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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The argument has always been that she could get recruited today despite not playing club. Just based on the fact that she earned All-Met honors as a freshman while scoring 40+ goals against teams that included ECNL players. I would bet that top coaches already know who she is and will touch base when appropriate. [/quote]

Here is how you brought the subject:

[quote]Are we getting to caught up in DA/ECNL? I agree that either league offers a player to practice with against other elite players on a regular basis, great coaching and exposure to top schools and national team scouts. But are you going to tell me that colleges will not recruit a superstar player who only plays HS? That sounds absurd. What if the player is focused on football, lacrosse, basketball or track but plays for the HS team and stands out? Are you telling me that a coach at Stanfor, UMD or other stop program will not know about that player? I heard that there is a Freshman female player at a DC private school who won Gatorade Player of the Year. Are coaches never going to contact her?

I agree that the marginal player will benefit from participation in the DA/ECNL but coaches will always find the superstar.

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/150/810101.page#15218703
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This post was a stand alone post. It was not a reply directly to any specific post making any specific claim. The whole question "But are you going to tell me that colleges will not recruit a superstar player who only plays HS?" is asked rhetorically since it isn't really aimed at any particular comment or post.

It seems you simply planted a flag because you know of that one Unicorn who might be able to get recruited from nothing other than HS soccer.

While it may be possible for this girl to get recruited it is not a likely path for most kids looking to get recruited for D1 college soccer. And even in her case the juice simply might not be worth the squeeze. While she has demonstrated a dominance in HS soccer that dominance would be further supported by similar performance at the ECNL or DA level. While it is obvious that her multi-sport resume has helped her overall athleticism EVERYONE at UNC, Stanford, Duke are athletic as well. This young lady would be well behind the curve soccer wise of her peers at those institutions.

She would also be a huge flight risk as well with her likelihood of being a multi-sport recruit with basketball. If she has little to no club soccer experience she will be nothing more than a project curiosity. She would never be a blue chip recruit. Any soccer program would be recruiting her based solely on potential and athleticism but it is unlikely that she would be recruited ahead of more proven and more soccer dedicated players. [/quote]

Agree. And By the time she finishes high school, her development will have fallen very far behind the top players that are being recruited to D1 schools[/quote]

You tell me how anyone will develop into D1 talent playing ONLY this level soccer for 4 years.  The guy that claimed that the Gatorade player of the year in DC is a shoe-in for a college scholarship, needs to watch this.

https://vimeo.com/299524564[/quote]

A goal for her at 24:30[/quote]

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