2021 Women’s D1 Soccer Talk!!!!

espola said:
"had no left" doesn't mean "can't go to your left".
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You can “go left” all day....as a defender if I know you have no left footed shot, I’ll let you go left all day cause you’ll just keep going with zero threat of a difficult shot for my keeper to handle. You have to cut back to your right (where I’ll be waiting) or push further out left.

oh Magoo, I loved playing against guys like you.
 
Dubs said:
The 14 scholarships are split up amongst the full roster. This has been said before many times, but it is rare that any player gets 100%. Most have it split up in increments/percentages throughout their 4 years. Many get $0
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Getting into UCLA is a dream come true for many. I'm happy for all the players and I hope UCLA wins it all!!!
 
Dubs said:
The 14 scholarships are split up amongst the full roster. This has been said before many times, but it is rare that any player gets 100%. Most have it split up in increments/percentages throughout their 4 years. Many get $0
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Correct. A players deal tends to reflect how much the coach thinks about them. That does not always correspond to a player's TDS rankings. I spent less for my kid's college degree than I spent on U16 ECNL soccer.....

Good luck to you and your player.
 
Copa9 said:
Having that many recruits helps to raise the gpa of the team especially if their top 5-6 recruits have a lower gpa.
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I don't believe they are playing gpa games. All of the women on the team are smart. Just 14 is a lot. I looked at the roster and last year they list 11 freshmen. 8 got playing time and 3 redshirted. So UCLA does a good job of getting freshmen in to the game but next year there will be 17 of them. Hard to see how to get 17 first year players time.
 
Simisoccerfan said:
I don't believe they are playing gpa games. All of the women on the team are smart. Just 14 is a lot. I looked at the roster and last year they list 11 freshmen. 8 got playing time and 3 redshirted. So UCLA does a good job of getting freshmen in to the game but next year there will be 17 of them. Hard to see how to get 17 first year players time.
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You aren't wrong about the math. I think that the most players that I saw get into an actual game (not a scrimmage) was 21 or 22. I have seen games where the coach only starts 2 or 3 regular starters and they play only 30-45 minutes. The coaching staff there does an amazing job of roster management. You get very few disgruntled people because everyone that has the ability to help the team win games will get the chance. Now the minutes may be limited but that is what you get when you go to a top 5 program. Also, the players train together so at a school like that people know where they stand in the pecking order.

Assuming that the full season happens, this is a good time to be a freshman at UCLA. 6 starters and a key reserve that accounted for over 10,000 minutes last year collectively are gone. That is a great opportunity for any freshman that wants to make an impact.

Good luck to you and your player this season.
 
Copa9 said:
Having that many recruits helps to raise the gpa of the team especially if their top 5-6 recruits have a lower gpa.
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Most of the players including the top recruits are going to be 3.6 and above and many will be 3.8 and above. I can only think of one player that was recruited by UCLA that wasn't at least a 3.6. It isn't a good idea to put an average student into a school like UCLA/Stanford/Duke/Cal etc. because they are rigorous academic schools and not being able to keep up is an actual thing.

Most of the girls on the team do well in school and make the Director's Honor Roll. You know how it is with female athletes. They have to work twice as hard and be twice as good academically for half as much recognition....
 
MakeAPlay said:
I like Harvard to have a breakout season. They have a weak conference and perhaps the best recruiting class to ever grace the Ivy League in women's soccer. Unfortunately there is little parity in women's soccer. In my opinion a breakout season is making it to the Sweet 16 and by that metric there were only 3 teams outside of the Power 5 conferences that were able to do that and they were perenial top 25 teams from the WCC a traditionally strong women's soccer conference and South Florida a traditionally strong mid major. I just don't see that as changing much. It's really hard to beat a top 8 team on their home field in the playoffs. Only two teams last season were able to win against top 8 teams on the road during the playoffs. Wazzu did it twice against Virginia and South Carolina and UCLA did it once against Florida State. Both teams were in the College Cup....

Good luck to you and your player.
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Map I would have to agree with you with Harvard. There recruiting class is becoming stronger every year. This is a team you can't sleep on with big name recruits coming in. Hopefully we have a season.
 
