Soccer Recruiting: Tips For Your Junior Year In High School
The stories are out there: Eighth, ninth, and tenth-grade soccer players verbally commit to full-ride soccer scholarships. Families with older soccer athletes start to wonder, “Am I too late? Are all of the college roster spots already gone?” Early college commitments are exciting, and they get a lot of attention in social media, but those early college […]
Soccer Recruiting: An Overview of Freshmen and Sophomore High School Years
What does the college soccer recruiting journey look like for high school students? When does the journey begin? Are juniors and seniors too late? What are the most important aspects of recruiting during each year of high school? Here is a general guide for the freshmen and sophomore years of high school soccer: Academics: GRADES […]
Putting the Players First: Livermore Fusion Leads the Way
Located in Northern California, just east of the Greater Bay area, sits the city of Livermore. Known best for its beautiful wine country and the Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Livermore has been slowly building a strong reputation in another impressive area: youth soccer. Having been one of the founding Bay Area clubs, Livermore Fusion Soccer […]
College Soccer Recruiting: Do You Have to Pay for a Recruiting Service?
The college soccer recruiting process is daunting, confusing, and overwhelming at times, yet extremely rewarding. For these young athletes, college is going to be daunting, confusing, and overwhelming at times, yet extremely rewarding. After college graduation, their adult lives and careers are going to be (you guessed it) daunting, confusing, and overwhelming at times, yet […]
Navigating the Journey from SoCal Club to College Soccer
Every year, families and athletes join scores of competitive SoCal soccer clubs in hopes of eventually grabbing the brass ring of a college soccer roster spot. Of course, these families enjoy and appreciate all of the benefits of having their children in sports — fitness, camaraderie, competition, etc — but with college admission rates plummeting […]
Surf Cup: What College Recruiters are looking for…Swarthmore College
SAN DIEGO – On Monday, July 27th, which was the final day of games at soccerloco Surf Cup, we were able to exchange a few words with Brendan Grady who is the Assistant Coach for Men’s Soccer at Swarthmore College. Grady has played for Swarthmore during his 4 collegiate years and was the captain of […]
Surf Cup: What College Recruiters are looking for…Stanford University
SAN DIEGO – This past weekend at Surf Cup we met with Stanford University Men’s Assistant Coach, Nick Kirchhof, as he gave us some really interesting insight about college soccer and what they look for at an event like soccerloco Surf Cup, as well as advice for players wanting to make it to the next […]
Surf Cup: What College Recruiters are looking for…Azusa Pacific
SAN DIEGO – During the Surf Cup event this weekend, we were able to connect with some college and club recruiters. In an event like Surf Cup and mainly at this group age from U15 to U18, most of the players are really serious about making it to the next level, which for most of […]