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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Breath papa bear, remember its the ride not the destination that ultimately matters for you and your DC.

To answer the last question, D3 soccer opportunities at an academic schoool you might not have gotten in without the soccer hook is ultimately all that ECNL can really deliver on. This is good enough for most sheep in ECNL. Let them eat their grass and be fleeced 2-3 times a year to be "showcased" totally worth it if you alreay have the cash to pay for the hamster wheel[/quote]

That's definitely the game, isn't it?

Take a look at the D3 Directors' Cup standings for all sports. The top 10 is Johns Hopkins, Williams, Emory, Tufts, NYU, Middlebury, MIT, Washington U, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, and Wisconsin-Whitewater. Not far behind: U. Chicago and Carnegie Mellon.

Those are some legit academic powerhouses that are not at all easy to get into. If I knew my DC would get into one of those schools by being a bench player at an ECNL team, that'd be a pretty strong incentive.

It is, of course, the journey and not the destination. One of the saddest things in youth sports is seeing kids who feel like playing U17 is a job because they're really only in it for the prestige and the college admission. [/quote]

The D3 thing is hysterical - these dumbass parents have been paying for their kid to play travel sports for 10 or 11 years by the time they're ready for college. Figure somewhere between 5-10k a year depending on how much you've paid to travel all over the place (i.e. how big of a sucker you are).

And for so many after the D1 dreams have faded, the reward is to "commit" to a D3 school - usually NESCAC and the like - with high academics and even higher tuition. Oh, and you won't get any money. So you've spent tens and tens  of thousands of dollars and now you get to pay hundreds of thousands more - all to play on a team that would lose to most D1 club teams. But the parents get to tell their friends that their kid goes to Williams or whatever. So, it was all worth it and you win, right? Right?!!?!?![/quote]
For the McMansioned Chad and Becky, yes, they will take that as a win. They have the HHI and 529 to pay those bills and it works out to be a pretty strong brag about their DD, Katie. In their world, in which they give zero real sh—s about the world’s game, their hierarchy of brags for post-HS Katie is something like this:
1) Playing at an ACC/SEC school
2) Attending an Ivy/NESCAC…playing not that important 
3) Attending a state flagship school (UVA/UMD/Penn St/Georgia)
4) Playing D1 at a lesser known school (eg Elon, Campbell)
5) Attending a locally known ‘regular’ college (eg VCU, JMU)
6) Playing D2/D3 at a lesser known school out in the sticks (Frostburg, Bridgewater)
7) Getting pregnant by a 24 year old nicknamed ‘Lucky’
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It is not about the brag.  That is what I think you are missing.  And it is rich folk (not uber wealthy because they don't care) but not McMansion.  It is getting to the right school.  Why?  It matters in life.  Cost is meaningless in the decision.  No way they would allow kids to go to most of the places you name.  And most do not give a sh_t about world game.  So I would reorder your post:

1. If you could get top 25 soccer at a high academic school you would do it (think Vandy, ND, Georgtown).
2. Ivy
3. Top academic p4 D1 private (BC, USC)
4. NESCAC or UAA D3
5. Flagship if top school (UVA, Mich, Cal., GA)
6. Other non P4 D1's 
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Your list applies to Bethesda, Arlington and Union. Mine is more inclusive, and factors in NVA, VDA, FCV and BRAVE. Your 1-6 is 1-2 on my list. [/quote]

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