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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just be aware that in a lot of places the club teams are extremely competitive, depending on the sport. We know a kid (ECNL level, boys side, soccer) who was not recruited, although a very good player. He was an exceptional student and made it into a top university. He attended, hoping to walk on to the D1 team even as a spring walk-on. But he didn’t even make the club team. There were something like four slots and sixty boys trying out for the club slot. A D1 walk-on slot was out of the question, but I think he was surprised club was not possible too.

He is happy because academics were his first priority anyhow, but it was an adjustment to life without soccer after so many years of loving it.  [/quote]

+1.  This 100% describes my son's experience at his college and his sport to a tee.  Same sport.

We were quite surprised when he didn't make even the club soccer team.  He's played intramural, but it has been a very big adjustment to essentially life without soccer, which he played since he was 4 years old.  But academics were his top priority, and he's seen older friends who played college soccer but injuries, limited game time play, coaching changes, etc. having to change their plans.[/quote]

I think if it’s a sport like men’s soccer (where .8% of HS players will play D1 as a freshman and that percent is quickly dropping), it’s important to be realistic about even the chances of playing club, but also about what the reality of life looks like on the recruited D1-D3 teams. Kids who get recruited (even to D2/D3) sometimes can lead very difficult lives: they face injury (often due to overtraining), some will not touch the field in four years (which is exceptionally challenging mentally), they will miss out on university experience even as a D3 player. I think in preparation for not getting recruited — which for sports like men’s soccer is by far the most common experience — it is important to talk about what opportunities come with [i]not[/i] being recruited. [/quote]

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