What are we working on, 3-5 or 7-9 players

This would have been a nice one year rental. I believe she's already been at three schools so far.

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I'll give it a shot to share what I think for recruiting. I'm very involved in the 09 class in ECNL soccer for the North Texas area. I think there are some really good players still uncommitted in the area. I think the best players in the Houston (Albion and Challenge), Austin (Sting and Lonestar) and San Antonio (CE) regions are already committed but there are some top Dallas players that still deserve a look. If you don't know the Dallas area well, there are basically 6 ECNL teams and all of them are better than the GA and RL teams for the area. Those 6 (with their Top 100 national ranking) are Solar #1, FC Dallas #2, Sting Royal #9, Sting Black #10, DKSC #48 and Texans. Solar has only a few uncommitted and those would be players A&M shouldn't have interest in. Texans and DKSC have a couple of decent players but not at the level A&M should entertain unless they were walk-ons and even that is debatable. I will say DKSC's keeper has D1 size and potential so she is worth a look. Sting Black and FCD both have a player or two in the midfield that are worth a look that are not committed that I personally like better than a player already committed to A&M. I have talked to a center mid on both teams that should be great D1 talents but have fallen thru the cracks in the recruiting process which makes no sense… both would be ecstatic to hear from A&M.

College coaches for soccer completely whiff on certain players that should be hot commodities. They watch a couple highlight films, or see a player at a camp or go see a live game or two at a Showcase and think they can assess which players they want. It's a crazy inefficient and uninformed process that reminds me of college football recruiting 40-50 years ago… poor/limited information on players, worthless "quid pro quo" rankings and heavy reliance on coach relationships. I digress. Back on topic… I also like a CB on FCD that is excellent that is better than a current defender already committed to A&M and would jump at any interest from A&M. Royal has some good uncommitted players but I don't know enough about that team to make comments. I will say they have a forward that is one of the fastest players in the country and she should be recruited if she is open. I'd be interested in a couple others but I just don't know enough there.

Coach G should have recruited about 5-8 players on Solar that were elite but they are already committed to big D1 schools across the country at this point including 2 going to Texas and 2 going to Baylor, and a few more to Duke, Virginia, and South Carolina. The two going to Texas and the one going to Duke should have got the red carpet treatment from us but oh well. I have only seen/heard of A&M at 1 Showcase or league game and that was last years Dallas Showcase. A&M just wasn't putting the work in when it came to recruiting and the product on the field reflects that among other variables. Obviously, there are players across the country that are excellent but my region is Dallas so I know that best… and from my perspective, A&M totally dropped the ball for this class in this region. Four top 10 teams in the country for the 09 year and A&M has hardly anything to show for it. SMH.

Who is the best 09 in Houston?

I like primarily two girls on Albion. Their winger/forward and one of their CMs. It's my understanding that they are both committed (at least that is what my daughter told me). I don't like to name names on message boards because they are just kids so hopefully that description is enough for you. I know a lot of people like the A&M commit from Challenge/Royal but every time I watch her play, I don't see her make a big impact but that may just be that I haven't watched her play enough. She has always been very active on social media and created quite the following for herself. I think the entire 09 Challenge team has good but not elite players which is why they are typically mid table in the Texas Conference and ranked around 70th nationally. I haven't watched HTX/Dash GA 09 play in 3 years so who knows if they have anyone. They are ranked 90th nationally but they were really good several years ago. Not sure if they lost players to other clubs to cause the drop off. There might be another player on Challenge or Albion worth looking at but I wouldn't be the expert on Houston talent to say one way or the other.

I get what your saying but we share information about players of every sport in the world on this site and the clubs push those players information out to the public all the time.

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It's my understanding that Corcoran is committed to Auburn.

Well since you are name dropping, I like Corcoran and Mansour from that team. Corcoran is the best player from the Houston area in my opinion. I could be convinced otherwise… just my opinion off the top of my head. Is Mansour committed? I was sure she was.

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Well since you are name dropping, I like Corcoran and Mansour from that team. Corcoran is the best player from the Houston area in my opinion. I could be convinced otherwise… just my opinion off the top of my head. Is Mansour committed? I was sure she was.

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I've not seen Corocoran compared to her club team but she's an incredible athlete, when healthy. Last year she was coming back from an ACL injury and so she wasn't at her best. I'd love to see her playing for A&M because she's dynamic when she's healthy.

Bobby was hired in an unfortunate time period. He said himself he had some discussions with A&M early but they didn't come back to him until just before the college cup and then things happened fast. Most of the top end players in the portal had already found a landing spot and the window to enter the portal closed the Monday after he was hired (or really even thought he may land the job). Many are taking a wait and see approach to A&M also. You have a head coach with no head coaching experience, an assistant coach from the MLS, a hold-over coach and a goalie coach who has bounced around the last several years. tu just hired a national championship coach, TCU just made the college cup, and the ACC is still getting the majority of the top recruits. It could all come together, but most of the top players in the portal are looking for more of a proven commodity at this point. I've heard really good things from FSU players about Bobby, but he is in a difficult starting position. He has returners on a team which didn't fair well last year, hired too late to really hit the winter portal, and has to almost start from scratch. He has a good recruiting class coming in but I'm not sure if he'll be able to move the needle on many impact recruits between now and when he has some results to show.

I can't help with the '09s and beyond. My in-depth knowledge of the select soccer landscape ends with the 08s. I know some of the 09s but not near well enough to comment with the exception of one of the ones Texas got - she is pretty solid.