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.

ProphAC said:

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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.

I agree. Timing could make it rough to get a quick start on rebuilding. Still holding out some hope that he can bring on a transfer or two now that dead period is over, but doesn't seem likely with classes starting next week. Would expect some cuts to current roster in the spring and a push to get some difference makers offensively in the spring portal. I do think 2-3 of the 2026 commits could easily be starters in the fall.

At this point, seems like the focus should be on portal and preparing for 2028 class instead of continuing to look at what is left uncommitted in 2027 class. Will be interesting to see if he honors all of the current 2027 commitments or decides to pull some of them.

I think the focus should be on the Transfer Portal for the Next 1 and 1/2 years for Bobby

Most likely after the spring season we'll see movement both ways, I'm interested to see how those games play out

100% agree with every word. I'd only add that the cause is the portal plus the 28 roster limit.

etmydst said:

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100% agree with every word. I'd only add that the cause is the portal plus the 28 roster limit.

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I agree… that too is causing this problem. I wish they would expand the rosters or allow extra roster spots if a team takes on more HS players. For girls collegiate soccer has never been about money or playing professionally… it's always been about education and an unfortunate byproduct of the portal era is less girls getting a college education paid for because of athletic excellence. It's a shame really.

I guess i don't understand that, wouldn't a marginal D1 player or one that is willing to sit on the bench couple years be better off going to mid major school, getting playing time and show their abilities and then get better offers from stronger D1 programs?

I thought most schools where paying full rides now anyway? Or if they are not hows that much different than before then?

BQ_90 said:

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I guess i don't understand that, wouldn't a marginal D1 player or one that is willing to sit on the bench couple years be better off going to mid major school, getting playing time and show their abilities and then get better offers from stronger D1 programs?

I thought most schools where paying full rides now anyway? Or if they are not hows that much different than before then?

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It's said above, I think. If you want a "normal" college experience where you develop friends and work towards a degree and then graduate with your friends, maybe you don't think you're better off going somewhere you don't really want to be in hopes you'll be able to leave in a year or two.



On a related but separate note, I always wonder when I see stories like the one at the top of this thread, will that athlete ever get enough in-residence credits from a single university to meet their graduation requirements? I know they figure out ways but what an incoherent education you end up with.

ProphAC said:

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I agree… that too is causing this problem. I wish they would expand the rosters or allow extra roster spots if a team takes on more HS players. For girls collegiate soccer has never been about money or playing professionally… it's always been about education and an unfortunate byproduct of the portal era is less girls getting a college education paid for because of athletic excellence. It's a shame really.

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I don't think your penultimate sentence is accurate. With the roster limit changes and corresponding increases many schools have made to increase scholarships, there are more dollars available for collegiate women's soccer players. I do agree that there are less roster spots overall as teams can't carry 35+ as some schools have in the past, but more girls are getting college education paid for due to athletic excellence now than in the past.

Going pro in soccer is now a real consideration for many players. That dream may not come true but a lot of girls are entering college soccer with the thought it might be an option.

As was said, the new rules create additional monies for female soccer players. I want to address a couple of other aspects….

If I was a college coach and a high school soccer player came to me and said, "I want you to give me money for playing soccer but I want to have a "normal college experience" I would move on from you as fast as possible. Of if you were unwilling to go to lower level school to develop in order to better prepare yourself to help our team find success, I wouldn't bother with a follow up conversation.

Very, very few players not in the top 28 will ever make an impact on a college soccer team. Even in subsequent years. If you aren't getting any time on the filed, you will have a very hard time developing enough to ever help on the field. At the better schools they are continually recruiting better talent and you will have a very difficult time ever seeing the field unless you are totally committed to being a soccer player vs a "normal student."

There are some players who aren't getting to put on their resume that they were "on the college soccer team," but they didn't really go to that school to play soccer as much as to be a "normal student" who could say they "played soccer." Is that ok? My guess is most of them will be "normal students" and have just as much fun actually getting on the field playing intra-murals at the larger school and going to football games and basketball games like normal students do.

Just saw an A&M scout at the Florida ECNL Showcase… nice to see the new regime putting in the work.

Is this Corecoran any relation to Matthew Corcoran from Nashville SC and the dad with Athltico Dallas?

jessexy said:

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Is this Corecoran any relation to Matthew Corcoran from Nashville SC and the dad with Athltico Dallas?

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I don't know. Corcoran is a Houston player and I don't know the players from that area very well. I was just saying that she is one of the best players from the Houston area (because someone asked who the best Houston player was) although Dallas is the much stronger area for talent in the 09 age group.

jessexy said:

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Is this Corecoran any relation to Matthew Corcoran from Nashville SC and the dad with Athltico Dallas?

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I don't believe so.

She also has a younger sister that I think is pretty damn good as well.

ProphAC said:

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Just saw an A&M scout at the Florida ECNL Showcase… nice to see the new regime putting in the work.

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So is your daughter interested in going to A&M

Carnwellag2 said:

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ProphAC said:

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Just saw an A&M scout at the Florida ECNL Showcase… nice to see the new regime putting in the work.

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So is your daughter interested in going to A&M

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She isn't good enough. She has interest from some lower level D1 schools. She is very technical and skilled but just doesn't have the athleticism needed for the highest level. I blame her mother. Lol.