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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Curious to see if college coaches will be watching High school matches when the recruiting window opens, the ECNL will be finished outside of showcase and nationals. It would be a big boost to high school soccer if colleges attended games. [/quote]

Coaches already go to high school games.  They always have.  Keep in mind that high school soccer is already played in different seasons in many states.  Florida, for example, plays HS soccer in the winter season.  And in about 40 percent of the states it is a spring sport.  Absolutely college coaches will go see a game if a kid they are considering is playing.

I also know this for sure as my daughter was recruited from her high school season.  The coach had not seen her play and we were a spring high school season state.   She was just one of several kids on her HS team who went on to play in college.  Most games had a few coaches stop in.  Her future college coach came to a game and stayed about 5 minutes into the game.  At the time I thought - “that’s not good.  No way my kid gets an offer there.”  But, that night she got a call from her club coach who said the college coach had called and was excited about her and wanted her to call him (convoluted but ncaa recruiting rules).  Turns out the coach was very impressed watching her do pregame captain stuff - getting herself and her teammates warmed up and ready to play.

High school games are convenient if schools play in the Spring and keep in mind that 75 percent of kids will play for a college within 150 miles of their high school.

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Smaller schools, even D1 recruit and go to High School games. At least in Maryland. We know the coach at Mount Saint Mary's on a personal level. I have spoken with him multiple times about this. I don't know about Virginia. Guessing smaller D2/D3 schools also do HS Soccer recruiting. Sorry to burst your bubble but its first hand knowledge straight from a D1 coach. 
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The coaches are following up on kids already on their radar in all of their playing environments. That is not the same as college coaches going to a HS soccer game to scout unknown players. The variance of quality of play prevents this because they really cannot judge what they are seeing in the player.

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