Asking NCAA Coaches why this is the case they identified the lack of a first-class recruiting event in this region of the country. Through this event we are determined to showcase high-caliber BC girl soccer players and have the numbers of girls on scholarship in the States reflect the talent we feel exists in this area of the country. From talking to our contacts in Alberta, they too feel that Alberta players could benefit from a Showcase of this magnitude.

In addition, coaches that we are familiar with put seeing a player play live as one of the most important things in deciding whether or not it is a player that can help their program. This causes players to have to fly many miles in order to attend one of these Showcase tournaments in the US. For a Western Canadian family, the cost of attending one of these tournaments (not including an accompanying parent) is often in the thousands of dollars range, after tournament fees, flights, and accommodation is paid for. Furthermore, many girls aren’t on teams that travel to the US, nor do parents have the thousands of dollars necessary to attend US recruiting tournaments.

For this reason, we want to bring the NCAA coaches to the girls for a fraction of what it would otherwise cost to get this kind of exposure, and allow them to see the talent that exists up here that we see as hidden gems as many of these players would otherwise not be seen. Our hope is to give all the girls who come to try out the opportunity and tools to know what it takes to reach the NCAA Level, and make it be a decision that the girls make for themselves if they are willing to put the work in on and off the field to earn themselves the opportunity to go to the US.