College Soccer vs Trialing Abroad... What's Better?

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Name: Matt Sheldon
Age: 27
Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 170 lbs
Nationality: USA
Job: Professional Soccer Player
Current Team: Tulsa Roughnecks
Last Team: Waterside Karori (New Zealand)
Previous Teams: Saint Louis FC, Orange County Blues, SG Kinzenbach
Position: RB/LB/RM
College: UC Davis (D1)

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[TomAllenFootball]

End training ✅
Get home eat dinner ✅
Sit down and watch Matt ✅
Glad the offseason has started Matt, keep inspiring all of us trying to get pro. You inspired me to start my channel

[viktorpermyashkin]

I love this channel because it gives a real perspective on a pros real life

[hamidbabaali]

This is also super accurate, I’ve done both d1 college and the European route, both were good for me but both also had its own drawbacks. That being said, being in Europe was almost a totally different animal. It’s regarded differently to coaches and even if it’s a low division, Europe is taken more seriously. But take that with a grain of salt. I enjoyed both situations.

[JodabeniTV]

Matt is spot on! That first decision of either going to college or overseas is probably the hardest thing to choose. Because both of them require big sacrifices. Hopefully once I graduate things will still progress in the right direction

[ryanjohnson]

The UPSL is huge for younger guys. To continue playing competitive after HS 5-10 years ago you HAD to go to college.

My club team had 6-7 guys who didn’t want to go to school but accepting half ride scholarships to schools was the best thing to keep playing a competitive game.

Now the UPSL is growing. Kids can work and continue to play or go to community college and not get too far into debt just to continue to play.

The UPSL is cool. I hope to see that league grow

[JoBlakeLisbon]

I'm amazed that people think they can come to Europe at 17 or 18 to become a pro. Most of the players over here have been in elite academy set-ups from before their teens. I had a trial with the Nottingham Forest academy aged 12 and got signed by the Sheffield United academy aged 14 and I was considered a late-comer. The academy system will expose players to a higher level of competition at a younger age than you would get in the US. It's hard to come over at 18 and catch up with 6 or 7 years of the kind of work that is going on in the pro academies here. I've definitely seen some player do it, but it's rare. A lot of the decent American and Canadian players I played with had quite an 'immature' game in comparison to European players - they were talented but I think the lack of elite competition and coaching made them think they were better than they actually were. Then they got England and found the level was a lot higher so they would have to adapt their game rapidly or be unable to compete - or in some cases, they just didn't have the technical level - the touch, the feel for the ball, the striking consistency. American players hardly ever lack work-rate and are usually some of the best conditioned athletes but my impression was that mentally they weren't developed enough. A European player is doing a lot more work in their head, body position, head swivelling to see team-mates, fast reactions, technique etc. I really think that if US players would develop more technically at a young age, the talent pool and sports culture in the US is enough to create a powerful football team.

[milessoccerify]

Hey Matt for the continuous Q&A: have you spent a lot of time mastering the mental side of your game? Did you ever have problems with the mental side of the game in terms of confidence, consistency, or just enjoyment with the higher level you go?

[santosmayom]

Am in the third category with no college offers n no connections Matt but thank you so much...this is the piece of advice I needed

[udeh]

I've lived in the UK my whole life. I'm on a gap year right now, and this video still really helped me. Matt is the guy !

[sewy]

Congrats Matt.👏🏾🙌🏾you’ve always helped us with our lives. Make the most of yours. 🙏🏾

[owen]

He's definitely signed for portland timbers

[dickieelitetraining]

Great series brother..keep it coming ..you are the original and no one can take your spots ...keep it going ..old G on YouTube greatnesses

[henning]

Well said. There's a huge gap between pro level in Europa and US high school. It's even bigger than the gap between being a pro club academy player in Europa. The step from European academy team to the pro team is big. You need a lot of skills and luck because there are many guy out there chasing this few pro spots... If you aren't already training in their youth teams at the age of 14/15 you are probably not that interesting to pro clubs anymore because you missed to many opportunities of high level competition to prove yourself in the battle... I've seen this happening to many great youth players here in Germany with my own eyes...

[senpai.]

I think this is the most informative video you ever made. You are great, man!

[dannyrivas]

2 min Tuesdays need to come back asap !!!

[aryandixit]

Hey Matt,
How did you build contacts when you were in high school?

[thomassharkey]

These videos are great. Your have given me a ton of super good drills which have made me way better.

[ColonialUnited]

This is not meant to be a negative post.

As a coach it is always annoying to see an attacking player not accept playing Fullback on the higher levels. If you get the opportunity you should be thankful.

While accepting to it at first or not Matt is a prime example to stay could happen should you choose to embrace it.

[FintagoSoccerSklz]

great vid, always cool to see academy players my age playing as I'm also trying to go PRO, I'm inspired by u to make my own soccer training and challenge videos

[nickhess]

Went to play one semester of college ball before dropping out to play semi pro. At the time I wasn't sure about it, but I went with my gut. Now I just got back home from my first season in Sweden. It's high risk high reward for sure.