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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know this is a bit general but want to hear from people played or have kids who played in college.

What is a "typical" D1 male player? A starter on a winning ECNL national team by Freshman/Sophomore year in HS?  A good player on a MLS next year?

What about D3?  A starter on a winning ECNL RL team by freshman/sophomore year of HS?

My son is in 6th grade and is a top player on his NCSL D1 team right now. We never thought about playing in college before but he improved a lot recently.[/quote]

For men’s soccer (generally):

D1 starters = strong starters at MLS academies, the rest are intl.

D1 bench = MLS Academy players + top 1-3 players from MLS Next (non-Academy) and ECNL. A really strong MLSNext/ECNL team like Bethesda or Pipeline might have 5-7, but the rest in VA and MD are usually more in the 1-3 range.

D3 - Can vary a lot (depending on the D3), but generally solid MLS Next/ECNL players and strongest players in EDP/ECNL-RL.

It’s really not that relevant where boys are Fr/So year, more important towards the middle/end of junior year and into senior year.

Two really important things to keep in mind:

1) The demand for HS players is really low. Colleges can pick up intl players and transfers who are both older and way more seasoned.

2) It’s important to start to move boys out of the youth system - at least partially - when they hit 15/16/17 and get them experience playing against men. The better clubs, like the MLS Academies and some non-Academy MLS Next/ECNL clubs (e.g. the North Carolina ECNL clubs) do that by getting their players into USL/MLS Next 2/UPSL games when they hit u17/u19.

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