The College Admissions Guide for America:Background

When Many people think about getting a college scholarship for soccer in America they automatically think that the odds for getting a “full-ride” are a million to 1 chance…and to be perfectly honest, the chances are very slim…but not quite as bad. But here is all the background info on this before I go into methods of getting on a college soccer program.

For one thing, as of 2008, there are about 308 million people living in the States. Now the people getting soccer scholarships in Men’s soccer programs or Women’s Soccer Programs or prospective players is not even close to that level. I guesstimate that around 25 million guys play soccer. How I get that number, well, we are talking about men that are anywhere from age 17-18, play soccer–competitively, and the list goes on. There are around 1855 soccer programs in the U.S. They all offer scholarships to some degree whether they are titled academic, athletic, or “institution grants”…its all the same. The NCAA allows each program to give 9.9 Scholarships.

Ponder over all the info I have just laid out. That means there are 18,000 something scholarships available. If the odds were one to a million, that would mean there are only 25 soccer scholarships available. Testaments like 1 in a million is the kinda stuff that turns off players from their dreams and should be stopped now. One more key note: one in a million odds means that over half the country is playing soccer, is eligible to play college soccer, and are men.

Here’s step 1 to my guide: Get over the big number, read the facts, and play soccer.