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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Curious what the timing/process is for girls' college soccer recruitment.  I have a current 9th grader who has been playing club soccer since she was 6.  She has always been very talented . . . but her interest level has waxed and waned so I figured no chance she would want to try and play in college.  But, she had a blast on her varsity soccer team this fall, and now her interest seems to be gearing up again.  Wondering what girls who want to play in college do to explore that possibility.  She is on a weak/middling club team (local/closest option for us - and we've never been motivated to add in a commte) and I assume would need to try and switch to ECNL or ECNL-RL for next year (her sophomore year) if she truly is interested, right?  Other?  If you don't have a college pinned down by junior year are you toast?[/quote]

U16 is the big year for recruitment for girls. From November/Dec showcases of U16 through about Jan. U17. Most D1 recruiting is done at that point though some schools (e.g., ivy league) keep recruiting through spring of U17. D3 continue recruiting a bit longer. This is not to say there won't be a spot for a strong player who is coming back from injury, for example. It just gets more difficult. It really helps to be on an ECNL team. Most U17 (juniors) recruited so far  are from ECNL, then, GA, then ECNL-R and other leagues, including internationals. If getting on an ECNL/GA team isn't possible, I would recommend targeting schools that your daughter is really interested in (and are not total reach schools) and going to their ID camps (not ID camps that have 30 schools attending). Email their coaching staff and send lots of quality video highlights (though they can't respond until after June 15 following sophomore year). It will be a tough road on a "weak/middling" club team, as you said, but if she targets the right schools and also has good grades, it's not impossible. Note that HS soccer isn't going to help. College coaches don't go to HS games and generally don't care for video from HS games because the quality of play isn't great. I hope this helps.[/quote]

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