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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^I'm one of the PPs above, and my kid is not a goalie, but I think the process is similar.  For the highlight video, you can email a link to the coach when you first reach out, and once the coaches are permitted to contact your kid under the NCAA rules, they may ask for additional game tape. Some want to see a whole or half game.  Kids often post the videos on YouTube or Instagram as well, identifying their graduation year and contact info.

In terms of school selection, it was a simple process for our kid.  He wanted a highly academic school with a very strong soccer program. We did not really have any other constraints and his goals never changed from 7th grade onward. It was clear by that point that, barring injury or some other crisis, those goals were realistic.  Some of his teammates families had other priorities or criteria. Some kids were hoping to go pro, some of the families wanted their kids to go to a school in driving distance so they could see more games, others chose colleges based on the coach and style of play, others looked only at Catholic schools, etc.  And, of course, lots of families need to take finances into consideration, so they need a school where a certain amount of financial aid will be available.  Later in HS, it turned out that some kids had the grades for top D1 schools but not the talent (or vice versa) and many kids ended up choosing between D3 and lower-level D1 schools.

One great way to start the process is attending local D1 and D3 games. If you are in the DC area, there are loads of good spectating opportunities![/quote]
OP here, is it not realistic to want strong soccer, strong academics, and also have some choice for other things, like specific majors or urban/rural, or size of school?

Or do we just make the list really long, since a lot can change after 9th grade? [/quote]
There are definitely schools that are strong in soccer and academics that are likely to meet general criteria re major or urban/rural. We can be more helpful with recommendations if you are more specific about your kids interests, level, and gender—for some reason I assumed you were talking about a DS, but I see now you were not specific. For example, does “strong academics” mean top 10 schools whether D1 or DIII, or top 50ish? Does “strong soccer” mean could potentially win a national championship, or could potentially win the Ivy League, or something else? For majors, that’s another area where checking the current roster can be helpful. If you see that there are starters who are majoring in engineering, computer science, etc. you can be reasonably confident that the coach and school are giving athletes the flexibility they need to be serious about academics, though your kid will want to talk to kids on the team about that before committing anywhere.  In any case, the list is going to be long unless your kid is one of the top recruits in the country, because many of the schools that are a good fit for your kid won’t have interest in recruiting them. 
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