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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So know that we know that 99.9999999999 percent of the players at FCV will not get a YNT camp call up..lets focus our attention on college placement.

The picture in the link provided are some of the best kids on one of the best teams to have ever come through FCV. It was their hallmark group...since the days of Terry Foley and way before the creation of DA. How far back? Back when FCV was attached to SYA. Before Evergreen was built and ECNL was in its infancy.

Thats right! You are looking at girls that witnessed the dismantling of local club soccer, the destruction of WAGS, the rise of ECNL, the assault on HS soccer, age changes that ripped teams apart, new US Soccer mandates and the creation of the GDA, and the battle between ECNL and DA.

All of this.

You know what most of those kids have in common?

4.0 and higher GPAs

You know what most of those kids also have in common?

Combination of Athletic and Academic scholarship money

You know why?

Because no matter how great your kid is she will not get a full Athletic scholarship.

Now

Colleges recruit the person before the player. I can not stress that enough.  Grades, work ethic, morals, values and parents are all major factors.

An athletically gifted player who destroys team chemistry is immediately knocked off the list. Too many fish in the pond.

There are approximately 900 NCAA college soccer teams. Approximately 330 or so are D1.

Now, most of the parents at the ECNL/DA level like to seperate themselves even more by saying, ¨Its not about D1. Its about the quality of the D1.¨

You see, being good enough isnt good enough. We need more sub-groups.

Here is my counter to all of that...

How much do you think the parents of the players in the  aformentioned picture paid to get their kids to that level?

About as much as a college degree. So the rare parents of the rare kids getting a full ride are breaking even. The rest of us are in the negative.

Now, lets put all of that aside and focus on ¨Quality of school¨

John Hopkins and Carnegie Mellon, MIT, etc. Jobs galore waiting for those kids upon graduation.

All top tier schools with top D3 soccer programs.

Now..UVA, DUKE, UNC, Stanford, Georgetown, etc

Those are the Holy Grail of schools. Top schools with top soccer. The chances of your kid going there in small and the chance of them getting meaningful time in even smaller.

Money:

Go with the school that is giving you the cheapest path to a college degree. In state, partial scholarship. A college degree can reach A LOT after its all said and done. And honestly, its not worth it. Everyone seems to have one. A kid needs to do more then ever to set themselves apart.

I saw a girl in the picture with a NAVY shirt on. She is getting a full ride to one of the best schools in the county and upon graduation will become a Naval Officer. At the age of 26 her resume will set her apart from most if not all of her peers. She will be making six figures immediately in the private sector..with no debt.

Finally,

Go online and research the school your kid wants to attend. Research their rosters and see where the kids are coming from.

Remember, FCV loses about 18 or so  players a year to graduation. Thats not even enough kids to fill the demand of the in state D1 schools. It doesnt even come close.

There are 13 D1 womens soccer schools in Virginia. With atleast 4 incoming freshman every year, thats 52

Do you still believe that you must be at FCV DA to play college?

An employer doesnt care how great your womens soccer college program was.

Please, try to keep it all in prespective.

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Georgetown is the Holy Grail of Soccer? Nope. It's the Holy Grail of the Big East. Not such great soccer.  It's not a very competitive conference at all for soccer.

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