Daughter is a rising junior soccer player looking to play in NESCAC. She is trying to decide whether to go abroad this summer or stay home to attend ID camps. Do the NESCAC schools find more of their top recruits for ‘28 this summer or throughout the junior year (and/or summer before senior year)?
Now is the time to get on coaches’ radar screens, so they can be in the recruiting process junior year. I had a boy go through soccer recruiting; I was under the impression girls’ recruiting started earlier than boys’.
That said, depending on how much time she wants to spend abroad, it could be possible to do both. Many (most?) schools have more than one camp over the summer. Is she in touch with coaches already? If not, she should start her outreach now.
Eta: I realize I didn’t answer your question. The nescac coaches have already been identifying players they want to watch since 9th grade. That’s the pool of players they are potentially interested in. Your daughter needs to be in that pool, and she gets there by coaches seeing her play, and by her proactively emailing coaches ahead of tournaments etc, ideally with video of her. That pool is expanding now, but shrinks over time as coaches and players figure out their best fit.
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Thank you! Yes, she has been in touch with a few coaches and a few have seen her play at showcases. I was just curious if that pool shrinks drastically over the pre-junior summer. Just trying to understand the trade-off she’ll be making by missing most of the ID camp opportunities.
It’s a marathon not a sprint. Obviously prioritize going to schools where you think the fit might be best.
It is not the number of times she’s seen. If she’s good enough being seen once (anywhere) could be enough to generate a lot of interest. Conversely, being seen more times does not help a weak(er) player get recruited.