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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Make no mistake, the top clubs are all as bad as each other. They’d all eat their young for a top prospect. VAE is no different from any of them, but at least their players don’t seem to get verbally abused by coaches, like some others. Their recruiting is actually pretty decent, yes, a lot of D3, but those are some pretty impressive schools - Tufts, Carnegie Mellon, Colby, Johns Hopkins, Emory, Williams, NYU, Bates, Caltech, Hamilton. That’s quite the academic roster. Their D1 recruits seem to play from what I gather vs ride the bench. I don’t think they’re perfect but still not any worse than any of the other main clubs. [/quote]
A number of players on that list had offers before they moved into VAE at the U17/U18 ages. VAE has an entire recruiting process that is good, but there are a many examples of players getting school offers before they join the club and the recruiting process not adding anything to the players prospects.  VAE then takes credit for the recruiting, which is what all clubs do.  Not saying they are doing something wrong, just be aware that what you see on their website may not match the reality of how the player actually got to one of those schools.

It also tends to be the most "in crowd" type of club.  You are either "in" with the players on your team or you aren't.  Same thing with the coaches often. You can be a top prospect before the season starts but if you aren't "in" with the group you may not have the experience you were expecting from how things went before tryouts.

Like all clubs its is a great place for some players and a not-so-great fit for others.  Make sure you do your homework before you take an offer there.[/quote]

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