<p>another point if you think they are going to want to try... go to the ncaa clearinghouse and register. The cost is nominal. This is where you can put alot of information and a college coach can access with ncaa approval. Things can get a bit tricky even at NON Scholarship schools. Take a few minutes and read the rules. It couldn't hurt. </p>
<p>For the schools they are interested in attending go visit the website and read player bios and get an idea of the talent pools these coaches are dipping into. The one poster who claimed D3 soccer is lesser than Hs really doesn't know squat or attended a HS that had excellent players from top to bottom. I reffed for 10 years, there's a difference is speed of play and touch. Each level you rise the speed of play rises several notches.. </p>
<p>What will probably hurt your Daughters is the lack of a good club program around (50 mile radius) The ability to train and play alot of games usually puts a player at an advantage. If your d's are only playing a 12-16 game regular season and that's it, they will have a tough time. Most club players will play around 100 matches or more a year.</p>
<p>^^that's pretty much what we thought^^ We've seen elite players at camp. My girls are awestruck by their talent. Thanks for being direct. It was what I was looking for.</p>
<p>BTW Santa Clara University runs a nice one just for girls. Brandi Chastain comes out and coaches for a day lots of oos kids come to it.</p>
<p>xcfan, my son's frosh college roommate was quoted in that NYT article. It was actually 2 years ago. He was one of the athletes being recruited, but ended up going to another school (we found this out when we Googled him after getting the roommate notification info!)</p>
<p>Sorry, Opie. I can only talk from my own experience. The good high school girls teams had at least a couple future D1 players and all starters could play in the D3 league in our state. ( this is not the New England league that clearly draws from a large pool) although many opt to play club and IM at the big state universities.. The top few high school teams ( some loaded with future D1 players) are definitely better than these D3 teams. I think this is good news for good high school players who want to keep competing in their sport. These D3 schools are mostly second and third tier US News LAC's with good merit aid for good students. By the way, the story is totally different for boys where the D1 options are much fewer and the level of play in D3 is definitely above even the best high school teams.</p>