1. Start With Who You Are
- What is your full name, and what name do you prefer coaches to call you?
- What high school do you attend?
- What city and state do you live in?
- What grade are you currently in?
- What position do you play?
- How many years have you played soccer?
- When did you first become interested in playing goalkeeper?
- What do you enjoy most about being a goalkeeper?
A good question to expand this:
What makes being a goalkeeper different from playing any other position on the field?
2. Your Soccer Story
- How did you get started playing soccer?
- Who introduced you to the sport?
- What made you decide to take soccer seriously?
- When did you realize that you wanted to play soccer at the college level?
- Who has had the biggest influence on you as a soccer player?
- What has been your most memorable soccer experience?
- What has been your biggest accomplishment in soccer so far?
- What is the toughest challenge you have faced as a goalkeeper?
- How did you respond to that challenge?
3. The Goalkeeper
These questions are particularly important because they help create a distinctive goalkeeper profile rather than a generic soccer biography.
- How would you describe yourself as a goalkeeper?
- What are your greatest strengths as a goalkeeper?
- What part of your game are you currently working hardest to improve?
- How do you prepare mentally before a game?
- How do you respond after giving up a goal?
- How do you communicate with your defenders during a game?
- How important is communication to you as a goalkeeper?
- What do you believe makes a great goalkeeper?
- What is one thing you do on the field that you believe sets you apart from other goalkeepers?
- What goalkeeper do you admire, and why?
- What have you learned from watching elite goalkeepers?
4. Varsity Experience
- When did you first become a varsity player?
- What has your varsity experience taught you?
- What responsibilities do you have on your team?
- What does being a varsity athlete mean to you?
- How would your teammates describe you?
- How would your coach describe you?
- What role do you play in the team’s chemistry and morale?
- Have you ever had to step up as a leader? Describe what happened.
- What is something your team has accomplished that you are especially proud of?
5. Work Ethic & Training
College coaches want to know what happens when nobody is watching.
- What does your typical soccer training week look like?
- What do you do outside of team practices to improve?
- How do you work on your goalkeeper skills?
- What is something you have sacrificed to become a better athlete?
- How do you handle difficult practices or disappointing performances?
- Tell us about a time when you failed or struggled and what you learned from it.
- What motivates you to keep improving?
- What does “discipline” mean to you?
- What is one area of your game you refuse to stop working on?
6. Academics
17–18-year-old athletes are being recruited as students first and athletes second, so this section matters.
- What is your current GPA?
- What are your strongest academic subjects?
- What subject challenges you the most?
- What academic accomplishment are you most proud of?
- How do you balance schoolwork with soccer?
- What have athletics taught you about academics?
- What do you plan to study in college?
- Why are you interested in that field?
7. Character
This section should produce the material that makes the biography feel personal.
- What three words best describe you?
- What would your parents say is your greatest strength?
- What would your coach say is your greatest strength?
- What is something you have learned about yourself through soccer?
- How do you respond when things don’t go your way?
- What does being a good teammate mean to you?
- What does leadership mean to you?
- Who has sacrificed the most to help you reach this point?
- What are you most grateful for?
- What is one lesson you will carry with you beyond soccer?
8. College Soccer Goals
- Why do you want to play soccer in college?
- What are you looking for in a college soccer program?
- What type of coaching environment brings out your best?
- What size college are you interested in?
- Are you interested in NCAA Division I, Division II, Division III, NAIA, or junior college programs?
- What geographic areas are you considering?
- What do you want to accomplish during your college soccer career?
- What would it mean to you to receive an offer to play college soccer?
- What kind of teammate do you want to be at the next level?
- What do you hope college soccer will teach you?
9. Life Beyond Soccer
A college coach is recruiting a person, not just a goalkeeper.
- What do you enjoy doing when you’re not playing soccer?
- What are your hobbies?
- What activities or organizations are you involved in at school?
- Do you participate in community service?
- What are you passionate about outside of athletics?
- What career do you currently envision for yourself?
- Where do you see yourself five years from now?
10. The Story Behind the Athlete
These are the questions I’d especially encourage him to answer thoughtfully.
- Tell me about a moment when you almost gave up but decided to keep going.
- Describe a game that changed you as a player.
- Tell me about the biggest mistake you’ve made on the soccer field and what it taught you.
- What is something people don’t know about you when they see you play?
- What motivates you when you’re tired, frustrated, or having a bad day?
- If a college coach asked, “Why should I recruit you?” what would you say?
- What do you bring to a team beyond your ability to stop the ball?
- If you could tell a college coach one thing about you that wouldn’t appear on your statistics, what would it be?
- Complete this sentence: “When I put on the goalkeeper jersey, I…”
11. The 60-Second Recruiting Bio
After completing the questionnaire, have Felipe answer these five questions without overthinking them:
- Who are you?
- What kind of goalkeeper are you?
- What have you accomplished?
- What kind of person and teammate are you?
- What are you looking for in a college soccer program?