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College soccer experience

admin — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 03:50:18 +0000

My college soccer experience was a great adventure. I came from Munich, Germany to San Jose to play college soccer. I can say it was one of the best experiences I have had in my life. I received a bachelor in Economics and got to continue playing soccer in a high level. The practice and matches was very professional and intense and I feel like I developed a lot during my time playing college soccer. I currently play professional soccer in Austria. I play in a division 2 team so you will not be a millionaire playing here, that is why it feels great to have my college degree to back me up after my soccer career. ICAC is a great place for athletes who wants to connect with coaches and recieve an education while still improving in their sport.

Regards,

Thomas Hitzfield

Top 25 Women’s College Soccer Teams

admin — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 04:12:12 +0000

NCAA Women’s Soccer D-I

Rank School

1 North Carolina

2 Stanford

3 UCLA

4 Notre Dame

5 Portland

6 Florida St.

7 Boston College

8 Texas A&M

9 Santa Clara

10 Wake Forest

11 Florida

12 South Carolina

13 Penn St.

14 California

15 Virginia Tech

16 Maryland

17 Virginia

18 Rutgers

19 Southern California

20 Wisconsin

21 Washington St.

22 BYU

23 Oklahoma St.

24 West Virginia

25 UCF

NCAA Women’s Soccer D-II

Rank School

1 Grand Valley St.

2 West Fla.

3 St. Rose

4 Cal St. Dom. Hills

5 Carson-Newman

6 West Tex. A&M

7 Colorado Mines

8 California (Pa.)

9 Northern Ky.

10 Metro St.

11 Franklin Pierce

12 Columbus St.

13 Rollins

14 Cal St. L.A.

15 St. Edward’s

16 West Chester

17 Seattle Pacific

18 Bridgeport

19 Armstrong Atlantic

20 UC San Diego

21 Florida Tech

22 Kutztown

23 Quincy

24 Truman

Top 25 Men’s College Soccer teams

admin — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 02:21:34 +0000

Top 25 College Soccer teams in the U.S.
Here comes a list of the college soccer rankings for the upcoming season.

NCAA D-1 – Men’s Soccer

1 Virginia
2 Wake Forest
3 Akron
4 North Carolina
5 Maryland
6 UCLA
7 Ohio St.
8 Drake
9 Indiana
10 Northwestern
11 Tulsa
12 Penn St.
13 Duke
14 Boston College
15 Harvard
16 North Carolina St.
17 UC Santa Barbara
18 Stanford
19 St. John’s (NY)
20 San Diego St.
21 Portland
22 Michigan St.
23 San Diego
24 UC Irvine
25 Loyola Marymount

NCAA D-II – Men’s Soccer

1 Fort Lewis
2 Lees-McRae
3 Lewis
4 Le Moyne
5 Tampa
6 Cal St. Dom. Hills
7 Charleston (W.V.)
8 Southern N.H.
9 Drury
10 Rollins
11 West Tex. A&M
12 Cal St. L.A.
13 Slippery Rock
14 Anderson (S.C.)
15 Wilmington (Del.)
16 Franklin Pierce
17 Millersville
18 Colorado Mines
19 Midwestern St.
20 Carson-Newman
21 Northern Ky.
22 Sonoma St.
23 Lynn
24 Truman
25 Cal St. San B’dino

NAIA – Men’s Soccer

1 Bethel University (Tenn.) (21)
2 Lindsey Wilson College (Ky.) (1)
3 Simon Fraser University (B.C.)
4 Southern Polytechnic State University (Ga.)
5 University of Maine at Fort Kent
6 University of Rio Grande (Ohio)
7 The Master’s College (Calif.)
8 Bethel College (Ind.)
9 William Carey University (Miss.)
10 Benedictine College (Kan.)
11 Notre Dame College (Ohio)
12 Biola University (Calif.)
13 Columbia College (Mo.)
14 Azusa Pacific University (Calif.)
15 University of Texas at Brownsville
16 McKendree University (Ill.)
17 Auburn University Montgomery (Ala.)
18 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Fla.)
19 Baker University (Kan.)
20 Science and Arts of Oklahoma (Okla.)
21 Hastings College (Neb.)
22 Ashford University (Iowa)
23 Belhaven College (Miss.)
24 Savannah College of Art and Design (Ga.)
25 Oklahoma City University

Source: ncaa.com & naia.cstv.com

Soccer Scholarships in USA

admin — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:53:16 +0000

There are plenty of soccer players in the world unaware of the excellent opportunity college soccer presents. International soccer players only see the option to go professional after completing basic school. If they are not good enough they just quit playing soccer because there is no other option. The option to play college soccer with a soccer scholarship offers a solution to this problem.

College soccer has a very high level; the best teams can be compared to some professional teams. There are many different schools with varied levels of soccer. Many college soccer players has played college soccer and then played professional soccer after their college career. Some of them include star players like Santiago Solari, Charlie Davis, Clint Dempsey, Brad Friedel, Oguchi Onyewu and many more.

So how does college soccer differ from soccer outside the U.S.? Well college soccer is very intense and is played in a very high tempo. The game is very physical and as an international soccer player you must be willing to work hard on your fitness and adjust to the style of play. If you are an elite junior soccer player in your country and you want to continue playing soccer at a high level and get a valuable education at the same time. Then college soccer should be an option for you

So how many soccer scholarships do Universities have?

Universities who have a soccer team have around 9.9 soccer scholarships to divide within the squad. A women’s team have around 14 scholarships to share within their squad. To get recruited with a soccer scholarship it’s important to have a good recruiting video as well as good merit. The recruiting video should include a short presentation of yourself and then some practice highlights finished off with some match highlights. The video should be around 10 minutes total, with the presentation taking up 1 min practice highlights 2-3 min and match highlights the remaining 7-8 minutes. You should also have some raw footage that is unedited in case the coach wants to view that.

Click on the link and register with us if you want to know more of how ICAC can help you obtain a University with a Soccer scholarship.

Soccer National Championship

WOMEN:
NCAA I+II: November
NAIA: November / December

MEN:
NCAA I+II: November
NAIA: November / December

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