Are they just doing the “academy” thing again or are people seeing offers with actual team colors on them?

If you google chub rub stick you’ll find various glide products that help. I prefer shorts, but they’re a decent option too

Thank you all - this is incredibly helpful!!

There are so many active and highly knowledgeable people in this forum, that I was hoping I could convince a few of you to chip in and help educate the clueless parents with soccer players were only decent, but not ECNL/MLS/GA level players. I pieced together some information by looking at old posts, but I am assuming that there are a lot of other parents that are as clueless as I am and could use a tutorial all in one forum?

Personally, I have a U15 who’s a good athlete and soccer player, but not great. I think any recruiting or effort to play in college would have to come from our end, coaches are not going to be seeking us out. My kid loves soccer and wants to play in college if possible, but isn’t looking for money and would be more than happy at a D3 college. Can someone please give us some tips or instructions?

Some of my questions are:
- when should I be starting this process?
- is there any place I should be registering?
- I assume anything that wants you to subscribe or pay money is kind of just a rip off? Is this true?
- I keep seeing all these posts that say you should make contact with coaches at the colleges you were interested in, but if my kid is not ECNL level, Is that just a waste of everyone’s time?
- Is there any information or video or something I should be starting together now? Or can I just chill out for at least a couple years
And worry later?