A soccer recruiting coach explains that college scouts care less about being the best player and more about being the first player they see. He helps families pick ID camps and showcases, and directs people to his Instagram for free lists of tournaments by commenting "ECNL" or "MLS Next".
To get invited to MLS NEXT or FEST, this can vary based off your club, how well you perform, playoffs, etc. But what matters is exposure and being exposed first. You can be really good, maybe the best player on your team, but if the college coaches have already picked somebody else in your position who they like, you are always going to be second best, even if you are a better player. When I say invited, getting invited to those tournaments is important, but largely out of your control. Your team needs to play well. You need to be part of a good club. Trying out for better clubs is important, but what's in your control and what I want to help you with is having the college coaches actually come to your games. So this is less about being necessarily the best and more about being first. Now my job is to give you the best chance by making you better video, picking out which ID camps to go, but I can't do any of this with you if we start really late. So often when I work with students, I'm really working with 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th graders. We do work with some 11th and some 12th depending on the situation, hence why you have to apply and, and see if you're the right fit to work with us. So Bottom line is, if you want to know what showcases you should go to, if you go to my Instagram and comment the word ECNL or the word MLS Next, you will find a list of all of the showcases that I would recommend you go to. I try and help you all for free as much as I possibly can. But then if you want our services where we have this really cool system, how we email schools automatically, give me a call.
