Two coaches explain what college soccer recruiters actually look for beyond stats: how you communicate, whether you need constant direction, and what else you do besides soccer. Mention student council or clubs in recruitment emails to show you're a full person.
Players stand out on the field or off the field? Off the field. For one, are they good when you talk to them? Are they like approachable? Are they nice? Can you— do I have to carry the conversation or does it go back and forth? And I understand there's gonna be people that are a little bit more soft-spoken than others, but when you're done with club and high school and you go into college, That kind of really reflects to me because it will show me, do I have to show this player a lot and kind of, in many words, babysit the player a little bit more to try and get things done, or can this player go out and succeed on her own and kind of be really proactive as well? So I think that's huge for me.
Um, in your emails that you send, just also being able to touch on maybe other things outside of soccer, um, maybe other things that you interested in, whether you're participating in extra clubs at school. I understand club soccer is like a full-time job in itself these days, and you're going training almost every day and playing every single day. But if you are able to, you know, show another side of you, kind of like what Mikey said, just a personability, like a complexity to like who you are as a person. Obviously, you want people that are like living and dying by soccer, but I think for your own like personal development that'll take you further in life, it's like, are you, you know, part of like your student council? Are you part of— if you do have like like an athletic advisory committee, like things like that, I think also show that you might have like broader interests as well, which is cool.
