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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^ that says a helluva lot more about the parents, the legacies and their wealth.  Bethesda/Chevy Chase.

You still need a very high GPA and scores even with a sport for the ivies which a lot of the kids without those advantages or ESL when they got care do not have.

You want to see an impressive of Ivy commits?  You should see the list off the crew team at my kids’ private HS.  Every Ivy represented, at least once.  [/quote]

Not entirely true. As others have pointed out, not all BSC players come from highly privileged backgrounds, a majority of Academy players do not live in Bethesda/Chevy Chase.

The original question was not whether MLS next soccer players were better off rowing or fencing for their private schools, but rather whether they would have been better off (in terms of D1 college recruitment) playing soccer for their HS. Therefore, the relevant comparison is not with crew/fencing teams of private schools, but with high school soccer players from private schools. Namely, a comparison of college recruitments (for soccer) among HS players who do not play MLS Next and MLS Next players who do not play HS.

Players do need to be above a certain academic bar to get into an Ivy, but that bar is way lower than what would be needed for a non-athlete, and arguably not that difficult for a dedicated and hardworking highschooler to meet. The bar is also a function of the quality of the player (more marquee the player, lower the bar, roughly speaking). A quick check of Ivy league school rosters and recruits for the last few years will reveal that almost every recruit is from MLSNext (and its precursor DA), ECNL (fewer) and EDP top league/foreign (rare cases). This will continue for the 2022 recruits as well.

It's also hard to imagine why parental status, wealth, privilege or academic grades would get a player to be recruited for soccer by a Georgetown, Maryland or Stanford, which are among the top programs in the country with recent national championship wins; or Duke, which plays in a tough league and is trying to hold its own against the likes of Wake Forest and UNC. These programs also produce pros in large numbers, including a few who are now in national teams.

The reason I want to be clear about all this because I don't want parents of younger boys to be misled by this fog of opinions. Most MLS Next and ECNL players, and certainly all the starters/regulars, are on track to being recruited by D1 programs or at least leading D3 programs. It will be a player and his parents' choice what to optimize, depending on a combination of factors - quality of soccer program, academic reputation, cost and money offered (Ivies can only offer need-based aid), future plans (an ambition to turn pro or not), academic record at high school, geographic location, etc. Do your own homework, which includes checking out the college commitments of MLSNext/ECNL players from top non-MLS clubs (Bethesda, Armor, PDA, PA Classics, Arlington, Baltimore Celtics), and college recruitment lists of target colleges from last 2-3 years.
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