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Anonymous wrote:It's sad so many boys give up playing for their high schools when 90% of them won't get a college scholarship, and only a very, very few will play D1.

I think as the kids get older, reality sets in. It is so different on the girls' side though.

This not really how it shakes out in real life, though, at least not on the MLSNesxt/DA teams I’m familiar with. You will know by 10th grade or so if you are going to be a potential starter for a MLSNext team. Many/most of the kids who are not either drop down to a lower level club team and play HS or work out a deal to play with the MLSNext team for only half a year. Almost all kids who are starting on an MLSNext team junior and senior year have the option of playing D1 (though, of course, not necessarily their top choice D1) and most will receive some level of athletic scholarship if they go that route.

Unfortunately this is inaccurate.

Fortunately, it is not. Do check out the college commitments of boys in the Bethesda MLS Next academy. Here is a list of off the top of my head for the 2021 class (mostly U19 players, one U17 who was a senior): Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Georgetown, American U (multiple), Mt. Saint Mary's (multiple), Rider, Dayton. Most of the non-Ivy recruits are getting scholarships. 2020 graduates had players going to Brown, Cornell, Stanford, Georgetown, and several other D1 programs.
As of now, 2022 boys from MLS Next teams are committed to Georgetown, Duke, Maryland (College Park), Columbia, Penn, Rutgers. Several others are in advanced stage of recruitment in equally good schools. It is a given that being an MLSNext starter for a highly competitive team has everything to do with such a high admission rate at Ivy league and/or top 10 academic universities with D1 soccer.

Not playing for high school for these boys, therefore, was very much worth it. It's also complete hogwash to say that most MLSNext players would not play D1 or pro soccer. Almost all will be recruited by D1 schools, and a select few may also go pro. Going pro right after high school is however very rare from clubs from relatively affluent areas like Bethesda. Not because the best of these players cannot, but because most well-heeled parents do not want their 17-18 year-olds to play the roulette that is the fickle world of pro soccer, without first getting a college education.

These results reflect a smaller set of teams at the older ages than are now currently in the league. Similar to the girls side, dilution is going to impact these programs. Too many mls next teams will reduce the overall quality of the play and that will be reflected in college recruitments. College coaches understand the impact of lots of elite leagues.

There are four in this area plus DCU. They play in a league with clubs from NoVA to NY. Dilution is no greater a problem now than it was with DA. It's basically the same number of clubs.

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Anonymous wrote:It's sad so many boys give up playing for their high schools when 90% of them won't get a college scholarship, and only a very, very few will play D1.

I think as the kids get older, reality sets in. It is so different on the girls' side though.

This not really how it shakes out in real life, though, at least not on the MLSNesxt/DA teams I’m familiar with. You will know by 10th grade or so if you are going to be a potential starter for a MLSNext team. Many/most of the kids who are not either drop down to a lower level club team and play HS or work out a deal to play with the MLSNext team for only half a year. Almost all kids who are starting on an MLSNext team junior and senior year have the option of playing D1 (though, of course, not necessarily their top choice D1) and most will receive some level of athletic scholarship if they go that route.

Unfortunately this is inaccurate.

Fortunately, it is not. Do check out the college commitments of boys in the Bethesda MLS Next academy. Here is a list of off the top of my head for the 2021 class (mostly U19 players, one U17 who was a senior): Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Georgetown, American U (multiple), Mt. Saint Mary's (multiple), Rider, Dayton. Most of the non-Ivy recruits are getting scholarships. 2020 graduates had players going to Brown, Cornell, Stanford, Georgetown, and several other D1 programs.
As of now, 2022 boys from MLS Next teams are committed to Georgetown, Duke, Maryland (College Park), Columbia, Penn, Rutgers. Several others are in advanced stage of recruitment in equally good schools. It is a given that being an MLSNext starter for a highly competitive team has everything to do with such a high admission rate at Ivy league and/or top 10 academic universities with D1 soccer.

Not playing for high school for these boys, therefore, was very much worth it. It's also complete hogwash to say that most MLSNext players would not play D1 or pro soccer. Almost all will be recruited by D1 schools, and a select few may also go pro. Going pro right after high school is however very rare from clubs from relatively affluent areas like Bethesda. Not because the best of these players cannot, but because most well-heeled parents do not want their 17-18 year-olds to play the roulette that is the fickle world of pro soccer, without first getting a college education.

These results reflect a smaller set of teams at the older ages than are now currently in the league. Similar to the girls side, dilution is going to impact these programs. Too many mls next teams will reduce the overall quality of the play and that will be reflected in college recruitments. College coaches understand the impact of lots of elite leagues.

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Anonymous wrote:It's sad so many boys give up playing for their high schools when 90% of them won't get a college scholarship, and only a very, very few will play D1.

I think as the kids get older, reality sets in. It is so different on the girls' side though.

This not really how it shakes out in real life, though, at least not on the MLSNesxt/DA teams I’m familiar with. You will know by 10th grade or so if you are going to be a potential starter for a MLSNext team. Many/most of the kids who are not either drop down to a lower level club team and play HS or work out a deal to play with the MLSNext team for only half a year. Almost all kids who are starting on an MLSNext team junior and senior year have the option of playing D1 (though, of course, not necessarily their top choice D1) and most will receive some level of athletic scholarship if they go that route.

Unfortunately this is inaccurate.

