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[quote=Anonymous]Interesting thread if you cut through the braggadocio. Lots of what’s been said about college recruitment is true, including that it’s easier for a DD to get recruited to a high-level college soccer team from an ECNL or GA club team because that’s where the coaches are used to looking. It’s also true that going to ID camps is a really important element, or at least has proven to be important for some of the girls I know with college commitments. Showing interest in a college early by making the effort to travel to that college’s ID camp can help get a girl on the coach’s radar.

One thing I haven’t seen mentioned here is the timing of the recruiting process.  My DD and her teammates found that you really need to start as a 9th grader.  Spending 9th and 10th grade focusing on a certain set of colleges, going to ID camps, getting a starting role on as high a level club team as you can during that time — this all matters once the recruiting window opens in the summer between 10th and 11th grade for the girls who are targeting high-level colleges. If your DD is relying on spring outreach and spring showcases in march-April-may before that summer, it may be too late (and has definitely been too late for the 03s and 04s given COVID cancellations).

It’s this timing bit that the clubs with a history of college placement really do better than anyone else. They start touting their girls and talking them up to college coaches early on, and the college coaches trust what those club coaches have to say because they have a history. The superstars will land in a good spot generally speaking, but for the good player with the talent to play in college, the timing of starting the process and focusing on 5 or so target schools may make the difference between playing in college and falling through the cracks.  [/quote]

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