Here is a scenario that probably played out down in Florida. You're a college scout coming to see a girl on a team from Philly. The only opportunity to see her is when she plays YJ because you have numerous girls to look at over the next 48 hours. You've got your spot on the sidelines with the rest of the coaches and in the next 45 minutes you watch the girl you've come to see get dominated by an entire team of top D1 commits. Her teammates are crushed as well. Now you look around and notice that most of the girls on the field have green arm bands on. The subs coming in all have green arm bands on also. Now the girl might be a good player but she never got a chance to do anything because she just played an all star team that had no reason to be there. Now that girls 45 minutes are up. The scout learned nothing about the player because they barely had the ball in a 17-4 blowout.
Unfortunately, it goes both ways. If she had played a bunch of scrubs and dominated, the same coach would be saying "Wow, she looked great, but I wonder if she can hang with D1 level competition." That's what he cares about.
There's a big difference between scrubs and a full team of D1 commits. This was a recruiting tournament. Why bring a team that has been recruited and committed already?
For all the reasons listed above. Sorry your daughter couldn't keep up.
If she did not have a chance to really do anything then she was probably on the bench. If she did even the smallest thing, either riding or playing defense - the coaches will see that. If, when she does get the ball and is able to do something with it apart from going straight to goal and turning it over - then she showed enough. If on the other hand - she is a junior and still has not gotten any sniffs from a D1 coach - then maybe an honest evaluation is needed.
