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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My child is 12.  He shows promise but not on a da.  I dont think we live near a da Or i am not familiar. We will try out for oda
From thus age on , how do college level kids start standing out? Is there a clear difference? Would you be able to tell if a kid has potential at this age or not? Im not thinking only d1.  For maybe top 2-3 college levels[/quote]

Just focus on foot skills, foot skills, foot skills. [/quote]

eh - d1 footballers have more physical capabilities than foot skills.

that's why your average d1 roster is taller and weighs more than fc barcelona.

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Depends what d1 programs you're talking about. Stanford and UCLA have many average sized players, for example. UVA and Georgetown usually do as well. All have very good coaches. [/quote]

no you are wrong. stanford is a perfect example. they have no defender under 6'0 (very common in almost any D1 program in the country). barcelona's strongest xi runs with 3 defenders who are 5'9 at most.

stanford is actually a pretty big and strong team - virtually ever d1 school is. i think you are skewed by thinkging 5'11 175 is average size (which is with respect to the common american man) but not with the rest of the world.

every d1 program you mentioned there would be 'big' compared to first team (but definitely u23 la liga side).

i cant comment on how good the trainers are because in the US d1 college soccer expectations are weird (do i judge them on if they win matches or develop kids?).

If it is the latter, they aren't great trainers - the college pipeline has dried up if you want to go to the next level. DA academy coaches are better than d1 coaches.

The best coaches in the country right now are in DA. They are the ones getting invited by mls and ussf to take part in coaching training in conjunction with France Football Federation (if you are in the coaching world, you know what program i'm talking about). D1 college coaches aren't getting into these programs. [/quote]

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