Interested in Playing College Soccer?  Look over the timeline below and find where you should be and what you should be doing in order to get to that college level of soccer, there is a college level for every player!!

 

 

 

College Timeline U15-U18 Players

U15 Timeline:

• Focus on High School class rank
• Focus on GPA
• Attend Soccer camps and play on a High Level club team.
• Complete college questionnaires expressing your interest in their soccer program.

U16 Timeline:

• Continue to focus on your academics and class rank/GPA.
• Start preparing for your SAT & ACT.
• Take practice exams of the SAT & ACT.
• Begin e-mailing college coaches to introduce yourself.
• Attend college showcase camps.
• Attend Showcase Tournaments (Disney, CASL, GIT, Orange Classic….etc.)

U17 Timeline:

• Continue to focus on your academics and class rank.
• You will begin obtaining general letters of correspondences from coaches.
• VERY IMPORTANT: Coaches, who have shown interest, stay in close contact with them.
• Begin visiting schools of interest.
• Take your SAT & ACT.
• Register with the NCAA Initial Eligibility Clearinghouse here 
• College coaches will be allowed to contact you directly in person or over the phone in late spring, early summer.
• RETAKE you SAT & ACT.
• Have Club Team Coach Send letters of recommendation to college coaches.
• Profiles on online Recruiting sites like Soccer in College.
• Select Coaches evaluation/recommendation posted on online recruiting sites.
• Attend High Level College Showcase Tournaments and invite coaches to games.
• Take unofficial visits to colleges that you have interest in applying/playing for.

U18 Timeline:

• Take official visit if you’re offered.
• Begin applying to schools in the FALL.
• Continue to keep contact with all of your college coaches you’ve been interested in.
• Make your decision and sign a National Letter of Intent to that school.
• Then have a great time your senior year of high school.

Questions to Ask
       ...when looking at college athletic programs.

 

Ask the Coach and/or Recruiter:

• What position do you want me to play? And how many others are you recruiting for the same position?
• How do practices coincide with the classes I will be taking?
• What is expected of players during the off-season?
• What will happen to my scholarship if I am injured of ineligible to participate?
• Are there services in case I am having difficulty keeping up with my courses and need extra support?
• Are all injuries handled by team insurance?
• Does an athletic trainer travel with the team?
• Will I have an opportunity to compete for starting position as a freshman?
• Will I be red-shirted my freshman year?

Ask the Players:

• What does your typical daily schedule look like?
• What is the general attitude of the professors toward athletes?
• What is the attitude of non-athletes?
• Are the coaches available to help if you are having academic problems?
• Are there mandatory study hours? If so, what are they?
• Does the team have good chemistry?
• How do the coaches handle disciplinary situations with players?

Ask Yourself:

• Would I attend this school if I had no intentions of Playing Soccer?
• Do the coaches and players seem genuinely concerned about each other?
• Will I be successful at this school academically? Athletically? Personally?
• Do the coaches seen concerned about academics?
• How does this school compare to others I have visited?
• Will I have an opportunity to play right away or will I have to sit a couple of years?