A junior MLS NEXT player worried about zero college interest learns he started recruiting too late. The coach recommends targeting Division III and smaller programs first, then launching a personalized email campaign to 50-100 schools at once to build momentum.
Hey coach, so I don't have any interest from college coaches. Should I be concerned at this point if I'm a junior playing MLS NEXT? It is a little bit concerning if I'm being completely honest, but what type of schools are you aiming for? Well, I think I'd like to go to like UCLA, Clemson, Stanford, Michigan, Ohio, or maybe one of the Ivy League schools. Well, if you have no genuine interest at this point from any schools as an MLS NEXT player, despite you playing at a very high level, I would tell you that's really not realistic. So what should I have done differently to not be in the position that I'm in now? The obvious answer is you should have definitely started a lot earlier aiming for smaller schools, Division III schools first, because those coaches change jobs to the Division I schools. They have references, and if you're really good, as you say, the word would get out how great you are. But if you don't reach out, then you're just a player that nobody knows about. Okay, got it. I should have done that, but like, what can I do now? So one of the things you're gonna need to do is obviously make a good video, and you're gonna have to send out a lot of emails. Now I have this really cool email system where where I'm able to email almost 50 to 100 schools in one touch of a button in a genuine way from your own email account. So you're gonna need either to do that manually or you're gonna cut 'em on to come use my tool so we can send a lot of emails out. Here's the really good news. You are really good at soccer. So if you're really good, the coaches wanna know who you are. So if we can make your video really good, we can send out emails in a crafted, eloquent way, you will get responses. But reminder, we're not gonna only reach out to those schools you mentioned. We're gonna have to reach out to some schools outside of that list. I'm the College Soccer Guy. I help you play college soccer. If you want help, give me a call. Links in the bio. I will talk to you soon.
