How do you become a professional soccer player at 14 years old?

Answer 1

That's the thing, you just can't become a pro soccer player quickly. It takes a while and alot, alot, alot of hard work, sacrifice and dedication. You have to train regularly and you'll probably want to be on some kind of well organized and fairly competetive team as well. Another thing, if you want to get noticed you may want to play for a good college and hope that you get noticed and selected in the MLS Super Draft. All you have to do is work at it. If you believe you can do it, then you will do it. That might sound kinda cheesy but having confidence and faith in yourself really matters. One more thing you might try is find out if any MLS teams are holding tryouts near your city and go walk on and try out. If there are no teams coming to you, then go to them and show them that you want to play and the you mean business.

Answer 2

well i think the best way is to work really hard and get better at soccer like the best possible then u need a scout to check u out. im not shure how to get one to come but i know u need one. i plan on plaing in collage and finding a scout during collage so after i retire from soccer or if i dont make it then i will have some collage but ya w/e u want nat

Answer 3

How does one become a professional soccer player? It's a long road. A player must learn the game. Learn its rules and the characteristics of the field of play and the equipment. Learning the way the ball moves and learning how one can move to control and direct the ball are critical. (And that darn ball can do things a physicist can't explain!) A player takes years to develop these ball control skills. Practice as an individual helps, but there is nothing like practicing under good coaching and then actually taking the lessons onto the pitch to apply them. Nothing. Play the game. Really play it. Use those ball control skills. Develop and hone them. Know the ball. Be the ball. And what are you doing when someone else has the ball? (By the way, that's going to be most of the time, pal.) Whether a teammate or opponent has the ball, a player needs to be busy figuring out where he needs to be on the field of play relative to the ball, the player with the ball, and everyone else. Smart, able players exhibit extraordinary skill when playing "off the ball" by being in a position to cut off a pass (or shot!) by an opponent or placed in an optimum location to take a pass from a teammate or to draw off (not obstruct!) a defender. These skills lend themselves to team play. Are you willing to be a team player? All that time spent learning good off-the-ball play makes for good team play. Team play is something that must be learned and practiced. And it is done with a team (surprise!) and at games. Again, good coaching is the key to real success in this department. Teams with more skilled players can be defeated by less skilled players that play better as a team. Take stock of the physical requirements needed to play the game well. There is a premium on the ability to move and run. Outright speed is important. But so is quickness. And agility, being able to change directions quickly. Oh, and without endurance, one will be at a severe disadvantage. You're gonna need some upper body strength to throw the ball in, by the way. And if you want to be a goalkeeper, you better be tough all around. Being in goal makes severe demands on the whole body when the keeper must make a play. It's a specialized skill set that must be sought out and acquired. Good coaching and clinics help. Do you watch other players? Talk to them (if possible) about their play? Compare notes? Most professional soccer players were involved in the game at all levels coming up. It increased their skill and also served to broaden their knowledge of soccer. And here would be a good place to insert a word about coaching or helping coach, or - yes! - officiating at activities where younger, less developed players are learning and playing. Most of the best players have all given back to the game here and there along the way to becoming a pro. You get what you give. How are you stacking up with these things? Where's your head at? A successful player is smart. Soccer smart. Smart players can make up for physical shortcomings by outwitting more physical opponents. The successful player is also mentally tough. He can last through long minutes of moderate pain, fatigue, heat or cold (with or without precipitation), noise (hehe) or anything else distracting, and, in the face of any of this, he can focus on what needs doing, figure out how best to do it and will himself, his body, forward in pursuit of those things. He can shoulder aside defeat (there will be plenty of it) and come back next game tougher and more determined. He is disciplined enough to get to practice (and to games!) on time, and to still go to school, do homework, perform chores, and round out his life. Here would be a good place to suggest church. No, you don't have to go, but just know that organized religion, whichever one an individual might choose, helps connect a person to a higher power. If one does not believe, so be it, but many sense in their hearts that there is something else out there. Something big and wonderful and powerful and good. And if it's there, and it really is big and wonderful and powerful and good, it can help, can't it? (Hint: Never ask a believer this question unless you have some time to hear the answer. Bring a lunch.) In any case, be sure you act in the best spirit of the game throughout a match, and even all the other times when you're not doing soccer. Ever hear of Marshall "Major" Taylor? Read about him in the brief Wikipedia article and learn something about one man's approach to sports (he was a world champion) and life. As good players develop, they try to get on good competitive teams. There is competition for those spots, as one might imagine. Work at it. Work hard to get on the school team as well as that competitive team that plays the rest of the year around. There are all-star teams at state level and there are Olympic development teams for really skilled players. Start making plans to go to college and play on the college team. Yes, some players go pro right out of high school (is your name Freddy Adu?), but that's the exception rather than the rule. Besides, a player with the skills can get a scholarship. Cool! Qualify for a ride if you can! You actually have a lot of control over getting on a high school or college team. Are you working hard enough? Are your skills adequate? Those are usually the determining factors. If a player can't make those teams, becoming a pro is exceedingly difficult. It only makes sense. By the way, high schools look to middle schools for players, and colleges look to high schools for players. Get it? Your talent and skill, if you have it, will be noticed as you grow up and rise through the higher ranks of competitive play. It is possible to walk in to a professional team training camp and get a tryout, but usually not. A "walk on" is a rare bird. Someone would have already recognized the skills and that player would have gotten a call. (Try outs are by invitation.) There is some luck associated with being spotted by (or of being recommended by a coach or other person to) a scout. But you need to have the skills. The ones you developed and showcased at all the places where you played coming up. Matches at competitive tournaments as well as at high school and college all build skill and showcase talent. It doesn't hurt to ask around, too. See what's what and who's who to get a boost to be seen. As has been said about so many other things, the air is thin up there. The number of spots is limited and there are always a lot more players who want them than there are spots. And, as always, good luck.

Answer 4

be extremely good at soccer and get noticed by a college coach

Answer 5

practice and practice and practice, you have to be really good and you've got to be a brilliant pro

Answer 6

Join your local professional soccer club

Answer 7

get a coach