Honestly, they haven’t said much other than to keep playing with great effort and intensity that an opportunity might come. But it doesn’t help that the first team consistently doesn’t perform well in their league so I’m not sure that’s a route I should put too much emphasis on.
I want to do an Economics Degree. Academically, for me, a school in the top 75 universities in terms of academic performance would be what I aiming for at least and around the same thing in football rankings.
LMU-LA, Trinity CT, Macalester, Tulane, UCSD would definitely be among the top universities (or top 75, if you want to define things like this) and DePaul or Loyola MD would be pretty good too.
I don’t know where they stand in terms of football rankings.
Cuny Baruch = very very weak soccer. D3, so no scholarships. Fordham is D1.
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No. Those schools (I believe) are all D1, and some don’t even have men’s soccer teams! (Big football schools are in this category due to Title IX). It isn’t really possible to walk on to a decent D1 team. (Barring some extraordinary luck).
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For those wanting to figure out soccer rankings, Massey is often used. Here’s the link for d1 schools, but you can search for all levels, or every school with a soccer team (some d3 schools are higher ranked than some d1, for example).
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I can’t address the recruiting question so this is solely related to the OP’s budget…
Barring great financial need or a full ride merit scholarship, what are the chances OP can get to their $9k budget? And does that include travel, personal expenses, required health insurance, etc? From the comments in this thread I don’t think there is a chance of an athletic scholarship getting him there.
Shouldn’t the budget constraints be the priority when suggesting US schools?
I believe the OP said they will not qualify for much need-based aid, but I suggest running an NPC to confirm that is the case as some selective schools are very generous with need aid. Maybe the Trinity-CT NPC? Once done, let this group know if the results are affordable. That will allow posters better suggest schools to contact and research.
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The NPC are seldom accurate for international students. So view any results you get with great caution.
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I think it is very hard for 17 year olds to understand how unlikely it is to get enough money to attend a top school for $9k, and then to also understand that they might do better at a lower ranked school, a D2, an NAIA school, etc.
There are a lot of US kids who are still trying to get spots on teams in the next 2 years and they have the advantage of club and high school coaches helping them find an opening, and they aren’t ruling out D2 or schools ranked a little lower athletically or academically.
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Most of the trains have left the station. Your exercise is simple:
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Assess whether you need a full sports scholarship?
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list the schools that are still open for admission. Most academically selective schools have closed their admission process, so you will be left with a very small percentage of schools to contact, and most D1 coaches are done recruiting their teams.
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Contact the coaches at the schools that are left on the list with your full portfolio, videos, sports and academic track record, and ask them if they have recruit openings for your position, together will scholarship (if you need one).
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That is unrealistic for soccer at any school, D1 or D2. It may be possible to combine athletic and merit scholarships for a big chunk, but even at that it would be difficult to get to a full ride. My daughter had 9 forms of financial aid to get to an ALMOST full ride, and the two biggest chunks were athletic and academic, but she also had some that the OP wouldn’t be eligible for (state grants, federal grants, a small award from my father’s fraternity, a Pell grant). Her school also had a rule that any school money couldn’t be paid to an outside source, like rent for living off campus, insurance, travel, so we (I) had to really know what money was paying for what - it wasn’t a simple case of ‘the total FA was $50k and just use it as you please.’
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