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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think it's possible to make the jump from non-travel in 9th grade to playing in college in this era of soccer. 
My impression is that the only way to play in college is to be playing ECNL or DA.

My 2006 daughter is a top player on the B team of a club with many team levels and ECNL as the top team. 
This year (for U14) the ECNL team took 5 new players and every one came as a transfer from another ECNL or DA team. 
My impression that even for kids playing at a high level, it's difficult to move to ECNL/DA at U14 or later---let alone to play in college. 
The level of play is just much better and it's not possible to catch up.

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Only in the closed system we have that 'marks' players from their club team.

Alex Morgan was coached by her dad while heavily playing basketball and other sports.  She didn't start travel/Club soccer until age 14.[/quote]

And that still works if your kid is Alex Morgan and it is 15 years ago.[/quote]

Yes, exactly.  Things have changed in 15 years.  :roll:   I played Division 3 soccer 20 years ago and went straight from rec soccer to Division 3. 
Things have changed drastically in this era.  
And if OP has an Alex Morgan level athlete on her hands I think it would be apparent already (considering she IS currently playing soccer). 
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That is odd.  This area was quite competitive 15 years ago.  Travel has been around for girls in this area since the 1970s (yes 50 YEARS).  The only girls on my HS team 20 years ago were all travel players (playing travel since 8, soccer since K), and they were from the top teams/ODP pool/State teams in the DMV.  Scholarships only went to 4-girls on a team that had won 4-State Championships, Regionals and 2 National championships.  Though one teammate did eventually play for the USWNT, and a few in subsequent years.   But,  yes, a woman's D3 college 15 years ago was not as competitive.  But, D1 schools 15-years ago were extremely, extremely competitive.

The big question you are all forgetting to ask---what kind of environment is this girl in? [b] Is her family a 'soccer' family?[/b]  I know many parents that train their kids better than travel coaches.  I have seen many kids break onto top teams in their early teens after coming from Rec because the parents could not afford travel but were playing every day with family members and on fields with adult pick up soccer.[/quote]

Now people will point to the fact that Alex Morgan's dad knew nothing about soccer, so NOTHING is impossible.
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IF true, she had solid rec coaches because it is true she did not go to Club/travel until age 14.  I have seen kids do similar in developmental programs.  It could be the fact there were more multi-sport kids 15-years ago so the rec leagues were more competitive too.  Now every ability plays travel so it is absurd to think of this happening to most because what is left in rec does not pass for soccer.[/quote]

It is true. He coached her and admits and she admits that he knew nothing about soccer. 
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