National ELite Prep Showcase

It's almost time for the first High School tournament of the year. Hope to see some of you out there!

2013 Accepted Teams

Allen High School
Amarillo High School
Antonion College Prep
Bishop Lynch High School
Byron Nelson
Clear Lake
Colleyville Heritage
Colony High School
Coppell
Flower Mound
Georgetown
Grapevine
Hebron
Hockaday
Keller
Kingwood
Liberty
Lubbock Monterey
Marcus
Martin
McKinney Boyd
Midland
Mount Carmel Academy
Nolan Catholic
Northwest
Odessa Permain
Plano West
Round Rock
San Angelo Central High School
Southlake Carroll
St. Stephen's
St. Thomas Aquinas
Tyler Lee
Ursuline

didn't know any of the HS tourneys were considered showcases, especially elite.

It doesn't look like there are as many out of state teams as in the past. I always thought the FL and CA teams had an advantage over the TX public schools at this tourny since they are in mid-season form and this is the start of the TX public season. The TX privates are also well into their season when the NEPS tournament is going on.

It only really matters when they are looking at the Winter National Rankings but it is fun to claim that your state has the best soccer.

Good luck to everybody this year and hope injuries are minimal.

TNT wrote:didn't know any of the HS tourneys were considered showcases, especially elite.

http://www.nationaleliteprepshowcase.blogspot.com/


Maybe they are not all D1 teams but still a decent number of coaches that were signed up for last year. Who knows how many actually attended or if there were others that were not on the list but I would not hesitate to invite a College Coach that I was interested in.
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College Coaches Registered for 2012 Event
Please keep in mind that several college coaches don't register for the event so please have the players send schedule to the coaches they are interested in and invite them to the event.

•Dallas Baptist University


•University of Dallas


•Northwood University (Texas)


•Texas Christian University


•Texas Wesleyan University


•Cedar Valley College


•University of North Texas


•Southern Methodist University


•Southwestern Assemblies of God University


•The University of Texas at Dallas


•Texas Woman's University


•Richland College


•East Central University


•Abilene Christian University


•Austin College


•Baylor University


•Texas A&M University-Commerce


•Hardin-Simmons University


•Howard Payne University


•University of Mary Hardin-Baylor


•McMurry University


•Midwestern State University


•Southwestern University (TX)


•The University of Texas at Tyler


•Northeast Texas Community College


•University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma


•LeTourneau University


•Texas A&M University

That was his attempt at humor, Dad. He's hinting that high school soccer is bad.

No hinting at humor, some HS teams are very good. Just asking, thanks for the info.

Sorry for the misunderstanding. This is one of the premier high school tournaments in the nation. Whether it's a showcase or not, that is what they call it.

Very cool, I wish our HS would sign us up for some thing as such which actually gives exposure.

So have any of your DDs actually created a player profile on this CaptainU site for the NEPS? This is our first year with this. The DD got an email stating this web site was the source for player books being distributed to college coaches. And the tournament web site seems to corroborate this with a link to CaptainU's site for college coaches to register for the tournament.

Looking at their site though, it appears to be of questionable value to consumers.

Anybody used them before?

CaptainU is probably a sponsor for NEPS. They are a recruiting website that allows you to put partial information in on your kid. The college coaches can refer to it if they are interested in your child. The problem is, if you want to know which coaches looked at your dd's page, you have to buy a membership. It may be worthwhile to some of the kids.

Our coach requested that all girls complete the bio. I would get e-mails from them telling me that a coach had looked at her info. I didn't buy a membership, so I have no idea who looked at it. My dd was already committed.

Uncle Numanga wrote:CaptainU is probably a sponsor for NEPS. They are a recruiting website that allows you to put partial information in on your kid. The college coaches can refer to it if they are interested in your child. The problem is, if you want to know which coaches looked at your dd's page, you have to buy a membership. It may be worthwhile to some of the kids.

Our coach requested that all girls complete the bio. I would get e-mails from them telling me that a coach had looked at her info. I didn't buy a membership, so I have no idea who looked at it. My dd was already committed.

Got it. Thanks for the feedback.

Wow. SLC bites the dust right out of the gate.

The score is wrong SLC won 3-0 but I want to say BL held their own for most of the game

postal wrote:The score is wrong SLC won 3-0 but I want to say BL held their own for most of the game

That sound more in line with expectations. Did not see any other scores that sounded like significant upsets.

Lefty wrote:

postal wrote:The score is wrong SLC won 3-0 but I want to say BL held their own for most of the game

That sound more in line with expectations. Did not see any other scores that sounded like significant upsets.

I would say Grapevine over Flower Mound was unexpected. Don't know if you'd necessarily call it an upset being the 1st game of season.

Lawnboy wrote:So have any of your DDs actually created a player profile on this CaptainU site for the NEPS? This is our first year with this. The DD got an email stating this web site was the source for player books being distributed to college coaches. And the tournament web site seems to corroborate this with a link to CaptainU's site for college coaches to register for the tournament.

Looking at their site though, it appears to be of questionable value to consumers.

Anybody used them before?

Have used them on the guys side. I think there "service" is a joke. $19.95 a month to see who looked at the profile. Really? The coaches can get contact info off it and will contact the player if interested. That is the only thing of value that I see. They used to have a complimentary 3monthes when you were in one of the tourneys the were used in.

Many of the local "top" teams had a good weekend ...

Summary
WLT

Plano W: 4-0*
SL Carroll: 4-0 (without top forward)
Hebron 4-0
Marcus 3-0-1*
Coppell 2-0-1 (I could only find 3 games)
Allen 3-1 (loss to Hebron)
McBoyd 3-1 (loss to FM)
Grapevine 2-1-1
FM 1-2-1
Urs Acad 0-3-1

*Acquinas (FLA)2-1-1:
Florida state champs last 2 years; undefeated in regular soccer season with only 2 goals against in entire season(reg season completed in Florida); ranked #2 in nation (whatever that means)
In an interview coach said they came to TX tourney to prep for run at state tournament in FL. He went on to say that even though his kids had been playing, that the TX teams had been scrimmaging a bunch and were fully tuned up(not sure where he got that ... ). He said "cold weather with a low of 30 and high of 50 would be biggest factor for his warm weather team".
PW beat them and Marcus tied them ...

PW plays Marcus, Highland Park, Coppell, & Urs Acad in next few weeks prior to start of district.