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Sports Scholarship Recruiting Timeline

Sports Scholarship Recruiting Timeline

Ideally, you should start the scholarship recruiting process very early on.  The earlier you start, the more time you will have to make any changes which will affect your eligibility (such as improving your grades) and negotiate scholarships with coaches.   If you are starting later than freshman or sophomore year, you can still use these Read the full article

What Are Athletic Recruiting Services and Do You Really Need Them?

What Are Athletic Recruiting Services and Do You Really Need Them?

There are currently 1,845 colleges and universities in the United States, as well as over 1,600 2-year institutions. Most of these colleges and universities sponsor some sort of sports scholarship. As a student athlete looking for an athletic scholarship, it can be quite overwhelming! That is where athletic recruiting services come in.

NAIA Soccer (Football) Scholarships

NAIA Soccer (Football) Scholarships

Do you dream of playing soccer in an American college or university? Are you talented and dedicated? Then the good news is that there are many soccer scholarships available. In addition to NCAA and NJCAA soccer scholarships, there is also the NAIA.

What You Need to Know About Football Trials

What You Need to Know About Football Trials

Football trials used to be the way that clubs and teams found their talent. However, trials or talent days, are becoming increasingly rare. Clubs and teams now rely on a network of scouts to find talent. They often have contacts with schools and managers of local teams who keep them informed about promising talent. For Read the full article

How to Get Noticed by College Soccer Scouts

How to Get Noticed by College Soccer Scouts

You are a skilled young soccer player (or what we call football in the UK) and you dream of playing as a student athlete at a top American university. Sorry to break it to you but, unless you become a viral sensation online, college soccer scouts aren’t going to find you. They don’t even know Read the full article

How to Prepare for a Football (Soccer) Assessment

How to Prepare for a Football (Soccer) Assessment

If you want to get a football scholarship (aka soccer in the US), then one of the first things you will need to do is schedule a football assessment. Even if you’ve played in important Youth Cup Finals in front of a stadium full of fans, it can still be scary to get a formal Read the full article

How good do I need to be for football scholarship?

How good do I need to be for football scholarship?

Almost every football player, no matter at what level, has asked themselves if they were good enough at some point. It’s no surprise that the vast majority of those considering a football scholarship; ask how good they have to be to get one. It’s a legitimate question, and we’re going to try to answer it.

Football Scholarships In America – Nurturing Your Child

Football Scholarships In America – Nurturing Your Child

Football scholarships to America are growing in popularity; many British students are applying for sports scholarships, which will allow them to play the sport they love while also getting an education in one of the top colleges or universities in the States. It is possible to get a full scholarship, in which all fees are Read the full article

Tips for securing football scholarships

Tips for securing football scholarships

This article will attempt to describe everything you need to consider and understand about football scholarships and successfully getting recruited for college football. Football scholarships still remain one of the most competitive industries in the world of sports scholarships, however, full scholarships are much more common in football than in any other sport. These scholarships Read the full article

Soccer scholarships – what are the benefits?

Soccer scholarships – what are the benefits?

Attaining a soccer scholarships afford you with the possibility of playing full time while you study for your degree. The quality of play in the US is very competitive which means that players of a high calibre climb through the ranks fast. The benefits of attaining a soccer scholarship are extremely attractive. Earning a prestigious Read the full article

Over 50% of the US World Cup squad are ex-college soccer players

Over 50% of the US World Cup squad are ex-college soccer players

In the aftermath of possibly the game of the Tournament Belgium vs USA it’s interesting to look into where the American players developed their skills, for the majority of the squad it was through the US collegiate system. College soccer is a hotbed for talent which produces MLS and International calibre players year after year. Read the full article