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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What do people think of the Mclean commitment list? Few ECNL/DA clubs across the nation can match or exceed.

Aleigh Gambone	University of North Carolina Chapel Hill	McLean YSA U18/19 ECNL
Angela Caloia	Harvard University	McLean YSA U18/19 ECNL
Cayla White	University of Virginia	McLean YSA U18/19 ECNL
Courtney Brown	Troy University	McLean YSA U18/19 ECNL
Ella Gantman	Princeton University	McLean YSA U18/19 ECNL
Faith Lee	Air Force Academy	McLean YSA U18/19 ECNL
Gabriella Nastasi	Morehead State University	McLean YSA U18/19 ECNL
Holly Weber	Virginia Tech University	McLean YSA U18/19 ECNL
Isabella DeLew	Cornell University	McLean YSA U18/19 ECNL
Jordan Beverina	Columbia University	McLean YSA U18/19 ECNL
Julia Leas	Georgetown University	McLean YSA U18/19 ECNL
Kendall Robertson	Rice University	McLean YSA U18/19 ECNL
Macy Monticello	University of Wisconsin	McLean YSA U18/19 ECNL
Mia Pham	James Madison University	McLean YSA U18/19 ECNL
Nora O'Connor	New Jersey Institute of Technology	McLean YSA U18/19 ECNL
Rebekah Myers	Elon University	McLean YSA U18/19 ECNL
Serena Pham	University of Alabama	McLean YSA U18/19 ECNL
Claire Kaplan	Hamilton College	McLean YSA U18/19 ECNL
Danielle Soto	Uncommitted	McLean YSA U18/19 ECNL
Margaux Ameer	Tufts University	McLean YSA U18/19 ECNL
Ashley Hong	Uncommitted	McLean YSA U18/19 ECNL
Cadyn Westhoff	Uncommitted	McLean YSA U18/19 ECNL
Samantha Odeh	Uncommitted	McLean YSA U18/19 ECNL
Sophie Tran	Uncommitted	McLean YSA U18/19 ECNL
Zoe Tran	Uncommitted	McLean YSA U18/19 ECNL[/quote]

Congratulations to those girls. This is an example of a super team formed when there were only 2 club options for top level soccer in the area. The talent used to be very concentrated. For the younger girls the talent is spread across 6-7 DA/ECNL teams.[/quote]

A factor to consider here is where would these girls have gone to school without soccer?  Many of them may have gone to same level school for other reasons (academics or connections of parents or their private high schools). McLean soccer is full of very well connected families and many of these families have many college options for their kids regardless of sports.  Point being that lists like these don’t always tell the whole story especially when the application is very strong in other facets than sports.

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This is not Varsity Blues. UNC, UVA, Georgetown, Princeton and Wisconsin do not recruit you unless you can help them win an NCAA title. If Obama's daughter couldn't get on Harvard or Princeton's team no matter how strong the Obama connections are. At this level, you need to be a stand out player. Obviously, academic institutions like Harvard, Columbia and Princeton require strong academics but connections only go so far. Playing and standing out on an elite ECNL team is the main driver. This is not about going to school. This is about going to school and playing for an elite NCAA DI team that will compete for the championship.  [/quote]

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