Recruiting...

Holy Moly....a college coach can get as many as 10-20 emails a day from kids who want to play college soccer. Then there's a huge tournament like the one in Las Vegas this past weekend where college coaches from around the country spend a solid two-three days on a soccer field watching back to back games. This weekend, Heather took me recruiting with her in Vegas. The games started at 8am and the last game started at 7:40pm. There were time slots where I had 4-5 games to watch! We literally were on the field from 7:30am-9pm. What was cool about it all is that there are teams from all over the country, and even a few from Canada, there to play against in each other in a tournament where there is no champion, just a chance for teams to show their stuff and be indentified by college coaches. I was amazed by what goes on within the realms of recruiting. I enjoyed watching the games, evaluating players, meeting coaches from colleges around the country...and Heather even took me to In-n-Out, trader joes and the Cupcake Eatery! YUMMY!!!! I sorta want to go on more recruiting trips, but that won't happen until state cup here in Utah in May. :( It was a great experience and I enjoyed it!