Coach Litz

Soccer Coach and
World Traveler.

[Eric Wynalda @EricWynalda]

I remember when they said I would never have to buy a drink again

Can’t even get a credential now

🤷🏻‍♂️

[Tab Ramos @RamosTab]

Im old enough to remember when Brazil was fun to watch . . .

[College Soccer Truth ™ @ImCollegeSoccer]

All you need is one 🅾️ffer.

#CSTruth

[Seton O'Connor @HiMyNameIsSeton]

My son is currently playing in Spain. He was telling me about a group of Saudi Arabian kids that he plays with. They said that Saudi Arabia wants to have a big 2030 so they took the top 5% of players in the country and sent them to academies all over the world.

[Coach Litz @CoachLitz]

Helped win the Birds a chip. Hope to see him vs the Birds in the Superbowl this year.

[Philadelphia Eagles @Eagles]

We've agreed to trade WR A.J. Brown to the Patriots in exchange for a 2028 first-round pick and a 2027 fifth-round pick, pending a physical.

[Coach Litz @CoachLitz]

@TekkaBooSon kai scores ...

[Coach Litz @CoachLitz]

@1NCRDB1 Much respect for your words today. Somethings are bigger than sports. You wouldn't have to put up with this stuff on the Eagles. Just saying. It looked like it worked out pretty good for Saquon Barkley.

[College Soccer Truth ™ @ImCollegeSoccer]

DM: A question for club coaches or recruits. Is anyone else seeing how the recruiting tactics from schools have evolved for better or for worse due to the 28 roster limit, NIL money, and now the 5 for 5 eligibility rule?

Here are some of the things I’ve experienced.

1. An increase of early June 15th offers, especially with the elite kids.

2. Deadlines of 48 hours to decide after an offer is given on June 15th.

3. A decrease of NIL money they were offered the moment they step off campus or every 24 hours until they decide.

4. The early or FIRST visit seems to be the best one for the college. It is more likely they win the recruit rather than the coach who has the last visit due to the amount of pressure the first visit puts on the recruit to commit before they leave campus.

5. Pulling offers once they take too long.

6. An increase of ID campus the weekend before June 15th.

What are you hearing or experiencing? The question can be for the recruits as well.

-ECNL Girls Director

#CSTruth It’s a business!

[Coach Litz @CoachLitz]

@ImCollegeSoccer Is this for all divisions?

[College Soccer Truth ™ @ImCollegeSoccer]

NCAA confirms a vote on the 5-year, age based eligibility policy on June 22nd.

Uncommitted and Committed Recruits, you should be concerned‼️🚨

Here’s the Truth!

-It will pass!

-There WILL be schools cutting committed 2027’s and you won’t know it until you get close to signing day on November when they tell you you’re no longer needed.

-Uncommitted 2027’s, there are coaches right now that would have given you chance at a D1, but they are waiting on this rule to pass so they can figure out if they need to recruit you or ask their senior to come back for their 5th year.

-2028’s, the fact that the date to vote on it got pushed back to June 22nd is significant. You’re going to see more schools be hesitant on offering you on June 15th until they know the guidelines of the new rule.

-2028’s, there will be LESS D1 Power 4 and D1 roster spots in general for you to make.

-College coaches will look to retain more seniors with experience over true freshman.

-The transfer portal will be packed with 5th year kids and college coaches will run there for players

-Making a college roster spot at every level will be difficult since we expect D2 to apply the same rule. This will eliminate a lot of kids from college soccer.

Lastly and probably the hardest truth to hear, if you’re a committed 2027’s, your coach will more than likely tell you you’re fine, not to worry, but they will know by late September if the senior is coming back and not tell you.

#CSTruth

[Coach Litz @CoachLitz]

@HiMyNameIsSeton LMAO

[Ryan John | Reality TV @RyanJohn___]

Jeff, I can GUARANTEE that nobody discovered Survivor this season because they heard Billie Eilish, Zac Brown, Jimmy Fallon and Mr. Beast were going to be involved #Survivor #Survivor50

[Marsha Lycan @mlycan12]

So many things in life that seem phenomenal in theory are terrible in reality. The proposed split season for college soccer is one of them. Do I get the practical applications of a split season??? For sure! We complain all the time that soccer is the most demanding sport with the shortest runway. It’s crazy that we go to 0 to 60 in the amount of time that we do and cram all our games into an 11 week season. (tho at least they extended our season this year). But there are so many variables at play here.

