Michael Ramos played D3 soccer at Whitworth and landed a USL contract, proving the path to pro is possible but rare. Moving from D3 to D1 improves visibility. Comment Division III to discuss strong programs that help players reach professional levels.
Can you go from Division 3 soccer to play pro soccer? Let's find out how to do it right now.
Playing D3? Yes. Um, I'm also open to playing D3, between D1 and D3. Nice. Um, how— what are the chances looking like to go from D3 to play at a pro level such as like the MLS or like even go play here or something? Question is, if I want to play pro, can I go through D3? So in the Northwest Conference is where I played, there was a guy named Michael Ramos. He played for Whitworth, which was a D3 school but not a big name, and he just did so well that he was going to move D1 but had a pro offer to the USL, so he decided to go that route. So that's an option, but it's an anomaly. This gentleman here who asked the question, he's a 6 and he's giving me Marco Verratti vibes. It's going to be more difficult, quite honestly, for you because you're not going to put in 100 goals in that season. So is it possible? Yes. The best way to play professional is playing college soccer, and there's plenty of people— this is an example of someone who went D3 to pro. You could go D3 to go D1.
That's completely doable. If you want to go from Division 3 to potentially play pro soccer, I want you to comment the word Division III because there's a bunch of really good Division III schools that could increase your chances of playing at the highest level.
