Notes

Only the largest of women’s soccer programs are fully funded (e.g., Penn State, UNC, Santa Clara, University of Portland, Florida State
College coaches do nearly all (99%+) of their evaluation and selection of potential candidates for their programs at high level club tournaments and soccer camps.
325 Division I women’s programs. If you assume that most of them will carry an average minimum roster of 25 players (some will carry more, some less), then the total number of players is 8,125
Even if all of the U18 ODP programs (by definition this also includes all regional and national ODP pools) in any single year in all 50 states put all of their players into Division I schools and did so for 4 years, that would take up around 4,000 of the 8,125 slots.
Contact the coaches and express your interest in their programs. Begin doing this your sophomore year. Continue doing it until you’ve been accepted at the college(s) of your choice and know that you will be playing soccer there.
Once you know your club team’s tournament schedule, e-mail the schedule to the coaches. If you know this when you’re making your first contact with them, include your tournament schedule in the initial e-mail.
Two weeks before each tournament, e-mail the coach to remind him/her that you are playing in Tournament X at Location Y on Dates Z. Tell him your club team’s name, the division in which you will be playing, your team’s colors, and your shirt number. If you know the specifics of your schedule, i.e., dates, times, locations, field numbers, and opponents, include that as well.
As soon as you know the specifics of your schedule - the match dates, times, locations, field numbers, and opponents (typically the week prior to the tournament), e-mail that information to the coach along with you club team’s name, colors, and your shirt #.
Do not expect that you will be swamped by coaches after a tournament or a tournament match. Indeed, prior to your senior year, they cannot contact you at all in that situation. College coaches, if they have questions, might contact me, as your coach, directly, sometimes right after a match or, more typically, in the days and weeks following a tournament. This has happened many times and I am always more than pleased to talk to any college coach about my players.
After a tournament, send a follow-up e-mail to the coach thanking him/her for coming to watch you at Tournament X.
This whole process is rather like the lather-rinse-repeat of washing your hair. You need to do it for every tournament you attend, even if the tournament is not specifically billed as a college showcase.