Soccer Scholarships

strykermom
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:42:20 +0000

If you are not doing this already, i would suggest you send emails to the soccer coaches at the universities you are interested in. Tell them about yourself. Also, look at the information on [NCAA - National Collegiate Athletic Association](http://www.ncaa.org) to learn more about the regulations on college sports and scholarships.

Typically, at least on the girls’ side (I assume it would be the same for boys) If the coach is interested in you, they will try to help you put together a package which may include some need-based and some academic merit- based money in addition to a partial athletic scholarship. Some lucky few do end up with virtually a full ride, but very rarely in soccer is that all athletic money. It may be slightly more likely in your case because if your level of play and because some of the other sources of money may not be available to an international student. If you have the ability to pay part of your tuition, that will also help. But when you first email the coaches, you don’t need to say anything about any of that, just talk about yourself as a student and an athlete, and maybe something about why you want to go to that school.