ISL Soccer - how difficult to make the team?

cinnamon1212
Wed, 24 Feb 2021 17:53:23 +0000

I think we are saying the samee thing @heavyweightcollege . It is high level soccer, but not the highest in the northeast, in my opinion.

Players that want to play at the highest level and play in college definitely play club soccer while at boarding school. In addition to playing sports in the other seasons, or doing a sport-equivalent activity. Good time management is a crucial skill. (But many club soccer players in middle school also have to have good time management, so in a way they have a leg up).

There are different routes to playing club. I really don’t know what kids in the ISL do. With the NEPSAC schools (and it wouldn’t surprise me to learn the are expanding to the ISL schools) a club called Black Rock takes the best prep school players (@heavyweightcollege, that’s where the best soccer in the northeast is, along with academy teams). In normal times, it is by invitation, no try outs needed. Some players play on regular club teams, some get waivers and play for academy teams. Some schools train with the Pro Project (at least, Northfield Mount Hermans does, don’t know which other schools do as well). That would be another question to ask the soccer coach at the schools you are considering – how do they support (or not) the kids playing club.