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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do players who don't play on a large roster accept this because they can still say they are on an ECNL team for recruiting?  They still have to make it through the college tryout process on merit but maybe just saying that you're on an ECNL team helps?  Especially for a D3 school this could help right?  Sincerely asking.

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This is what I hear is happening. Girls join Union in their recruiting years because Union coaches will help them get into schools even if they are bench players and never play a regular season game. They get in at showcases and the Union coaches use their connections and make calls. At U16/17/18, the girls are being developed through private coaches and training, they don't need playing time. What they want is to get into a college or play in college. The players and parents are not being tricked. They know there are big rosters. What shouldn't be happening is big rosters at younger ages where kids do need to develop and aren't necessarily getting private training.  [/quote]

Be creative with the 06/07  large pool of players the new club could roster 2 teams within the team, arrange and agree with each of the rostered players, half of the league games. Sign this age for more showcases and take each of the  teams to a different event. Players would like to hear that  there is a spot for them at least for 1/2 of the league games,  and for a couple or more of showcases.[/quote]

Yeah in theory we were at a club who did this "academy-style" pool of players as we had 30+ girls on ONE team. So they split it into two. Guess what? The top players (mine included) were selected for both games in different leagues each weekend. :) I felt bad for the parents who were paying the same $$ and overpromised games that never happened! The sad part is they weren't bad players either. The coaches had their picks and that's who they consistently played. Its also a big reason why we never went the ECNL or GA route since we saw the roster sizes and decided that ball touches were more important to player over the guessing game on a larger team to gamble whether or not she would ever step foot on the field or get decent playing minutes. [/quote]

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