A Texas ECNL player with a 4.0 GPA asks if she can play Division I soccer. The answer: grades and club soccer help, but coaches need video. She has to create exposure through film, email, and ID camps, which generate real interest even though most players hate them.
I play ECNL in Texas. I have a 4.0 GPA. Can I play Division I college soccer? So on paper, when we read your subject line and it says 4.0, we go great grades, family that's supportive and appreciates education, might be an academic scholarship. ECNL, we say high level, willing to pay for the fees, which means you would probably win to pay for college, and you're a good soccer player. So right off the bat, I'm thinking this could be a good soccer player. However, without video, it means nothing. You could do all those things and maybe the coach you have is blind and they're is a terrible coach and thinks you're good. Or, you know, soccer's subjective. Your coach could be amazing, but the college coach doesn't think you're amazing. Or vice versa, your club coach thinks you suck, but the college coach loves you. So you must go to camps. I know all of you hate on camps, but if you go to certain camps, it's really worth your time. If you get genuine interest before, it's really worth your time. And frankly, let's say you hate camps and you decide, I'm going to be a hater of camps for the rest of your life. If you go to a camp, you're doing everything in your power to get You can't guarantee they'll like you. You can't guarantee that they'll even watch you at the camp. But if you don't go to the camp, you will not get recruited because they're not going to come to you just because they want to, unless of course you send lots of video and lots of emails. So send them emails, go to their ID camp, and then maybe if you're an ECNL player with a 4.0 playing in Texas, you could play college soccer. If you want more help playing college soccer and you want to know camps in your state, make sure it's one word, TXCamp, and I'll send you every single camp in Texas. And if you want to do a different state, you can do that too. If you want more help, give me a call. Thanks a lot. I'll talk to you soon. Goodbye.
