A recruiting advisor tells a junior midfielder with a 3.7 GPA that Division I is possible but tough from ECNL Regional League. About 40% of top D1 rosters are international players and 10-12% are transfers, leaving room for American prospects. He recommends building interest at Division II and III schools first.
I'm a junior, I have a 3.7 GPA, I play ECNL RL, and I play left mid or attacking center mid. Can I play Division 1 college soccer? So as I described that to you, that's exactly what you're going to say to college coaches at some point in your email, and you're going to describe your club level, your GPA, and your position. And what I can tell you now is attacking center mids and wingers definitely, of course, can play college soccer. You are competing with many internationals because it's an attacking role, but there are most people who play college soccer are still American. At the highest levels of Division 1, you are looking at about 40% who are are international and another 10 to 12% that are transfers. So yes, you're about half of them are looking still for Americans. So there's still plenty of Americans to be recruited. But if you're playing East NL, RL, and you want to play Division 1, it's pretty difficult. And just to tell you a brief story, there's a student I had a call with the other day and the family, like, top school is Ohio State. NYU, I'll recommend you to MIT because you're really good. And these coaches will do that. At the end of the day, when they have a kid that they fall in love with, they want to help you. So if you want to play college soccer as an Eastern RL player with that GPA and that position, just know you can play Division I, but I would strongly recommend getting DIII and DII interest first before you just go for the big boy schools or the big girl schools. If you want more help, give me a call. Links in the bio. Bye.
