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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have to love this feed. If a parent doesn't know that D1 is a long shot for most soccer players is just ridiculous. While I understand scholarships are what many are looking for academic ones are given more often without the worry of injury. Also, many boys grow a ton after age 12 and their abilities change good or not so. Most of the soccer and field hockey and lax clubs are money makers period. They are not going to definitely get your kid into D1. Does your kid enjoy playing, does your family enjoy spending the money and using up every weekend then awesome go for it. [/quote]

Coach here- agree with your comments. Not only that but do parents realize how difficult being a D1 athlete is? It is an incredibly difficult and demanding soccer-school balance. Not only that, it takes incredible amount of mental fortitude with high demands from coaches, teammates, etc. [i]Not only that[/i] but then you have to tie in what they are going to do after college. Sometimes it's difficult for student athletes to get a meaningful degree and put efforts into their life after college. Professional soccer is even more of a longshot! Definitely not discouraging anyone from having D1 aspirations but it takes the right kid with the right makeup. Collegiate soccer is not for everyone. [/quote]

Every once in a while I will see a D1 athlete. They are really noticably. The last girl I saw was u12 and every coach(basketball, lacrosse, soccer, track, etc) was crazy about her. I saw her play basketball for the first time. By the end of the season she was the best player on the court.

I really do not think parents on these top teams at large clubs really understand an athlete like this. She is not just the fastest kid on your top team. She is the fastest kid in the league two years up. This does not mean she will play D1 or become a star college player. She would have to have the right coach, the right mantallity, luck, etc.[/quote]

OK coach--I'm a little confused about your initial post that seemed to specifically be directed at parents of ECNL players.  Your point was that an ECNL player turning into a D1 prospect is very rare.  Unfortunately (depending on the club), the numbers don't agree with you.  First of all, there are over 300 women's D1 programs in the US (not all of equal quality from a soccer or academic perspective, but that's not the point you were making).  My daughter plays ECNL at a large club (not in the DC area).  We went to watch an ACC team in a non-conference D1 game a few weeks ago.  There were 11 players from her club alone between the 2 teams.  In looking at just the 2002 ECNL team, I count 13 D1 commitments so far.   Sooooo....[/quote]

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