Anonymous wrote:ECNL is an option at BRYC or McLean. I assume you are in northern Virginia since you mention Arlington. It is expensive but could get him college exposure. You would have to make sure that the club has a strong team at his age group.

Your post hits at something I wonder about DA. They start setting these teams at U-12 and how difficult is it for strong players outside the DA to break in at later ages unless they are really, jumps off the field at you extraordinary.

Yes, the DA doesn't have the only talent, and the ECNL offers a strong national platform in an already established model. What matters most is putting him in an environment that has a faster pace of play. BRYC and McLean are both excellent clubs.

How is that. Arlington is known for already picking before. The only reason why the tryouts are open is because it’s mandated

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Anonymous wrote:Di you want him to play college ball or does he? My son got a scholarship to Clemson and an offer to play at UVA. He got into UVA based on academics. He wanted to be normal and NOT PLAY. It was a hard pill for me to swallow, but was a reality check for me to stop living vicariously through my kid and to stop dictating his dreams

LOL. yes it is more our hope. But we expect college to be more academic. He's gifted; straight As in 8th grade advanced classes. He didn't want to try to TJ, it was a long shot bc soccer is his extra curricular anyways. We are hoping, what someone mentioned before, his athleticism can get him into a college he might not have because of the competitiveness. Columbia, Clemson, Hopkins,

Clemson is a huge soccer school. No way in hell will soccer recruit him unless he’s one of the best in the country.

You might want to bone up on college soccer Divisions and rankings.

Ok smarty pants. I said he’s in 8th grade and I have no idea @these things. The pompous dc attitude here is evident again. ?

Hmmm. Take a step back and look what you wrote about how wonderful your snowflake is and how he was wronged by Arl DA. Now that’s the pompous DC attitude. I am sure he is as fantastic as Pulisic—who was even tinier at that age, but not getting hurt playing several age groups up.

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Anonymous wrote:Di you want him to play college ball or does he? My son got a scholarship to Clemson and an offer to play at UVA. He got into UVA based on academics. He wanted to be normal and NOT PLAY. It was a hard pill for me to swallow, but was a reality check for me to stop living vicariously through my kid and to stop dictating his dreams

LOL. yes it is more our hope. But we expect college to be more academic. He's gifted; straight As in 8th grade advanced classes. He didn't want to try to TJ, it was a long shot bc soccer is his extra curricular anyways. We are hoping, what someone mentioned before, his athleticism can get him into a college he might not have because of the competitiveness. Columbia, Clemson, Hopkins,

Clemson is a huge soccer school. No way in hell will soccer recruit him unless he’s one of the best in the country.

You might want to bone up on college soccer Divisions and rankings.

Ok smarty pants. I said he’s in 8th grade and I have no idea @these things. The pompous dc attitude here is evident again. ?

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Anonymous wrote:Di you want him to play college ball or does he? My son got a scholarship to Clemson and an offer to play at UVA. He got into UVA based on academics. He wanted to be normal and NOT PLAY. It was a hard pill for me to swallow, but was a reality check for me to stop living vicariously through my kid and to stop dictating his dreams

LOL. yes it is more our hope. But we expect college to be more academic. He's gifted; straight As in 8th grade advanced classes. He didn't want to try to TJ, it was a long shot bc soccer is his extra curricular anyways. We are hoping, what someone mentioned before, his athleticism can get him into a college he might not have because of the competitiveness. Columbia, Clemson, Hopkins,

Clemson is a huge soccer school. No way in hell will soccer recruit him unless he’s one of the best in the country.

You might want to bone up on college soccer Divisions and rankings.

to find out if he is college play good, have him play pickup soccer with a junior college team in the summer. Practices are usually open to anyone.

Anonymous wrote:My question is around how do I know very good vs college play good. From his competition level he is very good. But I worry he’s not on the academy track, are they the only ones who get to college?

Is this his dream or yours?

Anonymous wrote:My question is around how do I know very good vs college play good. From his competition level he is very good. But I worry he’s not on the academy track, are they the only ones who get to college?

NCAA reports 25,000 men playing college soccer. So about 7500 freshmen men playing college soccer. There are 150 DA boys teams. If you assume that each DA club has 15 seniors graduate high school each year from the DA team and every DA graduate goes on to play soccer in college that is 2250 kids. So that leaves about 5250 freshman roster spots -- about 65% of all roster spots -- for non-DA players.

Now of course the DA kids will -- on average -- gravitate more to Division 1 colleges, but there are still many Division 1 roster spots available for non-DA players.

My question is around how do I know very good vs college play good. From his competition level he is very good. But I worry he’s not on the academy track, are they the only ones who get to college?

Anonymous wrote:"A coach's dream..." are you even real?

This is attitude. Not literally a dream. He’s no Messi. Be real.

Anonymous wrote:Do you think he’s good enough to play U18 in the fall? We have an 8th grader on our team and if a player is good enough we give them opportunities. When he does eventually move back into his own age group he should be unfazed by the speed of play.

No. On the rougher teams he gets injured more. He’s aggressive but the bigger the kids the more the cleats hurt. Some kid pushed in the back and then fell on him and he was out 2-3 weeks with back pain. He’s only 120 lbs. when he’ weighs a bit more

Anonymous wrote:"A coach's dream..." are you even real?

After watching dozens of prima donnas, swearing, tempers, selfish with the ball... yea. If I was a coach I’d thank my stars not to have a PIA kid. Yes

"A coach's dream..." are you even real?

Do you think he’s good enough to play U18 in the fall? We have an 8th grader on our team and if a player is good enough we give them opportunities. When he does eventually move back into his own age group he should be unfazed by the speed of play.