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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you know the family it was Duke or bust. They are an alumni family and huge fans as well as being a very nice family. [/quote]

We had a family on our daughters club team that was so NICE.  They were alumni of an ACC school and huge fans and dreamed of their daughter going there and playing.  Their daughter was a very good player and a very hard worker and a great student.  She never got a sniff from that ACC school.  I wonder what the difference might have been?  [/quote]

I just watched a D1 college game last night.  Is apparent some Coaches want big, strong, fast and physical players.  They won't even look as speedy, small, technical players.  There were very few technical skills on display at that game last night. Hard to survive as a technical player when you are going to get ran over by a mac truck on game day.  I think that might be a non-starter for some D1 schools.[/quote]
In college soccer the coach has a lot of control over the types of players on the team because they bring in fresh recruits every year. They can choose the ones to match their preferred playing style. Yes, for many D1 teams that means big, strong, fast, physical players. There are some teams that go against that trend but until there are some successful D1 teams built from technical players it won't change. Teams will follow and try to copy the successful ones and it goes in cycles. Like in basketball teams went away from bigs in favor of 3 point specialists for a while but now it has swung back somewhat. The best approach is to do your research and know which D1 programs seek technical players and play that style. They do exist.[/quote]

Size matters!  I've noticed it by conference.  SEC is just huge and fast across the board but not particularly quick/skilled, decent though.  Big Ten is a mixed bag with large back lines and some very good teams.  Big12 seems like a wrestling match to me with little skill.  ACC seems to be a mix of very good players with a lot of speed and skill but not dependent on size.  This is a generalization and certainly not totally accurate.  I have also noticed in the last few years the teams in the mid majors have really dropped off in level.  The Ivy League is really weak.  Big East is just bad now. Patriot used to be a much better conference.  And some of these other leagues like CAA, ASUN, A10 are hard to watch thought the effort is there for sure.  [/quote]

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