This is more of a "general" recruiting question rather than an "early" recruiting question, but any advice from those who have insight would be much appreciated:

My son considers himself a two-way middie, but his defensive skills are far superior IMHO. I have heard that SSDM are an important position to college coaches BUT don't know whether they are specifically looking to recruit those players or whether they only will consider midfielders who can play both? In other words, would specializing in SSDM hurt or help from a recruiting standpoint?