| If you are serious about college soccer recruiting and | | | | 2. Developing a soccer athletic resume that shows |
| playing in college, you probably feel like you are already | | | | your stats, your key accomplishments, and your coach |
| doing everything you can to play at the college level. In | | | | contact information |
| fact, you are most likely doing what all your | | | | 3. Ask your coaches to write an evaluation of you to |
| competitors are doing. Are you: | | | | be sent to college coaches |
| 1. Playing on travel teams | | | | 4. Start making contact with college coaches |
| 2. Playing on several travel teams | | | | The dirty little secret is that not all the best high school |
| 3. Attending soccer showcases | | | | soccer players ever get mentioned in the college |
| 4. Attending soccer camps at various colleges | | | | soccer recruiting circles. Why? Simply because college |
| 5. Attending skills camps | | | | coaches don't know about them. They simply can't |
| Chances are, you are doing all these things and more. | | | | recruit you, if they don't even know your name. |
| The real problem is, so is everyone else. I don't have to | | | | Ford made the Mustang a huge hit in 1965 (and still |
| tell you that college soccer recruiting is very | | | | today) by marketing and promoting it. Coke sells billions |
| competitive. You are already aware of that or you | | | | of dollars of soft drink each and every year by |
| wouldn't be reading this article. You need to find a way | | | | marketing and promoting it. You must view yourself |
| to get an advantage over your competition. | | | | the same way. You are a product (a high school |
| How can you do that? You can do it by simply by | | | | soccer player) that needs a consumer to learn about |
| marketing and promoting yourself to college coaches. | | | | you. Let college coaches know about you and you |
| The specific steps involved are: | | | | can come out a winner in the college soccer recruiting |
| 1. Tracking all your key stats and accomplishments | | | | process! |
| during the school season and travel season | | | | |