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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Boy D1 soccer. Was clear that was his likely path by age 12, 7th grade. [/quote]

The problem is 99% of parents with 12-year old boy travel players on top teams at that she think they same.  It rarely pans out.[/quote]
We did not find this to be the case, but we were on a high-level team where virtually every kid had one or more very knowledgeable soccer parents (DH in my case), and the families who didn’t sought out advice from those who did. If you polled all the knowledgeable parents on the team about which kids at 12 had college potential if they kept their grades up, the results would have been at least 75% accurate. I agree that a parent who does not know the game is not going to be able to make that prediction, and kids can go in a variety of directions depending on personalities and circumstances.[/quote]

Like Hampden Sydney, Christopher Newport, Randolph Macon, Mount St. Mary's to play?  I have seen pretty much zero boys going to UNC, Stanford, Duke, UCLA, UVA, etc. from this area.  I have been watching the commits at my kid's big Club (considered one of the best in the DMV) since 2010 and the neighboring MLSNxt Club's commits.  There were a few that went over to DC United academy, but not many top colleges/programs. The girls were different, of course.

I have seen so many parents who told me their kid had 'pro potential' or would play D1 when these boys were little.  Most had dropped the Club after Junior year of HS when it was apparent that wasn't panning out.  I saw some families drive 1,000s upon 1,000s of miles and fly too and dump so much time and effort and to come up short.  I am one of the parents you talk about-pro in the family and several D1 players (who I'm not sure would be D1 with the huge landscape and number of foreign players taking college spots today).

Where was your Club? I'd be very interested to know.   [/quote]

^ should be required reading for people with boys in travel soccer. [/quote]

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