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Anonymous wrote:Coaches in the DMV do not know how to develop players or get them recruited for college. They’re stealing your money.

LOL. Sure.

While my DD is a 2027 grad and went through this last year, she has several on her team that are 2028's and all had calls today. It will be interesting to see where they commit.

I did here that the official visit time got pushed out now to mid-August from August 1 which only I think causes more kids to commit before visiting schools. Plus, I believe the whole timeframe is getting pushed out next year as well from the summer before Junior year to mid-year Junior year. Ugh.

Oh wow. Is this well known? Is this something you heard from clubs or colleges?

Don’t listen to them. If anything the timeframe has moved up. This is what people to sabotage the competition. Get ready for misinformation and hiding of information from people you thought were your friends. Game on.

I don’t think you’re understanding what they’re saying. The official NCAA timeline is going to be moved back. It’s not official yet, but it’s very likely to happen. Nobody’s trying to sabotage you or your precious DD.

Yes. Sorry if the wording wasn't clear. The NCAA is considering moving the official timeline later into the year. From Summer into the early Spring. Carry on.

I hope this is the case. But I also hope kids will be allowed to have college visits before then as well. One issue with the early June 15th date, although it is well intentioned, is that kids are being asked to make a decision without ever having visited campus.

Yeah, that was a big deal to our DD. She made it clear that she wasn't going to commit if she didn't see the campus, get a chance to meet in person, etc. That being said, nothing is preventing kids from visiting colleges prior to the official start of recruiting, just like any other perspective student. Just the fact that it's on the kids dime at that time. DD was pretty targeted in visiting schools and went to a handful of ID camps. She wanted to get a feel for different size schools - went to a local private, to a bigger private, a in-state public and two out of state publics. We were able to drive to all of them. The ID camps all included campus tours and also went through the athletic facilities which she found very helpful to see the difference between a smaller private A10 school versus what's available at a large ACC school! I know, not surprising, but good for her to see.

She was fortunate in that none of the coaches she was working with in recruiting put her in a position where it was commit today or we are dropping the offer. So, she went on two official visits that were paid by the school. Canceled the third that was scheduled and committed in mid-August. Now, going into her senior year, it's all about continuing to grow, improve and stay healthy and fit.

Good luck to all going through this now.

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Anonymous wrote:You are not going to get what you want on this thread. The parents of the kids who are of the age of going to college are done with this forum. The bickering, the negativity… their kids are thankfully/gratefully aged out of this forum and will be providing nothing. This forum is dominated by U13 and their insecure crazy parents that have not figured it out yet. But you will. Eventually everything is determined by your DC’s skill and not nothing on here matters. Period. It’s all toxic nonsense. Just look at how many threads are devoted to U13 and how few above.

That's the part that I don't agree with. Certain opportunities are afforded to some kids early on which leads them down a path. The U13s should fight to be on that path since there is definitely a lot of subjectivity at these younger ages.

To be fair, if your kid can’t make a U13 roster in MLS Next HG, GA or ECNL, you should not be in this thread and you are focused on the wrong things. The levels are not high in this area so the kid has a lot more work to do than worrying about “other people being afforded opportunities.”

1-2 hours on the ball everyday will solve every nepotism and favoritism argument that ever existed. Don’t want to work that hard, then this pathway is not just for your kid. Find something they are passionate enough to put in 1-4 hours into daily. My non-soccer playing kid will be the easiest scholarship ever.

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Anonymous wrote:Coaches in the DMV do not know how to develop players or get them recruited for college. They’re stealing your money.

LOL. Sure.

While my DD is a 2027 grad and went through this last year, she has several on her team that are 2028's and all had calls today. It will be interesting to see where they commit.

I did here that the official visit time got pushed out now to mid-August from August 1 which only I think causes more kids to commit before visiting schools. Plus, I believe the whole timeframe is getting pushed out next year as well from the summer before Junior year to mid-year Junior year. Ugh.

Oh wow. Is this well known? Is this something you heard from clubs or colleges?

Don’t listen to them. If anything the timeframe has moved up. This is what people to sabotage the competition. Get ready for misinformation and hiding of information from people you thought were your friends. Game on.

I don’t think you’re understanding what they’re saying. The official NCAA timeline is going to be moved back. It’s not official yet, but it’s very likely to happen. Nobody’s trying to sabotage you or your precious DD.

Yes. Sorry if the wording wasn't clear. The NCAA is considering moving the official timeline later into the year. From Summer into the early Spring. Carry on.

I hope this is the case. But I also hope kids will be allowed to have college visits before then as well. One issue with the early June 15th date, although it is well intentioned, is that kids are being asked to make a decision without ever having visited campus.

Similar to club tryouts, no one is forcing you to do anything. I know someone on the USYNT who told all of the schools their process and the schools all understood and the schools will have to wait.

Anonymous wrote:You are not going to get what you want on this thread. The parents of the kids who are of the age of going to college are done with this forum. The bickering, the negativity… their kids are thankfully/gratefully aged out of this forum and will be providing nothing. This forum is dominated by U13 and their insecure crazy parents that have not figured it out yet. But you will. Eventually everything is determined by your DC’s skill and not nothing on here matters. Period. It’s all toxic nonsense. Just look at how many threads are devoted to U13 and how few above.

