THE PROS & CONS OF COLLEGE SOCCER | the brutal truth from a D1 soccer player

In this video, I talk about the PROS & CONS of COLLEGE SOCCER. As always, these are my personal thoughts & others may have different opinions. I talk about 8 pros & 6 cons in this video, as well as 1 pro/con at the end. If you are considering playing college soccer (or any collegiate sport really), you can think about some of the things I mention and weigh the pros & cons for yourself! I hope you find this video somewhat useful, be sure to like & subscribe if you did🤍
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[@afrodeity1576]

Now THAT'S what I call thorough!! Very informative and just plain ol' interesting whether someone is into D1 sports or not!!

[@elysebennett]

aw good I’m so glad🥲🤍

[@hisindhujav]

can we see a gear haul elyse ?!!

[@elysebennett]

yes I will be sure to film that for you guys when we get new gear in July!🤩

[@alyssarankin4889]

Love your energy and honesty! I play club at university of arizona and watching the D1 team play is just so crazy the commitment these girls have to have

[@elysebennett]

yes it’s definitely a huge commitment! & thank you girl☺️

[@jahiem421]

I'm grateful for the honesty💯👏👏

[@elysebennett]

always!🙂

[@julianamendes893]

This video is very important, thank you!!!

[@elysebennett]

i’m so glad you found it helpful!🤍

[@okokbuthearmeout...]

thank you so much for this video! as i'm interested in going into D1 soccer, it's really interesting to hear both sides of college sports :). ps: are you ever gonna drop a gear haul video? 👀👀

[@elysebennett]

yes I definitely will! we get our new gear sometime in July so stay on the look out🤪

[@abbytrudell4083]

ahh tysm i appreciate this. i am only a freshman in highschool but i really want to have somewhat of a plan so i can prepare myself, and idk if i want to shoot for d1 or not!!!

[@naaj2slimee]

tyyy love you’re videos xoxo

[@elysebennett]

thank you😇

[@annievalentino4065]

Literally my favourite channel, so insightful!! I had no clue about missing all those classes oh gosh

[@elysebennett]

aw this means so much🥺 i’m so glad you’re able to take something away from my videos! but yes missing class is 100% REAL 🥴

[@becs.q]

Thank you so much for the videos. I’m from Germany and I think about trying to get recruited for my master in a few years. Thanks for the insides.

[@elysebennett]

so glad you found the video useful!🙂

[@jalenthompson3630]

Love the video. Do these apply to all sports or just for soccer ?

[@elysebennett]

mainly soccer, but pretty much all sports. love you bye 😂

[@sophiacifuentes5829]

Very interesting to see I play soccer at my college! but I am from Chile. Here it's totally different and not that serious. would be very interesting play soccer there A hug from Chile elyse🤍

[@elysebennett]

i can’t imagine the differences! thanks for the support Sophia🤍

[@GaryFungAutomationTest]

Few things I notice in USA are big size rosters like 30 to 40 players on a D1 college team I watch games and the count of players on the bench is sometimes double that of players on the pitch. I see that Freshman and Sophomores do not even play and even when they are great players and from other countries that become players at these D1 colleges they only train! As a result many players that wind up going to D1 are burning out and quitting soccer by their Sophomore year or transferring to another college with less stacked rosters or even dropping down to a D2 college. That said, I think if you are an amazing player and you are trying to go pro you might as well try playing abroad and going to college abroad to play at a much better level where it's not all sloppy and overly aggressive play and where there's a soccer culture not just an NFL football culture where soccer is somewhere on the back burner... There's little or no value for technical players at the college level and ECNL level it's just about money, rankings, politics, and wins. Sure to each his own but I just cannot see wasting talent and technique that took years and years of hard practice to be benched and still need to suffer with all the cons.

[@danielajenifuja8508]

Nice video! So y’all get free food? Like if I go to a good school like Clemson or Maryland, it’s free food for D1?

[@elysebennett]

i can’t speak for every school, but yes we get lunch and snacks provided to us through our scholarships!

[@danielajenifuja8508]

@@elysebennett wow that’s great! Thank you🙏🏾

[@mariamb6269]

question, how do you have time to pay for expenses or living in general lol? does college pay you to play soccer, outside of scholarships?

[@elysebennett]

no, we do not get paid outside of our scholarships. i was able to manage working a part time job for all 4 years of my college experience😌

[@nataliejenkins8802]

Do you know anything about an Imperial Soccer Club at college?