<p>How do they compare? I was considering trying out for our high school's varsity soccer team, but decided not to because of time committments. I played on a local league instead. I'm considering trying out for the college team, and my college is a DIII school. How easy should it be to make the team, as compared to trying out for high school varsity? (My high school is AAAA)</p>
<p>um......bump</p>
<p>there are over a thouand DIII soccer programs ... the best can play with most DI programs ... the worst would get beat by a lot og high school teams ... without knowing your specific school no one can provide any insight ... the best way woul dbe to check the web-site of the soccer team and check the HS background of the kids on the team.</p>
<p>Oh OK, thanks. I'm looking at Pomona, if anyone knows about that.</p>
<p>I don't know anything about Pomona's program, but you can always to to the tryout and try to get on the team. But think carefully--if you didn't want the time commitment for varisty in high school, the time commitment for college is generally the same to much, much more! I would bet that if you don't play for the officicial school team, that there is a very good intramural league or league among the 5 colleges. Another option: that area of California is soccer-crazy with a lot of very good soccer clubs--what about checking out some off-campus soccer clubs if the campus doesn't play at your level?</p>
<p>Here is the link to the boy's team ...
<a href="http://www.physical-education.pomona.edu/mens/soccer/%5B/url%5D">http://www.physical-education.pomona.edu/mens/soccer/</a> </p>
<p>There is not any information about the background of the players on the team (at least it was blank for the 3-4 guys I checked). I'd suggest filling out the recruiting form; Ponoma's response will let yo know where you stand.</p>
<p>dude... it totally depends on what talent is on the roster</p>
<p>Yeah they don't have much info on the players stats page............I'll probably just have to ask someone from the actual school or fill out the recruiting form. I'm a girl BTW.</p>
<p>dudette... i don't understand... you said that you didn't have time to play soccer in high school yet you played soccer somewhere else in a league. wouldn't it have saved time to play at your high school cause you could just practice after school? i mean your already at school.</p>
<p>The league team only practiced 2 nights a week, and the games were on weekends. The high school games practiced twice as long every day (we have an incredibly competitive high school--I think they ended up with a state title though), and the games took entire tuesday or thursday afternoons. Sometimes both in one week. I didn't think I could do that and stay committed to all the AP and honors classes I was taking, as well as the other extracurriculars. Community soccer as much more laid back, and you could always miss a practice if you really needed to study (you have to have a parent's note on the school team, and homework/studying isn't an acceptable excuse even if your parent writes the note :(</p>
<p>oh i c. </p>
<p>but there are the intangibles... like representing your school. i mean wasn't that ever an incentive for you</p>
<p>What do you mean by that? I would have loved to represent the school, and I basically knew we would be going to state like always, and that the school would be cheering us on and feel proud and everything (although sadly, it wouldn't have gotten the same support that football gets, even though they can't even make the league championships). It would have been cool to have the stadium lights on you, the crowd's silent, and all you're thinking about is the game, and then everybody cheers when you make a great play. Yeah, I would have loved to represent the school, but I had to think about what a committment like that would have done to my academics and music and home life.</p>