Our team is being dropped from DPL to Discovery. For those that play Discovery are there opportunities to be seen by college coaches? I assume Vegas would be the only showcase this level would be able to play? No surf cup, etc. Am I wrong? Appreciate any input.
Our team is being dropped from DPL to Discovery. For those that play Discovery are there opportunities to be seen by college coaches? I assume Vegas would be the only showcase this level would be able to play? No surf cup, etc. Am I wrong? Appreciate any input.
What club was your team with that you are being dropped?Our team is being dropped from DPL to Discovery. For those that play Discovery are there opportunities to be seen by college coaches? I assume Vegas would be the only showcase this level would be able to play? No surf cup, etc. Am I wrong? Appreciate any input.
Probably because the club found a shiny new toy (coach) that was willing to bring his team over. (I have no insight on this at all. Pure speculation on my part. But why else would an entire team move from dpl to Discovery)What club was your team with that you are being dropped?
If I'm reading the new rules correctly, doesn't it means there really is no reason to have showcases for U16 and younger?Discovery last season was just another league division with a new name from what I heard... yeah can play those sanctioned tournments (Surf, Man City) or showcases (Vegas, Legends, etc) if your team gets accepted.
With the new NCCA rules showcases maybe not that popular anymore unless u16-17+
Our team is being dropped from DPL to Discovery. For those that play Discovery are there opportunities to be seen by college coaches? I assume Vegas would be the only showcase this level would be able to play? No surf cup, etc. Am I wrong? Appreciate any input.
The rule modification says: Effective May 1, 2019, college coaches will be allowed to directly initiate recruiting-related discussions with potential recruits starting on June 15 at the end of the player’s sophomore year. This is two and a half months earlier than the previous date of September 1 for players entering their junior year.
Note that the recruiting rules changed a year ago, and that this modification allows contact sooner. Also note this is for coaches to initiate contact, players have been and still can contact coaches on their own.
No that would be incorrect.If I'm reading the new rules correctly, doesn't it means there really is no reason to have showcases for U16 and younger?
There may be some value for girls U16 but none for boys.No that would be incorrect.
While the coaches cannot communicate with the kids, they still need to see who is out there. So there is absolutely value to doing showcases at U16 and younger.
As previously mentioned, Discovery was just another tier within SCDSL. There were no scouts at any of our games and the Discovery showcase which we didnt participate in due to CRL games was a bust. There were only 6 teams I believe and if my memory is correct 3 did not play in discovery and 2 of the 3 that did were the bottom of Discovery.
The difference between DPL and say Discovery is all over the board in terms of which is a higher level of play. The talent in SoCal is so spread out and everyone has their reasons for going one direction or the other. In our case specifically, we did not lose to any DPL teams from SoCal or out of state DPL teams this past year. Not sure that really is an effective measurement but that's how it played out for us...
So goes the business of youth soccer I suppose as everyone chases the carrot.
I have to agree with that question as well. Why no value for boys?ok, I'm new to all of this, so why do you say no value for boys?
Boys mature so much later that games before U16 do not show how they might play and compare to other players when they are in college.I have to agree with that question as well. Why no value for boys?
They don't go to college?
There absolutely is value for them as well going to showcases younger than U16 going forward.
Boys mature so much later that games before U16 do not show how they might play and compare to other players when they are in college.
It is true that Discovery league is just another league; however, DPL is also just another league - no better or worse than Discovery.Our team is being dropped from DPL to Discovery. For those that play Discovery are there opportunities to be seen by college coaches? I assume Vegas would be the only showcase this level would be able to play? No surf cup, etc. Am I wrong? Appreciate any input.