2017-2018 D1 Women's Soccer Talk!

bruinblue14 said:
Just out of curiosity as my dd is a few years away from all this, but I heard it's becoming (or has been?) common for girls to be asked to graduate early and start playing/training in the spring prior to what would have been their freshman year. Is this true? What happens if the girl decides she wants to finish out her senior year?
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Its really up to the kid. The draft is in December and if they want to play at the next level most don't want to be going to school in the spring. They can always come back to walk graduation in the spring. Mine plans on graduating in 3 1/2 years with a degree and a masters.
 
pulguita said:
Its really up to the kid. The draft is in December and if they want to play at the next level most don't want to be going to school in the spring. They can always come back to walk graduation in the spring. Mine plans on graduating in 3 1/2 years with a degree and a masters.
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Are you talking about the transition from HS to college, or college to WPSL? I think the original question had to do with graduating early from HS.

DD was asked to consider graduating HS early and start college in the spring. After considering the work load of her junior year, she opted to complete her senior year of HS rather than graduating early. Her college coach is very understanding and presented the option as an opportunity without pressure.
 
bruinblue14 said:
Just out of curiosity as my dd is a few years away from all this, but I heard it's becoming (or has been?) common for girls to be asked to graduate early and start playing/training in the spring prior to what would have been their freshman year. Is this true? What happens if the girl decides she wants to finish out her senior year?
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It really just depends upon the player. My player's team had one player join early last season (she was a JC transfer) and one this season (graduated early). My kid wanted to finish high school and enjoy her last few months with her friends. She went to summer school early and is continuing to do it for the next few years so that she can graduate after the season her senior year.
 
MakeAPlay said:
It really just depends upon the player. My player's team had one player join early last season (she was a JC transfer) and one this season (graduated early). My kid wanted to finish high school and enjoy her last few months with her friends. She went to summer school early and is continuing to do it for the next few years so that she can graduate after the season her senior year.
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Agree with MAP. Depends on the kid. Mine had a blast in HS and no way she was missing spring and graduation. She would have done 4 more years! If your kid can't wait to get out then go for it.
 
pulguita said:
Agree with MAP. Depends on the kid. Mine had a blast in HS and no way she was missing spring and graduation. She would have done 4 more years! If your kid can't wait to get out then go for it.
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And there is no guarantee reporting to college a semester early to participate in spring college scrimmages means they will play more come fall.
 
MakeAPlay said:
It really just depends upon the player. My player's team had one player join early last season (she was a JC transfer) and one this season (graduated early). My kid wanted to finish high school and enjoy her last few months with her friends. She went to summer school early and is continuing to do it for the next few years so that she can graduate after the season her senior year.
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Concur.
 
6 more weeks until camp starts. Not a ton of time but plenty of time to do some last minute polishing. This will be a fun year.
 
Think that several local players are going to have a big impact this season. Off hand I can think of at least 6-10 that we will be hearing big things from this fall as freshman.
 
outside! said:
Pepperdine's D will be tougher.
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What makes you say that? Most of their signees are attacking players. I do like LI. I remember that she played up a couple of games with the Eagles team in my player's age group many moons ago. She was a very good player. I thought that Pepperdine had improved when I saw them this spring. We will see how they do in September.
 
MakeAPlay said:
What makes you say that? Most of their signees are attacking players. I do like LI. I remember that she played up a couple of games with the Eagles team in my player's age group many moons ago. She was a very good player. I thought that Pepperdine had improved when I saw them this spring. We will see how they do in September.
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They are getting a very fast, skilled defender (who also has the gift of usually being in focus and not making a funny face in action shots). It is tough to get playing time as a freshman, but I would not be surprised to see her get some minutes.
 
outside! said:
They are getting a very fast, skilled defender (who also has the gift of usually being in focus and not making a funny face in action shots). It is tough to get playing time as a freshman, but I would not be surprised to see her get some minutes.
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Being a former high level soccer player yourself you know that a capable defender is worth their weight and gold and usually find their way onto the field sooner versus later. The freshman players from SoCal that had the most impact on their respective teams this year were primarily defensive players so I suspect that you are right. Good luck to her and I hope to see her on the field in mid September.
 
