NAIA AND NCAA SOCCER SCHOLARSHIPS
What you need to know About Soccer
scouting and Recruiting and how to apply for a Scholarship
The information and tools
on this web site are free. This page contains specific information about college
soccer scholarships. The tools and information you need to successfully apply
can be found on this site.
Click on the links on the right of the page for further soccer scouting and
recruiting information. With hard work, and the information and tools we
provide, you can attain your goal and play college sport.
Not all athletic scholarships are full ride like football and basketball, so called "head count sports"; most are classed as "equivalency sports', like soccer. Put simply this means that coaches can" share" their allocation between a larger number of players.
This is good news for the players. If we take women's soccer as an example we see that a coach can divide the "12" scholarships between a larger number of soccer players. Say 25 partial scholarships instead of 12 full ride.
The NCAA allows each division 1 soccer program 9.9 scholarships for men and 12 for women. In division 2 the ratio is 9 for men and 9.9 for women. If you are good enough of course then a full ride soccer scholarship is always on the cards.
Women's soccer is one of the fastest growing
intercollegiate sports mainly due to the application of TITLE IX so there are
many opportunities out there for women.
College soccer scouts look for players with all-round talent, you can be scouted
and recruited by a small Division III college or a top Division I school, but by
attending a college soccer camp will increase your chances of being scouted by
college soccer recruiters.
There are a number of things that you can do to
increase you chances of playing soccer at college level. It is important that
you play for a good club as well as for your high school. You
MUST, MUST, MUST
get involved with the Olympic Development Program (ODP). Tryouts are open to
club members and if you make your state team then your well on your way.
Participation in the ODP has helped many soccer players get recruited. There is
more chance of being scouted at a ODP regional camp than a local high school
game.