Soccer Scholarships

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Soccer is becoming a very popular sport in the United States. Although baseball is still known as America’s favorite pastime, there are probably more people that play soccer. Both men and women play soccer whereas with baseball, usually women don’t play it and are more likely to play softball instead.

With the popularity of soccer, there are soccer scholarships. College teams want to have the best players on their team so that their school’s team can grow in popularity just as the sport of soccer itself has.

The best time to go to the United States for a sport scholarship (including soccer) is right after graduation from high-school or up to two years after that. You definitely do not want to wait too long. Only athletes age 18-24 can compete in the college leagues. Therefore, coaches are often trying to recruit younger players. With a younger player, the coach can work with that player for a longer period of time to train him just right. However, with ever season of soccer practiced in a club league after high-school, the athlete will lose one year of eligibility to play in the college leagues. So, it’s best to go early.

Both men and women are recruited for soccer scholarships here in the US. About 1000 universities and colleges award one or sometimes more scholarships to soccer players. Over one thousand may seem like a lot of scholarships, but you need to remember that you are competing against only the best to try and get that scholarship… it can be quite difficult.

If you are an amateur who would like to compete in the NCAA I, you should compete at the highest amateur level available in whichever country you may be from. To get a soccer scholarship, you need to participate in ranking tournaments to improve your ranking.

Good luck at trying to get a soccer scholarship. Even if you can’t receive a soccer scholarship, there are still plenty of teams that would love to have you play for them and may even help you out in other ways.