Do you want to play PROFESSIONAL Soccer in America? Watch this video for TIPS on how to achieve your DREAM! ------------ Click "Show More" ------------ Like this Video? Subscribe for NEW videos EVERY MONDAY Click Here - http://bit.ly/Yl0Ful Share with your friends on Facebook! Click Here - http://on.fb.me/1bTQ3bn Share with your friends on Twitter Click Here - http://bit.ly/1cJxrMg Check out other "Mental Soccer Help" Videos Click Here -- http://bit.ly/Hsl9xq There are different routes to being a pro, these are just a few key points. Key Points: 1. First you get on a club/travel team and do really well. The best travel team you can be on is the one you want to be on. If you can get on an MLS Academy youth team that is a phenomenal opportunity because you don't pay to play and you have pro coaches around you a lot. The whole point of an MLS Academy team is to groom players to be a pro. Other top youth leagues in America are the US Soccer Development Academy and the ECNL which stands for Elite Clubs National League. Play on a club team that is in either of those two leagues are you are where you want to be at the youth level. What about high school soccer? Good question. High School soccer is great, it's fun but typically in the American soccer system most players are recruited to play college soccer or pro soccer from their club teams, not their high school teams. Just the way it is. 2. Try out for ODP. ODP stands for Olympic Development Program. It is US Soccer's way of finding out who the best of the best are. ODP has a state level, regional level and a national team level. By making ODP teams shows college and pro coaches you are, on paper at least, better then players that don't make the team. If you don't do well in ODP it doesn't mean you can't make it pro. 3. Play college soccer! College soccer is a big step in the ladder for making the jump to pro soccer. Typically pro coaches scout the best college players on the best college teams. So if you can you want to go to high level D1 programs. Pro soccer is the best of the best, not the best of the average. Yes, you can go pro if you play a lower level then D1, I played D2, but typically it will be easier to get scouted at the D1 level versus a D2 or D3 level. For tips on how to get recruited read our free College Recruiting Handbook from our other company CollegeRecruitingWebsite.com. That will teach you all about how to get recruited. Download it HERE - http://bit.ly/174CU1V 4. Attend a paid pro try out or combine. If you don't get scouted and signed after college in the MLS draft to play pro soccer then you still have options. Most pro teams, MLS, NWSL and lower leagues, offer a paid try out you can attend. Go on a team's website and search for when their try outs are and sign up for them. Do 2 or 3 of them. If you do great at their try out, they will be interested. Think of yourself like the diamond in the rough they want to discover! Check out the InfoSport Combine - http://www.infosportinc.com/mainpage.html 5. Accept the odds are against you. Only 1% of players play pro. There is a reason for that, the best of the best play pro. You need to understand this and be realistic about this. If you are not in the top three players on your team and you don't train a lot on your own that is okay but you probably are not good enough and committed enough to be pro. If you are one of the better players on your team, you are constantly improving and you are working hard to achieve your "it" then good news... you have a 1% chance of making it. Odds I'd take any day! You can watch an OSA video on my personal story of how I went pro. Click Here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI47PpC0m10 6. Put yourself in the right situations to get lucky. It doesn't matter how good you are, if the right people aren't seeing you then you won't get recruited to play college soccer or scouted to play pro soccer. Do the best you can with what you have around to get on the best travel team, play in the biggest showcase tournaments, go to a great soccer college, etc. Bonus Tips! Don't forget your education through all of this! DO NOT forget about school, make good grades and be successful off the field, not just on it. Have no regrets! Be confident! A lot of people will doubt that you can achieve your "it". They doubted me, they laughed at me, that's just the way it is. Be confident, work hard and Believe in it®. DO NOT let negative people bring you down. If your "it" is to go pro then good luck. I hope this OSA video will help shed some light on how to get there. Remember small improvements daily equal big improvements over time. Keep climbing the ladder.

• published: 05 Nov 2013
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