Watch UCSB play UCLA in the NCAA tournament. Most players on both rosters came through MLS NEXT, showing the pathway to college soccer. To get recruited, attend ID camps at schools you want, send video, and always mention your current coach in emails to college coaches.
Scouting college soccer players at the NCAA tournament to see if they're going to play college soccer. Obviously they're already playing college soccer. What can we learn from them so that way you can play college soccer too? This is UCSB versus UCLA in the round 1 of the NCAA tournament. I'm sitting at the highest corner, farthest away from the field, so I can't hear anything, I can't see anything in regards to the tactics of the coaches or anything. The NCAA is an incredible experience. The NCAA is a really special experience that I actually never got to experience experience. My team won our league, but we never won our conference tournament, and we were not given an automatic bid. You get cool gear when you go to the tournament, you get better travel, and frankly, it's basically like the World Cup of college soccer. The camaraderie and the tension and the pressure— this is what you live for if you want to play college soccer. And these two teams are incredible. UCSB actually had a higher RPI than UCLA. If you're asking me, I think UCLA will win this game, but UCSB are really good. I watched them play live already. And they are a great team as well. If you look at the rosters of these two teams, they are majority MLS NEXT. So if you're an MLS NEXT player and you're going to Generation Adidas or you're going to MLS NEXT Fest, these teams could be something you should consider. To get recruited by these teams, you're going to have to potentially go to one or two of their ID camps. No matter how good you are, you're going to have to send lots of video. And when you send your email, make sure you put your coach as a reference. Not always will that be the biggest difference, but it could play a big role. If you want help playing college soccer, comment "call" and we can schedule a call with you and your parents.
