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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most of this is not relevant but a few of the answers are wrong and could be misleading to parents trying to separate signal from noise, so here’s some follow up:

“- ECNL parents are in constant state of FOMO”

Probably accurate, but unimportant of college recruiting- in fact FOMO parents can be unintentionally helpful.

“- GA is more relaxed”
Maybe? I felt like the parents were roughly the same, also not important.

“- There's bottom feeders in both leagues”

True but not super relevant other than as i noted earlier, if there’s better kids then more coaches show up.

“- The top GA teams get as much visibility with recruiters as the better ECNL teams”

Not accurate unfortunately. It’s a numbers game and there are way more college coaches at ECNL showcases and Nats.

“- There's 10ish ECNL clubs that would win in any league they play in. (Most are in California and Texas)”

Sure, but completely irrelevant to recruiting. Winning and losing is only vaguely important.

“- From a rules perspective for games, coaches, and clubs GA and ECNL are nearly identical”

Yep, totally agree.

“- If your kid is a once in a lifetime soccer talent other clubs, other leagues, colleges, and pros will find them no matter where they play”

I am not confident this is accurate, but I’ll agree.

“- For 99% of the players it doesn't matter where you play they'll end up in the same place”

100% wrong. Full stop. This trope that coaches are out there scouring the earth for players is simply wrong. For girls soccer, coaches have limited time and budget. Coaches know they can get enough of the talent they need from going to ECNL and GA tournaments/showcases and a few big club private showcases to fill their slots. College coaches wsnt to win, but it’s a churn business. They have 30 kids on the roster, 1/4 of them will graduate each year. The season is stupid short and brutal. Healthy bodies are almost as important as talent at the end of the season.

If your daughter wants to play upper D1 or high level D3 the chances of breaking through playing NPL or E64 are diminishingly small. My kid has friends who were probably as hood as she was, but they didn’t make the jump to ECNL/GA. A few belatedly tried to get a College spot, but the only interest was from D3 schools just looking for bodies.

My kids are not once in a lifetime talents. they both are good, one hit all met honorable mention and got UNited Coaches player of the week, but no call ups or huge honors. Without a chance to be seen by College coaches over and over, my kid isn’t playing in college today. As a parent, I would be fine with that, but it was her dream and i supported her. ECNL and GA are tools that help support that goal.[/quote]

lol.. college coaches will get who they want, doesn’t matter the league. Yes ECNL showcases may have more coaches attend, but overall coaches will come see who they want, no matter the league.[/quote]

LOL all you want, but the numbers don't lie:

#ECNL -575 (72.6%)
#GirlsAcademy -166 (21%)
All Others -27 (3.4%)
🇨🇦 -24 (3%)

There's a higher than 0% chance for non ECNL/GA kids of course, but not much higher.....[/quote]

That’s class of 25. 792 commits across 330+ D1 programs. There are literally thousands more that will happen in the next year. It’s like 20% of the class. Plenty of non ECNL/GA players will go D1. I literally know like 5 D1 players that came from EDP and I barely know anyone in that age group, since my kids are younger. [/quote]

First of all, there aren’t “thousands more”, there’s roughly 1,500 spots left. Second of all, no you don’t know 5 D1 players that came from EDP. Name the five schools. Are there more than 5 EDP players playing for D1 schools? Sure! but you don’t randomly know them. Want proof? Here’s EDP’s own list of recruits. https://www.edpsoccer.com/general-8-2

You will note the vaaaast majority are not D1, and the D1s listed are not P4. Ironically the one P4 I did see on the list played at least two seasons on ECNL because my kid played against her![/quote]

Dumb, dumb - I said I know players PLAYING D1, not class of 24 commits. Want proof? Read the post you quoted!! EDP is barely in VA and FCV has had girls from their United teams go D1 in the last few years - Towson, Stetson, VMI, etc.…use your awesome googling skills to look that up.

And, by the way, EDP’s list is *wait for it* not right! There is a 24 from this area playing EDP who is a D1 commit and not on the list. A MAAC school. See if you can figure that one out, Benoit Blanc![/quote]

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