NCAA rules ban direct contact with young soccer players, but coaches break them constantly. Kids commit to Division I schools in elementary school. To get recruited, email coaches consistently from eighth grade on, play in elite leagues like ECNL, and show measurable improvement. By tenth grade, you'll know where you stand.
How do I know if a Division I school likes me if they can't even respond to me? I mean, the Division I schools are not even allowed to talk to me. I wish there was a way for me to flip all of your brains to tell you that while the Division I schools are not allowed to talk to you, first of all, especially for the girls, they break the rules all the time. Okay, there's an Instagram video I can tag here that literally is an 11-year-old committing to UNC. So it definitely happens. The girls, the Thompson twins that play for the national team, they were committed to Stanford 8th grade year. So it happens. Now, does it happen officially and unofficially? Of course, college soccer is not monitored. It's not like the NCAA really care about soccer. So there's not a lot of rules. You do have to be careful, but the Division I schools, first of all, can and do read your emails. Now, if you're playing E64 or NPL, or frankly, not ECNL or MLS NEXT, and you email the D1s, your email's gonna be put to the back of the list. That's just the deal you have to live with. But if you email them consistently, just like posting consistently or doing your job consistently or playing soccer against the wall consistently, and you email them as an E64 player, Every year from 8th grade until 10th grade, I can bet you they will know who you are. And by 10th grade, you will have hopefully gone to their camps. They will tell you, we love your commitment, but you're not the level for us. Here's a school we recommend. Or I have a new job now. I want to recruit you to my school. Oh, I'm so impressed with how your improvement level from 8th grade to 10th grade. Can we please get to know you? That's why I want you to start in 9th grade, because they can see your progression. If you want help on what to say, give me a call. Links in the bio. Talk to you soon. Goodbye.
