crfcaio

Hello!
I am currently a Junior in high school applying for college next year... YET, the thread is not about me :P

My brother, who's 19 years old, and I are both from Brazil (we are born in the US, though). He already completed high school (in Brazil), but is 1 year and a half already pretty much not doing anything
His dream is of playing soccer professionally. For this reason, he plays soccer everyday at a soccer field close to our house, exercises there, etc...

He's REALLY, REALLY, REALLY good! So many people have told him that he should be a PRO already, and I agree with that.
The problem that frustrates him: US's system favors only who goes to college or who pays a lot of money in one of this so-called "academies" where you pay to play and then, with some luck, seem by a scout and drafted.

He (and I, too) doesn't want to wait for 1 or 2 years in a community college to transfer to a 4-year university to THEM be drafted (and it might even take more time!); he wants to play in a team competitively as fast as possible, and then become a PRO.

So, my question is: is there ANY college (either in California, where we live, or somewhere else) that has special admissions for someone like him, or just asking for 1 semester to transfer, or whatever? Is not that he wants to get in easily, it's just that at his age, in Brazil, kids are already pro, having 3 years of experience...

Is there anyone that could help? Thank you!
And sorry if I'm posting on the wrong section >_<

fenwaysouth

crfcaio,

After reading your post, it occurred to me that maybe you are asking the wrong question. The right question is how does my brother get professionally recruited to play soccer? Here is my reasoning. Your brother has a lot of skill, and wants to be a professional soccer player....that is his goal. Why hasn't he contacted the US & Worldwide soccer clubs and their minor league farm systems to see how they sign, & draft their players? If your brother found a college team, most likely he wouldn't stay anyway, so why bother going through that process? Am I missing something?

mtv22

I agree with the poster above. If he wants to play professionally he should try to contact a local professional team and try to get to tryouts. If he's as good as you say, he may be able to at least be on the practice team of a not-so-famous professional team.

evertonnut

Agree with both posters above. If he wants to play professionally in the U.S. (and soon), he should look at NASL, USL Pro and perhaps NPSL and PDL options. He'll need to be proactive and make contact to determine if he needs to go to tryouts or whether he can be scouted otherwise. He needs to be persistent, because a lot of young men are trying this route.


It's already too late for most D1 programs for Fall 2011. But he may want to contact a top level Junior College such as Yavapai in Arizona, which has produced numerous D1 players and several pros.


Persistence is the key. Best of luck!