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American soccer players abroad who want to play college need to return to the U.S. before junior year, play for a local club, and attend camps in person. Coaches need 8 to 10 video clips over 6 to 7 months, not just highlight reels.
American soccer players abroad who want to play college need to return to the U.S. before junior year, play for a local club, and attend camps in person. Coaches need 8 to 10 video clips over 6 to 7 months, not just highlight reels.
If you are an American living abroad and you want to play college soccer, here are 3 things you must know. Number 1 is if you stay there past your junior year, the chance of you playing college soccer in the United States basically disappears. You cannot stay abroad in most cases. Number 2, whatever level you're playing at, you might think it's better than here, and it probably is for training purposes and soccer-wise, but you might not be taking the right classes in order to compete in the NCAA. And on top of that, the college coaches don't give a rat's booty about whatever level you're playing unless they can see in person. And if you're going to come to a camp, that's not going to be enough to get recruited. It's going to be enough to get noticed, in which case you're gonna have to come to camp again, which is why for the most part I tell people to move back here, play for a club level here, and then go to events because they can see you in person. They have to see you in person. Number 3 is video. You need way more video than the normal person because if you are living abroad and you choose to stay abroad and you want my help, we have to send them maybe 8 to 10 videos within a 6 to 7 month period. You want to schedule the ID Camp so they all happen kind of one after another. Otherwise, it's too long of a trip. So to get a phone call, the email template has to change, the follow-up has to change, the amount of video you have has to change. And you have to remember, after saying all that, your video to them means less because they don't know the level you're playing against, even if it's a better level. So if you want help and you're living abroad, give me a call. Links in the bio. Talk soon. Bye.
