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I am extremely excited and blessed to announce my verbal commitment to play Division I soccer at University of North Carolina Wilmington!
I cannot thank God, my teammates, and family enough for supporting me along the way. A special shoutout to Coach Nick from Southern Maryland Rush, Coach Ryan from In10sity Futsal, and my Dad who have done nothing but push me to become my best and develop me into the player I am today.
Lastly I want to thank Coach Chris, Coach Colin, and Coach Savannah for giving me this opportunity and supporting me throughout my recruiting process. Go Seahawks! #HawkYeah #SeahawkSoccer @PrepSoccer@ImYouthSoccer@ImCollegeSoccer@TopDrawerSoccer@TheSoccerWire@RushSoccer@UNCWSoccer
I recently watched a few videos of Europeans and others coming to US for the World Cup. And now my video feed is almost all clips of these people loving the US. And I can't stop watching because my typical feed is usually so negative and depressing. Loving the #WorldCup in US!
Our plan for the coming days: We‘ll be staying in Texas for a few more days and return to Houston on the 17th for the Portugal vs Congo match. After that match we‘ll jump straight into the car to start driving towards Oklahoma City for the Ella Langley concert on the 18th.
@mlycan12 On the surface, any kind of consolidation is good. But GA has gobbled up a lot of the best clubs that were still in USYS and put them in Aspire. And ECNL RL is likely going to expand too. So, it’s gonna be tough for NL1 to be as competitive.
The only constant. Is change.
@mlycan12 As always, well said. Young girls are pouring their hearts and souls into this sport and their dreams to play collegiate soccer. Making continuous adjustments that alter that path without getting real feedback from the programs and players it impacts is careless.
@Don_K_Williams Coaches shouldn’t focus all their attention on ECNL and GA and be more open minded about the lower levels leagues. After all - a lot of keepers play other sports because of their athleticism and hands.
One way @GAcademyLeague could differentiate themselves and be more competitive would be to accept individual teams and not just clubs. I promise you there are still good small club teams out there that could strengthen some ages/divisions. @ImYouthSoccer#youthsoccer
Wow. Jefferson Cup Girls Showcase (@jeffersoncup ) almost completely shut out top USYS teams in favor of inferior RL and Aspire teams. Clearly putting revenue from big clubs as their priority instead of quality of competition. @TheSoccerWire@ImYouthSoccer@TopDrawerSoccer
@mlycan12 Love that your program gives USYS players a chance. Please keep it up. Too many coaches recruit via acronyms. Yes that’s where most of the talent is but there are valid reasons some quality players have to play elsewhere.
@mlycan12 It’s amazing how these top leagues survive with such poor management decisions. Greed and ego drive everything at ECNL, GA, and MLS Next. It’s a broken system that needs oversight to protect our youth players and naive parents.
The Commanders' special teams units have been fantastic.
We've talked a lot about how good Larry Izzo's return units have been but his coverage units have been just as good. This has gone under the radar in a brutal season.
@mlycan12 Good feedback. Our club recently started doing them because it helps reduce printing costs and allows us to update the data as much as we need. (We don’t have ECNL money 😂). We went with this hybrid.
@ImCollegeSoccer Unfortunately it is the truth. But kids also shouldn’t be lured onto ECNL or GA clubs, especially their RL and Aspire teams, because they think they will get their P4 chance by doing so.
@mlycan12 When recruiting players, college coaches should be sure to take a look at how many youth team switches the player has made. Could be a sign of things to come.