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Anonymous wrote:St Albans has had a strong soccer team for many years running. But with the departure of the head soccer coach who also happened to be the Admissions Director (yes, a symbiotic relationship) last year, the team is already much less dominant than it has been. Still a winning program, but with teams like Landon nipping at their heels, or paws as it were:

Congrats to St Albans for finishing first in the IAC.

Didn't Landon win it last year? I think 2017 will be even stronger.

No. Landon had a good team but St. Albans won in 2016.

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Anonymous wrote:St Albans has had a strong soccer team for many years running. But with the departure of the head soccer coach who also happened to be the Admissions Director (yes, a symbiotic relationship) last year, the team is already much less dominant than it has been. Still a winning program, but with teams like Landon nipping at their heels, or paws as it were:

Congrats to St Albans for finishing first in the IAC.

Didn't Landon win it last year? I think 2017 will be even stronger.

Saw GC play yesterday against a powerhouse from New Mexico. 1-0, GC. Preseason rust, but all the parts are in place for a great season.

Anonymous wrote:Which is the best in WCAC?

Varies from year to year as the best players drop off of HS team to play DA/ECNL or return from those teams.

Looking at the 2016 final WCAC standings the strongest teams were

Girls: Paul VI, St. Johns, Good Counsel

Boys: O’Connell, DeMatha, Good Counsel

Which is the best in WCAC?

Helluva trade off. Academy soccer or high school memories.

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Anonymous wrote:Bullis, Landon and St Albans have a decent track record of sending players to play at the college level.

But I agree, Academy soccer is killing high school soccer. And the inability to play for one's high school team robs the kids of a wonderful high school experience.

So, for example if you look at the varsity soccer roster for Georgetown, you will see a freshman listed who graduated from St. Albans. But he never played varsity soccer for St. Albans, he played for the Bethesda academy team.

+1

About 80-90 % of the girls on my DD's club team are skipping HS school soccer altogether.

Will those 80-90 % end up getting recruited by colleges?

http://www.scholarshipstats.com/varsityodds.html

About 10% of all high school age girls playing soccer will play in college. Most of those will not be on scholarship. Fencing is your best bet 38% go on to play in college.

Those stats are beside the point when you are talking about high school age kids who have continued to play soccer at a high level. I'd imagine that close to 100% of the players who are serious enough to skip high school for club, or whose team coach or league rules require them to skip high school, will play in college if they choose to.

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Anonymous wrote:Bullis, Landon and St Albans have a decent track record of sending players to play at the college level.

But I agree, Academy soccer is killing high school soccer. And the inability to play for one's high school team robs the kids of a wonderful high school experience.

So, for example if you look at the varsity soccer roster for Georgetown, you will see a freshman listed who graduated from St. Albans. But he never played varsity soccer for St. Albans, he played for the Bethesda academy team.

+1

About 80-90 % of the girls on my DD's club team are skipping HS school soccer altogether.

Will those 80-90 % end up getting recruited by colleges?

Yes, although at a variety of levels (from top Div 1 schools to Div 3)

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bullis, Landon and St Albans have a decent track record of sending players to play at the college level.

But I agree, Academy soccer is killing high school soccer. And the inability to play for one's high school team robs the kids of a wonderful high school experience.

So, for example if you look at the varsity soccer roster for Georgetown, you will see a freshman listed who graduated from St. Albans. But he never played varsity soccer for St. Albans, he played for the Bethesda academy team.

+1

About 80-90 % of the girls on my DD's club team are skipping HS school soccer altogether.

Will those 80-90 % end up getting recruited by colleges?

http://www.scholarshipstats.com/varsityodds.html

About 10% of all high school age girls playing soccer will play in college. Most of those will not be on scholarship. Fencing is your best bet 38% go on to play in college.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bullis, Landon and St Albans have a decent track record of sending players to play at the college level.

But I agree, Academy soccer is killing high school soccer. And the inability to play for one's high school team robs the kids of a wonderful high school experience.

So, for example if you look at the varsity soccer roster for Georgetown, you will see a freshman listed who graduated from St. Albans. But he never played varsity soccer for St. Albans, he played for the Bethesda academy team.

+1

About 80-90 % of the girls on my DD's club team are skipping HS school soccer altogether.

Will those 80-90 % end up getting recruited by colleges?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bullis, Landon and St Albans have a decent track record of sending players to play at the college level.

But I agree, Academy soccer is killing high school soccer. And the inability to play for one's high school team robs the kids of a wonderful high school experience.

So, for example if you look at the varsity soccer roster for Georgetown, you will see a freshman listed who graduated from St. Albans. But he never played varsity soccer for St. Albans, he played for the Bethesda academy team.

+1

About 80-90 % of the girls on my DD's club team are skipping HS school soccer altogether.

Anonymous wrote:Bullis, Landon and St Albans have a decent track record of sending players to play at the college level.

But I agree, Academy soccer is killing high school soccer. And the inability to play for one's high school team robs the kids of a wonderful high school experience.

So, for example if you look at the varsity soccer roster for Georgetown, you will see a freshman listed who graduated from St. Albans. But he never played varsity soccer for St. Albans, he played for the Bethesda academy team.

Bullis, Landon and St Albans have a decent track record of sending players to play at the college level.

But I agree, Academy soccer is killing high school soccer. And the inability to play for one's high school team robs the kids of a wonderful high school experience.

Anonymous wrote:Do the area private school teams regularly produce kids who get recruited to play at the college level? If so, which private schools have good track records for doing this?

It is the local soccer clubs (Arlington, Loudon, BRYC, Bethesda, etc). that produce kids that get recruited by colleges. The very best soccer players attending private high schools -- those who receive the most recruitment from colleges -- don't even play HS soccer because DA clubs forbid it and ECNL clubs discourage it.

If anything, playing for your HS negatively affects your chances of college recruitment because HS soccer is lower caliber of training and play than the better local clubs. In addition, the risk of serious injury increases dramatically by playing for both club and HS simultaneously.

If you want your kid recruited for college soccer find the right club (not HS). You will never see a college coach at a high soccer game. By contrast there were 350 colleges scouting at the Disney Showcase in Orlando last winter.

Do the area private school teams regularly produce kids who get recruited to play at the college level? If so, which private schools have good track records for doing this?