important. Then visit those schools to the extent feasible.  Sports often don’t work out, so you want to focus on a place where the kid will be happy.

Kids should definitely register their interest through the school’s recruitment portal and reach out to coaches once they have a good school list. ID camps run by the school may or may not be useful—you have to ask around. Try to get tape from good league or showcase performances to share with coaches at the schools of interest. Check rosters at schools each year to get a sense of turnover, height and weight of players (avoid any team that only recruits tall players, unless you have a tall kid who doesn’t care about style of play), and percentages of international players. If you know or know of a player on a roster at a target school, reach out to the family for advice and candid info on the team, or see if you can find someone to put you in touch.  You can get more targeted advice a bit later when it’s clear what level your kid wants/is realistic. 
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My DC is a recruited keeper in a T10 school. Goalie recruiting is very fickle, because most schools need no more than 1 per class. I'll add two suggestions to the great advice above.

If you are located far from the schools your kid is interested in, attending a dozen college campus ID camps on the opposite coast may not be feasible cost or time wise. You may instead look locally for a multi-school ID camp with coaches from various colleges represented (they usually list who will be in attendance). Do this in his 9th grade. Having him establish face-to-face contact with those identified coaches and having them see him play will put him on their radar, and get him invited to their college's ID camps. This "screening" gives him a leg up if he's invited to the school's ID camp later on.

Start filming and collecting video. You'll need clips from many games to assemble a comprehensive highlight video. And you'll need to update this video a least once per year as your kid's skills improve. If your club team has more than one keeper, it's hard to predict when your kid will play in a showcase. College coaches often don't have the time to observe both halves, and a match may be so lopsided that your kid has too little or too much action. Having a good video allows your kid to present himself in the best light.[/quote]

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