If you’re a high school keeper or center back, college coaches may come calling before your striker teammates hear a peep. It’s not favoritism. It’s math and projection: the traits that make a great keeper or center back show up early and are easier to bet on, while scoring goals is the hardest thing in…
The short answer: women’s soccer recruiting moves earlier, has more scholarship money, and locks players in sooner, while men’s recruiting runs later, offers fewer full rides, and rewards guys who peak physically in their junior and senior years. If you’re a high school player (or a parent), knowing which game you’re actually playing changes everything…
If you’re a boy chasing Division 1, here’s the straight answer: MLS NEXT Homegrown is the stronger bet. It’s the densest talent pool in the country, and it’s where Power-conference D1 coaches spend the majority of their evaluation time. For boys, MLS Next and ECNL Boys dominate the D1 pipeline — but when you narrow…
Someone in your league just committed. The group chat is blowing up. Screenshots, congrats, that little school logo in everyone’s bio. And you’re sitting there with nothing. Here’s the truth you need to hear first: another player’s offer says absolutely nothing about yours. Recruiting isn’t a race where the spots run out. It just feels…
Not always. Being the best on your club team doesn’t guarantee you’ll even make a college roster. The traits that make you dominant at 14 aren’t always the ones that matter at 19. Some youth stars fade. Some late bloomers explode. Here’s what actually carries over (and what doesn’t). Why Youth Dominance Doesn’t Guarantee College…
Yes, if you’re taking a postgraduate year after graduating high school in 2027, you’re a 2028 recruit, because your recruiting class is the year you’ll actually step on a college campus, not the year you finish high school. That’s the whole logic. College coaches don’t build rosters around when you grabbed your diploma. They build…
June 15 is one of the most hyped dates on the recruiting calendar — and one of the most misunderstood. Here’s what today actually means for your son. What June 15 Actually Is Today is the first day NCAA Division I and Division II men’s soccer coaches can contact rising juniors directly — calls, texts,…
Yes, men’s college soccer players can sign NIL deals, and a growing number do. But the realities of the men’s college game make NIL look very different from what you see in football, basketball, or even women’s college soccer. The Short Answer Every NCAA men’s soccer player is eligible to sign NIL deals, just like…
Your junior just got back from an ID camp. No offer. No call from the coach. Just a long ride home and that knot in your stomach that’s been there since freshman year. You want to ask how it went. You want to text the coach yourself. You want to do something. But you know…
D1 men’s college soccer is about to look completely different. The NCAA Division I men’s soccer season will be split between the fall and spring, with the national tournament moving to the spring starting in 2027-28. That means the College Cup you’ve watched every December? Moving to the spring. The cram-everything-into-13-weeks fall grind? Gone. If…
