youthsoccerfan
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For teams in the central valley or non MVLA clubs, this does make sense. If a player is leaving MVLA, it is not because of college connections.
MVLA has one of the best college connections in the country. They send a lot of players to top academic D1 schools throughout the country, including top colleges in southern California.
I agree. There are multiple reasons why a player would decide to play in Socal, but I do not believe leaving MVLA for college connections is the primary reason. MVLA has a long history of sending girls to national D1 programs, top D3 academic schools, and everything in between. I am not claiming MVLA is better than the top SoCal clubs that have a proven track record of having players on youth national teams and top college programs.. just similar.
Stanford has EIGHT girls from MVLA with two HS seniors committed. Roughly 25% of the Stanford roster is MVLA alumni. The head coach at UCLA was a long-time MVLA coach, and I would not be surprised if the MVLA pipeline increased over the years with two HS school seniors committed.