Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
So I've heard all of this before. Since Steven and Spencer are both affiliated with the MLL, they have an absurd number of connections to college coaches and especially the assistants which many also play in the MLL.

If there was a school we were interested in, it was highly likely one of them knew the coach. The Bayhawks alone probably have half a dozen assistant coaches playing. Spencer would put in a call and more times than not that coach would find us during the summer, so yea, I agree 3d isn't always in the best tournaments (although they are still good), but I found that it didn't matter. Furthermore, there are plenty of opportunities to play on National teams that do play in the top tourneys.

When we were with a club that went to better tournaments, the coach never once picked up the phone on our behalf (and my son was a starter). For us, the level of advocacy we got at 3d justified the price. They will also work with you on the costs.

Well this sounds like the old if you are good enough they will find you speech. Which I think is 95% correct. As for the picking up the phone and calling the coach story. Did you ask the old club to call this school for you. Or should club coaches be cold calling all schools they think your son is good enough to play for. I am guessing all top 5 clubs in va the owners/coaches will call any school you ask them to. If they think your son is good enough to play there. That is the big IF. If your son is a D3 player and you ask the coach/owner to call a top 10 D1 school about your son should they make the call? I think the best rule of thumb is if your son is not clearly in the top 5% of players in his class. You as a parent need to be very proactive in the process.


You can spin what I say any way you'd like. I'm simply stating that for us, the level of support we got from these guys was way beyond what we got at other clubs - partly due to their personal relationships with many of the coaches. They also followed up to get feedback from the coaches they knew. Again, not something we experienced from other top clubs.

You can call it spinning all you want and I am sure they where great to your son. But just by your timeline I am guessing he was younger when he played for the other team. All these owners/coaches want the players to be on the best college team they can play for. Even if its for evil reasons like MONEY for the club with more kids to name on the website. In the end they want each kid to be on a college team. But do you want your son on the UVA roster if his skill is more D2 level? Also the coach can not lie about your son and his skill. This does no one any good in the long run.