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Message: [QUOTE="upstater, post: 4724621, member: 153"] Her club coach was a former HC for an NWSL team. He has a million connections. (His name actually appeared as one of the doofuses who was abusive in the whole women's soccer scandal). Obviously she's far and away the best player on the team and in the state. Players from this club have gotten top D1 offers. Last year same club had Ohio State and ACC schools. Also, I didn't say no college interest. The whole region up here knows about her. It's that she had no high D1 interest. I've known the family for a long time. They are professional people who were not heavily in tune with the ins and outs of recruiting (did not prepare videos, did not make contacts on the apps, did not travel to summer camps or meetings with coaches). This is why I think recruiting in the non-rev sports is more about the parents than it is the clubs. It took an oddball decision by the best coach in college soccer to make it happen. He was already full with recruits, went to a game he had earlier decided to bag in favor of going to a bar (according to one of her coaches who heard it from him), and then offered her immediately after the game. (I watched it on ESPN, she was the most skilled, most athletic and most selfish player on the pitch, repeatedly storming down the flanks with absolutely no willingness to pass). [/QUOTE]