Think back to Covid when most conferences had their seasons cancelled but the P4 did not. They played all fall when the rest of us did not. Then when the NCAA announced we would have our official season in the spring, they all got a second season. This was in essence a trial run for the split season. One of my close friends who coaches at a P4 school detailed an eye opening account of all the reasons why the coaches and the players absolutely hated it. (And keep in mind this is a big time program, lots of national team players, and presumably, the most talented and most committed college players there are)

1) The obvious answer was it was just too long. He said they were all absolutely fried and over it by the end of the spring semester. And again, you are talking the upper echelons of talent and even they were miserable
2) When we are in season and focusing on games, the training is completely different than the spring. We are basically surviving and preparing for each subsequent game. We often say that every bit of player development comes in the spring. Hand in hand with that also comes playing time for the entire bottom, half of your bench who are given game opportunities to prove themselves. The same coach elaborated that those players we’re very discouraged after basically sitting on a bench, the whole YEAR and feeling like they were not getting the individual development that had occurred in a real off-season.
3) After sacrificing more than a decade of life, our seniors are so looking forward to being a “normal“ person for senior year spring semester. For the first time in life, as long as they can remember, they are able to relax and not have every single choice dictated by a sport for their last few months of “childhood”. The split season obviously requires that they play right up until graduation.
4) College athletes have a huge burnout factor, and the winter break is such a great opportunity for them to take a breather and recharge and come back with a renewed sense of commitment. A split season means that Christmas break is spent grinding with zero downtime as they prepare to come back and play games out of the gate.
5) Never mind where recruiting fits into all of this? Spring is huge for our recruiting efforts and we all just might lose our minds if we are trying to juggle all of that with also running an entire real season.
6) The entire northern half of the country will be completely screwed with this. This past winter that was so cold and snowy is a perfect example. There would have been no way in hell that games would have been able to be played in parts of February and March in many places. There are plenty of schools who have grass fields in cold climates as well—are they just supposed to now play some games on grass and some on turf and have zero consistency?
7) This will undoubtedly result in schools being forced to build turf fields and create logistical administrative nightmares given that many lacrosse teams and soccer team share fields. Someone else pointed out that it will be a good excuse for schools to eliminate more soccer programs especially when we are at a point with NIL that schools need to figure out how to save money on Olympic sports not create monumental new costs

[Randy Waldrum @CoachWaldrum]

Our women’s coaches need to get on board with this for so many reasons! Unfortunately some “leadership” in women’s game oppose it…quite sad..

[Coach Litz @CoachLitz]

@dpshow i got 3 minutes into the toddcast and couldn't deal with him. I like Todd too but.... wow

[National Soccer HOF @soccerhof]

"Now, what I can give to the game is beyond anything I could do as a player."

@TobinHeath looks ahead to a future of giving back to the game ❤️⚽️

[National Soccer HOF @soccerhof]

181 @USWNT caps, 36 goals, 42 assists, 4 world championships, only 1 Tobin Heath.

Welcome to the Hall of Fame, Tobin Heath!

[ECNL/GA/Recruiting/College Soccer @ImYouthSoccer]

Scanning through the spring #TransferPortal many of the high turnover D1 programs are well represented yet again. When will players and parents start doing research before they make their commitments as will make their college experience as student athletes a lot more enjoyable.

[ECNL/GA/Recruiting/College Soccer @ImYouthSoccer]

🚨This graphic is a heart-wrenching wake-up call. 37 dreams started at this Power 4 program over the past 4 years, and only 5 are left on the roster. What’s truly devastating is the statistical probability that several of those final 5 won't even make it to graduation. 🙏💔

Top Players in the Class of 2028 do you want to end at a program that has a 90% chance you will not make it to graduation as everyone thinks they will be different and that is also what these 37 players thought as well. #CollegeSoccer #AthleteSupport

[College Soccer Truth ™ @ImCollegeSoccer]

DM: Here are some interesting stats for goalkeeper recruiting and their journey of where they are today and how they have contributed with play time.

116 Division | Goalkeepers pooled from the 2023 Freshman Class.

Have any of them quit? Yes - 14 have quit playing all together. (12%)
How many transferred? 33 have transferred (28%)

This leaves 69 (59%) that have remained with the same school they originally committed to.

-Parent of a D1 Athlete

#CSTruth