Fortunately, it is not. Do check out the college commitments of boys in the Bethesda MLS Next academy. Here is a list of off the top of my head for the 2021 class (mostly U19 players, one U17 who was a senior): Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Georgetown, American U (multiple), Mt. Saint Mary's (multiple), Rider, Dayton. Most of the non-Ivy recruits are getting scholarships. 2020 graduates had players going to Brown, Cornell, Stanford, Georgetown, and several other D1 programs.
As of now, 2022 boys from MLS Next teams are committed to Georgetown, Duke, Maryland (College Park), Columbia, Penn, Rutgers. Several others are in advanced stage of recruitment in equally good schools. It is a given that being an MLSNext starter for a highly competitive team has everything to do with such a high admission rate at Ivy league and/or top 10 academic universities with D1 soccer.

Not playing for high school for these boys, therefore, was very much worth it. It's also complete hogwash to say that most MLSNext players would not play D1 or pro soccer. Almost all will be recruited by D1 schools, and a select few may also go pro. Going pro right after high school is however very rare from clubs from relatively affluent areas like Bethesda. Not because the best of these players cannot, but because most well-heeled parents do not want their 17-18 year-olds to play the roulette that is the fickle world of pro soccer, without first getting a college education.

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Anonymous wrote:It's sad so many boys give up playing for their high schools when 90% of them won't get a college scholarship, and only a very, very few will play D1.

I think as the kids get older, reality sets in. It is so different on the girls' side though.

This not really how it shakes out in real life, though, at least not on the MLSNesxt/DA teams I’m familiar with. You will know by 10th grade or so if you are going to be a potential starter for a MLSNext team. Many/most of the kids who are not either drop down to a lower level club team and play HS or work out a deal to play with the MLSNext team for only half a year. Almost all kids who are starting on an MLSNext team junior and senior year have the option of playing D1 (though, of course, not necessarily their top choice D1) and most will receive some level of athletic scholarship if they go that route.

Unfortunately this is inaccurate.

Fortunately, it is not. Do check out the college commitments of boys in the Bethesda MLS Next academy. Here is a list of off the top of my head for the 2021 class (mostly U19 players, one U17 who was a senior): Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Georgetown, American U (multiple), Mt. Saint Mary's (multiple), Rider, Dayton. Most of the non-Ivy recruits are getting scholarships. 2020 graduates had players going to Brown, Cornell, Stanford, Georgetown, and several other D1 programs.
As of now, 2022 boys from MLS Next teams are committed to Georgetown, Duke, Maryland (College Park), Columbia, Penn, Rutgers. Several others are in advanced stage of recruitment in equally good schools. It is a given that being an MLSNext starter for a highly competitive team has everything to do with such a high admission rate at Ivy league and/or top 10 academic universities with D1 soccer.

Not playing for high school for these boys, therefore, was very much worth it. It's also complete hogwash to say that most MLSNext players would not play D1 or pro soccer. Almost all will be recruited by D1 schools, and a select few may also go pro. Going pro right after high school is however very rare from clubs from relatively affluent areas like Bethesda. Not because the best of these players cannot, but because most well-heeled parents do not want their 17-18 year-olds to play the roulette that is the fickle world of pro soccer, without first getting a college education.

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Anonymous wrote:It's sad so many boys give up playing for their high schools when 90% of them won't get a college scholarship, and only a very, very few will play D1.

I think as the kids get older, reality sets in. It is so different on the girls' side though.

This not really how it shakes out in real life, though, at least not on the MLSNesxt/DA teams I’m familiar with. You will know by 10th grade or so if you are going to be a potential starter for a MLSNext team. Many/most of the kids who are not either drop down to a lower level club team and play HS or work out a deal to play with the MLSNext team for only half a year. Almost all kids who are starting on an MLSNext team junior and senior year have the option of playing D1 (though, of course, not necessarily their top choice D1) and most will receive some level of athletic scholarship if they go that route.

Unfortunately this is inaccurate.

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Anonymous wrote:It's sad so many boys give up playing for their high schools when 90% of them won't get a college scholarship, and only a very, very few will play D1.

I think as the kids get older, reality sets in. It is so different on the girls' side though.

This not really how it shakes out in real life, though, at least not on the MLSNesxt/DA teams I’m familiar with. You will know by 10th grade or so if you are going to be a potential starter for a MLSNext team. Many/most of the kids who are not either drop down to a lower level club team and play HS or work out a deal to play with the MLSNext team for only half a year. Almost all kids who are starting on an MLSNext team junior and senior year have the option of playing D1 (though, of course, not necessarily their top choice D1) and most will receive some level of athletic scholarship if they go that route.

Unfortunately this is inaccurate.

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Anonymous wrote:It's sad so many boys give up playing for their high schools when 90% of them won't get a college scholarship, and only a very, very few will play D1.

I think as the kids get older, reality sets in. It is so different on the girls' side though.

This not really how it shakes out in real life, though, at least not on the MLSNesxt/DA teams I’m familiar with. You will know by 10th grade or so if you are going to be a potential starter for a MLSNext team. Many/most of the kids who are not either drop down to a lower level club team and play HS or work out a deal to play with the MLSNext team for only half a year. Almost all kids who are starting on an MLSNext team junior and senior year have the option of playing D1 (though, of course, not necessarily their top choice D1) and most will receive some level of athletic scholarship if they go that route.

Anonymous wrote:It's sad so many boys give up playing for their high schools when 90% of them won't get a college scholarship, and only a very, very few will play D1.

I think as the kids get older, reality sets in. It is so different on the girls' side though.

Anonymous wrote:It does suck MLS Next boys can't play for their high school. Just think of all the girls they could impress.