Not sure about the rest of the recruiting class but Brett Uttley, two time HS all american from RI is going to Quinnipiac in the fall. Not a huge program but an up and coming program who had wins over BC and Central CT this past season
Ohio State adds eight... http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/Vi...752&SPID=10409&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1409756
One Ohio player? That's it? How in God's name does the College Cup Runner-up, Big 10 Champion, and the nations largest D1 university, find only one in-state player to sign? Bill Archer's gotta be fuming over that one.
Being a nationally recognized school, in the Big Ten, in addition to having gone to the National Title Game this year, Ohio State has the luxury to recruit and attract some of the top players all over the country. Why should it matter if only 1 is from Ohio? Finding the best players and the right players for their program, regardless of what state they are from, should be the top priority as I am sure it is for Coach Bloom and his staff.
You won't see the benefits of Ohio State's run to the National Championship until next year since most recruits are already commited by the time December had rolled around. I think Coach Bluem gets a pass since he just graduated Balc, Brunner, and Latchem who were all Ohio guys and he did make the national championship.
Coach Bloom? You mean Bluem, I hope... The luxury of attracting some of the top players all over the country? Not so much, I have never heard of any of these kids. And it is quite interesting that not one of these kids have their club team mentioned, only high school teams. Very odd. A good amount of Illinois players have signed with D1 clubs thus far: DePaul: 3 Loyola: 3 Ohio State: 3 Cincinnati: 4 Bradley: 3 I would expect more of the same from Northern Illinois and Illinois-Chicago, although Northwestern and Marquette who usually have solid roots in IL only got 1 each.
Did a bit of research and here is what I found: Breto - Clearwater Chargers (FL) Dickson - FC United (IL) Driggers - Javanon (KY) Schade - Cleveland Soccer Academy (OH) Schmidt - Sonoma County Alliance (CA) Shrigley - Eclipse (IL) Summers - Carmel (IN) Tiemstra - Eclipse (IL) Thought it was an interesting collection of club teams, enjoy. I think it is safe to say that the Final Four run will attract those top notch players someone alluded to, but I don't think these kids were effected by that as they were probably already committed before the NCAA tourney.
Ummm...seems to me they were a team largely comprised of Ohio players in the 1st place, none of whom were recruited when Ohio State was anything more than a decent Big 10 competitor and NCAA 1st or 2nd round team. If OSU could recruit them then, they should have had an easier time recruiting in-state quality during the intervening period. So, it's either a case of Ohio having no players worth recruiting, or the ones that were, opting for another school.
But they haven't recruited well in state, and Brunner went to Maryland before he went to OSU, just as Veris went to Akron. Just to name a few off the top of my head, including 3 Ohio Players of the Year: Morrow - Notre Dame Rice - Kentucky Blades - Northwestern - OPY Blevins - Indiana - OPY Sarkodie - Indiana Anaba - Cincinnati Mellencamp - Indiana Noschang - Indiana Weston - Indiana - OPY Bleum has missed some big time names in Ohio soccer, and my point is that maybe some of those top notch players will begin to consider OSU due to the Final Four run.
Either or, it does not matter. You would want the big name school to have the big name, in state players year in and year out. But OSU has not gotten any of those big namers recently, and the ones who have had success at Ohio State either failed at a different university first or were not that big of recruits coming out of high school to begin with. I don't know if he missed them in recruiting or in signing, but he missed them altogether by not having them on the roster.
I'd think it would matter to the AD, among others with fiduciary responsibility (which should include Bluem). Those out-of-state players cost the program nearly twice the tuition of in-state players.
UNC release for 2008 class. No surprises. Tar Heel Men's Soccer Inks Star-Studded Group Jordan Gafa D/M Chris Lebo M/D Billy Schuler F Kirk Urso M Sheanon Williams D/F
Interesting, only 5 and no CASL players. is Elmar changing his ways or are the CASL kids getting smart
Just how exactly does this work? That's a helluva commute for practice from Charlotte to Boston. Maybe he is using a relative's address in NC to get in-state tuition.
well, most of the black Bostonians I grew up with had deep ties to NC and Coastal Virginia. UNC is seen as a hospitable for black college-bound students from the area especially athletes... a nationally respected degree, low tuition for those with NC relatives, generous grants for high achieving scholars, solid track record of pro sports alumni and a pro-diversity atmosphere relative to say, Duke or BC. So Sheanon's choice is unsurprising to me, just like the LI wonder twin laxers (Brattons) choice of UVA over area powers like Syracuse, Princeton, Cornell etc.
Anyone heard any (unofficial obvs, due to Ivy rules) news on Harvards incoming class? I'm curious to see how Jamie Clark impacts the program's yield of local and national talent and more importantly whether he can continue to get elite/Youth International players like Andre Akpan. If I was Clark, I'd make a priority of locking up the keeper from Nobles (a national Top 20 recruit). Harvard needs an upgrade at that position badly anyway.
if I am not mistake a few years ago that kid Videara who went to Duke, lived in RI and played for FC Delco in PA. Not quite as far but I do remember reading about him and his commute to games etc..
I heard from friends in RI that Harvard did recruit the player of the year in RI but he chose to go elsewhere
hows the big east looking for 2008, what teams should you look out for and which schools had the best recruiting class?