Agree that the older threads on recruiting are so helpful, and especially for this poster, @KeeperDad’s series of posts on female GK recruiting are just gold. I relied heavily on his posts for my own kid’s D3 Men’s Soccer recruiting process. Although I won’t try to summarize KeeperDad’s wealth of knowledge, some of the points that stick out include: (1) academics matter, keep the grades up and (2) mega tournaments with lots of college coaches are not useful if the coaches from colleges you are interested in don’t come to see your match. My kid did not play major national tournaments since our club options were limited so we had to work harder to connect with schools of interest, researching smaller, multi-school or single school camps, planning visits starting in 10th grade to learn more about a program’s needs etc.