SO YOU WANT TO PLAY COLLEGE SOCCER

During my 20+ years of involvement in youth soccer with both boys and girls teams, I am often asked by parents and players as they enter high school, what’s the best way to get seen by college coaches and how to get scholarships. Before the youth soccer craze hit 15 - 20 years ago, not many high schools had quality soccer programs. Today most of the players on high school teams are probably club and travel soccer players, and presently there are many more high schools and colleges supporting soccer programs than ever before. This has been a good thing for college soccer programs because more and more skilled players are now available to recruit. There are even some premier clubs that tend to discourage or not allow their players to play high school soccer. There are mixed emotions about this, but it also depends on what level you are playing at. Many colleges in a regional area are now competing for the same players.

If you are serious about playing college soccer, there may be several opportunities out there for you if you do the proper research and prepare in advance. Many fine young soccer players are overlooked each year because they didn't contact or submit their soccer resume to the right colleges, left out very important information, or waited until it was too late. It is also a fact that many colleges simply don't allocate all of their soccer recruiting funds because athletes didn't get in touch with them. Don’t sit by the phone and wait for that ‘phone call’ from a college coach, it may never ring. If you don’t market yourself, no one else will. It's not as hard as you think.

Online and private recruiting services only give you limited exposure, you can spend hundreds of $$$ to get listed in their database. This will make your profile available to those college coaches who use their service. So it can be hit or miss...

or you can do it yourself.

By investing a small amount of time and doing the proper RESEARCH, CONTACT, and FOLLOW-UP, with college coaches,

YOU target the colleges that match your academic and athletic potential to find the right school.

! MY BOOK WILL SHOW YOU HOW !

This guide has helped many players with the process of selecting and playing at colleges that matched their academic and athletic goals.

GOOD LUCK ON YOUR SEARCH...