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So you think College coaches will pick a player because of the badge on a kit when two players are equal?? You must be a special kind of stupid. Not only that, you think GPA doesn’t make a difference to coaches????? LMAO. Only if the player is a USYNT member will they look past OR you have a lot of money and don’t need scholarship funds. Those are the only exceptions.

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Yes, because a college coach knows that a player who is playing in ECNL (and probably also GA) can handle making decisions under significant pressure. Nearly every player who moves from NPL, EPL, ECNL-RL up to ECNL/GA talks about how much faster the game is. Not that the players are faster, but that the game just moves so much faster. So a college coach may see a player that looks great in the NPL, but they have no way to judge if she can handle the next level. Worse still, lots of ECNL kids can't handle the increased speed in P4 soccer, and hit the portal. How many coaches want to roll the dice for a kid that's played two full levels below?[/quote]
Did the kid hit the portal because they couldn't keep up with the speed of play? Or, were they placed on a team they had no business being on because of DOC, Coach, Club connections? Or maybe a big donation dropped on the school from parents?

This is the issue with the current p2p + gatekeeper leagues environment. [/quote]
It’s not always something sinister. Judging soccer talent is hard. Sometimes a college coach sees something worth taking a player chance on but it doesn’t pan out. It’s not always the player or coaches fault, it just doesn’t work out.[/quote]
Connections, the buddy network, and $$$ are what get coaches to "take a chance" on certain players. Call it whatever you want. Every time this happens a deserving player misses out on an opportunity.[/quote]

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