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Anonymous wrote:Anyone that is concerned about saving money is not playing overpriced deluxe youth soccer.

There are people that think soccer will pay for their kids’ college tuition. A ridiculous amount of them. They forget how much they are spending on soccer each year.

I know tons of middle class people spending a sh@t ton on soccer and very worried about how to pay college tuition for their kids. $25-65k/year 1 kid.

Spent about 60,000 on soccer. Kid got a full ride worth 200,000.

Omg....to what institution? Does no one understand that the point of this thread is to ask if all that matters is the tuition reimbursement regardless if the quality, location and fit if the school for what the student is trying to accomplish going forward.

What "matters" is completely personal of course. Some ppl think the quality of the school/education is not the main factor in your career so go for the scholarship. The less talented might say go to CC to lower your costs. For others, the academic quality is foremost and they shoot for Ivies and/or private institutions. YMMV

Personally I'm good with a full ride to UVA.

Can you read? Full rides to uva is not the topic of this thread.

And almost nobody gets them, especially freshmen. Complete red herring since girls only get 14 total scholarships and the older kids are typically the ones that get fulls, if the school even gives them out that way.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone that is concerned about saving money is not playing overpriced deluxe youth soccer.

There are people that think soccer will pay for their kids’ college tuition. A ridiculous amount of them. They forget how much they are spending on soccer each year.

I know tons of middle class people spending a sh@t ton on soccer and very worried about how to pay college tuition for their kids. $25-65k/year 1 kid.

Spent about 60,000 on soccer. Kid got a full ride worth 200,000.

Omg....to what institution? Does no one understand that the point of this thread is to ask if all that matters is the tuition reimbursement regardless if the quality, location and fit if the school for what the student is trying to accomplish going forward.

What "matters" is completely personal of course. Some ppl think the quality of the school/education is not the main factor in your career so go for the scholarship. The less talented might say go to CC to lower your costs. For others, the academic quality is foremost and they shoot for Ivies and/or private institutions. YMMV

Personally I'm good with a full ride to UVA.

Can you read? Full rides to uva is not the topic of this thread.

All threads are conversations amigo. And conversations are living, growing things. Don't be a conversation murderer.

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Anonymous wrote:Lol..ok sure. Uva recruits lots of players from nova cc.

That was in reference to saving $ since nobody is getting $ from colleges, particularly on the boys’ side and the quality of schools is low.

Follow along.

Don’t listen to this guy. He’s inexperienced. A large number of girls on my kids team went to school on fulls rides. Mostly athletic money. Mostly non-Power 5.

I guess you missed the part where he said 'particularly on the boys' side'. Parents of boys should assume they are getting no $ and/or the school will be shite. Girls and Boys are very different in this regard.

This is silly. There are boys from our area right now on most Ivy teams and many on teams at highly academic P5 (and non-P5) schools, many of whom are receiving significant scholarship $$. If your son played DA or plays MLSNext, you know these kids and others like them, and same for other top teams. Not every boy has the academic ability or talent to get to these schools, but lots of talented boys will also end up with decent money at good state flagships and other academically fine to good schools.

Parents of boys should do the exact same thing as parents of girls, which is to make an annual assessment from age 10 or so of kid’s talent level and interest, level of play, any additional training needs, and whether the family finances support continuing. By MS age, you also should begin to have a clearer picture of their academic abilities and need for support, if any. If you do this, it will be easy for you to find a tier of schools that are good fits for your kid, and if they are very talented and have great grades, both boys and girls will have good options.

Anonymous wrote:I see a few broad groups.

Families looking to get the most money.

Families looking to get the most competitive academics.

Families looking to get the most competitive soccer program.

Families looking for some other combination.

Families are not interested in college soccer at all...a few are in this category but not many....at least not at our ecnl team.

It does sorry of work out. There is a lot of competition for various placements but I did not see a lot of direct competition within one team. One want to go to the west coast, one want to stay home, one wants to to go pro, one only want in state public, one only wants catholic, one wants the ivy league soccer, one wants ivy league and gets in with no soccer, one want d3 slac, one wants engineering, one wants business school, one wants to head south, etc. etc.

Anonymous wrote:I see a few broad groups.

Families looking to get the most money.

Families looking to get the most competitive academics.

Families looking to get the most competitive soccer program.

Families looking for some other combination.

Families are not interested in college soccer at all...a few are in this category but not many....at least not at our ecnl team.

All the above

I see a few broad groups.

Families looking to get the most money.

Families looking to get the most competitive academics.

Families looking to get the most competitive soccer program.

Families looking for some other combination.

Families are not interested in college soccer at all...a few are in this category but not many....at least not at our ecnl team.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m curious what the draw is for soccer players to play D1 when the school itself may not be all that challenging for them. I could see doing that for football, because that sport has more potential money if you have the skills.

What’s the allure with accepting a recruited spot at a tiny school in a rural area just to play D1?

Why would you concern yourself with the choices other people make for themselves?

Thing is..you only go through this process once, twice, maybe three times so it is really hard to learn anything through experience. I watched what other players did and had many questions.

I accept that every family is responsible for making recruitment decisions for their own child and player. But, there is no obvious or consistent criteria about what is most valuable to try to get out of all this time energy and money spent in youth sports.

Anonymous wrote:I’m curious what the draw is for soccer players to play D1 when the school itself may not be all that challenging for them. I could see doing that for football, because that sport has more potential money if you have the skills.

What’s the allure with accepting a recruited spot at a tiny school in a rural area just to play D1?

Why would you concern yourself with the choices other people make for themselves?

