Ask those same question of your team. [/quote]

Big picture and prize is the 300 D1 schools. As far as top academic schools (including Ivy League) and the significant less off shore competition with women’s sports programs and Title 9 ramifications..... If your kid is on a Premier Team and competes at major tournaments in top 2 brackets 1/2 decently, and your kid is in the 1/3 of most impactful players on team and gets 50+ minutes a game still 2 years from now.... if her grades are in the 90's in 9th, 10th and 11th grade,.....There's a real good chance your kid is getting at least a 1/2 ride to a decent school. FYI, One of Princeton's keepers is from Oceanside LI also played on state ODP team, 90 gpa student - a boy no less - gets a 1/2 ride at one of best schools in country - and more then 1/2 of this Ivy League schools men’s team gets some amount (1/8+) of financial aid and a 1/2 dozen have 1/2 rides!!!! 90 GPA kids!!!!! Same school (Princeton), 104 GPA Valedictorian from LI couldn't get on waiting list - but he only played the Tuba!

I think it would be better to be a big fish on a slightly less spectacular (top 200 in country team) then a bench warmer on a top 25 team! At coaches showcase tounaments coaches can only seee those that are actually playing! And as far as grades go - they want kids that are not going to be academically challenged by the rigors of keeping up grades while training 12 months of the year.

As far as playing in Olympics or even proffesionally and how small this possibility is - I'd guess its like any other sport. Maybe 4 or 5 kids from all of LI go pro and maybe 1 might make Olympics. The scholrship goal - I'd think out of 10 or so top U13 teams on LI x's 17, from those 170 kids, 50-60 will be good enough players, of them maybe 40-50 will have the grades so thats how many U13 girls from LI will get scholorships 4-5 from each team - ranging from token 1/8 to full rides - at all sorts of very decent to excellent schools too - depending if your kid is a 90 student or 99 student will decide where and how much - maybe 10-15 full rides from whole group at most.

As far as playing in college - I'd think near 1/2 of kids from top 10 teams will keep playing - plenty of D2 and D3 programs too - kids from D1 and D2 teams will play in college too - just not near as many....not because there aren't some great players at that level - but its about being noticed too!


Long winded and somewhat clueless as to who goes where!

Why? It wouldn't do any good because ENYYSA has already approved this sham in the first place. Remember there is the right way to do things and the Albertson way. Just ask any of their parents who are laughing as they read all of this and knowing no other club would have gotten this deal.

What deal?lets hear it.

Disagree with some D2 picks:

CSH over EM
PM over Levittown
West Islip over Mass
HBC over Stony Brook
Plainedge over Island Trees


We'll see...

What deal??? Anybody could join the Big Apple League. You people are really slow. Yes we wanted to do state cup. It is the last year our girks are going to have a chance to play it. We couldn't do Nerp or LIJSL because schedules are not flexible enough with our ECNL schedule. This gave our girls an opportunity to play. It also gives the coach to try out the numerous girls wishing to join next year. So you may want to stop worrying about our house and take care of your own.

Albertson- "We want to play in State Cup." ENYYSA- "You have to play in an ENY league". Albertson-"How about you sign us up for the Big Apple league. No one knows who's in it or if it even exists. Plus we won't have to play extra games this spring that would interrupt our tournament schedule". ENYYSA-"Sounds good. Good luck in State Cup."

The Big Apple league plays in Flushing Meadow Park. It is a legitimate ENYYSA league run by another soccer dictator. It is a Queens Hispanic league, and while I don't care for the Luis, he does a good job with providing quality fields and an affordable program for the Queens Communities of Corona, Jackson Heights, Flushing, Astoria, and other Queens neighborhoods.

Numerous girls to try out for what? 98's? You have 20 or more players now don't you? You need more? Did you guys even play in ECNL this year? Do you even have a house? Think you spend most of your money on training fees. Your poor kid. Hope she gets that scholarship.

Yes, they played in ECNL, up to U14. 2-10 record. Lost 7-0, 8-0, 4-1 and won 4-1 over a 1-15 Bethesda team

Its called the apple jack league. Unless your one of the favorites on the team your not seeing the field. And everyone knows who they are.