If you're not in ECNL or MLS Next, target Division II and III programs and attend ID camps. The speaker went to 25 camps to get recruited and recommends sending coaches a highlight video with an email saying you'll be there. Camps matter because scouts won't see you otherwise.
If you're not playing ECNL MLS Next, you can totally still play college soccer. You just have to have a slightly different strategy. First one being you need to aim for Division III and Division II schools first, and you must go to local ID camps. I went to 25 ID camps. That's because I didn't know what I was doing, and neither did my parents. I'm not going to make you go to 25 ID camps, but you're going to have to go to some. When you are not playing at that level, going to those camps is the best way to for sure get seen because they're not coming to your showcases, they're not coming to your league games, and they're not coming to your high school games. So ID camps give you a guarantee to be seen. Now you wanna get genuine interest before you just go to any of those games. And the best way to get genuine interest is make a video, send it out to them, and make sure you craft that email really mindfully. By telling them you'd be happy to come to their ID camp, they're much more likely to go to your video and click on it because they know you're willing to pay money. And yes, this is a way they make money, but most of you are concerned it's a money grab. You should all be grateful that camps exist. If tomorrow the NCAA says no colleges can have ID camps, then your chance of getting recruited dropped down by 1,000%. Yes, they suck, some of them, but some of them are really, really good. If you want a list of the camps I recommend, comment the word quiz and I will send you a quiz to take so you can get the best camps for you. If you want help, comment call and we can schedule a call with you and your parents.
