MLS NEXT players need a 3.7 GPA and strong self-promotion to get recruited for college soccer. Create 8-10 full-game videos showing every touch, mistakes included, and add a brief coach reference. Many talented players miss opportunities because they don't market themselves well enough.
The best way for you to play college soccer if you're already in MLS NEXT and you have above a 3.7 GPA. First of all, if you're playing MLS NEXT and you're not being recruited, there's a good chance you're doing something wrong and we need to figure out what that is. It could be your video, it could be the way you're writing emails, it could be your exposure rate. Most players who play MLS NEXT will still not play in college, but we need to figure out what's going on. Please make 8 to 10 every-touch videos. These are full game videos with both your mistakes and the good parts. It's every single part, and please make 8 to 10 of them to help college coaches get to know you as a player, not just as a highlight video player. Please put your high school coach and/or your club coach, preferably your club coach, in your highlight video as a coach's reference. Don't have them stick around in the video very long.
