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Your top 5 player argument is false and it is getting old.

There are 333 D1 womens soccer programs (though not all fully funded). https://www.ncsasports.org/womens-soccer/division-1-colleges

The average roster size is 29.

The average recruiting class is 7.

333 D1 schools * 7 recruits per class = 2331

There are 52 ECNL clubs with a U18 team (from what I could find...this may be less)

There are 72 DA teams with a U18/19 team.[/quote]

Genuinely curious, where did you get your numbers?

Going to the ECNL standings, there are 94 U18/19 teams plus 44 U18/19 composite teams, so you're way low there but looking at the DA standings, there are only 59 active U18/19 teams so you're way high there.

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Just a quick google search.  I wasn't going to spend the time to count.  They are close enough to prove the PP point that bench players don't play D1, that only the top 5 players on each team play D1.  Foolish thinking.

And a stat I didn't mention that ECNL publishes is how many go on to play D1.  The numbers took a huge hit this past season (1633 total players, 847 D1) with only 52% going D1.  Previous seasons that number hovered between 75-85%.

Lots of players that don't play ECNL or DA can and will get recruited D1.  But it is a harder road IMO.  The team will get less visibility and less coaches.  Parents/players have to do ALL the work and hit ID camps. [/quote]

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