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[quote=Anonymous]Without knowing more about the kids and club, I wouldn't be ready to tell the parent of an 8th grader that their kid has no shot at D3.  I've known many girls from our area who moved up to higher level (but not DA, ENCL or whatever this unnamed "next level down" league is) cub teams during their HS years and were able to get recruited by one or more D3 schools with decent academics and middling soccer teams.

I would start this process by asking the current club coach what is keeping OP's DD from being on a higher level team within the club, and whether he or she thinks DD has college potential and can make suggestions about how to improve.  If there are things the kid can do to improve significantly and puts in the effort to do so, then the next couple of years are the time to look to move to higher level teams, most likely at a different club.

I certainly agree that the idea of playing in college should not drive the college search for a student who would otherwise be able to get into a great academic school that is a great fit, but sometimes all the stars do align. [/quote]

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