Soccer Scholarships at the World Cup - Team USA

  The World Cup has now kicked-off in Brazil where 32 teams will be competing for the historic trophy at venues within the host nation over a period of around 6 weeks. World Cup involves some of the best countries from all over the world at soccer, and the most exciting players in the world representing their nation. For football fans it could not get any more thrilling! The US national team is currently ranked in the top 20 teams in the world at 13^th ahead of Ivory Coast, Croatia, Russia, and 1998 winners and 2006 finalists France, and also 2010 finalists Holland. The US national team is improving year on year, making them one of the better nations in the world, having qualified for the last SEVEN World Cups. In the present US national team 12/23 players in the current squad played soccer at college in the USA. That’s a huge 54.5% of players that played at the college level. In the first match to be played by USA in the 2014 World Cup was against Ghana on July 16^th. US head Coach Jurgen Klinsmann started 6/11 players that actually played soccer in America at the college level, which is 54.5%   Here are the players on the US national team that played Soccer at the College Level and are now in the current USA national team in Brazil:     Player                                                            College   Goalkeepers Brad Guzan                                         University of South Carolina Nick Rimando                                      University of California, Los Angeles   Defenders Matt Besler                                          University of Notre Dame Geoff Cameron                                    University of Rhode Island Omar Gonzalez                                   University of Maryland, College Park DeAndre Yedlin                                   University of Akron   Midfielders Alejandro Bedoya                                Boston College Brad Davis                                           Saint Louis University Graham Zusi                                        University of Maryland   Forwards Jozy Altidore                                         Fairleigh Dickinson and Boston College Clint Dempsey                                      Furman University Paladins Aron Johannsson                                 California State University, Chico   There is no doubt on the importance of college soccer, and its influence on the nations success in the World Cup Finals!  

If you'd like to follow in the footsteps of the American national team and play soccer at college then apply to FirstpointUSA today!