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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]VCU
18 players are 5’5” or less.

7 are 5’5”
4 are 5’4”
6 are 5’3”
1 is 5’2”

11players are 5’6” or greater

2 are 5’6”
3 are 5’7”
2 are 5’8”
3 are 5’9”
1 is 5’10”

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Not to throw this off, but what is the average roster size? 30? Seems huge...can't be a lot of money being spread out...which brings me to another point......[/quote]

Average roster size is 30. [/quote]

So a lot of quarter scholarship and non-athletic money kids. I rather my kid go lower and get a full ride and play. Sometimes picking a program that is the best isnt always the best. [/quote]

Well money is the best sign of how much they want you. It is easy to want to play on the best but it is entirely different for the best to want you.

But, the bottom line is for all the bluster about size being a determining factor it just isn’t that simple. 90th percentile kids are certainly over represented in D1 based on actual population numbers but there are lots of spots for “average” sized kids. You can’t control how tall you’ll be but you can control how good a soccer player, athlete and student you can be. [/quote]

Correct.  And this is not true for basketball or volleyball where height really does matter a lot.   (Yes, a tiny number of liberos/ DSs / point guards get recruited, but height still matters way more in basketball and volleyball than in soccer.)[/quote]

Nobody was talking about volleyball or basketball as it related to soccer. It is well understood that height matters in those two sports. The discussion here is the over simplification that just being 5'9" is some kind of free pass to D1 soccer and those kids who are 5'4" just need not apply because they are not even being looked at by colleges. It simply isn't rue in either event. [/quote]

No body is saying that at all. What we are saying is that height is one factor when a coach recruits a player. Depending upon a position, such as defender or goalie, height would be weighted higher compared to other factors such as foot skills.

An attacking midfielder for instance (#10), requires the most foot and passing skills and IQ, so height is not as a big factor compared to other positions. [/quote]

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