We receive so many recruiting emails that tell the same story: I have very good grades, I am a hard worker, I am all this and all that on the soccer field. Very few of them describe their mentality. At the college level, our livelihood is dependent upon the performance of our team and in addition to the obvious, we seek out players who hate losing more than they like winning. Talent is plentiful in the youth soccer pool but it is this mentality X factor that creates separation. It is clearly an intangible that is not always easy to measure, but will usually be evident in the way players approach the game: audibly firing up their team in close games, sprinting into the net to grab the ball after a goal, running down an attacker after giving the ball away, hitting a slide tackle to prevent a ball going over endline for corner. Many say this is something you are born with, the way you are wired, but like anything else mentality can be improved. For those who want to play at the next level, don’t ignore this important piece of athletics. @WMTribeWSOC #Mentality #CollegeSoccer