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Is it too Late for You to Become a Pro Soccer Player?
what's going on guys Matt here from
become elite and today I just want to go
over the question that I probably get
asked more than anything else
I think I get this question asked me
either through an email a comment or a
DM probably about once a day and so this
question pretty much goes along the
lines of hey Matt I'm a
fourteen-year-old soccer player I'm a
fifteen-year-old soccer player I'm an
eighteen-year-old soccer player I'm a
twenty-year-old soccer player I'm eleven
year-old soccer player from anywhere I
play for this club team I trained this
many hours a week is it too late for me
to become a professional soccer player
so many people are asking me if it's too
late for them to become pro and you know
it is a good question and when I was
younger I had this question of time but
the honest-to-god truth is I can't
answer that and nobody can answer that
but yourself and it sounds cheesy and it
sounds cliche and it just isn't the
answer that you guys want to hear and I
know you guys are probably mad but it's
the honest-to-god truth and here's the
two reasons why I really don't like that
question because number one it is
impossible to tell you can't tell if a
guy is about to be a pro if he's on the
semi-pro level doing great scoring tons
of goals you still have no idea if he's
going to earn that professional contract
the next year I knew guys who had tons
and tons of goals in college there had
semi-pro you know teams looking at them
they had pro teams looking at them they
had everything and then for one reason
or another they didn't get a pro
contract I've also had seen players that
went under the radar all through college
loads you know smaller teams d2 teams d3
teams but they end up signing a
professional contract because just
that's the way it worked out they worked
harder in some other aspect of the game
and so there's just you can't really
tell no matter who or what type of
player you are also especially as a
younger player you have so many more
years of development and there's so many
different factors that come into it it's
literally impossible because like I've
said before you know I've known players
that were on the number one team the
state they were the best player on the
state that were ODP they were regional
they were national team and they had you
know basically it seemed like these guys
were going to be a pro and they fizzled
out for whatever reason it was
they just didn't get to the pro level
and I've seen you know for fix for
example for myself I didn't play club
soccer when I was 14 years old when I 15
through 17 I was on the B team in might
of my club team so if you would have
looked at me and the other players that
were on the national teams and
everything you would have assumed that
the national team players would have
become the pros but that's just not how
it works there's so many different
things how hard are you working outside
of practice how many hours are you
putting in the gym how many hours are
you putting in the field how many how
focused and how much effort are you
really doing in all of your workouts and
then it also is what about your body
type you know do you really have the
right body type for your position are
you in the right position to you the
right coach is coaching you do you and
there's external factors that you can't
control are you seen at the right time
does a scout come to your game when you
score a hat-trick or does the Scout come
to your game when you have one of your
worst games you just never know
there's so many different factors that
come into it it's impossible to tell and
so I know you know you guys don't like
receiving the answer if I can't tell you
I don't know that's obviously not fun to
hear but it's the truth I can't tell you
and the second reason why I really don't
like this question is because you should
never listen to anybody you know if I
tell you that no it is too late for you
to become a pro why would you listen to
me if you think that you can become a
pro and in your heart you really think
that you can do it that's the only
person you need to listen to if you
don't think it's too late it's not too
late in high school I was told that I
couldn't play Division one college
soccer by multiple multiple coaches and
multiple multiple parents and multiple
multiple teammates so if I were to
listen to any of them and not go with my
gut and think that I can really go play
d1 I would have quit but I thought that
I could go play d1 my dad thought I
could go play d1 and you know my dad was
really supportive but even if my dad
thought I couldn't and I thought I could
I would have still tried to do it too
many people are told that they can't do
stuff when it really only boils down to
if you think you can do it
you know I didn't want this to be like a
motivational message I didn't want this
to be cheesy or cliche but that question
is just so hard to answer and even if it
is air can be answered by a coach or
somebody you don't need to listen to
that answer because the truth is that
most the time they don't know either
because it's impossible to tell so the
message I want you to get from this
video is just number one if you think
that it's not too late and you think you
can still be a pro then you can still
become a pro and number two if someone
tells you that you can't and it is too
late don't listen to that person so
those are my two things you need to take
from this video you know I don't want to
say like never listen to anybody never
trust anybody because some coaches can't
help you or some coaches might you know
really need to give you the the truth
and just be like you can't do this you
can't do this or whatever but at the
same time if you really think you can
and you have a good shot a good
realistic shot at doing it then go for
it there's no reason why you should stop
is it too late for you become a pro if
you think it's too late then it's too
late if you don't think it's too late
then it's not too late and that's it
guys that's what I want to talk about
today so I hope this helped you I hope
this answer your question even though if
it wasn't a direct answer but sometimes
you know life isn't certain so you just
got to go out and seize the day and
seize the training and just work as hard
as you possibly can so you don't regret
not working hard later down the road so
that's what I want to talk to you about
today that's it that's it for the video
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