A college soccer scout breaks down a right-back's highlight reel and compares his defensive instincts to Aaron Wan-Bissaka. The player, a junior competing in ECNL/MLS Next, projects as a Division III prospect with possible Division II or I potential. To get recruited, attend ID camps and send full-game video with timestamps plus polished one-minute clips.
Scouting a right back to see if they can play college soccer. Okay, I got this video and I want to see this guy's defending. Incredible tackle. Does he just kick it away? No, he shows composure and completes his pass. That is fantastic. Okay, again, he's in great positioning, but it's a great pass. And look at his recovery pace. Oh my goodness. And can he keep the ball again? Oh my gosh, who am I looking at? This is a fantastic right back. Very good. Wan-Bissaka, very good composure. And when we're watching your defending, obviously in a highlight video we your recovery pace for us is incredible. Like, his is incredible. And immediately says to me, hey, this is Division 3 soccer minimum. I think Division 2 and even Division 1 is possible. I just need to know a little bit more about this player regarding, you know, where do they play, who are they playing against, what's their level. Um, I actually did some further research on this player. They are playing, uh, at a very high level, and this is like playing between ECNL basically and MLS Next, and they're a very good soccer player. They've been invited to some camps according to their information they submitted to me, and they have college interest. So I— it doesn't surprise me that he already has that because he's very athletic, very good. The question is going to be how often can the coaches see him in person if he wants to play at the highest levels of college soccer. So he's going to have to go to ID camps, he's going to have to send lots of videos. This particular video, I think he's done a phenomenal job in this game, and I've already seen that he wants to send me another video, which is great because the more videos I can see see, or the more videos college coaches can see, the more likely they can recruit you. Now I want to watch another moment. He— see how he was dropping before the ball left? That means he's very conscious of how the midfielders pick their head up and are prepared to make a pass, which means he's reading the game really well. There's good composure, completes passes, does a 1-2, takes drives into space. Every single college coach loves that. Even if you lose it, they almost all want you to drive into space. Great tackle again. So this is a very good soccer player. This is a very good highlight video. To me, this highlight video immediately says, hey, as a Division III coach, I would potentially make you an offer depending on what Division III schools— there's different levels. But then also, you know, what's your budget? What's your GPA? He has very good grades from his submission form. And like, this is a very good soccer player, and I think he can play at a high level. He is a junior, so he graduates in the class of 2025. And I want to see his ping. Let's see. He is playing a great ball into the channel, right to the striker's feet. That is really fantastic. This is, you know, a very good soccer player. He wins it. Can he keep it again? Boom! Great composure playing left-sided as a right-footed player. Fantastic composure. So this is a fantastic soccer player. If you guys want more help playing college soccer, it's really important that in your videos you give us lots of moments of you tackling, showing us your recovery pace. A couple longer balls go a really long way with some college coaches, but they definitely want to see you play out of the back. This player's next step is going to be a full game every touch video, but even a full game unedited video where you don't edit the video into an every touch. You just give us the full game with your timestamps so we can watch your defending. The question really is going to come, which school does this kid want? Because I think he can play at a very high level of college soccer. So which coach does he like? Which location does he like? What is in his budget? But this is a very high-level soccer player. Let me watch this play really quickly. Boom, dribbling, fantastic. And he does really well to keep it. That's what we love to see. And he should cut this up into 1-minute clips because I'll watch the whole video because that's my job, but most college coaches will only watch like a minute's worth and you can see his tenacity. Oh, I love it. Gattuso, you know, he's a— Conte, you know, he's a fighter. And when college coaches see that, they're gonna really love that as well. Like I said, he's got really good grades, so he wants to go to a top academic school. And, you know, I think this is a very high-level player. Really good job. Big guy. If you guys want more help playing college soccer and you want me to see your video, if you want to give me a call so I can help you, click the link in the bio, and I will talk to you all soon.
