Anonymous wrote:ID2 is for D3 prospects at best. I bet most kids turned down the invite .

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Anonymous wrote:Why is a VDA player going to the west coast camp? Shouldn’t she have gone to the east?

you don't get to pick and chose where you are invited.

Anonymous wrote:Why is a VDA player going to the west coast camp? Shouldn’t she have gone to the east?

Anonymous wrote:Why is a VDA player going to the west coast camp? Shouldn’t she have gone to the east?

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Anonymous wrote:These scouting camps are mostly marketing. Getting “chosen” does not mean your kid is national team caliber at all. Everyone knows who the truly special players are very quickly. If your kid is not easily above everyone else every time they play, which any coach or even soccer fan would notice right away, they are not that special. Unicorns are easy to spot.

I don't disagree with your premise at all. However, I would add that there is more benefit to the experience and more the kids take from the event than simply selection to an international roster or whatever. In my view, there is value in working with different, high level coaches, playing with and competing against Tier 1 kids (regardless of unicorn status) and just simply being in the environment and taking all that back to their club teams. So yes, I agree with you that not every kid there is a unicorn I would also add that all of them don't have to be unicorns to have the experience be worthwhile and it certainly doesn't lessen the quality of kids there and the event itself.

Yes, except almost all of them are coming from ECNL/GA clubs where they regularly play with and against other Tier 1 kids, travel to national events, and get that experience all the time. This one is more of a resume building trophy for them and their parents.

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Anonymous wrote:These scouting camps are mostly marketing. Getting “chosen” does not mean your kid is national team caliber at all. Everyone knows who the truly special players are very quickly. If your kid is not easily above everyone else every time they play, which any coach or even soccer fan would notice right away, they are not that special. Unicorns are easy to spot.

I don't disagree with your premise at all. However, I would add that there is more benefit to the experience and more the kids take from the event than simply selection to an international roster or whatever. In my view, there is value in working with different, high level coaches, playing with and competing against Tier 1 kids (regardless of unicorn status) and just simply being in the environment and taking all that back to their club teams. So yes, I agree with you that not every kid there is a unicorn I would also add that all of them don't have to be unicorns to have the experience be worthwhile and it certainly doesn't lessen the quality of kids there and the event itself.

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Anonymous wrote:What is ID2?

Exactly. It seems like ID2 is trying to carve out a niche of providing a pathway for non-ECNL level players, at least on the girls side.

Anonymous wrote:These scouting camps are mostly marketing. Getting “chosen” does not mean your kid is national team caliber at all. Everyone knows who the truly special players are very quickly. If your kid is not easily above everyone else every time they play, which any coach or even soccer fan would notice right away, they are not that special. Unicorns are easy to spot.