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Has anyone had their GK and team play NPL? My kid's team is apparently going this route in the fall, rather than play SCDSL. I just have no idea what to expect, as we are pretty new to soccer.
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Registration just opened for the SCNPL. My assumption is that this is just a spring league with a route to the NPL national competition, but isn't otherwise directly connected to NPL West. Is that right? If you do this competition, does it mean you can't really do CRL or do you just block off a weekend for the play-in dates for CRL (assuming you don't qualify automatically through National Cup)?
And to provide the connection to GKs since I'm reviving a thread in the GK Forum (although I'm not sure why it started here) for a strong boys HS-age GK on a top flight, but middling top flight, team, can something like SCNPL/CRL provide college recruiting opportunities to make up for the team's lack of competitiveness for invites to top tournaments or would going DA be the better bet? Assume HS soccer is a relative non-factor since the kid goes to a small school, but assume a DA team would likely be a shared GK spot.
Just finished our first NPL season (High school age range-Boys).
VERY disappointing play. This is a group of clubs that want to market this league as the "Pre-DA" league.
We had played SCDSL since its inception and the competition was noticeably better.
With regard to GK's. My understanding for most coaches is their eyes light up when they see 6'3" to 6'5" ish, GK with top flight experience that sends in a video showing the skills. DA or no-DA, not relevant if your kid is in the sweet spot on paper and has a video to back it up. GK is a unique position, with most coaches believing they can take that raw HS aged GK and form them into a star with their superior coaching. Also be prepared to sit on the shelf until after the Junior HS year, with many college coaches recruiting GK's last.