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone that is concerned about saving money is not playing overpriced deluxe youth soccer.

There are people that think soccer will pay for their kids’ college tuition. A ridiculous amount of them. They forget how much they are spending on soccer each year.

I know tons of middle class people spending a sh@t ton on soccer and very worried about how to pay college tuition for their kids. $25-65k/year 1 kid.

Spent about 60,000 on soccer. Kid got a full ride worth 200,000.

Omg....to what institution? Does no one understand that the point of this thread is to ask if all that matters is the tuition reimbursement regardless if the quality, location and fit if the school for what the student is trying to accomplish going forward.

An out of state non-Power 5 with a top placement rate after graduation.

You can have both. That’s the point.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone that is concerned about saving money is not playing overpriced deluxe youth soccer.

There are people that think soccer will pay for their kids’ college tuition. A ridiculous amount of them. They forget how much they are spending on soccer each year.

I know tons of middle class people spending a sh@t ton on soccer and very worried about how to pay college tuition for their kids. $25-65k/year 1 kid.

Spent about 60,000 on soccer. Kid got a full ride worth 200,000.

Omg....to what institution? Does no one understand that the point of this thread is to ask if all that matters is the tuition reimbursement regardless if the quality, location and fit if the school for what the student is trying to accomplish going forward.

What "matters" is completely personal of course. Some ppl think the quality of the school/education is not the main factor in your career so go for the scholarship. The less talented might say go to CC to lower your costs. For others, the academic quality is foremost and they shoot for Ivies and/or private institutions. YMMV

Personally I'm good with a full ride to UVA.

Can you read? Full rides to uva is not the topic of this thread.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone that is concerned about saving money is not playing overpriced deluxe youth soccer.

There are people that think soccer will pay for their kids’ college tuition. A ridiculous amount of them. They forget how much they are spending on soccer each year.

I know tons of middle class people spending a sh@t ton on soccer and very worried about how to pay college tuition for their kids. $25-65k/year 1 kid.

Spent about 60,000 on soccer. Kid got a full ride worth 200,000.

Omg....to what institution? Does no one understand that the point of this thread is to ask if all that matters is the tuition reimbursement regardless if the quality, location and fit if the school for what the student is trying to accomplish going forward.

What "matters" is completely personal of course. Some ppl think the quality of the school/education is not the main factor in your career so go for the scholarship. The less talented might say go to CC to lower your costs. For others, the academic quality is foremost and they shoot for Ivies and/or private institutions. YMMV

Personally I'm good with a full ride to UVA.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone that is concerned about saving money is not playing overpriced deluxe youth soccer.

There are people that think soccer will pay for their kids’ college tuition. A ridiculous amount of them. They forget how much they are spending on soccer each year.

I know tons of middle class people spending a sh@t ton on soccer and very worried about how to pay college tuition for their kids. $25-65k/year 1 kid.

Spent about 60,000 on soccer. Kid got a full ride worth 200,000.

Omg....to what institution? Does no one understand that the point of this thread is to ask if all that matters is the tuition reimbursement regardless if the quality, location and fit if the school for what the student is trying to accomplish going forward.

What "matters" is completely personal of course. Some ppl think the quality of the school/education is not the main factor in your career so go for the scholarship. The less talented might say go to CC to lower your costs. For others, the academic quality is foremost and they shoot for Ivies and/or private institutions. YMMV

Agree. the 200K poster says zero about the school other than the scholly dollars so that seems to be the important piece for that player.

I found the recruiting process to be challenging. To find a place that was a good fit for academics, soccer, location, costs, etc. was not easy. The school wants the player but the player does not want the school or vice versa round and round until finally a good fit emerges. Good luck everyone.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone that is concerned about saving money is not playing overpriced deluxe youth soccer.

There are people that think soccer will pay for their kids’ college tuition. A ridiculous amount of them. They forget how much they are spending on soccer each year.

I know tons of middle class people spending a sh@t ton on soccer and very worried about how to pay college tuition for their kids. $25-65k/year 1 kid.

Spent about 60,000 on soccer. Kid got a full ride worth 200,000.

Omg....to what institution? Does no one understand that the point of this thread is to ask if all that matters is the tuition reimbursement regardless if the quality, location and fit if the school for what the student is trying to accomplish going forward.

What "matters" is completely personal of course. Some ppl think the quality of the school/education is not the main factor in your career so go for the scholarship. The less talented might say go to CC to lower your costs. For others, the academic quality is foremost and they shoot for Ivies and/or private institutions. YMMV

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Anonymous wrote:Lol..ok sure. Uva recruits lots of players from nova cc.

That was in reference to saving $ since nobody is getting $ from colleges, particularly on the boys’ side and the quality of schools is low.

Follow along.

Don’t listen to this guy. He’s inexperienced. A large number of girls on my kids team went to school on fulls rides. Mostly athletic money. Mostly non-Power 5.

I guess you missed the part where he said 'particularly on the boys' side'. Parents of boys should assume they are getting no $ and/or the school will be shite. Girls and Boys are very different in this regard.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone that is concerned about saving money is not playing overpriced deluxe youth soccer.

There are people that think soccer will pay for their kids’ college tuition. A ridiculous amount of them. They forget how much they are spending on soccer each year.

I know tons of middle class people spending a sh@t ton on soccer and very worried about how to pay college tuition for their kids. $25-65k/year 1 kid.

Spent about 60,000 on soccer. Kid got a full ride worth 200,000.

Omg....to what institution? Does no one understand that the point of this thread is to ask if all that matters is the tuition reimbursement regardless if the quality, location and fit if the school for what the student is trying to accomplish going forward.