MakeAPlay said:
What makes you say that? Most of their signees are attacking players. I do like LI. I remember that she played up a couple of games with the Eagles team in my player's age group many moons ago. She was a very good player. I thought that Pepperdine had improved when I saw them this spring. We will see how they do in September.
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L.I. is a STUD!
 
MakeAPlay said:
Being a former high level soccer player yourself you know that a capable defender is worth their weight and gold and usually find their way onto the field sooner versus later. The freshman players from SoCal that had the most impact on their respective teams this year were primarily defensive players so I suspect that you are right. Good luck to her and I hope to see her on the field in mid September.
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You are correct on defenders, but I was never a high level player. I played one season on a coed rec team (with a great coach, Thanks Mike!), then we moved to a small town where the PE coach laughed at me and told me to move to Germany when I asked why we did not have a soccer team. I played one season there on a youth center team with no coach. We would drive to El Paso for games. The other team was always from Juarez and they would forfeit since they always had players that could not prove they were under 18. We would play anyway and they would blow us out. I was a good enough defender that the coach of one of the Mexican teams came and told me I played a great game with a lot of heart after one game (I was small and fast and liked to slide tackle). I quit after that season since I got tired of my older teammates beating up on me and stealing my ball. I wish I had stuck with it, but skateboards, dirt bikes and band became my outlet. That small town now has a large soccer complex, so I got the last laugh on that PE coach. He is dead not, but FU coach McDowell.
 
outside! said:
You are correct on defenders, but I was never a high level player. I played one season on a coed rec team (with a great coach, Thanks Mike!), then we moved to a small town where the PE coach laughed at me and told me to move to Germany when I asked why we did not have a soccer team. I played one season there on a youth center team with no coach. We would drive to El Paso for games. The other team was always from Juarez and they would forfeit since they always had players that could not prove they were under 18. We would play anyway and they would blow us out. I was a good enough defender that the coach of one of the Mexican teams came and told me I played a great game with a lot of heart after one game (I was small and fast and liked to slide tackle). I quit after that season since I got tired of my older teammates beating up on me and stealing my ball. I wish I had stuck with it, but skateboards, dirt bikes and band became my outlet. That small town now has a large soccer complex, so I got the last laugh on that PE coach. He is dead not, but FU coach McDowell.
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You go! Just let it out! It sounds like you've needed to get that out for a while.
 
outside! said:
You are correct on defenders, but I was never a high level player. I played one season on a coed rec team (with a great coach, Thanks Mike!), then we moved to a small town where the PE coach laughed at me and told me to move to Germany when I asked why we did not have a soccer team. I played one season there on a youth center team with no coach. We would drive to El Paso for games. The other team was always from Juarez and they would forfeit since they always had players that could not prove they were under 18. We would play anyway and they would blow us out. I was a good enough defender that the coach of one of the Mexican teams came and told me I played a great game with a lot of heart after one game (I was small and fast and liked to slide tackle). I quit after that season since I got tired of my older teammates beating up on me and stealing my ball. I wish I had stuck with it, but skateboards, dirt bikes and band became my outlet. That small town now has a large soccer complex, so I got the last laugh on that PE coach. He is dead not, but FU coach McDowell.
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I love the insight and wish your daughter the best this season. It's pretty incredible to watch out little girls sprout. Good luck to you and your.
 
outside! said:
They are getting a very fast, skilled defender (who also has the gift of usually being in focus and not making a funny face in action shots). It is tough to get playing time as a freshman, but I would not be surprised to see her get some minutes.
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Looking forward to this season.
Would be awesome to get a solid outside back so HH can go up top and really add another dimension to the team.
Very promising group of young women coming in.
Really optimistic about the season, amigo.
 
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