Is it possible to make a college soccer team even without a scholarship?

Question

Is it possible to make a college soccer team even without a scholarship?

Answer 1

Yes! Lack of scholarship just means they aren't paying you to come play for them on their top-ranking team, not that you aren't capable or allowed to play on any of their soccer teams. Most schools have a wide variety of teams -- varsity, junior varsity, club (not for the school, but for people more serious than intramurals) , and intramural (just for fun).

Answer 2

if you are an exemplary GOOD PLAYER, why not

Answer 3

Absolutely. Two of my friends walked on to the Stanford soccer team back when it was a final four contending team. You just have to work really hard to make it happen and prove you add something valuable to the team. Sometimes this just means you get everyone around you to work harder.

To give you extra motivation, some coaches purposely bring a "walk-on" or two onto the team. Why? Because it motivates everyone else on the team to try harder when they see someone who came on to the team based on pure work ethic. It also reminds all of the scholarship players that they should consider themselves lucky to be getting a scholarship and stops them from feeling entitled.