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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Long post coming up, but DD just went through this last year as a HS Soph.  Soccer player at an ECNL club.  Recruiting for high level women's college soccer is really early.

Beginning fall of sophomore year, we had a meeting with club coach talking about potential target schools - where is realistic that she would fit and then dream schools.

Started with sending emails to coaches about events and posting on Instagram and X her schedule and creating short highlight video. Posted cuts from highlight video on X and Insta.

DD worked with a friend of her older brothers on the highlight video - he had the editing skills.  Once she saw what he was doing, she took over doing this for future videos.

Club paid for a subscription to sportsrecruits website to use as an initial means to contact coaches and also upload videos and other info.

We helped her create a 1 page bio with basic background info - HS GPA, Key courses, soccer accoloades like Conference Cup selections, USID, etc.  She attached this with her emails to coaches.

Club coach was very good a passing back feedback from college coaches since they couldn't officially speak until post June 15.    Most of it was College X contacted me and was interested in seeing more.  Liked how you played in X game, etc.  Also helped to narrow down list of schools as things progressed throughout the year.

She also went to a few ID days at schools of interest but they were really targeted.  We went only as far as a car ride and were at different types of schools - local private in A10, private in ACC, public in Big10, public in ACC.

Once June 15 hit, floodgates opened and there was a ton of contact directly with her through her email and phone.  We helped keep track of who was reaching out, when the wanted to talk and follow-up, etc.

We did not participate in any of the initial calls.  They asked us to get on a call once offers were being made.

She consulted a lot with her club coach and technical director who were really helpful in sorting through pluses and minuses of different programs.

By the time official visits started to happen on August 1, she had things pretty narrowed down.  She took 2 visits to her top 2 schools and had a 3 schedule that she canceled after the first 2. Committed on August 8.

It was a whirlwind from June 15 until that commit date.

She has been in touch regularly with the coaching staff at her committed school - talked to them in person at the ECNL KC showcase.

Now it's continuing to play, develop and work over the next 18 months.  Kind of crazy, but it's worked out well so far.[/quote]

You are lucky club cares. [b]I have a best player on 2nd team[/b] kid and no one cares at all. It’s horrible. Even getting highlights is hard, club doesn’t do video for them. You have to do it yourself. DH and I both work full time and I will tell you this is a full time job… [/quote]

Isn't this like saying I have the best player on the JV squad?  Or, are you claiming your kid plays for like the #1 team in the country, so the best player on the 2nd team would be the best player on the 1st team of most of the top 10 teams.[/quote]

Actually yes, the first team at this club is a top 10 the in the country with a large roster. So yes best kid second team would be first team at nearly all other clubs. Geography is limiting here or she would leave. Regardless, my point is that my kid is actually theoretically recruitable, but you’ll really have to be on a first team. Second teams get no support and it’s an exhausting uphill battle.[/quote]

I realize baseball may not be analogous…but top players have zero issue moving to national teams that may be based across the country.  The teams usually will arrive several days prior to a tournament to practice together, but many times like 1/2 the team isn’t local.

It’s not common for someone based in Boston to play for a CA team…but actually somewhat commonplace to play for a team based in GA or FL if truly at a top level.

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