How recruitable are you?
Get a personalized starting point based on your position, grad year, measurables, academics and film.
How MyNextOffer works
for soccer recruiting
Recruiting stalls for three reasons: athletes contact too few programs, send a generic email coaches ignore, and stop after one try. MyNextOffer fixes each one.
Search D1, D2, D3, NAIA and JUCO soccer programs by division, region, conference and academic fit, and match your club level to schools that recruit from it.
The AI drafts a personalised email to a specific coach from your real profile — club, league, position, minutes, a short film — plus your showcase schedule, in about 30 seconds. You review and send it.
The outreach tracker keeps every coach, every showcase you invited them to, and every reply you log in one place so your follow-ups land while your matches are fresh.
How soccer recruiting really works
College soccer is recruited almost entirely through club, not high school. Your league — ECNL, Girls Academy, MLS NEXT, NPL — tells a coach roughly where you can play before they have watched a minute, and the ID showcases attached to those leagues are where evaluation actually happens. D1 rosters are now capped at 28. Outside a handful of fully funded programs, "getting recruited" still means assembling athletic and academic aid into a package that works.
What soccer coaches evaluate
It tells a coach roughly where you can play before they see a minute.
Your soccer recruiting timeline
What to do each year — the recruiting clock in this sport is earlier than most families expect.
Get to the highest club level you can make — league tier matters more than anything else early. Start a highlight and full-match film library.
Build a target list across D1, D2 and D3. Email coaches your club schedule before every showcase with a short film and your academic profile.
Attend college ID camps at your top 5–8 programs. Junior-year showcases are peak evaluation. Take unofficial visits; official visits open Aug 1.
Convert interest to offers at ID camps. Commit when the level, degree and aid package are right.
If uncommitted, widen to D2, D3, NAIA and JUCO, keep attending ID camps, and send senior-season match footage.
Where you fit: soccer scholarships by level
D1 soccer rosters are capped at 28. Schools that opted into the 2025 House settlement can put athletic aid on any of those spots; a small number fully fund the roster, but most programs still spread partial aid. D1 schools that did not opt in still work from 9.9 (men) or 14 (women) equivalency scholarships, and D2 from 9 (men) or 9.9 (women), split across the roster. NAIA allows 12. D3 offers no athletic scholarships — academic and need-based aid only. NAIA and NJCAA (junior college) are separate associations, unaffected by the settlement, and their scholarship rules stand.
28-player roster cap, men and women. Recruited off ECNL / GA / MLS NEXT and their showcases. Most players are on partial aid; a few programs fully fund.
About 9 equivalency scholarships. A strong, physical level with more roster room and athletic money that stacks with academic aid.
No athletic scholarships. Academic D3s (NESCAC, UAA, Centennial) pair a high level of soccer with need- and merit-based packages that can beat a partial D1 ride.
About 12 equivalency scholarships, flexible eligibility, and a common landing spot for international players.
Two years to develop and get seen, then transfer up. NJCAA Division I programs carry athletic aid.
Exact roster and scholarship limits for every level: scholarships by sport. How the money works: athletic scholarships explained.
Emailing soccer coaches
Coaches recruit the athletes they hear from. An email to a soccer coach should say who you are and whether you could fit in the first three lines — then give them film and a place to see you.
- Name, graduation year, position, high school and club team
- Club team and league tier (ECNL, Girls Academy, MLS NEXT, NPL)
- Position and role in your team
- Goals, assists and minutes at your level
- Speed and athleticism (10–30m)
- Core-course GPA
- A film or results link, and your next events
The AI drafts a personalised email to a specific coach from your real profile — club, league, position, minutes, a short film — plus your showcase schedule, in about 30 seconds. You review and send it.
Step-by-step, with examples: how to email college coaches.
How you get recruited
College ID camps run by the schools on your list — the primary evaluation and offer venue in soccer.
ECNL, Girls Academy and MLS NEXT national events and showcases, where dozens of college staffs watch at once.
Regional showcase events (not knockout tournaments) attached to your league — email coaches your field and time in advance.
Position-specific camps, such as goalkeeper academies, for a deeper look at a specialist role.
League tier is the biggest early filter — ECNL, Girls Academy, MLS NEXT and NPL are the leagues coaches scout.
College ID showcases (not knockout tournaments) are where staffs evaluate — send your schedule, field and time in advance.
Every division splits a small pool of money, so plan to stack athletic and academic aid at any level.
Academic D3 programs often package need-based aid that beats a partial D1 scholarship.
Register with the NCAA Eligibility Center (D1 and D2) by junior year and keep your core-course GPA above the NCAA minimums (2.3 for D1, 2.2 for D2) across your 16 core courses. Soccer recruits — especially at academic D3s — are often admitted through regular admissions, so aim your GPA and test scores at each target school's admitted profile, not just the NCAA minimum.
Soccer recruiting mistakes to avoid
Spending the budget on tournaments coaches don’t attend. College staffs scout ID camps and league showcases, not every weekend event.
Arriving at a showcase unannounced. Email your field, time and jersey number in advance so the right coach watches your game.
Assuming a D1 offer is the best money. Partial D1 aid is common, and an academic D3 package can cost less.