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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some reality of whats going on at the collegiate level with teams. I you think Aug birthdays playing down a year will open doors you're going to be sadly mistaken.

https://benslingerland.com/2025/02/19/the-changing-college-soccer-recruiting-landscape/

It’s a really tough time to be a good high school soccer player.

The upcoming NCAA D1 roster cap rule, limiting Division 1 soccer programs (outside of the Ivy’s) to carry a maximum of 28 players in the 2025-26 season, has caused a massive trickle-down effect.

To start, many programs are now cutting players to make room for their incoming classes. This has caused a record number of players to enter the transfer portal (+3500 on the men’s and women’s sides). In addition to players entering the transfer portal due to being cut, several others are entering the transfer portal to simply “level up.” Meaning, for example, if a student-athlete was at an all-conference selection within a mid-major conference, many of those players are now looking for opportunities to make it at a Power 4 school. And many coaches at those Power 4 schools, like the idea of a proven player at the college level rather than rolling the dice on a high school freshman.[/quote] Interesting that taking a gap year is viewed as a strategic way to make it to college soccer. The recruits best positioned to take a gap year would be those playing on age in youth soccer but in a grade up. Gap year won't count against you as college coaches already said they don't care the ages of their players.[/quote]
Yea in a highly competitive market for players college coaches are going to go out of their way to recruit the players playing down a grade. That makes sense.[/quote]

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