A goalkeeper with a 3.9 GPA asks if he can play Division I soccer. Most teams have only two or three goalkeeper spots, often filled by internationals. With his grades, he should target schools like Washington University, Haverford, Tufts, and Chicago, where he'll get playing time and stay academically challenged.
I play MLS NEXT. I'm a goalkeeper with a 3.9 GPA and I'm a junior. Can I play Division I college soccer? Everything on paper sounds really good. Here's the problem. You are a goalkeeper. With the new roster cuts, it's very difficult at this point to take on more than 2 or 3 goalkeepers. And one of those sometimes is an international or a transfer. So now you're looking at potentially one opportunity. It is still possible, but what I would tell you with a 3.9 GPA, you should be talking to a WashU. You should be talking to a Washington League. You should be talking to a Haverford, a Tufts, a Chicago, because those are very good academic schools where you will probably play a little bit more and they're really competitive. They're even more competitive than Division I programs. Or if you're open-minded to quote unquote sacrificing your education, which I never recommend, then you may have more opportunity to play college soccer. But typically when your kids have that great GPA and you have the aspirations you have, you want to play at a Georgetown or Yale or even at UCLA or Stanford or Maryland. And because of that, those are really competitive. So what level of MLS NEXT are you playing? Are you playing with the team that's affiliated with the professional team? Or are you playing at Gosha or Barça Residency? Or are you playing at a club where supposedly the club is going to do everything for you? What I find, and we have kids from IMG, we have kids from Barça Residency, is those programs are remarkable for exposure. It's true. If you want more help playing college soccer, you're playing MLS NEXT at that level, give me a call. Links in the bio. Talk to you soon. Bye.
