A student with no college soccer interest yet could fit academically elite DIII programs like Yale or Columbia. Without exposure through MLS Next, they need offers to be recruited. The speaker warns that if they don't act seriously this summer, they'll miss their window entirely.
You have no interest from D3s. That is a big problem. And the reason that's important is when you don't play MLS Next on a pro academy team or you're not being seen in person 4 to 6 times every year since 8th grade, you have to have offers. So if you really want to play Yale, which I think you might be capable of given your video, or you want to play at Columbia or even Georgetown, which Georgetown is obviously probably a little out of reach, I would say at the minute. But if you want to play at these schools because of your grades and your parents' budget, you can get into these schools academically like you really will. Your high school is really good. So the coaches know that that's a big deal. So we have to write that in the emails on top of the fact that if you say to them, hey, I've already gotten interest from Chicago, which is the best Division III program, and 5 kids a year transfer to Division I top academic schools from Chicago, these might be possible. And here's the big thing. If you do this whole process and let's pretend November comes around, which is ED1, and you don't— Georgetown says we don't like you and Yale says we don't like you and you only have DIII offers, then don't do it. You know, go to Georgetown, play club soccer, and have a great time in Georgetown. But if you don't do this right now, like get very serious this summer and consider Division IIIs, you will not play college soccer at all. It will just— the opportunity for you will disappear.
