<p>Hey guys i am currently 15 years old and i plan to play D1 soccer. I am a sophmore whis is studying a year up and has taken 1 A.P. course. I currently hold a 3.4 and a 3.7 weighted. I play for one of the best teams in the country (Ranked top 100) out of 3,500 teams in my country. We have played teams within the top ten and beaten them. We play in college showcases and many premier elite tournaments. We are currently playin the Region 1 North East leauge and National Premier Leauge. We will probobaly play Region 1 Premier leauge next year. For high school i dominated the JV game. I will play varsity my junior and senior years. But i will be 15 and most kids are sophmores at that age. The reason why i didnt play varsity when i was 14 was becasue my team is the best team in New york state who won back to back state titles. Very competitve soccer school whos varsity coach played in the MLS for an abandoned team before. I know 2 years varsity soccer will look very bad but i will be 15 so i hope that d1 schools take that into consideration. I am currently looking at Stony Brook, University of Kentucky, Rutgers, Michigan State (unlikey to play soccer here), and Penn State (Unlikey to play soccer here). What do you think? What other colleges with the same academic and soccer caliber that i have presented above that i can attend? Thanks for your help!</p>
<p>Hi there, I don’t think anyone can really answer that question for you. If you are good enough and big and strong enough your age will not matter. I think the best way you can assess where you stand is to attend summer camps of the schools you are interested in trying to play at. Contact the coach to request camp info. Or go to a college camp that is close to you to see how you size up, chose a D1 program. I am not talking about the “youth camps” but specific camps put on by the coaches and teams from a college or colleges to assess players.</p>
<p>Don’t worry about only two years of varsity. Your club experience is likely more important anyway. If they decide they want you, two versus more years of varsity will be irrelevant.</p>
<p>i agree with harvester that your club experience should be the most important. If soccer is like baseball (which I familiar with) then your club experience will trump your high school level.</p>
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You are looking at them. Do they know you are looking at them and intersted in them? If you are interested in them, and they are unaware of your interest I suggest you reach out to them or have your club coach reach out to them on your behalf. You’ll need to attend events where they can see you play. Share your schedule with them in any correspondence or phone call. What is your intended major at these schools?</p>
<p>thanks guys. it was really helpful, stony brook and rutgers have shown interest in me and the rest have not yet responded. I will try to attend more college camps and showcases. I am already going to plenty of tournaments were d1 coaches can see me. My dream is to play at penn state and i will try to find out if i can go to there camp. Once again thanks alot it was helpful.</p>
<p>abhi19,</p>
<p>You are a high school sophomore, and you appear to be doing all the right things. Keep it up. If your club coach is helping you, so much the better. Keep in mind, this is your life, your decision, and your recruiting. We had a lot of success with our travel coach, and he opened a lot of doors for my son. We were very grateful. Also, we opened a lot of doors for ourselves too. If you have your sights set on a particular school or situation, go for it. You have a lot time to “shop” around and guage interest right now. Good luck!</p>
<p>thanks fenwaysouth for your time and input.</p>
<p>I really wonder what your club coach thinks? Does he reach out to help you? Have suggestions? I agree with the poster who said you need to attend summer camps specifically at these schools, or where their coaches will be working. You’re entering the critical time. High school is nice but not the key as I assume you know. Have you done ODP? Im assuming you arent on an Academy team? What spring tournaments are you attending? Several of the top ones have recruiting info sessions. You should attend those. Honestly, I would look hard at the club you’re with and what it’s history is as far as college placement, or at least your coach’s track record. Having played MLS is great but contacts is helpful too.</p>
<p>A few thoughts: First, I appreciate that this is about athletic recruitment, but I’d encourage you to think broadly and carefully about the academic aspect of the colleges you focus on. All of the schools you mention are large state universities. Perhaps you would consider some of the smaller private universities that also play D1 soccer? The atmosphere and experience there might be more to your liking. If you’re from Region 1 Northeast, there are so many schools with varied academic programs (Fairfield, American, Bucknell, Drexel, Duquesne, BC, BU, Northeastern, Georgetown, George Washington, etc.). A good academic match has a surprising amount to do with whether you’ll be happy wherever you land.</p>
<p>Second, if you’re a sophomore going into junior year 2013-014, there are two things I’d encourage you to do. First, write to the soccer coach of every school you’re interested in. Express your interest, provide him with basic academic info and your soccer background, and let him know every soccer tournament your club is playing in as well as your Region 1 League schedule. He probably won’t write back other than in a most perfunctory way because of NCAA rules, so don’t let silence deter you. Second, during the summer, attend soccer camps. Choose them wisely. Some are huge meat markets, while others are smaller and offer a real chance to be seen. In choosing, try to go to a camp where the coach of a school you’re interested in is coaching. Once you’re signed up, let those coaches know you’re coming so they can look out for you. If you can go to a camp hosted by the school/coach that interests you most, so much the better. Once you’ve attended the camp, write to the coach again if you didn’t get to talk to him to reiterate your interest.</p>
<p>Third, in your junior year you should follow up again with coaches. Write to them or have your club coach contact them. If you can visit campus, make an appointment to see the coach. I’ve rarely heard of coaches who will not meet with a prospect they consider viable, so you will get valuable feedback by doing this.</p>
<p>Finally, depending on where you live, have you considered playing in the DAP? Most D1 commits come out of the DAP these days. It’s certainly not necessary to play DAP to be recruited D1, but I think the D1 coaches tend to look for players there. If nothing else, trying out for a DAP team will give you an idea about how you stack up against players who will be your competition.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>Abhi19,</p>
<p>I can;t agree more with Dinosaurs comments about academics. That is why I ended my first post asking about your intended major. You will be spending more time studying your major than playing soccer in college, and probably earning $$ in that major after college. </p>
<p>Please look at the big picture. I’d also suggest you consider D2 and D3 schools as well to gauge interest and compare. It is possible you might find a great D3 school that wants you, and can provide an academic scholarship. My point is you don’t know until you look into all the possibilites. Good luck.</p>
<p>thanks guys. Yeah i am starting to look at some d2 and d3 schools that have good academics. Academics are my first priority because i will most likely make money from getting a good education…not sports.</p>
<p>I want to be recruit, I’m an international student and this year I will finish high school. I want to know if with this video I can be recruited <a href=“- YouTube”>- YouTube. Please answer me.</p>
<p>^ for a recruiting video you need game/field play, not just some foot skills / chasing the ball.</p>
<p>^ that’s what I’ve heard also … not just highlights from games but also lots of continuous action game footage.</p>
<p>My 2015 son was “guaranteed” to be on varsity junior year, and he was cut by the coach despite have the best goal and assist stats on the JV team sophomore year. He wants to play in college or pro, so he won’t play JV again and is instead practicing and doing friendlies with a year older team and playing against even older players. Many of the kids who end up going pro play up.</p>
<p>HS soccer has no bearing on recruitment unless your name is always in the paper, but it is a little awkward to list the JV coach as the HS contact. As for playing D1, there are many levels of D1 soccer, something like 250 teams on the mens side. Top D1, you either have to have a hook of some sort (if you are in NY, NY schools especially the better SUNYs will want to recruit you), or be state or regional level individually, not just be on a good team.</p>
<p>As a sophomore, you need to call schools you are interested in and go on unofficial visits. On campus, you can talk to the coaching staff all you want / all they have time for.</p>