The Youth Called Soccer guy explains why young players need to film their games to get recruited for elite leagues like MLS Next and ECNL. His father, an Emmy-winning filmmaker, documented his own soccer from age five through college and the pros. College coaches compare domestic players against international talent, so missing footage in middle school can cost you.
When should you start reviewing game video in order to play at MLS Next or ECNL? I'm the Youth Called Soccer guy and I help you play MLS Next or ECNL. So game video is really important as long as the child is having fun, or you, if you are the athlete, are enjoying watching the footage. So that is to say, you don't want to go really critique anything. Just record it and then just go find the parts that are really fun. When you do a make, when you dribble past somebody, when you score a goal. Now you don't want to put too much emphasis on that because you don't want the player, the athlete, going, I just want to make you, I just want to dribble past you, and and that's all they think about. You want them to go, hey, like, I played a great pass that helped the team win, because later when they have a college coach, that's what they're gonna want. But by going over the footage now, you as a parent, if you're listening to this, can go, oh wow, I missed one of the great goals. If you miss a great goal when they're in 8th grade or 9th grade, that is a problem, okay? You cannot have that. You need the goals on video. This is when you're gonna mess up. You recorded wrong, you should've recorded this way or this way or vertical, and now you gotta do it again, the angle wasn't good. The reason I'm so adamant about this is 'cause my father is an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, Growing up, he just filmed us all the time and obviously put together amazing highlight videos from ages of 5 years old all the way up until we were into college and eventually even into pro, and that's how I played pro soccer. You need lots of different kinds of video. You need your best moments. You need— if you're a midfielder, you need moments where you're passing often. You need to review it with your coach so you can get more playing time. You need to review it with me so I can tell you what you need to do if you really want to play college soccer. At your age, we can fix everything. Every door is open for you. Stanford, UCLA. But every year, If you're not improving at a certain rate, those doors close. To play for Stanford and the MLS Next and ECNL, you must be playing at those levels by 8th, 9th grade. Otherwise, those coaches are going to look for some kid who is, and you're also competing with international kids. If you want more help, give me a DM. Talk soon.