MakeAPlay said:
I love that arguably the top university in the world is able to pull in such a strong recruiting class.
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I assume you mean Harvard, and not Princeton or Oxford. Given that, Harvard follows the Ivy League principle that if you can get in, the well-endowed financial aid system will make it affordable for your family. And (another Ivy League principle) - if you can qualify in ways other than straight academic, you can get in.
 
espola said:
I assume you mean Harvard, and not Princeton or Oxford. Given that, Harvard follows the Ivy League principle that if you can get in, the well-endowed financial aid system will make it affordable for your family. And (another Ivy League principle) - if you can qualify in ways other than straight academic, you can get in.
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It's all need base assistance. Unfortunately if you live in California your income doesn't go as far as if you live in Ohio, Kansas, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Georgia etc. etc. etc.
 
Copa9 said:
It's all need base assistance. Unfortunately if you live in California your income doesn't go as far as if you live in Ohio, Kansas, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Georgia etc. etc. etc.
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As I recall from similar applications, that is factored in.
 
espola said:
As I recall from similar applications, that is factored in.
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Curious...is anyone aware of any top IVY league athletes who were able to receive tuition assistance somehow, AND family does not qualify for need based help? I agree living in Cali makes it harder. Using the financial aid calculator, we qualify for zero help...but we are by no means rich.

I know Ivies don't provide athletic scholarships. I'm curious if there is an endowment or other means anyone is aware of to help top athletes with hefty Ivy tuition.
 
Zen said:
Curious...is anyone aware of any top IVY league athletes who were able to receive tuition assistance somehow, AND family does not qualify for need based help? I agree living in Cali makes it harder. Using the financial aid calculator, we qualify for zero help...but we are by no means rich.

I know Ivies don't provide athletic scholarships. I'm curious if there is an endowment or other means anyone is aware of to help top athletes with hefty Ivy tuition.
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There are lots of scholarship programs out there, and if a student-athlete is not receiving any "athletic" money, many of the NCAA restrictions don't apply.
 
Not as much as we expected. I guess it all comes down to how much you are willing to pay. What they offered was a lot but still not enough, room and board is very high especially at the Ivies and which Ivy you are looking at. Always look at what you would owe and what your family would have to pay for all four years. Interesting note, Stanford will no longer consider the value of parents home in figuring need, really important for California homeowners. As always, a great education is available at many colleges and in the end it is what you do with your education after graduation that matters.
 
Copa9 said:
Not as much as we expected. I guess it all comes down to how much you are willing to pay. What they offered was a lot but still not enough, room and board is very high especially at the Ivies and which Ivy you are looking at. Always look at what you would owe and what your family would have to pay for all four years. Interesting note, Stanford will no longer consider the value of parents home in figuring need, really important for California homeowners. As always, a great education is available at many colleges and in the end it is what you do with your education after graduation that matters.
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I went to two colleges for free, even after dropping out of the first one. The first was academic, the second GI Bill (half-time monthly VA payment was more than semester tuition and fees at SDSU).
 
Zen said:
Curious...is anyone aware of any top IVY league athletes who were able to receive tuition assistance somehow, AND family does not qualify for need based help? I agree living in Cali makes it harder. Using the financial aid calculator, we qualify for zero help...but we are by no means rich.

I know Ivies don't provide athletic scholarships. I'm curious if there is an endowment or other means anyone is aware of to help top athletes with hefty Ivy tuition.
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Great question.. I always wondered this as well.
 
Zen said:
Curious...is anyone aware of any top IVY league athletes who were able to receive tuition assistance somehow, AND family does not qualify for need based help? I agree living in Cali makes it harder. Using the financial aid calculator, we qualify for zero help...but we are by no means rich.

I know Ivies don't provide athletic scholarships. I'm curious if there is an endowment or other means anyone is aware of to help top athletes with hefty Ivy tuition.
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Ivy endowments are large for the most part. I believe if your household income is less than $168k there is an opportunity at a ton of merit money. I believe the scale slides from that number. The IVY philosophy is why should money get in the way of a student we think can contribute and we think is acceptable.
 
vegasguy said:
Ivy endowments are large for the most part. I believe if your household income is less than $168k there is an opportunity at a ton of merit money. I believe the scale slides from that number. The IVY philosophy is why should money get in the way of a student we think can contribute and we think is acceptable.
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vegasguy said:
Ivy endowments are large for the most part. I believe if your household income is less than $168k there is an opportunity at a ton of merit money. I believe the scale slides from that number. The IVY philosophy is why should money get in the way of a student we think can contribute and we think is acceptable.
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That was our experience as well.
 
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