College soccer coaches miss talented players because they don't know about them, flashy one-off performances don't work, and consistent follow-up matters more than you think. A U16 Mexican national team player went unnoticed at a Pepperdine camp because she wasn't in the drill being watched.
Here are 3 reasons why some players get noticed by college coaches and others don't. Number 1, the coaches don't know who you are beforehand. I want to tell you a brief story about a youth national team player I saw at an ID camp. I was at the Pepperdine ID camp and I was actually making content because I live in Malibu. I'm okay from the fires, thanks for asking. And while I was there, I went up to a family and I said to them, hey, I was curious, like, which one is your daughter? And they said, they pointed to her daughter and I watched her for a bit and I thought, she's okay. I didn't particularly think she was anything outrageous special. And then I said, oh, tell me a little bit more about her. Like, what's, who does she play for and what's her resume and what, can I see her video? So then they sent me her video. She was a U16 Mexican national team player with an incredible left foot. And I thought to myself, I was at this camp and I would've never picked her out. And you know why? Because the drill I was watching at that moment, she wasn't involved in. They weren't passing her the ball. It was jungle ball, had nothing to do with her. Of course, I continued to watch her for the rest of the camp, and it was obvious she was one of the best players there. So that's when you have to understand that when you go to these camps, had the parents emailed me and said, this is my daughter, I would have zoomed in on her and watched her more than the other kids. If you're depending on being flashy, which is reason number 2, to get picked, then you're not going to get recruited. I was a defensive center mid. I got picked because I was consistent over time. So when they saw me over time, they liked me. But in one 20-30 minute showcase or one 2-hour camp, I wasn't picked first. So it was over time that I got picked. And number 3, if you don't follow up, you're not going to get recruited. No matter what you do, you won't get noticed until you follow up over and over again. If you want more help playing Call of Tarkov, give me a call. Links in the bio.
