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[quote=Anonymous]My son has been on the ODP Regional team and is the starter in his position on a club team that is consistently among the top 15 in the country. He has gone to Nationals. He's a 4 year varsity starter and has made all-state and all-conference teams for two years running. He is in the top 5% of his class, takes all honors and AP classes. He's got everything coaches want - the ability, the experience playing at the highest level and in high-pressure situations, the academics - and has been told to his face by head coaches that he was the #1 choice in his position in his year at two different D-I schools that are ranked in top 25 - and both chances went away. One coach was good enough to tell him he was not getting the slot (and why), one coach simply stopped answering the phone and emails after months of visits, camps, phone calls and emails, asking my son not to make a move without giving him (the coach) the chance to top any other offer. Be aware that college coaches hold all the cards, and until you sign your letter (National Letter of Intent - a binding 1-year contract for D-I schools), nothing is guaranteed. If they can get a bigger/faster/better player, or a player who doesn't need a scholarship, or a player with better grades who will bring up the GPA of the recruiting class - they will, and they won't think twice about anything they have told your child up to the point the NLI is signed. They won't necessarily even tell your child they are no longer interested.

This whole experience has been eye-opening, to say the least.

(DS is now applying to the schools he's most interested in and plans to play club soccer - which, at top schools, is similar to good D-III soccer: great competition but academics come first. If another offer to play in college comes his way, he will certainly consider it - but he knows his education will last longer than his competitive soccer career.)

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