Longest. Offseason. Ever. And that may be a good thing.

Every day, it seems, another NCAA conference announces no Fall sports. 32 NCAA Division I conferences. 17 have cancelled Fall sports, as of now. Current NCAA guidelines state: If 50% or more of eligible teams in a particular sport in a division cancel their fall seasons, there will be no fall NCAA championship in that […]
A New Affordable Tool for College Recruiting: Productive Recruit

Announcing Productive Recruit Former San Diego Surf, Torrey Pines High School, and University of Michigan soccer player Colin McAtee announced the launch of his new college recruiting platform Productive Recruit today. Productive Recruit will give athletes a complete recruiting workflow optimized to help them reach more college coaches and get recruited faster. Some notable benefits of the […]
Different Paths, Same Destination: NCAA Women’s Soccer Final 4

The NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Final 4 kicks off Friday at 4PM Pacific on ESPNU And then there were four. Stanford, UCLA, Washington State, and North Carolina make up the NCAA Division One Women’s Soccer Final Four. I spent some time looking through the rosters for all four teams, and what I found may […]
Giving Back: UCSD Lucas Tager’s Work with Syrian Refugees

There’s a lot happening in the soccer world right now. Champions League is going strong.MLS playoffs have fans in a frenzy with “The Most Anticipated Game in MLS History” happening tonight with a playoff edition of El Trafico. But today, I ran across a story that shows how much impact soccer and good people can […]
College Soccer, and SD Homegrown, on SCTop10

Local San Diego homegrown player, Sydney Sparks, made it onto ESPN SportsCenter Top 10 #6 With a rocket of a shot from the center circle, Sydney Sparks launched onto the nation-wide Sports Center Top 10. Her goal against DePaul left notched into the top left corner of the goal, leaving the DePaul goalie on the […]
Girls’ Recruiting: Adidas College Cup Plays It Smart

In the world of women’s college soccer recruiting, a general belief is that a family has to have their player on a DA or ECNL team in order to be recruited for college soccer. Those two soccer systems, without a doubt, produce college soccer players. However, there are impressive numbers of elite-level players and teams […]
College Soccer: Cathedral Catholic’s Sydney Sparks signs with Purdue

Surf Soccer class of 2019 Sydney Sparks has signed her National Letter of Intent with NCAA D1 Purdue Women’s Soccer. Sparks is part of the 2019 gradating class at Cathedral Catholic High School. On November 14th, the Surf Soccer family came together to honor their 2019 girls signing class at the Surf Cup Sports Park […]
College Recruiting: Brooke Flores Signs with Eastern Washington University

After a long college recruiting journey, Rebels SC’s Brooke Flores has officially signed her NLI to play NCAA D1 Soccer at Eastern Washington University. Brooke Flores, West Hills High School class of 2019 Check out the video to learn more about Brooke, her lack of chill, her thoughts on recruiting, and advice for younger recruits. […]
College Soccer: Rebels SC’s Madison Rust Signs with Mississippi State

Madison Rust, El Capitan High School class of 2019, has signed her National Letter of Intent. She will be playing NCAA D1 College Soccer at Mississippi State University. Madison Rust, El Capitan High School Class of 2019 Madison is a member of the Rebels SC National Champion team coached by Ryan Marquez. She joined many of […]
Signing Day : National Champions Rebels SC Class of 2019

Signing Day for the National Letter of Intent was Wednesday November 14th. Athletes across the country formalized their verbal commitments to college athletic programs by officially signing NLIs. Eight Rebels SC Girls Sign with NCAA D1 Women’s Soccer The reigning US Youth Soccer National Champions Rebels SC girls 2001 team has been on the radar […]
San Diego Surf’s NLI Signing Day Ceremony

On Wednesday November 14, 2018, high school athletes across the country put pen to paper, officially signing their NLI (National Letters of Intent) to commit to their future college athletics programs. At the Surf Cup Sports Park in Del Mar, San Diego Surf Soccer held a celebratory signing ceremony for their impressive class of high […]
You Won’t Die if You Choose Not to Play College Soccer after Club
Are you a failure if you’ve been playing club soccer for years but don’t end up playing in college? We are in a time of frantic and stressful college soccer recruiting. Therefore many families are feeling pressure to land a spot on a college team. Now is a good moment to remember that college soccer […]
Albion Pros Wrap Up Preseason vs UNLV

Albion Pros took their undefeated preseason on the road to play against University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Running Rebels in their final preseason game. UNLV play in the NCAA’s Division I Western Athletic Conference (WAC) and has recently produced MLS talents Nick Deleon and Lamar Neagle. Albion Pros knew that it would be a tough […]
UCSD Women’s Soccer Builds Success With Community

The women’s soccer program at the University of California, San Diego is not usually the first thing that comes to mind when the university comes up in casual conversation. But the name of long time head coach Brian McManus is basically synonymous with women’s soccer and UCSD. McManus came to San Diego thirty years ago […]