Anonymous wrote:Many D1 club teams are unattainable for excellent soccer players these days, and there is politicking on how those teams are selected/filled. Nephew was all-state in one of the carolinas, D1 recruited by a couple schools, chose a different D1 school for academics with intent to play club. Barely made the club team and didn't get any playing time until became an upperclassman.

For boys, read the bolded.

Not only that, the top D1 schools are filling much of the roster up with International players.

Given the sheer number of male boys playing soccer in the US at 'elite levels'/clubs, there are only so few spots on a D1 team each year.

Many D1 club teams are unattainable for excellent soccer players these days, and there is politicking on how those teams are selected/filled. Nephew was all-state in one of the carolinas, D1 recruited by a couple schools, chose a different D1 school for academics with intent to play club. Barely made the club team and didn't get any playing time until became an upperclassman.

A kid that isn’t working in skills or not doing them doing them without major prodding by you, is not collegiate team material. He can play the college’s club team though which is intramural.

Anonymous wrote:Child is excellent student and loves soccer (but not working much on soccer skills). Maybe they will change and start doing more.

In the meantime, what are some colleges where kiddo could play and academics are good?

An NESCAC school, but from the sounds of it, he won’t make the team. Even DIII will be mostly former high level travel players

There are some good schools with decent D3 soccer programs in the UAA...Brandeis, Carnegie Mellon, Case Western, Chicago, Emory, NYU, WashU, etc.

Some good options on this list:

https://www.collegefactual.com/rankings/sports/soccer-men/division3/#:~:text=for%20D3%20Men%27s%20Soccer%20athletes%201%20Amherst%20College.,...%2010%20Vassar%20College.%20...%20More%20items...%20

Skip Both Soccer & academics and help them be an entrepreneur. Follow Gary V and let them make it happen.

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Anonymous wrote:Child is excellent student and loves soccer (but not working much on soccer skills). Maybe they will change and start doing more.

In the meantime, what are some colleges where kiddo could play and academics are good?

Community college? These days they still need to be a good soccer player to "play". This isn't 25-40 years ago.

There are d3 schools that hold sign ups to play soccer in august, and big d1 schools offer soccer clubs. If you really want to play you’ll find some way to continue playing.

They can play club soccer anywhere. Once they get to college just play on the club team

My child was an excellent student in hs and was good at soccer. They play at a d3 college, but I don’t know where it would fit in the DCUM pecking order.

Anonymous wrote:What major? There are many great D3 schools.

Also, it sounds like you are looking for a good school where child can play soccer, rather than the best soccer program at a good school, correct?

Anonymous wrote:Child is excellent student and loves soccer (but not working much on soccer skills). Maybe they will change and start doing more.

In the meantime, what are some colleges where kiddo could play and academics are good?

Community college? These days they still need to be a good soccer player to "play". This isn't 25-40 years ago.

What major? There are many great D3 schools.

MIT

Child is excellent student and loves soccer (but not working much on soccer skills). Maybe they will change and start doing more.

In the meantime, what are some colleges where kiddo could play and academics are good?