Zev Taublieb breaks down three recruiting mistakes high school soccer players make. Division II schools can now respond to recruit messages, making them worth contacting early alongside Division I and III. Prioritize schools with strong internship opportunities for post-college jobs, not just academic name.
3 mistakes I see sophomores make every single year. So many sophomores think no college coaches can talk to them. Well, as of just recently, Division II schools are now also allowed to respond to all your messages. This means that Division I schools are the only schools that have some limitation on how they're able to respond to you. Now keep in mind, Division I schools still often will reach out to you, but because now Division II schools can reach out to you, you want to be emailing Division III and Division II schools as soon as possible. If you're a high level. So 8th, 9th grade, you want to be doing so. If you're a sophomore and you're playing MLS Next or ECNL, start emailing the D2s. Now some of you might be top academics and go, "Well, I'm not going to go to any D2 schools," but that's not where your main focus should be. If a Division 2 school really likes you, because of the new roster cuts to Division 1 programs, Division 2 is going to get really, really good. So because of that, there are plenty of schools with great programs It doesn't necessarily matter if the school has a great education if they don't get you an internship. So we must be finding schools that get you an internship during the summer because that's how you're going to get a job and that's what's going to make mom and dad happy. Not necessarily that you go to a name school if you don't get an internship. So all of that is to tell you Division II schools are very legit. The schools in Florida, the schools in Texas, schools in California, these are all Division I level programs. If you want help playing college soccer, comment the word "call" and we can schedule a call with you and your parents.
