Guides youth soccer players & coaches with information on scholarships, try-outs, communicating with coaches & rules.
If you’re interested in playing inter-collegiate soccer in the US, this tutorial walks you through the entire recruiting process. It will enable you to identify the best college for you with considerations for soccer scholarships, which colleges allow try-outs, recruiting rules and how to communicate with college coaches. It will also identify 50 colleges in the US for you to consider with the following factors in mind:
What you’ll learn
- Student’s will be able to find the best college soccer fit & soccer scholarship opportunities.
- Student’s will be able to identify 50 colleges that provide free on-campus try-outs and others where an iD camp fee is necessary.
- Students will be able to apply a recruiting strategy to meet their specific goals and interests.
- Students will be able to compare and contrast the various models of college athletics & recognize red flags of the recruiting process.
Course Content
- Introduction to the US College Structure & Scholarships –> 1 lecture • 10min.
- Chapter 2: Recruiting Strategy & Communicating with College Coaches –> 1 lecture • 11min.
- Chapter 3 – Frequently Asked Questions –> 1 lecture • 7min.
- Chapter 4: Alternative College Soccer Pathways –> 1 lecture • 4min.
- Chapter 5 – Challenges & Red Flags –> 1 lecture • 6min.
- Chapter 6 – NCAA Recruiting & Eligibility Rules –> 1 lecture • 9min.
- Chapter 7 – Information for International Student-Athletes –> 1 lecture • 10min.
- Chapter 8 – 50 Colleges to Consider if Soccer Scholarship is your Primary Object –> 1 lecture • 8min.
Requirements
If you’re interested in playing inter-collegiate soccer in the US, this tutorial walks you through the entire recruiting process. It will enable you to identify the best college for you with considerations for soccer scholarships, which colleges allow try-outs, recruiting rules and how to communicate with college coaches. It will also identify 50 colleges in the US for you to consider with the following factors in mind:
• Athletic scholarships
• Roster size
• Location
• Possibility of trying out with the team to be assessed by the head coach for a scholarship and roster spot.
• Ease of admission and transfer acceptance.
At the conclusion of this course you will be able to find the best college fit to meet your soccer goals and academic objectives. Firstly, it will identify which colleges provide the most soccer scholarships, then provide you with a recruiting strategy to communicate with college coaches.
You will also be able to identify which college soccer pathways is the best fit for you, and answer all of your questions pertaining to rules, how to communicate with college coaches, which colleges allow on-campus try-outs, and how to maximize your soccer scholarship opportunities
Too many student-athletes make college soccer decisions without knowing the pit-falls and red flags of the recruiting process. For example, this tutorial will reveal a university in the US that has 66 players on its men’s soccer team and 61 players on its women’s soccer team. Crucially, the college coach wants to get to know you during the recruiting process, and why you want to play college soccer. If you were the coach investing hundreds of thousands of scholarship dollars, wouldn’t you want to investigate the character of your incoming players? I’m not convinced that paying thousands of dollars to a third party is the wisest method to achieve this. Afterall, US college soccer is an amateur sport, so it’s much better for you to contact the coach directly, and I’ll explain how to do this.
I will also provide specific advice for International players, and illustrates how to arrange your try-out here in the States without having to pay thousands of Euro’s or Pounds in Recruiting Service Fees. For international students, some colleges allow you to arrange free on-campus try-outs, and others you’ll pay an iD camp fee, and I will explain all of these pathways. Finally, I will identify 50 colleges to consider if you wish to try-out for a soccer scholarship here in the States, and how to communicate with the college coach to coordinate this.