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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Leaving current club for club that knows what they are doing for boys college recruiting. And puts investment there. A club that walks the talk and has results and relationships. At younger years this is less important. By U-15 it matters and too many clubs ride the girls coattails but don’t do anything similar for their boys. [/quote]

Can you give us some real examples of what the new club is doing to help with tangible college recruiting for boys?[/quote]

Here is a start…
#1- club leaders know college coaches (local and top programs) and have put time and effort into forming trusted relationships. College coaches take their calls and they are responsive and proactive with recruiting process—engaged vs passive. 
#2- they host college coaches  onsite for boys (inviting college coaches to practices and/or running scrimmages to invite coaches to watch). 
#3 club makes sure boys get into right tournaments to maximize recruiting and also advocate for right bracket placement and/or game times to maximize coach attendance vs leaving to chance 
#4 They are savvy with social media and activate assets/exposure to assist with college recruiting. 
#6 they know about and advocate for awards /special opportunities for their players (selection games, all conference, ID sessions) that help with ongoing exposure
#7 they do educations sessions on recruiting process- teaching players how to reach out 
#8 they invest in technology/ platforms for teams and their players that support recruiting (VEO, hudl/sportsrecruits etc) 
#9 they have the receipts great track record of placements specific to boys- overtime.

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FYI, I hope you find what you are looking for in a club but I have heard it is 99% on the student athlete being proactive about the schools they want and contacting them.[/quote]

Not to mention that some 80% (more?) of college recruits are internationals[/quote]

It’s not 80% but very high on boys side which is why proactive club support and advocacy matters for American players. Plenty of HS kids still getting offers (1000 each year from competitive MLs Next and ECNL teams ) but it’s getting much harder for boys.[/quote]

Where did you get this 1000 number from?
How many of that 1000 are MLS Next and how many ECNL?[/quote]

If you google you can find the stats of commitments. In DMV area ECNL and Next are 50/50 in terms of college recruitment (slight advantage to ECNL more recently) with clubs like Richmond, Pipeline, Arlington (ECNL) and Bethesda, DCU, and Armour (Next/MLS) having the lions share of commitments. Next and MLS have a lot that go pro vs college. [/quote]

If you got the numbers from Instagram, those numbers are corrupt. That account is corrupt and publishes fake data tables to make a it looks like it is compiled ECNL research... The only way to get those numbers are from ECNL and MLS Next directly.[/quote]

Just looking at actual college rosters tells you its not 50/50 between MLS Next and ECNL for boys
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Bingo. [/quote]

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