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 MLS and Mexican clubs are looking for

SAN DIEGO – We had the opportunity to talk to two club scouts this weekend at Surf Cup. One of them is Jorge Tello from Club Pachuca that plays in Liga MX and the other one is Jorge “Junior” Gonzales from the MLS club Seattle Sounders. Jorge Tello told us that this is their 3rd […]