Its true. I never said anything about financial aid, because I am not privy to it. I merely stated, in response to the post about how the academies dont get alot of player into top schools, that Albuttsun has TWO, one this year, 1 next going to Ivy's, and another to a TOP 25 D1 academic school. That does not count all the others. This is not an Albuttsun thing, it's an Academy thing. Please dont ignorantly refute. Go look it up. It's fact. Then, find the best club team you can and compare. Let me help:


I wont name names but here are the colleges for 1 of the top u18 teams in the country (local team) vs one of the local Academies
Local Club
Cornell-1
Suny (New Paltz, Albany, Binghamton, Plattsburg, Oneonta, Cortland)-9
St. Johns-1
Hartwick-1
Hartford-1
MIT-2
FDU-1
Fordham-1
Adedlphi-1

Don't know how many got athletic scholarships, but for sure The D3's didnt

Local Academy (s=some athletic money, at least 1/2)

Harvard-2
Columbia-1
Marist-1 (S)
Holy Cross-2 (s)
Northwestern-1
Georgetown-1
NJIT-1 (S)
Clemson-1 (S)
Maryland-1 (S)
Stonybrook-1 (S)
Mercy-2
Plus 4 unknowns


I think the comparisons speak for themselves

I wont name names but here are the colleges for 1 of the top u18 teams in the country (local team) vs one of the local Academies
Local Club
Cornell-1
Suny (New Paltz, Albany, Binghamton, Plattsburg, Oneonta, Cortland)-9
St. Johns-1
Hartwick-1
Hartford-1
MIT-2
FDU-1
Fordham-1
Adedlphi-1

Don't know how many got athletic scholarships, but for sure The D3's didnt

Local Academy (s=some athletic money, at least 1/2)

Harvard-2
Columbia-1
Marist-1 (S)
Holy Cross-2 (s)
Northwestern-1
Georgetown-1
NJIT-1 (S)
Clemson-1 (S)
Maryland-1 (S)
Stonybrook-1 (S)
Mercy-2
Plus 4 unknowns

Let me stir the pot here with my snobby reply.

First, sending your child to college to play soccer is not something I would consider or allow.

Of the schools mentioned above, I find only five schools that I would consider acceptable for either of my daughters. One of those schools daughter #1 did attend and graduated, and of those five schools, I believe two do not offer any athletic scholarship coinage.

It should have become the parents #1 priority when they found out that a child was on the way to start planning for college financially, and have a plan to get the child into the education system at the earliest possible time. For me, both of my children began school full-time at the age of 2 years and 9 months.

After college both went to graduate school, and daughter #1 still goes to school on her way to a her PHD.

Yes, I know I piss everyone off and I know how many of you view me, but I wonder how many of you still have or will have children living at home with you after college, or are still living at home after high school and going out into the business world?

Soccer is a game like every other sport, and not one that pays well compared to other sports at the professional level. It has always seemed to me that soccer is being used as an alternative to the money you never saved to pay for college, and the reality is it doesn't.

Before you attack me, make sure you clearly identify yourself as I have or there will be no discussion. I am much to busy to banter with a ghost, and besides, I have my fan club meeting I must attend.

Oh, the school included above that daughter #1 attended was Northwestern University with a degree in Astro-Physics.

BTW, how extensively have you read the College Board?

Actually, well done. I tell all the kids I coach that soccer is a means to an end. The end is not the scholarship, it is getting into a better academic school then you would otherwise get into. 90% of the kids who play at Ivy League schools would not get in without having been recruited for soccer. I went to a top school, and there was more talent playing intramurals than playing on the team - a lot of recruited kids dropped off the team to focus on their grades. That is the way it should be. The whole "my kid is going to get a scholarship" crowd is delusional.

Unfortunate that these coaches are the ones that make the decisions, but the fact is that they do and we all have to live with it. And though our team didn't qualify, and that is terrible, the one that went in ahead of us (Hondura), beat Spain. So I imagine they have a decent squad.

[quote=Anonymous]Its true. I never said anything about financial aid, because I am not privy to it. I merely stated, in response to the post about how the academies dont get alot of player into top schools, that Albuttsun has TWO, one this year, 1 next going to Ivy's, and another to a TOP 25 D1 academic school. That does not count all the others. This is not an Albuttsun thing, it's an Academy thing. Please dont ignorantly refute. Go look it up. It's fact. Then, find the best club team you can and compare. Let me help:


I wont name names but here are the colleges for 1 of the top u18 teams in the country (local team) vs one of the local Academies
Local Club
Cornell-1
Suny (New Paltz, Albany, Binghamton, Plattsburg, Oneonta, Cortland)-9
St. Johns-1
Hartwick-1
Hartford-1
MIT-2
FDU-1
Fordham-1
Adedlphi-1

Don't know how many got athletic scholarships, but for sure The D3's didnt

Local Academy (s=some athletic money, at least 1/2)

Harvard-2
Columbia-1
Marist-1 (S)
Holy Cross-2 (s)
Northwestern-1
Georgetown-1
NJIT-1 (S)
Clemson-1 (S)
Maryland-1 (S)
Stonybrook-1 (S)
Mercy-2
Plus 4 unknowns


I think the comparisons speak for themselves

I will follow up with one of the Academy teams in this area for this upcoming year already have committments to:

Harvard
Columbia
Princeton
Michigan
Villanova
Fairfield

What's interesting is that a couple of these kids are probably not playing in the academy again this upcoming season because they want to play school ball.

The ranking number above come from where? Whose rankings are these? What do the rankings represent?