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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Losing team in a top league is a loser move, sorry disagree.[/quote]

This is one of the dumbest, yet oft repeated, idea.

No one cares about wins and losses in ECNL girls. It simply does not matter like you think it does. BRYC (BRAVE) 05/06 girls were a terrrrrrrrible team, got beat by basically everybody. Guess what? Most of the kids found spots in College. Because individually they had things to offer. They had several go to decent D1 schools, and some nice academic D3. Arlington 06 was a consistently mid-table team, and yet that recruiting class is insane - especially when you add the trapped players. I’m not sure how they did it, because when we played Arlington they were good but not great.

Wins and losses matter very little. If your kid is getting minutes on an ECNL team, college coaches will be there at the showcases. Yes, if you are on a top team you get seen by more of them, but don’t overvalue the wins for recruiting purposes.[/quote]

This is correct.  College coaches don’t recruit based on how good or bad a team’s record is.

Absent maybe 100 players in the country in any given graduation class coaches are looking for;

1.  A kid who really wants to come to the coach’s college;
2.  A kid who, in the view of the coach, can play at the needed level immediately, or on a very good college team, within a year.
3.  A kid who has the academic ability to do okay at the college.  And, intends to pursue a degree program offered by the college (at least in a general sense).  Grades usually are not an issue with soccer girls.  But, majors can be.  Certainly it helps the coach know if you want to be there.

College coaches are all certain they can pick out talent.  You do not have to be on an ECNL team.  But, it is a huge help in getting seen.  And, that is the sole purpose of ECNL.  Getting seen for recruiting.  There is no reason at all to play all over the country if you are not interested in getting seen for recruiting.  And, there barely is a reason even with that goal.

And, by the way, other than keepers, college coaches are recruiting talented players.  They are not recruiting specific players.  We saw that one with my kid.  Every college coach who recruited her saw her as a forward or maybe right mid.  Positions she had never played in club from u9 to u18.  They all loved her speed.  Turned out that she ended up as a defensive center mid.  You grab playing time where you can get it.  Do not get welded to a particular position.

The job of a player (and parents) in the recruiting process is to assess colleges that can work.  Athletically, academically, socially and financially.
That’s not simple.  And, women soccer college coaches do not have big travel budgets for recruiting.

The goal is to get the coach to a game to see you play once or twice.  Whether your team wins or loses does not matter at all.  It is literally all about “how you play the game”.

Yes teams have quite a few kids at the beginning of the year.  Rest assured injuries will take out 2-4.  Loss of kids to recruiting or academic requirements (testing etc) will take out another 2-4 per game.  And, frankly, lack of interest in paying for travel once the college decisions are made.

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