how many of u are in college, or plan to go?

[FenoFutbol]

just wonderin.

im still not sure what i want to mayor in. i already have a drinkin degree and a phd in mujeres :D

[Goathemala]

just wonderin.

im still not sure what i want to mayor in. i already have a drinkin degree and a phd in mujeres :D

Hey are you going to cal state? ahi estoy yo por si en caso, what do you like besides soccer? jjust narrow it down to something that when you think about it it gives you a sense of satisfaction.

[FenoFutbol]

Hey are you going to cal state? ahi estoy yo por si en caso, what do you like besides soccer? jjust narrow it down to something that when you think about it it gives you a sense of satisfaction.


I was actually goin to play for calstatela, which one you go to?

Idk man, Im lookin to Northridge, long beach or ucla, bc i want to be close to the beach. not more college ball for me, im good in semi-pro.

as far as what i want to study... law was always my priority since my dad is a lawyer... but women and alcohol are on my way to be a good student :D

seriusly though im goin back to school this summer. what ur mayor dude?

[MoRado]

5 more subjects and I am a computer engineer! :cool:

[FenoFutbol]

5 more subjects and I am a computer engineer! :cool:

ur a nerdazo!

haha whats school u go to man? u been deletin all my post man, whats wron with bein a bad ass?? :D

anybody else here in the city of angels?

[Guatefc]

i went to Marshall University in 2004, then transfered to University of Maryland, College Park campus back in 2005, and im still at UMD, i declared my major this semester too

love the wireless coverage for the internet, and the fields to play pick up are pristine , UMD-CP is one of the Finest 4 year University in the East coast

[R9Kevinr9]

That's badass Guate, you better be playing ball!!! If your not, you should. UMD get's alot of scouts and all that.

I still have 2 years till i go to college. :(

[Antonio81]

just wonderin.

im still not sure what i want to mayor in. i already have a drinkin degree and a phd in mujeres :DI graduated from the School of Hard Knocks, with a post-graduate in Criminology:D Mi familia in Centroamerica ya sacaron la maestria;)

[Guatefc]

That's badass Guate, you better be playing ball!!! If your not, you should. UMD get's alot of scouts and all that.

I still have 2 years till i go to college. :(

i played for marshall, 1 year as a LM and a DM , i don't play at Umd now just a student , and i played for the PDL North Virginia Royals while at Marshall,

like i said my education is important right now,

[hereje]

i enrolled in my local community college but my illegal-ness made my tuition too freaking expensive so i dropped out on my second semester, i still want to go back, i still have no idea what i want, i just want some kinda degree in pc or electricity or biotech.

[Azuran]

I'm still in high school. Going to Grade 13 next year (next fall)

[R9Kevinr9]

I'm still in high school. Going to Grade 13 next year (next fall)

13??? WTF? Freshman in college i suppose?

[Azuran]

13??? WTF? Freshman in college i suppose?

Extra credits dude.

[FenoFutbol]

I was close to play for South Carolina, I talked to Berson for a while but I failed two clases that I was supposed to pass to get accepted.

Then I talked to the Coach at Calstate but the also required the two clases I was supposed to pass which it was logic and college algebra.

When I started playin semi-pro I was much more happy, the level that is played in semi-pro is much more superior to college in every single way.

Its funny that I was asked to walk on the 2 big universities and the coaches never even saw me playing, they just saw my resume. While some little school in SC offered me half scholarhip to go there, but little towns and little schools are not for me.

Maryland is pretty good I think. So is UCLA.

For the younger guys, if you are serious about playing pro soccer, dont waste your time with little schools in some ramdon town. Move to the big city sp where there are more latinos semi-pros or MLS teams.

College is for the people who wants to be educated. In my case I had not choice, I was stuck in South Carolina and my parents do not joke around about the school, my step-father hates soccer.

I heard Dallas has also some good semi-pro leagues too. Look for the contacts in Miami, LA, Dallas or Houston.

Dont worry about MLS, they suck anyway, nobody really cares about them, not even with beckam coming.

[Antonio81]

How 'bout ******** college completely(at least if you wanna be a pro)? Just like you said semi-pro is still way ahead of college, and only the good college players even make semi-pro teams.

If you want to get a free education and aren't that serious though soccer skills can help. And if you know you aren't good enough(those of you know who you are) then stay in school.

[MetalFutbol]

I graduated from Penn State in 2005, Engineering degree and I had a great time.