That's the part that I don't agree with. Certain opportunities are afforded to some kids early on which leads them down a path. The U13s should fight to be on that path since there is definitely a lot of subjectivity at these younger ages.

Anonymous wrote:It's June 16th.

Today is June 17th DD got a bunch of calls from nothingburger university ( from an academic perspective) most are D1.

You are not going to get what you want on this thread. The parents of the kids who are of the age of going to college are done with this forum. The bickering, the negativity… their kids are thankfully/gratefully aged out of this forum and will be providing nothing. This forum is dominated by U13 and their insecure crazy parents that have not figured it out yet. But you will. Eventually everything is determined by your DC’s skill and not nothing on here matters. Period. It’s all toxic nonsense. Just look at how many threads are devoted to U13 and how few above.

There will be fewer coaches reaching out to h.s. players right now. They are waiting to see how the whole new proposed rule of all players getting five years in college goes.

After covid players got a 5th or 6th year. A lot of players, who normally would have signed with a university went to junior college for a year or two. This situation could be similar.

I don’t think I want my kid to play at a college that signs 16 year old teen shoe boys. Sounds like a recipe for failure.

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Anonymous wrote:Coaches in the DMV do not know how to develop players or get them recruited for college. They’re stealing your money.

LOL. Sure.

While my DD is a 2027 grad and went through this last year, she has several on her team that are 2028's and all had calls today. It will be interesting to see where they commit.

I did here that the official visit time got pushed out now to mid-August from August 1 which only I think causes more kids to commit before visiting schools. Plus, I believe the whole timeframe is getting pushed out next year as well from the summer before Junior year to mid-year Junior year. Ugh.

Oh wow. Is this well known? Is this something you heard from clubs or colleges?

Don’t listen to them. If anything the timeframe has moved up. This is what people to sabotage the competition. Get ready for misinformation and hiding of information from people you thought were your friends. Game on.

I don’t think you’re understanding what they’re saying. The official NCAA timeline is going to be moved back. It’s not official yet, but it’s very likely to happen. Nobody’s trying to sabotage you or your precious DD.

Yes. Sorry if the wording wasn't clear. The NCAA is considering moving the official timeline later into the year. From Summer into the early Spring. Carry on.

I hope this is the case. But I also hope kids will be allowed to have college visits before then as well. One issue with the early June 15th date, although it is well intentioned, is that kids are being asked to make a decision without ever having visited campus.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Coaches in the DMV do not know how to develop players or get them recruited for college. They’re stealing your money.

LOL. Sure.

While my DD is a 2027 grad and went through this last year, she has several on her team that are 2028's and all had calls today. It will be interesting to see where they commit.

I did here that the official visit time got pushed out now to mid-August from August 1 which only I think causes more kids to commit before visiting schools. Plus, I believe the whole timeframe is getting pushed out next year as well from the summer before Junior year to mid-year Junior year. Ugh.

Oh wow. Is this well known? Is this something you heard from clubs or colleges?

Don’t listen to them. If anything the timeframe has moved up. This is what people to sabotage the competition. Get ready for misinformation and hiding of information from people you thought were your friends. Game on.

I don’t think you’re understanding what they’re saying. The official NCAA timeline is going to be moved back. It’s not official yet, but it’s very likely to happen. Nobody’s trying to sabotage you or your precious DD.

Yes. Sorry if the wording wasn't clear. The NCAA is considering moving the official timeline later into the year. From Summer into the early Spring. Carry on.

Anonymous wrote:lol I thought this was another Bethesda thread. As in, it’s June 15, and Bethesda is holding supplemental tryouts for age groups where they demoted a ton of their homegrown players and are scrounging for players from the outside. This is basically Bethesda admitting they don’t know how to develop great players, they will not promote from the inside, and they are looking for talent from other clubs because their coaches don’t know how to develop talent!

Way to stay on topic there….

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Anonymous wrote:It's June 15th. Has your player received any calls? Did you expect them to?

Parents are about to start questioning all the time and money they poured into this…

Like taking all the money pumped into club soccer and travel and time off work for 6~8 years and realize you could have paid for college and grad school.

Anonymous wrote:It's June 15th. Has your player received any calls? Did you expect them to?

Parents are about to start questioning all the time and money they poured into this…

lol I thought this was another Bethesda thread. As in, it’s June 15, and Bethesda is holding supplemental tryouts for age groups where they demoted a ton of their homegrown players and are scrounging for players from the outside. This is basically Bethesda admitting they don’t know how to develop great players, they will not promote from the inside, and they are looking for talent from other clubs because their coaches don’t know how to develop talent!

Anonymous wrote:Any calls for DS? We got two emails for ID camps today (woof).

My daughter has received ID camp emails since 7th grade. Some of them look personal too until you ask around and everyone else got the same "personal" email. If the email doesn't say coach wants to talk on the phone with your kid, I'd consider it a generic email.