[MetroChile]

Estudio com. exterior en un "community college" (universidad de dos anhos). Mi 1er anho jugue futbol (tuve oportunidad de jugar por un par de Ues de 4 anhos pero al final no se dio). El anho que jugue en mi U actual salimos campeones regionales, y perdimos el titulo de esta "seccion" a penales. Fui titular la mitad de los partidos, pero la otra mitad perdi mi puesto por dedicarme a "webiar". :D :o

Aunque hay gente que se quiera dedicar 100% al futbol (me saco el sombrero ante ustds.), yo siempre he creido que el tema educacional es fundamental. No se puede vivir del balonpie por siempre: eventualmente uno se tiene que retirar y hay que tener un plan "B". De todas maneras sigo jugando como en un equipo (amateur) de 7a div. aca :p

Metro

[Antonio81]

Aunque hay gente que se quiera dedicar 100% al futbol (me saco el sombrero ante ustds.), yo siempre he creido que el tema educacional es fundamental. No se puede vivir del balonpie por siempre: eventualmente uno se tiene que retirar y hay que tener un plan "B". De todas maneras sigo jugando como en un equipo (amateur) de 7a div. aca :p

MetroThis makes sense. Most footballers who didn't bother with their education beforehand end up going back and studying something before getting a coaching licence, and the ones who don't just end up deteriorating(Garrincha, Maradona, J Gonzales, Gascoigne, etc.)

The only thing is that there are certain people who(at least when growing up) education isn't a realistic option for them for reasons beyond their control, wether its due to poverty, family problems, just hating school, etc. Football should be another option, rather than them just getting sucked into something negative.

[FenoFutbol]

This makes sense. Most footballers who didn't bother with their education beforehand end up going back and studying something before getting a coaching licence, and the ones who don't just end up deteriorating(Garrincha, Maradona, J Gonzales, Gascoigne, etc.)

The only thing is that there are certain people who(at least when growing up) education isn't a realistic option for them for reasons beyond their control, wether its due to poverty, family problems, just hating school, etc. Football should be another option, rather than them just getting sucked into something negative.

A couple of players have actually reach certain level of competitive soccer and have keep up school. Maybe the best example can be Beckembauer, he has to college degrees.

In El Salvador we had a guy who went to Medical School became a Doctor and then played for the National team and for CD Aguila... he was a great defender but he only played pro ball for like 5 years, he was called "El Doc Sanabria."

I tried for years to make it into school and play competitive soccer but at the end, I gave up school for a year is just tough.

Tono should know that when you know you are good, you have to keep up with your stuff bc of the competition and bc of the ego.

When you dont play College ball you feel like you have to prove something sp when most of your friends are white and they are playing D1 in College.

After playing next to a dude that played with Cienfuegos in ES u17 and next to Argentinians and Brazilians in LA semi-pro... Im cool with myself now. I know that I can play at a top level.

If you talked to some of this players that were pro in Latin America and for some reason play semi-pro here... they laugh on MLS, they tell you right away how many latino talent is in there being wasted bc of the "european" system they have here in the US.

At the end they tell you to get a job, and have a family, that MLS suck anyway that it may not even be what we are looking for. You know how different soccer is in our countries. Get the money, get the ladies, get recognition you like. Soccer here is for soccermoms and for momis white boys.

I wish I had a shot in Boca Jrs :D maybe playing ping pong style in college wasnt for me either :p

[Antonio81]

Touched on some good points. One being that semi-pro in the US is actually very good, better than in many other countries I've seen(Spain, Costa Rica, Uruguay, Mexico). The reason being is that good players anywhere else in the world don't play semi-pro for very long.

If you can play at all, you will soon be on at least a 3rd division team, while in America you have loads of talent that won't get looked at by higher leves(including former pros from other countries) rotting away in ethnic leagues. In Miami a huge nember teams are made up of pros from South America that came to the US and decided to work instead of trying to get involved in the US soccer system.

The winning Haitan team had several national team players on it. My high school had kids who had played for Medellin's(Colombia) youth team, some youth pro teams in Peru(don't remember which one) and Jamaican and Hatian national youth teams, while I used to train with what at the time was a USL team. Guys like that should be able to walk on any team.

College soccer, I really am not impressed with it(and I'm not just being an ass either). The players are all technically weak with the ball, don't know how to make runs or use triangles(something amateurs in every other country know how to do), and 80% of the shots go 50 feet over the goal. The only thing they have going for them is their size, speed, and fitness, but when they run into someone who's stronger, just as fit, and much faster, but actually can control the ball(like me) they're in trouble.

But there is nothing wrong with going to school and playing at the same time if you can, Brazilian soccer great Socrates was a licenced doctor(something that requires an immense amount of time to study for), andalot of players in the Mexican League are educated too. Its just that in many poor countries, the poor(who make up the bulk of the players, like Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina, Central America, France, Africa, etc.) don't put alot of emphasis on being educated like Germany, Mexico, the US, and several others do.